The essential episodes of 30 Rock
Watch these 15 in order and you've got 30 Rock — each pick states its reason.
- 01
Liz Lemon is called upstairs to meet the new network exec, Jack Donaghy, who instructs her to hire movie star Tracy Jordan to draw a young male audience to 'The Girlie Show'.
- 02
It's negotiation time, and Jack plans to teach Liz a thing or two about how to handle Josh's new contract. Jenna makes several big publicity mistakes.
- 03
Family matters move front and centre when Jack is reunited with his down-and-out brother (Nathan Lane) and Liz has a tough time making staff cutbacks.
- 04
There are certainly no sparks when Jack asks Liz to take his fiancee, Phoebe (Emily Mortimer), out for a ladies' lunch. But Liz finds a lot more to like when her boyfriend takes her to the great city of Cleveland.
- 05
Tracy, on the run from the Black Crusaders, goes into hiding with Kenneth's cousin Jessie (Sean Hayes), and the pressure's on Liz to make the show work after Jack's mother (Elaine Stritch) arrives and Jack ends up in the hospital.
- 06
As the cast and crew of TGS with Tracy Jordan returns for a new season, Liz is excited to see Jack again. However, her excitement quickly fades as Jack insists that Liz is still not over Floyd. Meanwhile, Jerry Seinfeld shows up at Jack's office in an upset mood after Jack announces his newest plan. Finally, Kenneth becomes Tracy's office wife when Tracy separates from his wife and Jenna returns to set a whole lot heavier now that she has been involved in Mystic Pizza: The Musical!.
- 07
When Liz meets her idol, Rosemary Howard, she invites her to be a guest writer on the show.
- 08
C.C. wants to go public with her love for Jack, while Liz works at appeasing both Tracy and Jenna.
- 09
Jack and C.C. try to make their long distance romance work, Liz decides to invest in real estate, and Kenneth becomes addicted to caffeine.
- 10
Jack hates his new job in Washington while back in New York, Liz deals with a pregnancy scare.
- 11
Liz unintentionally insists her and Drew (Jon Hamm) have their first official date on Valentine's Day. Jack goes to church with girlfriend Elisa and Tracy helps Kenneth win the affection of a new staffer.
- 12
Production begins on Liz's new talk show, Dealbreakers, and she realizes what it's like to walk in Jenna's shoes.
- 13
Liz is upset because nobody remembers her 40th birthday, Jack tries to give up drinking to support his pregnant girlfriend, and Tracy threatens to break character during TGS.
- 14
When Jack tries to shut down live production of TGS, Kenneth teaches them all the lessons of live TV.
- 15
Liz rallies the team to produce one final farewell production.
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