Lemon sets her sights on a knocked-up teen who works at the 24-hour donut shop below 30 Rock. ["I have yet to find this mythic place." -- Angel] Amazingly, she actually keeps it together long enough not to snatch the still-developing fetus straight from the girl's womb. She does, however, offer the little minx a bunk "Youth Consultant" position at TGS, all the while buttering her up with effusive praise for her terrible teen music. Trouble arises when the father shows up, and Lemon spontaneously morphs into a teenage Nadya Suleman: "Like, OMG, don't let them take my bbs away!" She tries to eject him from the building, but John Lithgow arrives to teach her a very special lesson. She has a crisis of conscience and reunites the reckless young lovers so they can sing about rainbows and cobwebs for the rest of their livelong days (or at least until their next Skype fight) and screw up that bastard child real good. Lemon, 0; Committee Against Lemon Babies, 427.
Jack and Frank bond over Harry and The Hendersons… and, oh yeah, how much their absent fathers have impacted their lives. At Jack's advising, Frank reclaims the spot he secured at Fordham Law School God knows how many years ago. He even spiffs himself up for the occasion. Let me tell you, a cleaned-up Frank bears an eerie resemblance to Penn Gillette. That is not a compliment. That is never a compliment. Jack visits Frank's house to celebrate, and Frank's mother is Patti effin' LuPone. "Mama's talkin' loud! Mama's doin' fine! Mama's gettin' hot! Mama's goin' strong…" But everything is not turning up roses when Mama informs Jack that Frank's dad was actually one of a long line of lawyers… for the mob. He didn't abandon Frank as was earlier supposed. He's in hiding. Taking a lesson from George Henderson, Jack decides he loves Frank just as much as a massive woodland ape, so it's only right to send him back to the wilds of the writers' room. Next week: The triumphant return of slogan hats!
Jenna and Tracy's bizarro symbiosis heaves another step up its rickety ladder when Jenna's upcoming birthday reminds Kenneth that he doesn't have Tracy's birthday in his over-eager Page calendar. Because nothing is even remotely normal in the life of Tracy Jordan, he informs Kenneth that he has no birthday -- his childhood was too poor for such luxuries. Kenneth commandeers Jenna's fancy schmancy party so Tracy can have his first official birthday. Naturally, the fact that everyone's concentration will not singularly fall on her displeases, nay disturbs, America's Next Top Attention Whore. No amount of phony injuries, skintight frocks, or general Jenna-tasticness can tear everyone's attention away from… well… pretty much anyone but Jenna, so she throws in the towel and climbs out of her wheel chair. Yes, the Jenna-tasticness has escalated -- or shall I say, stooped? -- to wheelchair deployment. Check back next week for Adult Onset Autism. Ironically, Tracy reveals that his one birthday wish was for Jenna's (fake) injuries to be cured. So when she leapt up like a holy roller, he got his wish. She gets the satisfaction of knowing she was the object someone's -- anyone's! -- attention, and all is right again in Tracy-versus-Jenna-land. Now if they could only focus their peculiar powers on reducing carbon emissions or enacting world peace. Now there would be some real monkeyshines!
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Another Friday night edition of TGS has just wrapped at 30 Rock. Frank invites Lemon to accompany him and Lutz to a bar with ninja waiters. It's the only kind I frequent, personally. Lemon declines, saying she's going to score some donuts and crash at home. Jenna, in a chicken suit, of course, interrupts to hiss about Lemon cutting her "Diaper Chicken" sketch. She storms off, and Pete and Lemon speculate which crazy stunt Jenna will pull for attention this time. Oh, that Jenna! Pete aims wide with "death of a voice coach," but Jenna chooses the far more recyclable fake injury. As they walk out, Pete says that Jenna's upcoming birthday (and all the attention she will receive as a result) might heal what ails her.
Lemon sees Jack and calls out to him. He admits has no plans for Friday night since Elisa went away. He yearns for somewhere to socialize where women aren't an issue. And lo and behold! He spots the writers, a.k.a. Franky Frank & The Schlumpy Bunch. Bingo! He glides off to join them. Credits.
Lemon and Pete have arrived at the 24-hour donut shop, but the teenage girl at the counter is too busy reaming out her boyfriend via voicemail to do her job, so Lemon meeps and moops for service. Finally, the girl turns around to reveal a pregnant belly. Side note: Some of you dorks -- like me, for example -- might recognize the girl as Anna from Spring Awakening. "Mama Who Bore Me," anyone? Lemon eyes the girl's engorged stomach like a ragamuffin who has just spied a piece of three-day-old bread. Just in case the protruding belly button wasn't enough proof, Lemon also spies a bunch of pregnancy and adoption pamphlets scattered on the counter as the teen harlot takes her order. Lemon seizes this moment that is so ripe for the baby-picking and decides to stay at the donut shop with her dozen assorted and the pregnant girl. We'll call her Jamie Lynn. Pete isn't too keen on this idea or Lemon' crazy eyes, but she basically pushes him out the door before he can further express his moral objections.
Meanwhile, the boys are having their night out at the crappiest theme bar ever. It's literally just a sports bar with waiters who are pissed they have to balance drink trays and unwieldy swords all night long. Jack gets the fellas to fess up to what their fathers pretend they do instead of that waste-of-time occupation that is writing. It comes out that Frank doesn't have a father. Nor does Jack have a father in the picture. Frank's father left to fetch the candles for Frank's fourth birthday lasagna... and never returned. Frank's made it his mission to restore the family name. His journey toward credibility took him to law school, but he had to drop out after a semester because his mother fell ill.
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