- George is forced to buy a book he took with him into the bathroom. Jerry finds out that his Uncle Leo is a shoplifter. Elaine doesn't want to be known as the office skank. Kramer and Newman start a Hong Kong rickshaw business.
- While at Brentano's, George is forced to buy an expensive art book after taking it into the bathroom. George has a hard time getting rid of said book. Jerry catches Uncle Leo shoplifting and has a hard time dealing with the situation. Kramer and Newman set up a rickshaw business using New York's homeless population but the plans quickly backfire. Elaine gets in trouble when she has a drunken make out session at Peterman's Christmas party and Peterman orders the guy to attend rehab.—halo1k
- George drags Jerry to Brantano's bookstore as it's reputed to be the new in place to meet women. While there however, George takes an expensive art book with him when he goes to the bathroom. The store insists that he buy it. While in the store, Jerry is flabbergasted to see his Uncle Leo steal a book. Elaine doesn't dance at this year's Christmas party but she gets drunk and makes out with a co-worker. Kramer and Newman decide to pursue their idea of having rickshaws in New York City. They plan on using the homeless as labor.—garykmcd
- The episode opens with a montage of what Kramer does at Jerry's place when he's not home. This includes making and spilling a smoothie (using Jerry's couch cushion to clean it up), riding Jerry's bike around his apartment, yelling down at people on the street, doing a Jerry stand-up impersonation, redecorating the apartment, and hosting parties. Kramer manages to revert the place to normal by the time Jerry comes home, except for a drink that is not on a coaster.
Jerry and George are at a bookstore, Brentano's, where George hopes to meet women and Jerry spots Uncle Leo (Len Lesser) shoplifting. George takes a large book into the bathroom with him, then the bookstore makes George buy the book. Jerry confronts Uncle Leo about the stolen book. Uncle Leo claims it is a right as a senior citizen.
Elaine is at the annual Peterman (John O'Hurley) party, where everyone is anxious to know if she is going to dance again. Elaine doesn't dance at the party; instead, she and a man named Zach (Jonathan Penner) get drunk and make out at their table. The next day Elaine is embarrassed about the drunken make out and George suggests that Elaine tell everyone that she and Zach are dating, so that she won't be known as the "office Skank". Elaine catches Zach with another woman.
Kramer and Newman (Wayne Knight) plan to implement Kramer's idea for running a rickshaw service in the city. They are getting a rickshaw from Hong Kong and need to find someone to pull it. Kramer and Newman attempt to interview potential rickshaw pullers from a collection of homeless men; however, one of the candidates steals the rickshaw. George tries to return his book but is told the book has been "flagged" as having been in the bathroom.
Jerry rats out Uncle Leo to the security guard at the bookstore, and later talks with his parents (Barney Martin & Liz Sheridan) about Uncle Leo's theft. He is told about Uncle Leo's prior arrest, a "crime of passion" of which his mother will not tell him the details. His parents also inform him of the senior approach; it is not stealing if you need it. Elaine plans to use the cheating angle (Zach was found to be kissing another girl from the office in the office cafeteria) to protect her reputation. Jerry tries to talk with Uncle Leo, but the only thing Uncle Leo tells him is that he never forgets when he's been betrayed. Jerry has a nightmare in which a heavily tattooed Uncle Leo does pull-ups in jail and vows to have revenge (a parody of Cape Fear).
George discovers his book has been "flagged" in all the databases as a bathroom book.
Elaine's plan goes awry when J. Peterman demands that she help Zach get off the drugs (Zach is a drug addict) by helping him to quit cold turkey.
Newman and Kramer discover where the rickshaw is, and Kramer loses the contest to determine who will pull the other. When Kramer gets tired pulling Newman in the rickshaw up a hill and lets it go, the results are disastrous as the rickshaw runs over Elaine's "boyfriend" Zach. George tries to donate his book to charity, but even they won't take the marked book. George plans to steal a good copy of the book, so he can return it to get his money back.
Just as Jerry finds out from the manager that the manager has been told that the store needs to make a good example out of a shoplifter, any shoplifter, as long as they catch him in the act. Jerry was trying to negotiate with the manager to drop charges against Uncle Leo, so when Jerry understands his plans, he points out that George is shoplifting, and he gets caught.
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