I absolutely loved this week’s episode of 30 Rock and am seriously considering downloading at least this episode from iTunes when it appears tomorrow.
In a season where the show hasn’t been quite as strong as it might be, tonight’s episode of 30 Rock nailed it all over the place, first with YouFace, the social networking site where users “finger-tag” each other, then with Kenneth’s insanely complicated rules for Secret Santa that drives Toofer, Lutz & Frank to make up a religion to get out of it.
Best quote of the entire episode, imho, was when Tracy says “Why don’t Catholics eat meat on Fridays? Because the Pope owns Long John Silvers.”
And I liked the subplot between Jenna and Cheyenne Jackson’s character. It humanized Jenna a bit and Cheyenne got to sing on the episode both in and out of tune which was fun to watch. I am a huge fan of his work in Broadway’s All Shook Up, so it’s nice to see him in this role.
And bookending the episode perfectly was the first exchange of gifts (costing “zero dollars”) between Liz and Jack which really said a lot about their friendship and tempered what was otherwise a wacky and yet awesome episode.
If you didn’t catch it, drop what you’re doing and see it. It was, to steal a phrase from Barney Stinson…”awesome awesome awesome awesome awesome awesome awesome awesome awesome awesome…”
Trust me, you want to go to there.
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