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- “Operation Righteous Cowboy Lightning” (Season 5, Episode 12) This episode is “30 Rock” at its purest level of workplace comedy, putting Liz (Fey) and Jack (Alec Baldwin) in competing plots.
- "Floyd" (Season 4, Episode 16) As Floyd, Jason Sudeikis’ job was to be the perfect boyfriend who got away, Liz’s forever “what if?” In this episode, though, he gets to let loose when Liz finds out he’s engaged and accidentally gets him drunk off a salmon dish’s particularly potent bourbon sauce.
- “The Tuxedo Begins” (Season 6, Episode 8) Every so often, “30 Rock” would dive headlong into New York City mythology to uniquely ridiculous effect. Such is the case with “The Tuxedo Begins,” a deranged homage to the “Batman” movies that sees an ill Liz spiraling into hermitdom while Jack despairs at the city’s hostility towards the wealthy.
- “Mamma Mia” (Season 3, Episode 21) Jack deciding to find out who his father is could have been a storyline that didn’t deliver on the years of buildup. But in casting Alan Alda as Jack’s hippie professor dad Milton Greene, “30 Rock” ensured the arc’s success.
- “The Tuxedo Begins” (Season 6, Episode 8) Exhausted by constantly trying to be an upstanding New Yorker, Liz gives up completely and decides to lean into the filth by posing as a crazy lady.
- “Jackie Jormp Jomp” (Season 3, Episode 18) In one of 30 Rock’s wackier plotlines, Jenna and Jack embark on the task of creating an unauthorized Janis Joplin biopic titled “Sing Dem Blues White Girl: The Jackie Jormp Jomp Story.”
- “The Bubble” (Season 3, Episode 15) I truly think about this episode all the time. Liz’s new boyfriend, Drew (Jon Hamm), is a successful and handsome doctor who’s good at pretty much everything—or at least that’s what people tell him.
- “Brooklyn Without Limits” (Season 5, Episode 7) 30 Rock is known for nabbing high-profile guest stars, one of whom was Mad Men cast member John Slattery.
- Duncan Carson
- Hogcock!/ Last Lunch (Season 7, Episodes 12 & 13) All good things must end, and "30 Rock" went out on a high note with a two-part finale. "Hogcock!" (a combination of "hogwash" and "poppycock," as Jack would explain) sees Liz and the gang adjusting to life without the canceled "TGS," while "Last Lunch" reunites everyone for one final show, as a strange clause in Tracy's contract pays him $30 million unless they reach 150 episodes.
- Reunion (Season 3, Episode 5) Early in Season 3, "Reunion" was an important turning point in the character of Liz Lemon. Beginning the show as the theoretically most relatable character, she was slowly revealed as inordinately judgmental, stubborn, and downright strange as any other character on the show.
- Kidney Now! (Season 3, Episode 22) The Season 3 finale of "30 Rock" is a busy one, with Tracy giving a speech at his old high school, and Liz dealing with the ongoing success of her "Dealbreakers" sketch and subsequent talk show appearance.
- Generalissimo (Season 3, Episode 10) Alec Baldwin had many memorable turns as other characters during the run of "30 Rock," from Thomas Jefferson to Richard Nixon to Hector "El Generalissimo" Moreda, the star of a Spanish telenovela that looks uncannily like Jack.
- Cleveland
- The Baby Show
- The Rural Juror
- Jack-Tor
- The Head and The Hair
- Hiatus
- Fireworks
- Tracy Does Conan
- Hard Ball
- Black Tie
In this episode, Liz considers leaving New York after her boyfriend, Floyd, expresses a desire to move back to his hometown of Cleveland. The episode marks one of the first, of many, times that Liz is forced to choose between her career and her love life, a battle her love life consistently loses for the vast majority of the series. Other storyline...
"The Baby Show" mostly centers on Liz's desire to have a baby. After Cerie, Liz's assistant, announces her engagement, Liz starts to take stock of her own life. Jenna tells the men of the TGS staff that Liz is looking for someone to get her pregnant, much to Liz's chagrin. The episode is also notable for the first mention and off-screen interaction...
"The Rural Juror" shares its name with one of the longest-running jokes in 30 Rock, so it's no surprise that it ranks highly in the season. Jenna stars in a film called The Rural Juror, a title that no one understood until they saw it written out. RELATED: 10 Shows To Watch If You Like 30 Rock The episode is ultimately about the relationship betwee...
This episode begins when Jack tells Lizthat TGS must include more product placement of General Electric products. One thing leads to another, and Jack ends up acting on the show, a task he struggles with. Another plotline focuses on Tracy and Liz, who believes he might be illiterate after he refuses to read cue cards. The highlight of the episode, ...
The title of this episode refers to two men that Jenna and Liz keep running into. The Head is short, bald, and nerdy, while the Hair is his opposite. Believing herself to be incompatible with the Hair, Liz is hesitant but agrees to go on a date with him. Other elements of the episode include Tracy asking the TGS writers to help him with his autobio...
The season one finale, "Hiatus," picks up where "Cleveland" left off. Tracy is still hiding from The Black Crusaders, and the rest of the TGS staff searches for him in time to film the finale. This episode is also the proper introduction of Colleen Donaghy, who immediately takes a strong dislike to Jack's fiance Phoebe, but takes to Liz quickly. RE...
"Fireworks" follows one of Jack's more hair-brained schemes for NBC programming. Jack proposes a tribute to fireworks to invoke the nostalgic programming of his childhood, However, the fireworks are set off from 30 Rock in midtown Manhattan, causing mass panic in New York. This episode also includes Liz discovering that Floyd attends Alcoholics Ano...
Arguably the first time 30 Rock really set into its madcap groove, "Tracy Does Conan" is about exactly what the title suggests. Jenna is set to do Late Night With Conan O'Brien, but Jack chooses to send Tracy on the show instead. Meanwhile, Tracy has a bad reaction to some medication prescribed to him. The episode introduces the iconic character Dr...
This episode is one of the first instances of the political commentary that 30 Rock and Tina Fey are now known for. After Jenna mishears a question during an interview, a magazine quotes her as saying she hates the troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Every attempt she makes to put the issue to rest only makes matters worse, from confusing Bara...
More than any other episode in the first season, "Black Tie" sees 30 Rock settle into the tone that it would carry through the rest of the series. Jack, Liz, and Jenna attend a birthday party for Prince Gerhardt Habsburg, portrayed by guest star Paul Reubens. Despite his decrepit nature, Jenna convinces herself she wants to marry him to become the ...
Dec 23, 2013 · 30 Rock is a strange beast: it's funny, heartwarming, meta, surreal and yet one of the funniest shows ever to have been on TV. But how?
Oct 29, 2023 · This ranking of all 30 Rock seasons has been voted on by many fans of the show, so this list isn't just one person's opinion. Some of the greatest episodes of 30 Rock come from different seasons, so determining what the best 30 Rock season is can be challenging.
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Oct 10, 2018 · Twelve years since it premiered, five years since it concluded: here’s the definitive ranking of every episode of ’30 Rock’. On 30 Rock Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan, and Jane ...
