

Jerry and Elaine buy a cinnamon babka, and then Jerry buys a ' black and white cookie', and states that the world would be a better place if everybody 'looked to the cookie', a reference to racial harmony. The couple purchases a chocolate babka, and the cashier tells them that it is their last one. After an exchange of words, Elaine and Jerry recognize the two as a couple they know and are embarrassed to find out that they are attending the same party that the four are. Asking another couple for their spot in line, they are told they cannot have it as they did not know that they came in before the other couple did.

Jerry and Elaine decide on a chocolate babka, and in doing so, forget to take a number in line, and are forced to wait. In the liquor store, George is unable to pay for the wine as he only has a $100 bill and the cashier tells him that he can't break that much money, causing the two to go looking for a way to break the bill. Kramer and George go to buy the wine and Jerry and Elaine go to purchase the dessert. On the way to pick up the wine, Elaine suggests that they buy a dessert for the party. George is upset at the fact that they must first stop off to purchase a bottle of wine for the party, as he just wants to be invited and have a good time, but instead they will be mad "because they didn't bring anything" Jerry states that the fabric of society is very complex. In this episode, Jerry, Elaine, George and Kramer are attending a dinner party at their mutual friend's apartment.

Originally airing on February 3, 1994, it was written by Larry David and was directed by Tom Cherones. " The Dinner Party" is the 77th episode in the fifth season of Seinfeld.
