30 Rock

By The Bad One Launch time. Tracy “rockets” into “space”. Jack and Kenneth are watching in Tracy’s dressing room, Jack having brought in a phenomenal copy of the Apollo model that he received as a child. We get a chance to see the world through Tracy’s eyes too, where everyone looks like Tracy, through Jack...

By The Bad One Jenna. Hair. Kenneth goes up to Jack’s office to tell him it’s too difficult for him. Jack tells Kenneth to keep at it, as Tracy will eventually turn up at 30 Rock asking Kenneth to go with him. Liz tells Kenneth she’s going out for lunch, and Tracy has his usual demands, but Kenneth has

By The Bad One Jenna presents Kenneth with a picture of the dress she’ll be wearing to her upcoming birthday party, instructing him to make sure no one else wears the same thing. Kenneth is more interested in combining her party with one for Tracy. She expresses her rage through fake joy.

By The Bad One Liz: It’s a delicate situation, Jack. There is…handsomeness involved. Jack: How much? Oh, c’mon, Lemon. What is this, a green card thing? Liz: No Jack: Closet case? Liz: I don’t think so. Jack: Slump-buster? Liz: No, not a ballplayer. Jack: Bundy-esque serial killer?

By The Bad One Hector: If you refuse to be reasonable, I must call the presidente of Telemundo! [Dials] Jonathan: ¡La oficina de Jack Donaghy! Jenna: [Nervously] Are you an actress? Elisa: No, I’m a nurse. Jenna: [Relieved] Good. Don’t listen to anyone who says you should become an actress.

By The Bad One Tracy walks into his dressing room to find the lightswitch disconnected. Kenneth steps out from behind the door in Hill Witch costume, trying to frighten Tracy into eating his vegetables, a performance Tracy characterizes as “weak”. In storms Jenna, her hair fried to hell and her makeup r...

By The Bad One She comes out of Spaceman’s office to find Jenna and Tracy returning, an hour late for their promo shoot. Tracy explains why they were out, but they forgot about the soup and just went shopping. Liz cuts their shopping montage. Jenna decides they better figure out something else to do for the c...

By The Bad One Welcome back my friends to the show that thankfully has yet to end and keeps raking in gobs and gobs of entirely deserved awards. Thank you, Hollywood Foreign Press, for getting it right. Alec Baldwin - Best Actor in a Television Series (Comedy or Musical). Tina Fey - Best Actress in a Televisi...

By The Bad One Jack finds his mother backstage. Colleen: “What’s wrong with you?” Jack: “I love you, Mother, and I don’t want you to die.” Colleen, warily: “I’m never going to, Jackie.” We end with Elaine Stritch and Alec Baldwin at the piano, finishing the song. It’s so heartwarming and wholesome, it’s fre...

By The Bad One Grizz, Dot Com, and Tracey enter Kenneth’s elevator. Tracey: “Elevator? What’s this? [Lifts his t-shirt, slaps his stomach] A ghetto mating call!” Grizz and Dot Com laugh, but they’re the only ones. An older black lady looks disgusted and disappointed. The elevator stops and in come a pair...

By The Bad One Kenneth is trying to send extra money home to the farm (I guess they moved back). It seems that the inbred pigs are getting violent and the pig shield has worn thin. Jack asks him how much savings he has. Kenneth: “Eighty thousand dollars.” Jack: “If you don’t include Confederate money.” Kenneth...

By The Bad One Tracy commiserates with Kenneth over the death of the old page’s uniform. Tracy: “I hate to see you like this, Ken Doll. It’s like an owl without a graduation cap: Heartbreaking.” He offers to buy Kenneth something to cheer him up, but the things Kenneth wants don’t come with a price tag, like a...

By The Bad One Kenneth is shocked and saddened that various Olympic events were faked for TV.  Kenneth:  “Was any of it real, Mr. Donaghy?  Beer pong, jazzercise, women’s soccer?”  Jack and Kenneth hold different opinions about the real world vs. doing the right thing, and Kenneth tells Jack he’s lost a h...

By The Bad One Jenna's thrilled to get her residuals from a Japanese commercial she did for Tokyo University. Jenna: "I'm gonna use this $300 to buy us all some new boots for me." Tracy marches down the hall brandishing a copy of his video game, DongSlayer, bragging about the 61,000,000 copies it's sold at...

By The Bad One Jack can't believe he's trapped in his new job. Cooter can't believe his best friend wants to leave him. Jack asks if Cooter himself has ever thought about leaving. Cooter: "Every day for two years. Look at these resignation letters. They're written in ketchup, dirty rock, leak water." But now J...

By The Bad One Back in the present, Floyd tells her that sometimes he regrets leaving New York, like right now. Liz jokes that New York doesn't have anything Cleveland doesn't. She heard The Cleve is getting an Ikea, but Floyd will believe that when he sees it. "We've just been burned before." Yeah, by the Cuy...

By The Bad One Tina Fey’s delivery is what makes the previous line so perfect. Liz: “I wolfed my Teamster sub for you.” Floyd, a little worried: “Is that a saying?” He tries to return his key to her apartment, but she turns him down, asking him to ...

By The Bad One There's no question, this show has its fastball back following the hiatus. Both last week's episode and this one are two of the best of Season 2, alongside Carrie Fisher's episode. Will Arnett is great; he plays Devon Banks like the opposite side of the GOB coin. I'm glad we'll be seeing more of...

By The Bad One Jack works on Tracy, trying to get him to become a Republican by naming off issues Tracy agrees with them on. Jack:  Do you like lower taxes?Tracy:   If I paid taxes, I sure would.Jack:   How about gun ownership?Tracy:   Go on.Jack:   States' rights?Tracy:   I love states' rights!

By The Bad One Jack asks Kenneth if he knows who the quote came from. Kenneth, disappointed in Liz, tiptoes around an answer. He's saved when Jack gets a call from Dick Cheney that Jonathan mistakenly has him take. Liz takes the opportunity to order him out of the room. Kenneth: "Miss Lemon, your eyes look lik...

By Baba Oje I was thrilled to be asked to guest star on NBC's hit comedy '30 Rock,'" Seinfeld said. "I think it's going to be so refreshing for me to be playing myself in a show that has nothing to do with neurotic, dysfunctional New York characters.