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Skip for under 13
Seinfeld S7 E5, “The Hot Tub”, scores 2/5 for violence, 1/5 for sex and 4/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13. George picks up a bad habit from some visiting baseball officials. During the time of the New York City Marathon, Elaine has an out of country runner as her house guest. The runner had overslept and missed the big race at the last Olympics and Jerry obsesses with ensuring that it doesn't happen again. Kramer gets a hot tub from his friend Lomez, and Elaine has writer's block.
Across the episode we counted 13 flagged moments in 3 themes: Violence & injury (1); Swearing (11); 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.
Parents need to know
Age 13+Drinking, violence, language in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that Seinfeld S7 E5, "The Hot Tub", is a live-action sitcom episode. The series is known for adult premises played dry — most of it goes over younger heads. Driven by violence & injury (explicit, in dialogue), with alcohol & drugs alongside it. Violence is mild but includes George says, "Eh...come oooon...(starts stabbing the paper with the pen. Mr. Wilhelm comes in)". Language includes strong swearing — for example, Clayton says, "...'till this bastard over here says: "let's call the sons o'bitches and go visit 'em on". Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — the air, in ecstasy, as she says...) Yes!. Every flagged moment below is a direct quote from the transcript or a short description of what happens on screen.
Watch for — every moment, theme by theme
Violence & injury 1 moment
How Violence & injury shows up in Seinfeld S7 E5:
- George
Eh...come oooon...(starts stabbing the paper with the pen. Mr. Wilhelm comes in)
Swearing 11 moments
How Swearing shows up in Seinfeld S7 E5:
- Clayton
...'till this bastard over here says: "let's call the sons o'bitches and go visit 'em on
- Gardner
I like your organization, George. We've been talkin' to a really friendly son of a bitch
- (the 3 men laugh again) I said: "that son of a bitch doesn't know what he's got in store
- George
I really like those sons of bitches.
- Elaine
Yeah, I got enough to think about just tryin' to come up with some load o'crap for that
- Jerry
Kramer, I'm tellin' you, Elaine doesn't know whatta hell she's doin'! I gotta take over
- Gardner
He told us that George Costanza was gonna be takin' us bastards out on the town.
- Zeke
Let's get that bastard bring us another round! (waves to bartender)
- George
Well...maybe not as much as this bastard... (points at Zeke, they all laugh) I can
- Jerry
I'm saying "get the hell outta there"! Let me put you in a hotel. You'll be comfortable,
- George
Hey, you bastards.
Alcohol & drugs 1 moment
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Seinfeld S7 E5:
- the air, in ecstasy, as she says...) Yes!
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