Jerry overdoes it, making comments that are so morbid that Cheryl is depressed by the end of the date.
Kramer returns early from baseball fantasy camp, where he accidentally punched Mickey Mantle.
Jerry has lunch with Cheryl, where he continues his morose façade, so that he can ask her to solve Babu's problems with the INS.
When she sees George, she confesses that she is attracted to Jerry's dark, disturbed personality.
He sneers and tells her the case is back on because they all made Cheryl mad due to Jerry's deception.