>Jerry gets paranoid about his girlfriend’s past when her iPhone automatically connects to the wi-fi at Newman’s apartment.
That is just the plot of an existing episode with a slight modern twist on the inciting incident. This highlights how difficult a project like this can be. There is a fine line between writing in someone else's voice and just copying that voice while making a few tweaks.
All the tweet posits is the inciting incident. You're reading a lot into nothing to suggest that that a plot that was never written for the new episode would have to be the same as the one that already exists.
I'm not reading anything into it. The individual beats of the plot might be different, but the overall plot, Jerry deals with the idea that his girlfriend dated Newman, is similar enough that it would get the new idea thrown out if it was pitched for an episode of the show.
Absolutely you are. The tweet makes no mention of his girlfriend having dated Newman, only that her phone connected to his wifi. Hearing that pitch, I would assume that the drama of the episode would be working out why, not a presumption that they must have dated.
That is just the plot of an existing episode with a slight modern twist on the inciting incident. This highlights how difficult a project like this can be. There is a fine line between writing in someone else's voice and just copying that voice while making a few tweaks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Salad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmjV0CuQL9E