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“The Handicap Spot”
Seinfeld episode
Frank Costanza reprimanding George.
Episode no.	Season 4 Episode 62
Written by	Larry David
Directed by	Tom Cherones
Original airdate	May 13, 1993
Season 4 episodes
Seinfeld - Season 4 August 1992 - May 1993
The Trip, Part 1 The Trip, Part 2 The Pitch The Ticket The Wallet The Watch The Bubble Boy The Cheever Letters The Opera The Virgin The Contest The Airport The Pick The Movie The Visa The Shoes The Outing The Old Man The Implant The Junior Mint The Smelly Car The Handicap Spot The Pilot, Part 1 The Pilot, Part 2
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"The Handicap Spot" is the 22nd episode of the fourth season and the 62nd overall episode of Seinfeld. It aired on May 13, 1993.

The group travels to buy an engagement gift for their friend "the Drake": a widescreen television. George parks his father's car in a handicapped parking space, since they figured they will only be a few minutes. However, they are mistaken and are in the store for much longer, and in the time that they were gone, an angry mob trashes the vehicle when a disabled woman gets injured because of the illegal parking.

While George is contemplating the punishment that he will get for the vehicle's damage, the rest decide not to go to The Drake's engagement party. While visiting Lola, the injured handicapped woman at the hospital, Kramer falls in love and feels compelled to replace her wheelchair. George and Kramer go on to buy a used wheelchair which is much cheaper than a brand-new one. Jerry and Elaine go to have lunch with The Drake after missing his party and discover that he and his fiancée have broken off their engagement.

George's father Frank Costanza receives an award for outstanding service in helping the handicapped. In the middle of receiving the award, he is arrested for George's parking in the handicap spot, as Frank is the registered owner of the vehicle. As a result of the accusation, Frank's award is taken away from him. George becomes his father's butler as a punishment after getting the idea from George's idea for the pilot episode that he is writing with Jerry.

Later, Lola's wheelchair's brake gets stuck as she rolls down a hill, injuring her again, leading to her and Kramer breaking up. George's first job as his father's butler is to retrieve the wide-screen TV at The Drake's house so that it can be donated to charity. The episode ends as George and Kramer take the TV and wheel it out of The Drake's apartment.

• Jerry: You don't like the Drake?
• George: Hate the Drake.
• Elaine: I *love* the Drake.
• Jerry: How could you not like the Drake?
• George: Who's the Drake?
• Elaine: "Who's the Drake"?
• Jerry: The Drake is good!

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• (the four of them approach George's car, which is smashed to pieces)
• Jerry: (as George picks up a broken piece of his car) You know, a lot of these scratches will buff right out...

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• Kramer: She's got everything I've ever wanted in another human being ... except for the walking.

Trivia sections are discouraged under Wikipedia guidelines. The article could be improved by integrating relevant items and removing inappropriate ones.

• This is the first appearance of Frank Costanza, George's father. He was played in this episode not by Jerry Stiller, but by John Randolph. In 1995, the scenes featuring Randolph were re-shot with Stiller for syndication in order to maintain better continuity. Both versions can be seen on the Season 4 DVD set, along with an introduction from Jason Alexander explaining the existence of two sets of scenes for Frank Costanza.
• Upon parking, Kramer says "Make sure we don't forget where the car's parked," prompting Jerry, George, and Elaine to exasperatedly assure him that they will remember. This is a callback to the memorable Season 3 episode The Parking Garage, chronicling the gang's fruitless efforts to locate Kramer's car in a parking garage. Jerry would later make a similar comment, "remember where we're parked", in the season 9's The Puerto Rican Day, after his car has been tipped over on the sidewalk by an angry mob.
• The woman in the mob who talks to Jerry is played by Kathy Kinney, who later became well-known in the role of Mimi on The Drew Carey Show.
• Upon returning to the car to find its exterior almost completely destroyed, Jerry says "Y'know most of these scratches will just buff right off". This line was completely improvised.
• While at his parents' house, George sits on the couch and reads Glamour, the magazine that had got him in trouble in The Contest.
• Jerry at one point mentions to George that he's thinking of getting a yo-yo, to which George agrees with. However, in The Junior Mint, Jerry is seen playing with one during his and Elaine's hospital visit. Obviously this episode was filmed before The Junior Mint