After George is caught masturbating by his mother the four main characters devise a contest to see who can go the longest without pleasuring him/herself. Marla Jerry`s girlfriend with whom he has yet to have sex with learns of the contest and is disgusted. Elaine`s ex-boyfriend is recovering in the hospital and has surgery. The gang goes to visit. Kramer gets the idea to paint his apartment to simulate the feel of a ski lodge. While at the hospital Kramer`s concern about the operation gets him and Jerry in to watch. But when Kramer sneaks in candy and forces it on Jerry Jerry starts a chain reaction that causes the Junior Mints to land in Elaine`s ex-boyfriend. Jerry thinks he may have killed the guy while George who learns that he has recently come into some money decides to invest in the ex-boyfriend`s artwork.