Blerg! A 30 Rock Podcast

We’ve reached the end of the 30 Rock series and are as distressed as the writer’s faced with Blimpies for lunch, as emotional as Jack after a fight with Liz and as satisfied as Kenneth planning the future of NBC programming. These really have been the best days of our flurm. Join us next week for a series wrap wrap wrap-up!

Original Air Date: January 31, 2013

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Liz’s plate and DVR are full as she and Criss discover their twins are arriving in a matter of days, TGS has just one chance to avoid cancellation, and she has been avoiding diving into Treme. Meanwhile, Jack and Kenneth tour prospective NBC CEOs around the building and Tracy and Jenna go on national tv and do nothing to help the TGS cause. 

Original Air Date: January 24, 2013

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Tracy tells Liz to be more spontaneous before she becomes a mother, so she joins Jack in Florida and gets arrested at Harry Potter world. Liz’s magic misdemeanors are a welcome distraction for Jack, as unfathomable truths about his late mother come to light. And Tracy and Jenna take on  management tasks in a Liz-free 30 Rock and wind up with 3 million oranges and an uncertain future for TGS. 

Original Air Date: January 17, 2013

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Jack makes his biggest play yet to take down high school girl Kaylie Hooper (Chloe Grace Moretz) and be appointed CEO of Kabletown with the unlikely assist from Devin Banks (Will Arnett) and Jenna. Meanwhile, Tracy tries to channel his inner Liz Lemon in order to wrangle Octavia Spencer.  

Original Air Date: January 10, 2013

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Ms. Liz Lemon is a married woman who is receiving an award and in doing so is stealing Jenna’s life-spanning thunder, Colleen (Elaine Stritch) comes to New York for a final visit with Jack and a laundry list of tasks and wishes for her death, and Kenneth is upset so Tracy tries to cheer him up with Florence Henderson and tv inspired hijinks. 

Original Air Date: December 6, 2012

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Liz and Criss are getting married! Top gun style. For practical adoption reasons. Until a very purple turtleneck and memories from beneath her underwear ball, encourage Liz to embrace her special day. All are invited and in lieu of gifts they will accept popcorn. 

Original Air Date: November 29, 2012

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Jack inspires laughter everywhere he goes thanks to Tracy’s new Aunt Phatso movie which uses Jack as villainous inspiration, Liz needs bunion surgery to prove she can be a mother and Hazel Wassername returns sensing a rhythmic gymnastic opportunity. 

Original Air Date: November 15, 2012

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Liz and Jack take the stage in a debate about which presidential candidate will be the best for Jenna Maroney, Pete desperately tries to re-ignite that 2008 Obama-based spark with the security guard Maria, and Kenneth casts his first ballot on the wings of an eagle. 

Original Air Date: October 31, 2012

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Jenna has become a northern Florida sensation with her Jimmy Buffet-esque song and her Crabcatcher following has taken over the 30 Rock plaza. Jack invites Liz to be his bait …errr chum at a Republican fundraiser and Tracy winds up helping Liz to fight for the side of ideas and Obama.

Original Air Date: October 25, 2012

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Jack thought he was Steve McQueen in The Great Escape but it turns out he’s just an aging Pokemon, Jenna decides to lean into getting older, and Liz is determined to prove to Tracy that women are funny…or at least funnier than a monkey. 

Original Air Date: October 18, 2012

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Jack and Liz’s plans to destroy NBC are derailed by a Vice Presidential candidate who looks like Tracy and is comedic gold. Meanwhile Kenneth’s mom (Catherine O’Hara) and her friend Ron (Bryan Cranston) come to visit and Jenna tries to steal helps bring their family together. 

Original Air Date: October 11, 2012

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Big things are happening as we enter the final season of 30 Rock: Liz and Criss are thinking about starting family, Jenna is going to get married, Tracy owns his own movie studio, Jack’s going to tank NBC and Kenneth hosts a dinner party!

Original Air Date: October 4, 2012

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Jack and Avery attempt to defeat their past year by renewing their vows, Tracy looks for a role model and Jenna helps Kenneth see Hazel’s evil ways. Meanwhile Liz and Criss get closer to having a plant - squee! 

Original Air Date: May 17, 2012

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Avery’s back! Let the psycho-sexual mind games begin. Criss is earning his keep and his rewards from Liz with Crisspoints  and Jenna is being trained like a southern "Fair Lady” by Kenneth and Tracy to prepare for her wedding sponsorship. 

Original Air Date: May 10, 2012

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We’re back in Angie’s (Sherri Shephard’s) world and there is an excess of rude. Jack and Diana (Mary Steenburgen) cover up their forbidden desires with Gus and Rus, Liz gets into a feud with baby Virginia and Kenneth fights a cord - all during Angie’s fashion show! 

Original Air Date: May 3, 2012

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Liz and Criss (James Marsden) consider parenthood, Jack tries to make bad couches happen and Jenna goes full crisis mode over Paul and Tracy lends a hand. 

Original Air Date: April 19, 2012

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Jack’s mother Colleen (Elaine Stritch) is in town for heart surgery just in time to ruin his couch factory opening. Tracy’s trying to convince his son not to go to college and Jenna is dating a Woggel.

Original Air Date: April 12, 2012

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Jack doesn’t want to read the team’s self-evaluations, so he messes with Pete’s life instead. Meanwhile the writers are messing with Jenna, Kenneth is being very honest with her, and Liz is Tracy’s new dad thanks to her hair pomade and his renewed sense of smell.

Original Air Date: April 5, 2012

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After a meeting with her accountant, Liz realizes she may be in a bit of a rut. She turns to meditation while Jack tries put-put, but really they both just need each other to work through their problems. Meanwhile Tracy works on his taxes and Jenna avoids the theater (when she should have been avoiding Hazel).

Original Air Date: March 29, 2012

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It’s time to start working on Kidnapped By Danger - the Avery Jessup TV movie. Jack and Liz are having creative differences in the script writing process, Jenna and Tracy are trying to rewrite the song for the film so that Weird Al can’t parody it, and Avery’s mother, Diana (Mary Steenburgen), strikes up a romance with the actor playing Jack (William Baldwin).

Original Air Date: March 22, 2012

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Jack’s getting desperate to get Avery back, so desperate he’ll talk to Matt Lauer and hire Jenna to play her in a TV movie. Meanwhile, Liz takes on Hazel Wassername as a mentee and Kenneth gets chosen as the contest winner for a walk-on role on TGS - where he forces Tracy to take his medicine.

Original Air Date: March 22, 2012

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It’s Irish mayhem and Liz thinks she can hide away from it all with Criss (James Marsden), but celebratory chaos shows up at her door in the form of Dennis Duffy (Dean Winters). Meanwhile, Jack becomes very invested in a Settlers-type board game with the writers and Hazel makes Jenna and Tracy rivals again.

Original Air Date: March 12, 2012

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For the holiday week, we're taking a little break and bringing back one of our favorite 30 Rock Christmas episodes. Jack accidentally hits Colleen with his car, Liz get overly invested in Letters to Santa and Pete wants quadruple overtime. Happy Holidays Gemstones!! We're so grateful for you all! 

The finale of America’s Kids Got Singing is sabotaged by Jack’s nemesis Kaylie Hooper (Chloe Grace Moretz), so he goes into battle mode and Kenneth goes into censor mode on all late night tv, including TGS. While Liz tries to fight off Kenneth’s restrictions, Jenna tries maintain popularity by introducing the world to her brood of donor egg children and Tracy fasts for his colonoscopy.

Original Air Date: March 8, 2012

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Patti LuPone busts back onto the scene as Frank’s mother, Silvia, who is pissed but mostly thrilled that Frankie and Liz are in love. Unfortunately, Frank’s girlfriend Lynn (Susan Sarandon) is under the desk and the truth will come out, putting Liz in the middle (of a mouse pile). Meanwhile, Jack teaches Kenneth paranoia and gets a visit from Stanley Tucci and Jenna and Tracy solve the mystery of Pete’s missing whisky in time for a birthday miracle.

Original Air Date: March 1, 2012

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It’s Leap Day and everyone but Liz is in the holiday spirit. Liz and Jenna end up in a slut off, Tracy tries to find a Leap Day miracle at Benihana, Kenneth has to show Jack the true meaning of the holiday, and in the background Jim Carrey and Andie MacDowell play out the Hollywood version of the holiday.

Original Air Date: February 23, 2012

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Jack feels called to political/vigilante duty after being mugged and Liz feels called away from a life of upright citizenship after receiving indecent and infectious treatment on the subway Only one can prevail as the two battle for the soul and future of NYC. Meanwhile, Jenna and Paul try normaling and Tracy helps Jack with his political campaign and agoraphobia.

Original Air Date: February 16, 2012

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606+607 | Hey, Baby, What’s Wrong

It’s a big one! This double episode opens with the Criss (James Marsden) serenading Liz and closes with Hazel Wassername (Kristen Schaal) going full single white female. And in the meantime, Jack and Avery’s mother, Diana (Mary Steenburgen), fight their feelings, Jenna prepares to sing live through the yips with some coaching from Pete, and Tracy and Frank give Lutz terrible advice on how to pick up women.

Original Air Date: February 9, 2012

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Liz finds herself in a Jack off as she and Jack renegotiate her contract using the Donaghy Method, Kenneth is hurt because no one noticed his absence and ditches the TGS crew for Suze Orman, and Tracy and Jenna perform as robots at a Bar Mitzvah and learn valuable life lessons.

Original Air Date: February 2, 2012

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Jenna has gotten too famous and she and Liz have a falling out. But in their pursuit of friends more like themselves, they realize variety really is the spice of life. Meanwhile Tracy really wants presents so he, Hank Hooper (Ken Howard) is sad, and Jack fired the pages and then made an oopsie daisy.

Original Air Date: January 26, 2012

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Jack’s meddling and official disapproval have caused some complications in the Criss/Liz relationship. Meanwhile Jenneth and Kelsey Grammer execute their plan to move a passed-out Pete, Tracy and Denise Richards get Liz to issue a normal apology to the idiot community, and Jack helps Devin Banks (Will Arnett) get his gaybies into private school.

Original Air Date: January 26, 2012

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We finally get to meet Criss Chros (James Marsden) and he’s an adorable master of both craft hot dogs and M&M studded pancakes who Jack firmly disapproves of. Meanwhile, Jenna and Kenneth’s light bulb high jinks turn into a rescue mission for Pete that requires the assistance of their old pal Kelsey Grammar and Tracy starts and idiot protest. 

Original Air Date: January 19, 2012

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Jenna’s found a new level of cruelty and fame as a judge of America’s Kids Got Singing, alongside John McEnroe and D’Fwan (Tituss Burgess). Liz is uncharacteristically happy after the break and it is freaking Tracy and Jack out. Meanwhile, no one’s worried about Kenneth’s declarations of the end of the times.

Original Air Date: January 12, 2012

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As the TGS team winds down season 5, Jack is in a pretty bad place with the loss of Avery and seeks the comfort of Kenneth, the writers are stuck in the writer’s room in a never-ending video game, and Liz just wants to get away to spend the summer with shapeless clothes and Ina Garten in the Hamptons. Nothing goes to plan - Jenna and Paul can’t be "normal enough" to get wool, Tracy joins Liz in the Hamptons and the writers forget to leave 30 Rock. See you in season 6, adios!

Original Air Date: May 5, 2011

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Jack accidentally wishes for Avery to stay away more and now she’s a North Korean hostage who’s been married to Kim Jong-un. Liz decides to clean up her other apartment (aka Tracy’s hideout) but quickly get distracted by a single plastic bag in a tree and Tracy can’t accept that his entourage found something funny while he was gone.

Original Air Date: April 28, 2011

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Everyone made it to episode 100! Almost. Hank Hooper (Ken Howard) wants to cut TGS short because of how bad it is without Tracy Jordan and he shows no sign of returning as long as his prestigious reputation remains intact. For added fun, a gas leak in 30 Rock triggers flashbacks, hallucinations and bad decisions. Guest stars galore, including Micheal Keaton, Tom Hanks, Dean Winters and Rachel Dratch!

Original Air Date: April 21, 2011

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Liz and Kenneth can’t stand Tracy’s absence any longer and their hunt finally finds a successful conclusion. With the continued lack of a regular tv show, Jenna does a horror movie in Connecticut, Pete arm wrestles Rob Riggle and Jack brings in Phil Rosenthal (of Everybody Loves Raymond fame) to clean up Take My Hand.

Original Air Date: April 14, 2011

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With Tracy still hiding out in fake Africa, TGS is put on a forced hiatus and the whole cast and crew looks to their plan Bs. Which is when Liz realizes she doesn’t have one. Jack would love to help, but isn’t doing well at his own job and has to call in gay nemesis Devon Banks (Will Arnett) to help save his new network: TWINKS.

Original Air Date: March 24, 2011

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We take a break from our typical 30 Rock format and dive straight into Angie’s (Sherri Shepherd) world in an episode of Queen of Jordan. She brings drama, colorful characters and catchphrases galore (ham!). Meanwhile, Frank’s middle school romance with a teacher comes back when Lynn Onkman (Susan Sarandon) gets out of prison.

Original Air Date: March 17, 2011

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TGS gets (not wrongly) accused of being misogynistic after a series of episodes with Jenna portraying powerful women who are thwarted by their periods. So Liz decides to bring in another writer - Abby Flynn (Cristin Milioti) a comedian who is using her sexuality and baby talk even more blatantly than Jenna. Meanwhile, Jack goes toe-to-toe with a 14-year-old girl (Chloe Grace Moretz) for the future of Kabletown.

Original Air Date: February 24, 2011

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After her breakup with Carol, Liz has decided to lean full spinster, down to the chip clip turned hair accessory. The entire TGS gang decides to go above and beyond to help Liz have a rebound with a man who turns out to be a Martha Stewart recommended sex worker (Eion Bailey) - it’s a good thing? Meanwhile, Jack is finding that fatherhood is bad for his negotiating skills…or is it?

Original Air Date: February 15, 2011

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Jack and Liz’s relationships come to a head as their similarities show themselves for the double-edged sword that they are. Jack and Avery head towards the Canadian border in a mobile meth lab (driven by John Cho) before Jack finally quits in deference to Avery and baby’s health. Meanwhile, Liz and Carol (Matt Damon) have an increasingly tense showdown on a parked airplane leading to their relationship’s extreme collapse.

Original Air Date: February 10, 2011

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Avery is continuing to hide her pregnancy from her coworkers at 8 months, so when she and Liz run into fellow reporter Carmen Chao (Vanessa Minnillo) Liz goes all-in on her cover that she’s actually the pregnant one. Meanwhile, Jack struggles to adjust to Kabletown’s collaborative culture and Jenna and Tracy fight over a sweatshirt.

Original Air Date: February 3, 2011

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GE’s gone and the gang at 30 Rock works for Kabletown now. Jack decides to rise to the challenge and create the most successful reality tv program possible - a celebrity benefit for disaster relief (disaster TBD) featuring Robert De Niro. Meanwhile Tracy and Liz get into it to the tune of “Uptown Girl” in order to avoid their drama being aired on Angie’s new reality show.

Original Air Date: January 27, 2011

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There’s a mixup on a French Caribbean island and Liz winds up leaving Jack and Avery’s wedding as Mrs. Donaghy - chaos and many anguish squeals from Jonathan ensue. Jenna and Danny slip very quickly into the dynamic of a dysfunctional marriage and Tracy’s wife Angie (Sherri Shepherd) would like to give entertainment a try to ensure their family’s fortune - welcome to the Queen of Jordan. Also featuring the amazing Tituss Burgess as D’Fwan.

Original Air Date: January 20, 2011

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Problematic communication abounds at 30 Rock this week: Liz tries to use Kenneth as her therapist, subsequently breaking both him and then Jack, Jenna and Paul seem to want different things in their relationship, despite looking so similar, and Tracy’s “son” Donald can’t seem to come up with a business name that isn’t already taken.

Original Air Date: December 2, 2010

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Liz accidentally wins the TGS crew lottery and becomes the coolest girl in school when she uses the cash to buy them beer and ice cream. Jack’s past comes back to haunt him when his voice winds up on pronunciation websites and GE’s new microwaves. To cope he and Pete bond in true college fashion - with beer, acoustic guitar and ponchos.

Original Air Date: November 18, 2010

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Liz’s new jeans force her to choose between her moral compass and how good her butt looks, Jack’s merger fears lead him to back an increasingly insane and racist Steve Austin (John Slattery) as a pro-business congressional candidate, and Jenna’s jealousy almost ruins Tracy’s chances at a Golden Globe - but Hard to Watchis just too good.

Original Air Date: November 11, 2010

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After months of being charmed by the adorable weirdness of it, a hormonal Avery (Elizabeth Banks) decides she’s not okay with how close Liz and Jack are (and that Liz has a say in the baby’s name) so she insists Jack draw professional boundaries and seek a different mentee. Meanwhile, Liz is floundering watching her father (Buck Henry) come to town to flirt behind her mother’s back and she doesn’t have a Jack to turn to and Tracy and Jenna are on a mission to improve their obituaries.

Original Air Date: November 4, 2010

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Jack is having a perfect day, or “Reaganing.” Within 24 hours, he’s coined a term (innoventually), invented a reality show, and even got Tracy to remember his lines. But can he solve Liz’s intimacy issues before the clock runs out? Only time will tell. Meanwhile, Jenna, Kenneth and Kelsey Grammar decide to con Carvel for dozens of dollars.

Original Air Date: October 21, 2010

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30 Rock goes live in two time zones! The ‘West Coast’ version is more widely available but Nick helps to track the differences between this and the earlier airing. In plot points, everyone forgot Liz’s birthday, Jack isn’t drinking and Tracy get into breaking. And in guest stars, Jadwiga is back (Rachel Dratch), Liz in flashbacks has Seinfeld money (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), Dr. Drew does a hand replacement commercial (Jon Hamm) and Carol’s (Matt Damon) has a new co-pilot (Bill Hader).

Original Air Date: October 14, 2010

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Liz wants someone else to feel how lonely it is at the top and Queen Latifah wants NBC to be more diverse, so Toofer - I mean James - gets a promotion to co-head writer and a lot of respect really quickly. Meanwhile, Kenneth’s page program interview turns Jenna into a stage mom and Tracy, Dot Com and Grizz are creating a tv show.

Original Air Date: October 7, 2010

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Liz  makes a joke about Jack being an old dad that sends him into a video-recording frenzy, Liz’s mojo has attracted the attention of Ritchie from the editing bay (Paul Giamatti) and Tracy is on his way to be with Angie at the birth of their daughter - but first he has to answer a series of trivia questions in the Cash Cab (with Ben Bailey).

Original Air Date: September 30, 2010

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Jack is settling in blissfully with Avery and encourages Liz to get into an “adult dude” situation with Carol (Matt Damon) instead of living in a hotel-centric limbo. Meanwhile, Jenna comes back for season 5 as a producer/business slut and Kenneth tries to adjust to life at CBS.

Original Air Date: September 23, 2010

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Season 4 wraps with the day of a thousand weddings! Or at least 3, all of which Liz is in. After overstaying her welcome on Floyd and Kaitlin’s alter, Liz runs an errand to Wesley Snipes’ office that may change her life (it’s Matt Damon). Jack finally has to make a decision between Nancy and Avery, Jenna learns to share with Cher and Kenneth gets fired and has one of the most heartfelt drunk rants ever.

Original Air Date: May 20, 2010

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Liz Lemon is entirely fine showing up to most of the upcoming weddings alone - but not Floyd's. So she goes through her ex-boyfriend rolodex and checks in with Dr. Drew (Jon Hamm) who now has hooks for hands, Dennis Duffy (Dean Winters) who is attempting an even better “balloon boy” stunt, and finally lands on Wesley Snipes (Michael Sheen) as his only downside is that she hates him. Meanwhile Jack’s love triangle reaches a decision point (which he stalls through Catholic guilt) and Tracy explores avenues to his Oscar - Garfield 3 or Hard to Watch.

Original Air Date: May 13, 2010

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There are guest stars galore as all the moms come back for a special Mother’s Day episode of TGS. Colleen (Elaine Stritch) pulls the cord on Jack dating both Avery and Nancy, Margaret Lemon (Anita Gillette) convinces Liz to settle (while also revealing that Buzz Aldrin was her first love), Jan Hooks returns as Jenna’s manipulative mother Verna (with rompers in tow) and Novella Nelson plays herself as an actress hired to play Tracy’s mom so he doesn’t feel left out. We also get the return of Patti LuPone, Will Ferrell, and an introduction to Lutz playing his own mother.

Original Air Date: May 6, 2010

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Wedding season approaches at 30 Rock and now Grizz is getting in on the action, with the big question being: who will be the best man? Jack inherits a peacock (Argus) from Don Geiss’ estate and the living dinosaur is able to help Jack come to terms with his loss, we meet Jenna’s new boyfriend/her impersonator, Paul (Will Forte), and Liz just keeps trying to get to the gym.

Original Air Date: April 29, 2010

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To avoid the looming Avery v. Nancy decision, Jack turns his attention instead to an urgent janitorial negotiation between Khonani (Kapil Bawa) and Subhas (Subhas Ramasaywack). Liz is very unhappy to find she’s been excluded from her work family’s weekly karaoke night, but eventually finds strength in her role as mama dog for the TGS cast and crew and gets her windmill high five with her pal/co-manager Jack.

Original Air Date: April 22, 2010

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Jack is boasting about his easy, breezy relationship with Avery (Elizabeth Banks), when Nancy Donovan (Julianne Moore) bursts back into his office and life and forces the eternal question: Lee Marvin or Derek Jeter? Liz is hitting up the YMCA dating circuit, and Toofer stands up the affirmative action.

Original Air Date: April 22, 2010

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Liz’s ex-boyfriend Floyd (Jason Sudeikis) is waiting outside her window… to win a Today Show wedding with his new girlfriend Kaitlin. Liz decides to make him pay for her heartbreak in booze-laden salmon - a bold move, but not enough to earn her silver panther status with Jack and Danny. Meanwhile, Pete’s strategy for keeping Jenna and Tracy distracted is facial plaster casts and lots and lots and lots of stories and theories from Kenneth.

Original Air Date: March 25, 2010

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Don Geiss, America and Hope

Jack struggles to navigate the dual trauma of losing his mentor, Dan Goose, and being bought out by Kabletown until he invents porn for women (featuring Astronaut Mike Dexter). And Liz feels fated to continue dating Wesley Snipes (Michael Sheen) until she resolves not to settle and discovers Astronaut Mike Dexter on a new cable channel.

Original Air Date: March 18, 2010

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Liz is intrigued when she realizes that she added a new contact called ‘future husband’ while under the influence of post-root canal anesthesia - and then disappointed when the universe continues to pair her with the dull and cruel Wesley (Michael Sheen). Jack and Avery (Elizabeth Banks) face their first real test as a couple when GE’s (and Jack’s) future look uncertain and Avery wants the scoop and Tracy goes for the ’T’ in his EGOT, assisted by Jenna and the phone book.

Original Air Date: March 11, 2010

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Liz decides to face down cupid by scheduling a root canal for February 14 and renaming it ‘Anna Howard Shaw’ day. Meanwhile, Jack meets a match while appearing on ‘The Hot Box’ with Avery Jessup (Elizabeth Banks) and Jenna mourns the loss of her stalker (Horatio Sanz). Post-surgery, Liz hallucinates her all-star lineup of exes (Dean Winters, Jason Sudeikis and Jon Hamm) who are put to, as Jon Bon Jovi would say, “a good use of their time and talents.”

Original Air Date: February 11, 2010

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Jenna’s got drama when her opportunistic mother, Verna, shows up (played by Jan Hooks). Luckily, Jack’s got a presentation and detailed plan of how to handle manipulative mothers. Meanwhile, Liz and Frank become roommates and try to make each other better through shame, competition and night vision spy cams and Kenneth has many stories to tell to an increasingly unwell Pete.

Original Air Date: February 4, 2010

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It’s January and everyone’s feeling cranky at TGS, so Liz and Pete decide to bring the show to Florida for the week. However, the plan gets hi-Jacked and everybody has to go to Boston so Jack can continue his accent and espionage-laden pursuit of Nancy Donovan (Julianne Moore).

Original Air Date: January 21, 2010

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A black light TGS afterparty reveals a lot: Kenneth’s wooden teeth, Lutz’s bra, and evidence of Danny, the actor/robot, on our favorite head writer. When Jack finds out, he decides Liz’s dalliances may cost him a rare bromance so he sabotages it the only way he knows how - with lies painfully disguised as confessions. Meanwhile, Jenna’s gonna be Madonna and Sue is infantilized in Tracy’s entourage.

Original Air Date: January 14, 2010

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It’s a new year at 30 Rock and everyone is celebrating their start to 2010: Liz’s cousin Randy came out to the family (she outed him), Jack drank and purged toxic wine (and left a drunken message on Julianne Moore’s answering machine), Jenna committed herself (a human woman), to a faux relationship with James Franco, and Tracy believes he conceived his baby girl (details spared). Let the New Years fallout hijinks begin!

Original Air Date: January 14, 2010

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Liz and Jack take a big step in their relationship and decide to give each other gifts this holiday season. Jack convinces Liz to commit to thoughtful gift-giving, Liz convinces Jack that they should spend zero dollars, and guest appearances from their high school crushes ensue (Julianne Moore and Larry Wilcox). Meanwhile in the writer’s room the boys are trying to get out of Kenneth’s Secret Santa and Jenna is having a rage stroke - finally!

Original Air Date: December 10, 2009

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Liz is ready to host her very own talk show, Dealbreakers,until Jack totally freaks out and ruins everything - but mostly Liz’s hair. As Liz descends into actor madness, Frank has to step up into her head writer spot (which gets weird) and Tracy seeks the council of Whoopi Goldberg in his pursuit of an EGOT and a daughter (they’re related).

Original Air Date: December 3, 2009

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Liz gets several unpleasant surprises in this episode - first with the news that her apartment building is being turned into condos and then when she realizes what Frank’s really been putting in those jars in the window (it’s pee). But that’s nothing compared to the devastation Jack faces watching Don Geiss publicly suffer because of his children. Jack and Tracy resolve to get matching vasectomies before Tracy Jr. changes their minds.

Original Air Date: November 19, 2009

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The natural 30 Rock order is undone by the arrival of new cast member Danny (formerly Jack) Baker (Cheyenne Jackson). Liz and Jack go on a romantic date and then launch into a vindictive battle over the Dealbreakers talk show, Tracy and Jenna join forces to solve the problems of others, and Kenneth’s brain almost breaks when Danny refuses his services. It must be Opposite Day.

Original Air Date: November 12, 2009

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The big day has finally arrived, Liz and Pete have found their new actor - Jayden Michael Tyler (Nick Fondulis) - they just need to employ the Hornberger system to get Jack to believe Jayden is his pick. Jenna crashes the party and calls Tracy to an actor emergency where they scour the streets of New York to turn Liz and Jack’s carefully formulated audition day into a talent show free-for-all. Distinguished auditionees include Brian Williams, Kathy Geiss (Marceline Hugot), Dot Com, and the silvery outline of robot that is not yet Cheyenne Jackson.

Original Air Date: November 5, 2009

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Liz and Jack continue the quest to find a new cast member, but it turns out Kenneth’s home town of Stone Mountain, Georgia is a more of a dead-end than the “Real America” comedy haven they were hoping to find. Back at 30 Rock, the writers finally see a reason to be Jenna’s friend and Tracy is worried that he may be the next celebrity to die - unless he can kill Betty White or Jimmy Fallon first…

Original Air Date: October 29, 2009

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Blamo! Liz’s book ‘Dealbreakers’ has hit the shelves and everyone’s pretty mad about it, even Mike, the bookstore employee (played by Jon Glaser). Devon Banks (Will Arnett) is back to hold Jack to account in a fit of congressional oversight and to engage in some gravel-voiced gay-smr. And Kenneth saves a lot of dogs and, of course, it somehow becomes Liz’s problem.

Original Air Date: October 22, 2009

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It’s Season 4 and the gang is celebrating with dinner at Season 4: a restaurant where you can eat like “the rest of America.” Cheesy blaster anyone? Jack’s on a mission to bring Tracy, Jenna and Liz back in touch with the heartland by telling them to meet people, go country and find a more relatable actor (respectively). Meanwhile, Kenneth leads a strike to get proof of Jack’s hypocrisy and deceit when Jack takes a very large bonus while cutting the pages’ overtime.

Original Air Date: October 15, 2009

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Jack’s new father, Milton Greene (Alan Alda), is excited to meet his son but also sad because he could die at any minute. Jack decides to do whatever he can (short of giving his own kidney) to save him and calls in favors from more music superstars than we can fit in this description to put on the benefit concert of Milton Greene’s life. Meanwhile Tracy goes on an emotional journey back to his high school and Liz Lemon starts to get hers - it’s a dealbreaker, ladies!

Original Air Date: May 14, 2009

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Jack decides he needs to learn who is real father is and, to Liz’s delight, he chooses a Mamma Mia situation to lure the unsuspecting candidates to 30 Rock. Meanwhile, Tracy is funding a dojo/community center through Donald - a man who is not his son and Jenna is starting get buzz for the catchphrase “that’s a dealbreaker ladies” and Liz is totally fine with not getting the writing credit.

Original Air Date: May 7, 2009

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Liz and Tracy have a stand-off about fair treatment but quickly realize the grass is not greener, Jack is find himself defending Colleen (Elaine Stritch) and confronting his daddy issues, and Jenna puts several of her issues on display with her new child, the gibbon.

Original Air Date: April 30, 2009

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Jack is ready to commit to Elisa (Salma Hayek), until he learns the origin story behind the hit song “La Viuda Negra,” Tracy has been committed to Angie for 20 years and needs to find the right gift to acknowledge the milestone, Jenna is committed to getting the cute EMT back to 30 Rock by any means necessary and Liz just wants to eat her night cheese.

Original Air Date: April 23, 2009

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Liz is on S-E-X probation but can’t get into the rhythm of not working, until she meets her neighbor Emily (Elizabeth Marvel) and joins her ladies group/fight club. Meanwhile Jenna’s movie about Janis Joplin, err Jackie Jormp-Jomp, is finally out and she and Jack head to the Kid’s Choice Awards to promote it.

Original Air Date: April 16, 2009

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Times are tough at 30 Rock and Jack endures hard conversations and awkward propositions to deal with mandatory budget cuts. Meanwhile, Liz plays up her Steve Jobs energy and her sexuality to no avail, and Tracy and Jenna band together to become heroes by unmasking Kenneth as a murderer. 

Original Air Date: April 9, 2009

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Today we're off to space like a misguided, self-absorbed billionaire. Unlike the Bezos/Branson debacle, though, one of today's plots involves a misguided, self-absorbed *millionaire*. A man by the name of Tracy Jordan. In other plot points, Jack attempts to recapture the vomitous excitement of his youth and Liz & Jenna's already tenuous frenemyship is threatened by a recently self-diagnosed self addict. That's right, kids, Dennis Duffy's back in action

Original Air Date: March 26, 2009

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Walking through life with Dr. Drew (Jon Hamm), Liz gets to experience how the hotter half lives: In a bubble of free drinks, off-menu ordering, and delusion. Rather than stay there with the handsome (but underwhelming) Drew, Liz decides to burst the bubble - it goes great! In other plots, Jack accidentally negotiates Tracy out of a job and threatens his relationship with Kenneth and Jenna seeks attention.

Original Air Date: March 19, 2009

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Liz has new plastic containers and a new beginning…also jury duty. Jack has a microwave that fits in your pocket and can go in the shower…it just needs a name and legal’s approval. Jenna is trying an experimental upper along with the lab rats…that should be fine. And Tracy has enough money to say anything and pay any FCC fine…so no worries there. This could be the best day ever! Or the worst.

Original Air Date: March 12, 2009

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Without Elisa around, Jack finds himself bonding with Frank, Lutz, Harry and the Hendersons while Liz inappropriately befriends a pregnant teen hoping to snag that baby and Jenna has to do her favorite thing: share.

Original Air Date: March 5, 2009

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The whole of New York is whipped into a fearful frenzy during Tracy Jordan's chaotic, yet cryptic interview on Larry King. Will the relationships of 30 Rock survive the fallout? Honestly, probably. But, like counting luftballoons, it shan't be easy.

Original Air Date: February 26, 2009

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It’s Valentine’s Day at 30 Rock and all the traditional romantic staples are in play: well-intentioned ventriloquy, intestinal distress, light sacrilege, and Michael MacDonald. Sort of. Just another normal holiday spent with the goons we most adore.

Original airdate: February 12, 2009

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This week’s 30 Rock provides the dramatic twists and turns of a telenovela: Jack must confront a gay, Latin version of himself to stay close to Salma Hayek (fair), Liz perpetrates crimes through the mail and otherwise to win the heart of Jon Hamm (also fair) and Tracy spends too much time trying to impress Wall Street date rapists (less fair).

Original airdate: February 5, 2009

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Welcome to B.L.E.R.G! (Buddies Loquaciously Expressing Rudimentary Garbage). On this episode, we join Jack and Liz in the synergistic corporate mumbo-jumbo conference that is Six Sigma’s “Retreat to Move Forward.” Back at 30 Rock, Kenneth gets health conscious and tries to cure Tracy of diabetes and Jenna is arguably too committed to her Janis Joplin character development.

Original airdate: January 22, 2009

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A nasty virus has overtaken the staff at 30 Rock and Liz has to decide if she’ll stand with the crew against the unjust vaccination policy, or get her shot so she can enjoy beach socks and a vacation lover. Meanwhile, Jack takes Elisa for a night on the town with her charge Mr. Templeton in tow and Tracy and Jenna forget to buy soup for the sick crew.

Original airdate: January 15, 2009

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Liz is baby crazy and has boundary issues so finds herself fearfully dating Stewart from the UN (Peter Dinklage), Jack - despite his best efforts to remain Señor Macho Solo - falls for his mother's new nurse Elisa (Selma Hayek), and Jenna gets into the character of Janis Joplin to the degree that copyright law will allow. 

Original airdate: January 8, 2009

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The holiday season has everyone keyed up: Jack accidentally breaks both of his mother’s hips (the incomparable Elaine Stritch), Liz tries to pacify lonliness and white guilt with the Letters to Santa program, Jenna’s drinking high-proof Christmas Spirit and Pete wants to make sure they get their quadruple overtime.

Original airdate: December 11, 2008

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Dreams are dashed and fantasies shattered as Jack finds out Don Geiss will live and rule forever, Liz learns she was a snarky, hated bully in high school, and Tracy and Jenna can’t stop Kenneth from being the funniest guy on the elevator. Featuring Robyn Lively, Janel Moloney, Diane Neal and Steve Witting as Liz’s classmates.

Original airdate: December 4, 2008

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Liz and Jack are all dressed up because Steve Martin is guest starring as Gavin Volure, the successful businessman turned agoraphobic germaphobe (or did he?) and he’s having them to dinner. Also in attendance is the brief but brilliant (and loud) John McEnroe. Meanwhile, Tracy has become convinced that his boys are going to Menendez him and he is able to put the Japanese sex doll himself to good uses.

Original airdate: November 20, 2008

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Liz and Jenna get a surprise visit from their crazy friend Claire (Jennifer Aniston) who briefly tears through 30 Rock, doing some serious damage to Jack’s psyche and arrest record. Meanwhile, Tracy tries to mollify Kenneth’s uniform concerns by reuniting (some of) the cast of Night Court (Markie Post, Harry Anderson and Charlie Robinson).

Original airdate: November 13, 2008

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Season 3 starts on a sunny note! Jack has returned from DC and is ready to work his way back up the GE ladder and Liz is interviewing for adoption agencies - both ready to take on long-term, exhaustive projects and accomplish them as quickly as possible, maybe 9 years, 15 tops! As the episode progresses, they lose some moral fortitude, but none of the commitment to meeting their goals. Featuring the amazing Megan Mullally as Liz’s adoption agent and Devin Banks and Kathy Geiss (Will Arnett and Marceline Hugot), still hanging out in Jack’s office.

Original airdate: October 30, 2008

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It’s the Season 2 finale and all the things are happening! Jack’s in DC with his new boss Cooter Burger (the amazing Matthew Broderick), Liz thinks she’s pregnant with Dennis Duffy’s baby, Kenneth runs the gauntlet to be an NBC page at the Beijing Olympics and Tracy and Frank finally finish their porn video game.

Original airdate: May 8, 2008

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Floyd’s back (Jason Sudeikis) and Liz tries to have a Marcia moment. It would have been flawless except Floyd just won’t leave! In the writers room, “Sandwich Day” has filled everyone’s minds and bellies and, against their better judgment, the writers eat Liz’s sandwich…and then spend the rest of the episode in a drinking contest with the teamsters trying to get her another one.

Original airdate: May 1, 2008

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