- A statue wanted by George is stolen from Jerry's apartment by the boyfriend of a writer with whom Elaine is working.
- After George fights with Kramer over an old statue that belonged to his late grandfather, it disappears from his apartment. Jerry has hired a grad student--the boyfriend of one of Elaine's clients--to clean his apartment, and when Jerry and Elaine drop in on Ray and Rava, Jerry sees the statue on their mantel. Elaine is afraid of losing an important client over this, and Kramer comes to the rescue.—garykmcd
- Jerry inherits some old possessions of his grandfather Irving. The possessions were in Jerry's basement for 3 years. His parents didn't want it. Jerry brought them up to the apartment only when Kramer noticed them lying around. Among them is a statue that looks just like one George's family had, until George broke it when he was 10 years old. It was the single most damaging experience of his life, and his parents still bring up this incident. Jerry promises that George can have it but leaves it in his apartment for a few days. Kramer takes a few of Irving's old clothes, including a hat which he believes makes him look like Joe Friday of Dragnet.
Elaine persuades Jerry to have his apartment cleaned by her client Rava's (Nurit Koppel) boyfriend Ray (Michael D. Conway). Rava is from Finland and Ray is a student at the Columbia grad school. Jerry is very impressed by the quality of the cleaning. He cleaned the top nozzle of the dish-washing liquid, cleaned the bottom of the egg cups in the fridge, and cleaned the tiny one-inch space between the refrigerator and the kitchen counter, even Windexed the apartment peephole. Jerry and Elaine visit Rava, Jerry notices a statue with a vivid similarity to the one he inherited, and believes Ray stole it. Jerry shares his suspicion with Elaine and says that he is 99% sure that it is the same statue from his apartment. He calls Kramer to check his apartment, and when Kramer cannot find the statue there, Jerry's suspicion is confirmed. Jerry calls the cops who says that its one word against the other and that there is nothing they can do.
Jerry, Elaine, George and Kramer discuss the situation and Kramer urges Jerry to do something about it, but Elaine argues that Rava will no longer let her edit her book if Jerry does this. George has already called his parents and told them to be ready for a surprise of a lifetime. George's mother has promised to cook roasted potatoes for the occasion. Jerry calls Ray and has lunch with him, while George sits in the next booth and eavesdrops on their conversation. Jerry and George ask him about the statue, but Ray gets offended and leaves when he hears their opinion. Ray says that he got the statue in a pawnshop n Chinatown, with the money he earned from cleaning apartments. Ray suspects that Jerry is accusing him as he wants Rava and hence wants Ray out of his way. The pawnshop owner retired and moved to Singapore and hence cannot corroborate his story.
Elaine and Rava get into an argument about Jerry's accusation, and Elaine is no longer allowed to edit Rava's book.
Without notifying anybody, Kramer dresses up in Irving's old clothes and goes to Ray's apartment, pretending to be a cop, and recovers the statue, despite Ray's protests. Kramer returns the statue to a grateful George. But while George is holding the statue, Kramer gives him a friendly pat on the back, causing George to drop the statue, which breaks when it hits the floor.
The episode ends without ever revealing whether or not Ray had in fact stolen the statue from Jerry's apartment.
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