The Keys 5072914 222884536 2008-07-01T16:10:34Z Tommyt 273563 /* Plot */ adding a few details {{Infobox Television episode | Title = The Keys | Series = Seinfeld | Image = <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Sein ep322.jpg|200px]] --> | Caption = Jerry and Kramer interact awkwardly. | Season = 3 | Episode = 40 | Airdate = [[May 6]], [[1992]] | Production = | Writer = [[Larry Charles]] | Director = [[Tom Cherones]] | Guests = [[Candice Bergen]] | Episode list = [[List of Seinfeld episodes|List of ''Seinfeld'' episodes]] | Season list = {{Infobox Seinfeld season 3 episode list}} | Prev = | Next = }} {{otheruses4|the Seinfeld episode|the archipelago|Florida Keys|the settlement|The Keys, Newfoundland and Labrador}} '''"The Keys"''' is the fortieth episode of the sitcom ''[[Seinfeld]]''. The episode was the 23rd and final episode for the third season and the first of a three-episode [[cliffhanger]]. It aired on [[May 6]], [[1992]]. ==Plot== A montage of incidents finds Jerry returning to his apartment to find Kramer making himself at home much too often; Kramer had been using the spare set of keys Jerry had left with him. Exasperated, Jerry demands his spare keys back, angering Kramer. Knowing that he has broken the "covenant of the keys," Kramer arrives at the realization that he is now free to come out of the shadows. Kramer takes off for [[California]] to follow his dream of becoming an [[actor]] after he is unable to convince George to join him. Jerry gives his spare keys to Elaine. Soon after he desperately needs them and goes to Elaine's home with George (who has spare keys to her place), to search for his spare set. They end up finding Elaine's writing project for an episode of ''[[Murphy Brown]]''. As they read and laugh over it, Elaine walks in and screams at them to leave for invading her privacy. Jerry is unable to locate Kramer and make amends. One night while watching Murphy Brown with Elaine, Jerry sees Kramer in a famous bit part on ''Murphy Brown'' as [[Murphy_Brown#Running_gags|Murphy's new secretary]], "Steven Snell." Surprisingly, Murphy says that she "has a good feeling" about Steven. ==BTK killer reference== Jerry jokes with a woman he dates about pretending to run into his apartment to escape from murderers. His date counters, "I'm from Wichita", a reference to the fact that [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]] was once terrorized by one of the most notorious serial killers of the 20th century, the [[Dennis Rader|BTK Killer]]. {{seinfeld}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Keys, The}} [[Category:Seinfeld episodes|Keys, The]] [[Category:Television season finales]]