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Nov 3, 2023 · Andy Ackerman, director of “The Betrayal”: Directing “The Betrayal” was definitely a different challenge than other episodes, just in terms of keeping track of everything and making sure we weren’t missing any beats.
- Brian Vanhooker
The Betrayal: Directed by Andy Ackerman. With Jason Alexander, Michael Richards, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jerry Seinfeld. Elaine and the gang head to India to attend a wedding; Jerry betrays George by having sex with his prospective girlfriend; Kramer grapples with a malignant wish.
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- 1997-11-20
May 13, 2024 · At the beginning of Season Six, Andy Ackerman took over as the show’s regular director, and by the time the series had wrapped, he had been behind the camera for an astounding 87 episodes. And so, we recently asked Ackerman if he could name his five favorites.
- Brian Vanhooker
Director Andy Ackerman half-jokingly said he would like an elephant for the episode, and to his surprise, was provided with one. [5] Guest actress Heidi Swedberg, having not appeared on Seinfeld since her character Susan Ross died at the end of Season 7, had since cut her hair short, so she had to wear a custom-made Susan Ross wig for the ...
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Note: The following summary is listed in chronological order, which is the opposite of the way it is presented in the episode. Jerry and George are walking down the street and they run into Nina (Justine Miceli), an old girlfriend of Jerry's with whom he never slept. Elaine receives a last-minute invitation to Sue Ellen Mischke's wedding in India. ...
Although this is commonly referred to as “The Backwards Episode”, there is an feature to watch the events in normal chronological order on the Season Nine DVD set.This episode is based on a Harold Pinter play, "Betrayal", which uses the same gimmick. The fiancé is named Pinter in tribute to the playwright.In the pilot ("The Seinfeld Chronicles"), Jerry calls Kramer "Kessler". The character's name was subsequently changed to Kramer. This inconsistency is retconned at the end of this episode.The production forgot which dress Nina was wearing at the wedding: it changes length from long to short when she sits down.George: Elaine, you have to sleep with me.Elaine: I'm not going to sleep with you.George: Reparations!Elaine: Would you grow up, George? What is the difference? Nina slept with him, he slept with me, I slept with Pinter. Nobody cares. It's all ancient history.George: You slept with the groom?!May 13, 2024 · ‘The Betrayal’. “I liked the unique challenge of ‘The Betrayal’ and the cleverness of the backwards story device,” explains Ackerman. “It was nothing close to what I’d ever done before script-wise, in terms of its uniqueness.
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Nov 20, 1997 · Summary. In this unique, "backwards" episode, Jerry, George, and Elaine go to India for Sue Ellen Mishky's wedding. Meanwhile, Kramer stays behind in New York and tries to "out wish" a friend who wants him to drop dead.
