ELAINE: So they broke up with you, huh?
GEORGE: She didnāt buy my story about fleeing a sudden fire.
JERRY: Youāve got to stop defaulting to she/her.
GEORGE: ANY PRONOUNS, JERRY! She/her is a perfectly valid pronoun! I couldāve had a she/her, a they/them, a xe/xir, Jerry I couldāve had it all.
ELAINE: Still, she/her for Brick? I wouldnāt have guessed, I mean, they were more butch than Jerry.
(JERRY drops his spoon in his diner soup. George and Elaine are unphased. Laugh track.)
GEORGE: So, your relationship is going SO great, huh? With Mr. Deadname?
ELAINE: Yeah, well, Iām probably gonna cut things off. I mean, I got rid of that name for a reason, yknow? Too much baggage.
JERRY: Youāre jealous he was born an Elaine?
ELAINE: Look, I donāt see whatās so bad about being an Elaine! I mean, look at me, am I not the picture perfect Elaine? I was born to be Elaine. My parents didnāt know what they were THINKING not naming me Elaine, but does he care? No. Just tosses Elaine aside like an old sandwich.
ELAINE: Yeah, youād toss that out, right?
ELAINE: I donāt know, a week?
(GEORGE sits in quiet thought)
JERRY: Maybe heās thinking the same thing about you.
ELAINE: What do you mean?
JERRY: Well, maybe heās been wracking his brain trying to figure out why youād throw away a name as perfect asā¦
ELAINE: No. Thereās no way. With a name like that heās lucky anyone is even interested.
GEORGE: They have a point-
ELAINE: Default back to she/her.
GEORGE: She has a point, Jerry. Not only can I not imagine Elaineās parents picking a name like that, I canāt imagine being an adult and choosing that name. It wouldnāt be anybodyās deadname, it shouldnāt be anybodyās name. Itās just one prolonged mistake.
ELAINE: Better name than George.
JERRY: Maybe itās the opposite.
ELAINE: What do you mean?
JERRY: Well, maybe he picked you up because he misses having Elaine in his life.
GEORGE: You donāt think heāsā¦?
JERRY: No, just likes the name. Maybe he realized heās got some attachment to the name, but he doesnāt want it for himself.
ELAINE: ā¦I could live with that.
(LAUGH TRACK, KRAMER enters in a torn green sequin dress, wig cap, smeared make up, and holding a blonde beehive wig under one arm.)
JERRY: How long did you last?
KRAMER: I didnāt even make it on. I got into a fight with Katya Zamolodchikova.
(KRAMER makes some sort of KRAMER sounds and wild hand gestures, the others nod.)
(ELAINEāS BOYFRIEND enters)
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