Kramer vs. Kramer Scene 10 Summary

  • It's the Halloween pageant at Billy's school. Billy's dressed as what appears to be a vampire pilgrim, and it's his job to welcome everybody to the show. He flubs his lines, and Ted helps him from the audience.
  • The other parents in attendance giggle. It's all thoroughly adorable (if not a wee bit clichéd).
  • At work, Ted takes a stack of papers into his co-worker Phyllis' office and asks her to look over them. She says they look good, and—totally unprompted—yes, she'll go to dinner with him. Ted smiles. How do you like the sisterhood now, Kramer?
  • Cut to Ted and Phyllis waking up in Ted's bed. So dinner went well then.
  • Phyllis gets out of bed and heads down the hall to the bathroom. She's got to get going; she has a meeting at 8:00.
  • In the hallway, she runs into Billy. Did we mention that Phyllis is completely naked? Because she is.
  • Billy asks her if she likes fried chicken. She says she does. Then he heads into the bathroom, while Phyllis heads back to Ted's room, presumably to die from embarrassment.
  • Cut to the park. Ted's teaching Billy how to ride a bike. He lets go. Billy keeps riding. Ted's ecstatic.
  • Cut to Ted and Billy walking to Billy's school. This time when they arrive, Ted doesn't just shove Billy at some random lady; he ties Billy's shoes, gives him a kiss, and even says "hi" to some kid named Tommy.
  • As he walks, not runs, away, he looks lack after Billy. Ted's got this dad thing down.
  • Ted jumps in a cab and pulls away as Joanna furtively and wistfully watches from a coffee shop across the street.