The Red Dot
🎞️ S3 E29 🚫 Hard pass

Seinfeld

Is Seinfeld S3 E29 OK for kids?

The Red Dot

Jerry is the unwitting cause of Elaine's boyfriend falling off the wagon. Elaine gets George a job, so he buys her a gift, an $85 cashmere sweater. The sweater has a little red dot on it; hence the price. Elaine gives it back, then George gives it to the cleaning woman, to keep her quiet about them having sex on his desk. George gets fired.

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Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Skip for under 13

Seinfeld S3 E29, “The Red Dot”, scores 1/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13. Jerry is the unwitting cause of Elaine's boyfriend falling off the wagon. Elaine gets George a job, so he buys her a gift, an $85 cashmere sweater. The sweater has a little red dot on it; hence the price. Elaine gives it back, then George gives it to the cleaning woman, to keep her quiet about them having sex on his desk. George gets fired.

Across the episode we counted 13 flagged moments in 5 themes: Sex & hookups (5); Nudity & bodies (2); Violence & injury (2); Swearing (3); Alcohol & drugs (1). Every moment below is either a direct quote from the episode transcript or a short description of what happens on screen, so you can decide before you press play.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Sex & hookups 5 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in Seinfeld S3 E29:

  • Jerry You had sex with the cleaning woman on your desk? Who are you, how did you do that?
  • Elaine You had sex on your desk with the cleaning woman.
  • George Well the sex was okay, but I threw up from the Hennigans.
  • Boss I'm going to get right to the point. It has come to my attention that you and the cleaning woman have engaged in sexual intercourse on the desk in your office. Is that correct?
  • Elaine Well that's not sex.

Nudity & bodies 2 moments

How Nudity & bodies shows up in Seinfeld S3 E29:

  • Jerry I would say when the nipple makes its first appearance.
  • George So she starts vaccuming, back and forth, back and forth, her hips swivelling, her breasts, uh... (trying to think of a word)

Violence & injury 2 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in Seinfeld S3 E29:

  • knife, a big, long, sharp knife, that's what I'm in the market for.
  • like blades and kind of serrated? That's the kind of knife I'm looking

Swearing 3 moments

How Swearing shows up in Seinfeld S3 E29:

  • Elaine Yeah one of the readers left and there's a job opening. Dick, this is Jerry and this is George.
  • Elaine (softly to Dick) Dick.
  • Dick What the hell do you know about wagons?

Alcohol & drugs 1 moment

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Seinfeld S3 E29:

  • Kramer Imagine, you can walk around drunk all day.

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