The Wait Out Trivia Quiz

Answer: Three years

While at the coffee shop, Elaine and Jerry notice their friends, a married couple, sitting across the room. Elaine tells Jerry a rumour she heard about the rockiness of their relationship and they both comment on the fact that they've been waiting for the two to break up so that they could take the respective members on dates. Elaine also mentions that she's been waiting out more than one marriage, but this is the one she's been watching most.

When George comes in, David and Beth come over and say hi to the group.

When Beth introduces David to George, they comment about each other's jobs and George unwittingly makes the off-hand comment to Beth that 'she could do a lot better than David' and he soon regrets it after they leave.

Answer: A businessman accused of murder

Later, when Jerry is at the apartment, Kramer and Mickey stop by. Mickey is stressed because of his upcoming audition for The Acting Studio while Kramer is excited to be a part of it. He's helping out Mickey by playing a businessman accused of murder, and while he has no lines, he considers the role important. Kramer soon notes that his pants are falling apart and Jerry says that Kramer always used to wear jeans when they first met. Kramer explains that he no longer has the body for that, as when he did wear jeans, he was as fit as a preteen Swedish boy. Kramer assumes Jerry is saying he can't wear jeans, so he vows to buy a pair immediately.

Answer: A dog

After Kramer leaves to get jeans, Jerry goes to run some errands with Elaine, and she ends up driving the car for the first time in a while. Jerry finds that Elaine is a horrible driver, and he often fears for his life during the ride. Elaine says that she nearly hit a yellow lab on her first test before picking up the car phone to check her messages. One of these messages is from her friend, who mentions that Beth and David split up the previous night. Elaine quickly stops the car.
They head to the coffee shop and immediately work at a plan to jump at the soon-to-be-divorced couple. Since they assume that the relationship is teeming with people who want to steal the spouses for themselves, they decide to act fast.
Elaine says that they'll call David and Beth just to say 'I'm there for you', then over time, make it so that they're just 'there'.

Answer: Frankenstein

While at the apartment, Jerry and Elaine tell George that Beth and David are getting a divorce and George immediately realizes it may have been a result of his comment at the coffee shop a day earlier. Jerry and Elaine tell him not to worry about it. Kramer also comes in to show off his new dungarees, which Elaine says are painted on. The slim fit of the jeans makes it near-impossible for Kramer to actually bend his legs.
Later that night, Jerry and Elaine call Beth and David to initiate their 'there for you' plan. Both of them end up getting dinner dates in the process, and both nearly end up ruining the plan on the phone, but they pull it off.
Kramer, on the other hand, can't pull his new pants off. He comes into Jerry before Mickey's audition for help, but neither can get the jeans off no matter how hard they pull.

Answer: Yes

Among other things, George's comment seemed to be the icing on the cake. That night, while Kramer rushes to the audition, Jerry has dinner with Beth and she makes note of the fact that their three year marriage ended because of George's comment and David's annoying quirks. For example, David has a horrible habit of asking questions aloud, then answering them himself.
During Elaine's dinner with David, he comments on the fact that everything is George's fault and Elaine has to reassure him that George is just an idiot.
Meanwhile, Mickey is ready to begin his scene from 'Flesh Wounds in Ithaca', but Kramer arrives late. When he arrives, they begin the scene, and Kramer is unable to sit down to do his role (because of the pants). When he continuously fails to sit, Mickey attacks him in front of the audience, and they believe the acting, so he is let into the studio.

Answer: Calls Beth's apartment

Elaine and Jerry celebrate the success of their plan at Jerry's apartment when George walks in. Both of them congratulate George on getting Beth and David to split up and he immediately decides that he must make right what he has wronged. As he heads for the door, Elaine and Jerry have to physically restrain George to keep him from leaving.

He somehow makes his way out though, and rushes to Beth's apartment. When they begin talking, Beth thanks George since he articulated everything so clearly and precisely, but their conversation is interrupted by Jerry, who knowingly calls to stop George.

When George gets to the phone, he has a fake conversation with Jerry and ends up ruining Jerry's plans to stop him.

Answer: Joey

Later that night, Kramer stops by at Jerry's still wearing his painted-on dungarees (which he claims are loosening up). Soon after, Mrs. Zanfino, from in the building, asks Kramer if he can look after her son, Joey, while he's sleeping as she needs to head out for a bit. Kramer agrees and leaves. Soon after, Jerry gets a phone call from Beth, and she says she's been doing a lot of thinking about herself and David. Elaine walks in and Jerry says he'll talk to her a bit later. Elaine and Jerry both decide that immediate action must be taken once again, as George may have repaired the relationship. Elaine offers to drive Jerry to Beth's apartment, but fearing another risky car ride with Elaine, he says that he'll take another form of transportation. Elaine won't have at that though, and she drags him out.

Answer: David

While Jerry tries to charm Beth (somewhat unsuccessfully), Elaine and David go for a walk and she tries to emphasize the fact that she has a fear of abandonment. As they walk by the coffee shop, they see George and Susan inside and David says that they should stop in. George apologizes to David, and when he introduces David to Susan, he uses the same line that George did, causing Susan to start thinking and George to start getting nervous. Meanwhile, Kramer goes to look after Joey.

When Kramer is walking down the hall, Joey wakes up and sees his shadow lurching down the hall. Fearing that the shadow may be that of Frankenstein, Joey runs away from Kramer, and he's forced to call Mickey (during a date, no less) to pretend to be Joey until he gets the kid back.

Answer: The dinner for their wedding

After David and Elaine leave, Susan tells George that she'll have to catch up with him as her mind is on different things, so George gives her as much space as she needs in order to prevent David's comment from taking too much effect. He immediately becomes concerned with it and rushes off to see Jerry. Meanwhile, Mickey pretends to be Joey by sleeping in his bed and Kramer looks for Joey.

While he chases him down the street, Joey finds a cop and Kramer is forced to explain his story. When Mrs. Zanfino returns home, she finds Mickey in her son's bed rather than Joey. George and Jerry hear her scream from the apartment and immediately assume it's Kramer's doing.

Answer: Yes

In the end, while Elaine and David have a date, Beth stops by David's new place and they reconcile. Elaine simply downs her wine and leaves all of her work behind.
When Susan gets back to the apartment, George is packing his things. Susan mentions she's been doing a lot of thinking about the wedding and George prepares for the worst. While he hangs his head in anticipation, Susan mentions that she's decided that they'll have the chicken during their dinner.
Kramer ends up at the police station because he was chasing Joey down the street. When the police officer tells Kramer to sit down, he is still unable to since he is wearing the dungarees. He eventually resorts to leaning on the chair.