A new 30 Rock thread because I can't find the old one

<3 Hazel
xps the bit during the credits was a little freaky

hazel has really started to grow on me.

Was there a single episode this season that didn't have at least one "Kenneth Is Immortal" joke? They've never gone so all in with that in the past, have they?

eh, writing elizabeth banks out of this was pretty weak sauce imo

She's doing a lot of movies so she probably isn't available?

i know realistically that was the case, but when they started talking their whole backstory it reminded me how they spent how many seasons developing this arc for it to fizzle out in two episodes? yeah i know, nobody watches 30 rock for the character development

also a similar thing happened to her character on Scrubs, which was almost as ridiculous

yeah but that was way more poorly conceived

does S&P just still not let people get abortions on prime-time comedies?

No, but it's okay to let audiences know you can get a woman pregnant by premature ejaculating on her.

EBanks is not a huge start or anything but she's been averaging 4-5 movies a year since way before she did anything on 30 Rock, wasn't it always clear that her role on the show was going to be limited and sporadic with an end date? i mean who gives a fuck about plausibility on 30 Rock, the fact that they had her kidnapped by a foreign dictator to keep her out of most of the past season was better than any 'real' plotline could have been.

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kim jong il is the best character and they should make it the angie + kim comedy hour next season

guess what buddy i get your yankee tickets on arod bobble head day and im gonna through that thing in front of a train go phillies

"i'm a natural blonde"
"that's INSANE!"

"For instance, in Pixar’s upcoming movie about trash, I’m doing the voice of a lazy bottle of grape-flavored soda named Funky Bobo."

The ?uestlove joke was amazing, I think I lost about five minutes of the show to it

Decent episode of Homeland.

haha yes very much

"I forgot about that World Com mess. Why you gotta be obsessed with telecommunications?"

really? life's too short? because your life seems endlesss

Premieres Oct. 4, btw.

oh man was checking for this thread

i watched like the first 3 seasons of this show a week or so back, dug em, then watched like the first couple eps of season 4 and, iono, the jokes weren't hitting. it worth watching seasons 4-6?

Season 4 is kind of a dip but I think it recovers quite well in next two seasons, even if it isn't up the standard of the earlier stuff. Lots of lolz to be had at any rate.

Seasons 2-3 definitely the peak for me, 4-5 not on par but still best sitcom on tv. Season 6 without a doubt kind of lame, by 30 Rock standards.

If you ask fifteen 30 Rock fans this question, you will get at least fourteen different answers (e.g. I thought 6 was a vast improvement on 5).

i'm gonna take the old "lack of consensus about best/worst eras proves how consistent they've been" tack

last year was def a comeback year imo

I wouldn't say the show ever got anywhere near legit bad, but there were two very distinct dips when it was much less great. But the show bounced back both times.

i loved the show from the beginning but the only episodes that i really don't enjoy watching now are the first few, the rhythm was just not there yet

I wouldn't say the show ever got anywhere near legit bad, but there were two very distinct dips when it was much less great.

presumably when donald glover was busy with other projects, right

last year bummed me out so bad, i actually stopped watching halfway through. it coincided with me being more busy anyway but i was really a fanatic before that and would always defend the show earlier when others said it was slipping.

lucky you, when you realize how stupid it was to stop watching you'll have hilarious episodes like "Meet The Woggels" and "St. Patrick's Day" waiting for you

Last year was great. And the lows on this show are not very low, it's been super consistent for me. That Leap Day episode was probably my favorite from last season.

man people here got so bent outta shape when anyone would interrupt the requoting of lines to say "eh this episode was just ok", but now everyone seems to at least aree every episode wasn't perfect

i disagree, it was perfect

presumably when donald glover was busy with other projects, right

It goes without saying.

i have a couple seasons of 30 rock to catch up on (i don't even know which ones--3+4?) but the episodes from last season i caught were very, very good.

why is he learning anything? he's supposed to be god.

Lemon Party reference!

all the god cop stuff is hilarious

That witch gag...

Yes! Witch gag was great. Raging flying Jenna was likewise great.

That witch gag...

Which gag?

HOMONYM!

No, the other one! (haha)

Yeah, I loved the HOMONYM! cutaways.

Paraphrasing, but this one will be with me awhile:

Can you please put this in the oven at about 200°, my snake should be comfortable while she's giving birth.

odd that everyone looked fatter except for Baldwin who looked skinnier

didn't notice this, but you're right

yeah, kenneth looked odd, and jack was lookin' svelte. tracy was killing every line.

True. Most episodes have some good Tracy lines and some throwaways. Last night was ALL quality.

I love that the overarching theme this season will be the plotted destruction of NBC.

I knew this was going to be a return to form when Jonathan reappeared.