Season 3 closes with Jack trying to connect with his biological father (Alan Alda), but the elder's health begins to suffer. Elsewhere, Liz gains fame as a relationship expert. Among the music artists appearing: Sheryl Crow; Mary J. Blige; Elvis Costello; Clay Aiken; and Adam Levine of Maroon 5.
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Mamma Mia
Season 3, Episode 21
With a reassuring push from Liz and Tracy, Jack begins a quest to find his real father. Meanwhile, Tracy presents his newfound illegitimate son to the "TGS" staffers, but Liz and Pete worry that the son has ulterior motives. And Jenna gets credit for one of Liz's ideas. Alan Alda and Steve Buscemi guest star.
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This week on NBC's
30 Rock, Liz and Tracy experimented with equality in the workplace, Jack's investigation of his mother's boyfriend led to a startling revelation and Jenna became a grandmother. Sort of. On with the recap!
Wow, between cable TV snafus, vacations and covering the Grey's-yard shift last week, it feels like the last time I recapped the Rock, Rachel Dratch was ...
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Thursday's 30 Rock is about Jack, Jenna and Tracy realizing that they've found their perfect mates: "the ones." Jack wants to propose to Elisa, but she has a secret. Jenna wants to reconnect with her one heterosexual fan, even it means killing Kenneth in the process. And Tracy has a terrible secret as well: He's faithful to his wife.
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On Thursday's 30 Rock, Liz explores the world outside of TGS and finds a group of ladies who lunch —and punch. Meanwhile, Jack fakes Jenna's death to promote her struggling Janis Joplin biopic (she's now called Jackie Jormp-Jomp), and Tracy mediates a lover's quarrel among Dotcom, Kenneth and a TGS dancer named Daphne.
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On Thursday's
30 Rock, it's the 50th episode of
TGS with Tracy Jordan — hooray! — and to celebrate, parent company Sheinhardt Wigs announces its first quarterly loss since the Civil War, so it's time for cutbacks — the opposite of hooray! "The days of wild Coke parties are over," Jack tells Liz, and yes, he
does mean the soda. Jack even had to fire his devoted assistant Jonathan (the very funny Maulik Pancholy), who greets the news by crooning Jack a few farewell verses of "
Without You." (warning: disturbing YouTube link). Hilariously, Kenneth is reassigned to replace him. "I feel like I'm in
The Pelican Brief," he enthuses (which becomes the night's recurring arbitrary film reference since it's on everyone's mind because Showtime is running it a lot lately).
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This week on NBC's
30 Rock, Jack's 50th birthday prompts him to recreate one of his happiest moments as a boy, Dennis "The Beeper King" comes clean to Liz about an addiction (stirring up drama between Liz and Jenna), and Kenneth and Pete conspire to make Tracy's childhood dream come true.
It all sounds very funny, and I am sure it was, but ...
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The Bubble
Season 3, Episode 15
Liz gives attention to her budding relationship with Drew (Jon Hamm), but she discovers that his pleasing appearance has granted him special treatment in life. Meanwhile, Tracy's contract expires, causing Jack to go full throttle in a bid to re-sign him for the show. And Jenna considers getting a new hairstyle in yet another ploy to get public attention. Meredith Vieira guest stars.
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This week on NBC's
30 Rock, with Liz on jury duty, Jack enlisted the "TGS" writers to name a new product, Tracy tested TV's boundaries, and Jenna used an experimental drug to stay awake. Here now, the recap!
Poor Liz. Just as she launches her (latest) campaign to take charge of her life and start anew "like a phoenix rising from the ashes," she gets mowed down by a bike messenger, summoned to jury duty and slapped with a PR crisis caused by ...
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This week on NBC's 30 Rock, baby-crazy Liz pursued a pregnant girl's Dunkin' munchkin, things got Harry as Jack took Frank under his wing, and Jenna struggled to share the birthday spotlight with Tracy. Ready, set, recap!
OK, this was a better show than last week's, thanks in large part to two things. One, when the show latches onto something obscure-ish yet vaguely memorable — e.g. Harry and the Hendersons —that's always fun, especially when it helps drive home a message. (And a drop-by from the film's star never hurts!) Secondly, I personally am a big fan of the B-stories that play off of Jenna's selfishness ...
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This week on NBC's
30 Rock, Tracy's visit to
Larry King Live managed to put Liz's life - and Jack's love life - in jeopardy.
Yeah, so ... this week's episode was pretty blah. Something about it just seemed drab and lifeless, as if the writers and cast were in a mad dash to break for Christmas. Still, let's talk about what went down.
The linchpin for this episode is Tracy's appearance on Larry King Live, which innocently (if randomly) enough starts with ...
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This week on
30 Rock, Liz and Dr. Baird, Jack and Elisa, and Kenneth and the prettiest, blindest girl ever went on strange Valentine's dates. Here now the recap!
So, Liz lands her date with Jon Hamm's Dr. Baird, only to have it take a cue from CBS' Worst Week when mishap after mortifying mishap befells our poor heroine. First, in the midst of what was touted as a "very interesting" story of how she was born on the Maryland-Pennsylvania border, Liz's boob ...
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This week on NBC's 30 Rock, Liz grew Mad for the man next door, Jack tried to assassinate a Spanish general (in the name of love, mind you), and Tracy struggled to stay not-old. On with the recap!
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This week on
30 Rock, Liz got some things off her chest at a corporate retreat, Jenna's research into Janis Joplin made for unlikely bedfellows, and Tracy dealt with a dee-ay-BUH-tees crisis. Here now, the recap!
Another very funny, super-huge-guest-star-free episode - no offense to All My Children's Mark Dalton. (Nice to see he's conquered the Colombian marching powder, though.)
Jack is nervous about attending the Six Sigmas' corporate retreat this year, given the whole CEO debacle and, you know, his time with the Bush administration. (Nice to see them finally pick up that loose thread with the gay soldier virus.) Liz agrees to be his "camp buddy," but quickly is shoved aside when ...
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This week on NBC's 30 Rock, Liz tried to arrange flu shots for the staff — hello, Dr. Spaceman! — while Jack conjured up innovative ways to spend time with Salma Hayek's nurse Elisa. And really, who could blame him?
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This week on
30 Rock, Liz "accidentally" started dating a little person (guest star Peter Dinklage), a health scare taught Jack a life (and love) lesson, and Jenna's biopic dream was dashed by a pretty woman. Read on for the full recap!
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Yeah, well all I got was a lump of coal - that is, the cable went out due to the inclement weather here in Northern New Jersey. But by all means go ahead and have at the new episode. Discuss, share fave quotes and merrrrry Christmas!
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This week on
30 Rock, George Clooney, Tom Cruise and Britney Spears guest-starred as ... oh, wait. There
were no ginormous guest stars! Did I TiVo the right show?! Yeah, I'm a tad bitter, like in a Lonny Ross kind of way. But on with the recap of this refreshing episode!
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This week on
30 Rock, an eccentric friend of Jack's took a shine to Liz, Tracy feared patricide, and Kenneth's family was terrorized by angry pigs (had to throw that one in there). Read on for the full recap.
OK, now this was a funny episode, and I don't know how I'll be able to list and do all the best lines justice. The A-story set-up was this: A super-wealthy friend of Jack's, Gavin Volure (guest-star Steve Martin), hosts a dinner party attended by a hand-chosen selection of worlds. Including art-collecting and yelling. (Hi, John McEnroe!) Gavin comes off as an eccentric sort, apparently confined to his home by agoraphobia, and overly concerned by germs. But somewhere in that, Liz sees her chance ...
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This week on NBC's
30 Rock, Liz's old Friend got very Friendly with Jack, while Kenneth coped with sartorial change by hanging with some (some!) of the cast from
Night Court. Read on for the full recap!
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"Oprah is coming, and she's going to fix everything!"
Er... maybe not.
This week on 30 Rock, Liz went flying, Jack tried to make Kenneth go bad, and Tracy and Jenna embarked on one very Freaky Thursday.
And there was the whole Oprah/Pam thing.
I've now watched this episode three times, and the sequence where Liz first floods "Oprah" with so, so much personal information ...
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Thank Geiss,
30 Rock is back! In the third season premiere, Liz tried to start a family, Jack did whatever he needed to do to reclaim his throne, and the success of Tracy's porn videogame created a rift between him and Jenna. Read on for the details!
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