30 Rock

Ep.

Title

Air/Pub'l

Grade

Author

4-4
Recaplet

Don't Try Out Loud

Audition Day - As audition day for the new cast member approaches, Lemon is beset with challenges. Jenna is beset with even more paranoiac instincts than usual and enlists Tracy to pile yet more problems on Lemon. Jack, meanwhile, is beset with bed bugs, forcing him to reconnect with the Average Joe within himself. Yes, it exists. At least until next episode.

2009.11.05
2009.11.06
B+

Lady Lola

4-3
Weecap

Smack Talk for Dummies

Stone Mountain - Jack forces Lemon to journey to Kenneth's hometown with him in search of the simple folk and their folksy humor. Disaster and a dummy brawl ensue. Tracy thinks he's marked for death. The writers and Jenna enter a symbiotic relationship.

2009.10.29
2009.10.30
B+

Lady Lola

4-2
Weecap

Low Blows

Into the Crevasse - Lemon's Dealbreakers book gets her in trouble. While Tracy enacts his unique brand of revenge on her, Jenna is still acting up about the new cast member. Naturally, all of this is resolved through porn. Jack scrambles to save GE but ultimately forfeits his power to new government official Devon.

2009.10.22
2009.10.23
C

Lady Lola

4-1
Weecap

Picket! Picket Good!

Season 4 - Kenneth simultaneously loses his overtime and learns that Jack gets bonus checks with an unimaginable amount of zeroes. Lemon is tasked with finding a new, Middle-America-friendly cast member without Jenna finding out. Tracy tries to remember what it was like not to be an eccentric, ridiculously rich Black megastar. All of this results in a misbegotten picket, plus Jenna recording a country-Western crossover song.

2009.10.15
2009.10.16
A-

Lady Lola

3-22
Weecap

Community Organ-izers

Kidney Now - Lemon finds a fallback career -- watch out, Sue Johanson! Tracy finds his sensitive artist side. Jack finds a whole bunch of celebrities who owe him favors and uses them to coordinate the lamest charity concert this side of Bob Geldof.

2009.05.14
2009.05.15
B+

Lady Lola

3-21
Weecap

Father, Faker

Mamma Mia - Jack finds a father. Tracy finds a son. Lemon finds her way into Jenna's spotlight.

2009.05.07
2009.05.08
C

Lady Lola

3-20
Weecap

Monkeyshines

The Natural Order - Lemon and Tracy learn a lesson about equality. Jenna learns motherhood is best suited to actual human child-rearing. Jack learns he's a bastard.

2009.04.30
2009.05.01
A-

Lady Lola

3-19
Weecap

Tangiers the Gay Lion

The Ones - As Tracy, Jenna and Jack work hard to please, find or marry the ones they love, Liz is perfectly happy with night cheese and a Slanket.

2009.04.23
2009.04.28
A-

DeAnn Welker

3-18
Weecap

Jackie Jormp-Jomp

Jackie Jormp-Jomp - Lemon flirts with a life of leisure during her sexual harassment-induced sabbatical. Jenna stumbles upon the best way of all to get attention: Premature death! Kenneth finds himself in a scuffle with Dot-Com, which results in Tracy bringing trannies to the TGS-iverse.

2009.04.16
2009.04.17
B-

Lady Lola

3-17
Weecap

The Pelican Grief

Cutbacks - Lemon tries to barter her body to avoid the cutbacks plaguing the company. Tracy and Jenna briefly, erroneously, think Kenneth is a serial killer. There is much talk of pelicans.

2009.04.09
2009.04.10
C

Lady Lola

3-16
Weecap

But Where Was Dr. Spaceman?

Apollo, Apollo - Dennis creates a momentary rift between Lemon and Jenna. Jack longs for happier days. Tracy goes to the moon and back... ish.

2009.03.26
2009.03.27
C

Lady Lola

3-15
Weecap

Hey, Good Lookin', Don't Poison Me with Your Cookin'

The Bubble - Lemon, vis-à-vis Drew, discovers the perks and perils of beauty. When Tracy up and quits, Jack resorts to trickery to renew his contract. Jenna quite nearly cuts her hair.

2009.03.19
2009.03.23
B-

Lady Lola

3-14
Weecap

I'd Rather Have A Dutch Oven

The Funcooker - Liz gets pushed too far and turns into a pyromaniac. At least jail has sandwiches.

2009.03.12
2009.03.13
A

LTG

3-13
Weecap

Munchkins & Masochists

Goodbye, My Friend - Babies and big apes and wheelchairs, oh my! Liz lavishes her attention on a knocked-up donut slinger, with predictably selfish intentions. Jack lavishes his attention on a fatherless Frank, with predictably zany non-results. Birthday girl Jenna expects everyone to lavish their attention on her … but it's Jenna, so of course everyone bends over backward to accommodate Tracy instead.

2009.03.05
2009.03.09
B

Lady Lola

3-12
Weecap

Correcting the Market

Larry King - Tracy uses his appearance on Larry King Live as an opportunity to crumble the stock market, throw the city of New York into a panic and possibly end Jack and Elisa’s relationship. Oh, and Lemon loses her cell phone.

2009.02.26
2009.03.02
A

Michael Neal

3-11
Weecap

God Vs. McDonald's

St. Valentine's Day - In the Valentine's Day episode, Lemon has her first real date with Dr. Baird, but receives a final request. A blind woman sees past Kenneth. Jack and Elisa test the limits of faith and supersize their McFlurries. It's not a pun.

2009.02.12
2009.02.17
B-

Michael Neal

3-10
Weecap

You've Got Male!

Generalissimo - Swarthy men invade Jack and Lemon's love lives. Jack discovers that an evil soap opera star on Telemundo -- his doppelganger -- is ruining Jack's chance at acceptance from Elisa's grandmother. But the same Latin lothario gives Lemon evil ideas of her own on how to seduce her completely handsome new neighbor.

2009.02.05
2009.02.09
B

Michael Neal

3-9
Weecap

Losing Your L.U.N.C.H.

Retreat to Move Forward - The Janis Joplin Wikipedia page incubates a love match between Frank and Jenna. Meanwhile, Jack and Lemon inch closer to mutual respect at a work retreat for acronym fetishists. Tracy may have diabetes (it’s funnier than it sounds).

2009.01.22
2009.01.26
B

Michael Neal

3-8
Weecap

Sickos

Flu Shot - We need a health care system that works for all of the people, not just Jack, Lemon, Tracy, Jenna and Dr. Leo Spaceman. It's these privileged five who receive a flu shot, while the rest of the crew is made to suffer under flu-like symptoms.

2009.01.15
2009.01.19
B+

Michael Neal

3-7
Weecap

Life Makes You Sweet Food

Post-Nup - It would seem that Jack and Lemon are on opposite paths of love. Jack has a cancer scare and runs into the arms of Salma Hayek. Lemon, on the other hand, guilt dates a midget -- and a highly successful one at that. Love. How's that Janis Joplin song go? "Take a little chunk of my lung, sweet baby."

2009.01.08
2009.01.12
C

Michael Neal

3-6
Weecap

The Scrump That Screwed Christmas

Christmas Special - Jack gets along with his mother about as well as sweatpants with a gun. Fitting, then, that when he accidently hits her with a car, he is forced to look after her during Christmas. The spirit of Saint Nick gets further tested when Lemon believes she’s been scammed and "scrumped" by a charity program.

2008.12.11
2008.12.15
B

Michael Neal

3-5
Weecap

Revenge of the Wrath of the Nerd

Reunion - Don Geiss recovers from his coma and reclaims his position as CEO of GE. Jack celebrates this awesome blow to his professional career the only way he knows how, by getting stuck with Liz at her high school reunion. She's still an unpopular nerd but not for the reasons you think.

2008.12.04
2008.12.08
A

Michael Neal

3-4
Weecap

Vivid Entertainment

Gavin Volure - Is an agoraphobe still an agoraphobe when he’s wanted on taxes? Steve Martin has the answer but doesn’t spill it until he’s fallen for Lemon and wrecked Jack and Kenneth’s joint stock investment. Thank God for Tracy’s sex doll to make sense of all this.


2008.11.24
A+

Michael Neal

3-3
Weecap

Remember the Early '90s?

The One With the Cast of Night Court - 30 Rock resurrects one-half the cast of Night Court and one-sixth the cast of Friends for a one hundred percent NBC sitcom orgy. This one goes out to you, Brandon Tartikoff.

2008.11.13
2008.11.17
C+

Michael Neal

3-2
Weecap

The Oprah Effect

Believe in the Stars Believe in the Stars - 30 Rock puts a post-mortem of sorts on the black men vs. white women debate by reaching out to truly the only healer capable enough to bridge such a divide: O.J. Ha! Just kidding. Oprah. They used Oprah.

2008.11.06
2008.11.11
A

Michael Neal

3-1
Weecap

Not So Fast, Shark

Do-Over - 30 Rock is brand new with an exciting premiere that tempts television fate by stoking the flames of romance between Lemon and Jack. Will they or won't they? Here's a hint: they might but they won't. Also, exciting special guest star Sarah Palin! Or is that Tina Fey? Wait, which one kills things and says maverick?

2008.10.30
2008.11.03
B

Michael Neal

2-15
Weecap

No Period? Exclamation Point!

Cooter - With all these ex-boyfriends entering back into the picture this was bound to happen, was it not? Lemon is faced with a life-altering event. Meanwhile Jack goes to Washington and Kenneth to Beijing, hopefully.

2008.05.08
2008.05.09
A-

Michael Neal

2-14
Weecap

Your Sandwich, My Heart

Sandwich Day - The Floyd is back and I don't mean Roger Waters. Lemon's ex-issues continue this episode causing her to nearly lose her sanity and her lunch (not like that). Kenneth falls hard on the sword again and Jenna drinks Brian Dennehy under the table.

2008.05.01
2008.05.02
B

Michael Neal

2-13
Weecap

The Uncanny Valley

Succession - 30 Rock uses porn videogames to reference Amadeus, a movie over 23 years old. Guess what? Still funny. But Jack ain't laughing. He just lost his job to Banks, the mother of all beards.

2008.04.24
2008.04.25
B+

Michael Neal

2-12
Weecap

Subway Hero

Subway Hero - Liz's ex Dennis is suddenly a hero. So he asks for her hand in marriage the way that Joe Pesci asks back a bad plate of fish. And Tracy delivers a Presidential speech on race that is full of hope … if you're Karl Rove.

2008.04.17
2008.04.18
B-

Michael Neal

2-11
Weecap

MILF Island

MILF Island - It's the Decline of Western Civilization Part IV: The Lemon Years. We bear witness to the birth of a star on MILF Island and at the same time Lemon spirals downwards in lies and deceit.

2008.04.10
2008.04.11
B

Michael Neal

2-10
Weecap

Coffee & TV

Coffee & TV - "Love story" in German is "eine Liebegeschichte," possibly the two most unromantic words I've ever heard or tried to say. It's no wonder then that an episode packed with Germans would see love fade away, despite an awesome Gladys-Knight-inspired musical number.

2008.01.10
2008.01.11
A+

Michael Neal

2-9
Weecap

Ludachristmas

Ludachristmas - The gang tries to party like rap stars but it gets shut down by Kenneth and his Reverend's gift of wood. Meanwhile, Lemon explores her family ties. Sha-na-na-na!

2007.12.13
2007.12.14
B+

Michael Neal

2-8
Weecap

Secrets And Lies

Secrets And Lies - Lemon soothes egos, ignores a feud, endangers a love match, and forgets her birthday without ever using her American Express.

2007.12.06
2007.12.07
B+

Michael Neal

2-7
Weecap

Cougars

Cougars - A very American episode, featuring baseball, gay exploration, mother issues, and a denunciation of the Iraq War...wait a minute that's un-American! The baseball threw us.

2007.11.29
2007.11.30
B-

Michael Neal

2-6
Weecap

Somebody To Love

Somebody To Love - Some episodes are like love, which is like a battlefield, filled with jokes and one-liners and short-form explosives. But still other times episodes can be...how can I put this…not like battlefields? And while the jokes aren't literally blanketed across the field of endeavor, there may still be a big bang waiting to explode at the end, in the form of a gag about a dog and a shotgun.

2007.11.15
2007.11.16
B

Michael Neal

2-5
Weecap

Greenzo

Greenzo - Sexy Rock is more like it: Lemon makes out with Grizz, Pete makes out with his wife, tiger orgasms, drunken Dutch girls, foxy boxing, and Al Gore!

2007.11.08
2007.11.09
A-

Michael Neal

2-4
Weecap

Rosemary's Baby

Rosemary's Baby - The episode looks at the parents we choose in -- horrors! -- the workplace. Also, there is a page-off.

2007.10.25
2007.10.26
A

Sobell

2-3
Weecap

The Collection

The Collection - Jack struggles with the demands of leadership -- and his secret cookie jar collection -- while Liz struggles with the demands of Tracy's marriage.

2007.10.18
2007.10.19
A-

Sobell

2-2
Weecap

Jack Gets In The Game

Jack Gets In The Game - Jack grapples with Devin -- not like that -- for a favored spot with Sheinhart Wig Company CEO Geiss.

2007.10.11
2007.10.12
B

Sobell

2-1
Weecap

SeinfeldVision

SeinfeldVision - Liz comes back from vacation to Jack's latest bad idea, Jenna's latest professional setback, and Tracy's latest…life situation.

2007.10.04
2007.10.05
B+

Sobell

1-1
Extra

"Hanging Out With Tina"

The Scott Adsit Interview - That's what Scott Adsit says is his favourite thing about playing producer Pete on 30 Rock. Read on to find out more about his sartorial sense, his Second City notoriety, and what he had to do with Friends and Silly Putty.

2007.09.14
2007.09.14
N/A

Wing Chun