Jason Hanky, played by James Spader, is a casual friend of Jerry Seinfeld and George Costanza who has gotten involved with the Alcoholics Anonymous program in Season 9's The Apology. George is thrilled to hear that Jason is currently on the step in the program where he will be apologizing to the people he has offended and/or harmed with his drinking, because Jason will finally have to apologize for his refusal to lend him a sweater at a party he had thrown and a humiliating comment he had made in front of a lot of people about how George's head would have stretched out the neckhole on the sweater.