30 ROCK (2006 - 2013)

Created by: Tina Fey
Starring: Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski, Jack McBrayer, Scott Adsit, Judah Friedlander, Katrina Bowden, Keith Powell, Lonny Ross, Maulik Pancholy, Kevin Brown, Grizz Chapman, Rachel Dratch, John Lutz, Jason Sudeikis, Chris Parnell, Emily Mortimer, Dean Winters, Ghostface Killah, Isabella Rossellini, Rip Torn, Will Arnett, Joy Behar, Wayne Brady, Tucker Carlson, Anna Chlumsky, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Will Forte, Whoopi Goldberg, Donald Glover, Sean Hayes, LL Cool J, Nathan Lane, Chris Matthews, Stephanie March, John McEnroe, Conan O'Brien, Maury Povich, Aubrey Plaza, Al Roker, Paul Reubens, Molly Shannon, Sherri Shepherd, Elaine Stritch, Edie Falco, Marceline Hugot, Paul Scheer, Fred Armisen, Michael Bloomberg, Matthew Broderick, Steve Buscemi, James Carville, Tim Conway, Brian Dennehy, Val Emmich, Carrie Fisher, Anita Gillette, Al Gore, Buck Henry, Edward Herrmann, Rob Huebel, Gladys Knight, Jackie Mason, Paula Pell, Andy Richter, David Schwimmer, Jerry Seinfeld, Reshma Shetty, Meredith Viera, Kristen Wiig, Salma Hayek, Todd Buonopane, Jon Hamm, Alan Alda, Nancy O'Dell, Clay Aiken, Harry Anderson, Jennifer Aniston, Sara Bareilles, Roger Bart, The Beastie Boys (Michael "Mike D" Diamond, Adam "MCA" Yauch, Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz), Mary J. Blige, Billy Bush, Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, Peter Dinklage, Steve Earle, Jackie Hoffman, Wyclef Jean, Norah Jones, Calvin Klein, Larry King, Talib Kweli, Matt Lauer, Cyndi Lauper, Adam Levine, John Lithgow, Patti LuPone, Steve Martin, Michael McDonald, Rhett Miller, Moby, Janel Moloney, Megan Mullally, Diane Neal, Don Pardo, Markie Post, Robert Randolph, Charlie Robinson, Amy Schumer, Maria Thayer, Adam West, Brian Williams, Oprah Winfrey, Rachael Yamagata, Sue Galloway, Elizabeth Banks, Cheyenne Jackson, John Anderson, Julianne Moore, Michael Sheen, Subhas Ramsaywack, Will Ferrell, Jan Hooks, James Rebhorn, Buzz Aldrin, Jon Bon Jovi, Matt Damon, Jeff Dunham, Jimmy Fallon, James Franco, Kathie Lee Gifford, Hoda Kotb, Lester Holt, Padma Lakshmi, Shawn Levy, Novella Nelson, Alysia Reiner, Horatio Sanz, Jack Welch, Betty White, Larry Wilcox, Josh Fadem, Nate Corddry, Bobb'e J. Thompson, Jeffrey Self, Ray Bokhour, Kristin McGee, Kapil Bawa, Hannibal Buress, Ken Howard, Tituss Burgess, Tom Hanks, Michael Keaton, Adriane Lenox, Regis Philbin, Rachael Ray, Kelly Ripa, John Amos, Ben Bailey, Eion Bailey, Richard Belzer, Reg E. Cathey, John Cho, Margaret Cho, Ann Curry, Robert De Niro, Victor Garber, Ina Garten, Paul Giamatti, Kelsey Grammer, David Gregory, Bill Hader, Ice-T, Queen Latifah, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Cristin Milioti, Vanessa Minnillo, Chloe Grace Moretz, Rob Reiner, Thomas Roberts, Philip Rosenthal, Susan Sarandon, John Slattery, Aaron Sorkin, Rob Riggle, Condoleezza Rice, Daniel Sunjata, James Marsden, Kristen Schaal, Mary Steenburgen, Michael Mosley, Denise Richards, William Baldwin, Nick Cannon, Jim Carrey, John Cullum, Mick Foley, Ira Glass, Kim Kardashian, Stacy Keach, Pat Kiernan, Karolina Kurkova, Steve Little, Andie MacDowell, Rachel Maddow, Paul McCartney, Bobby Moynihan, Cynthia Nixon, Amy Poehler, Suze Orman, Andy Samberg, Emma Stone, Stanley Tucci, Cornel West, Bethany Hall, Steve Higgins, Adrienne C. Moore, Nina Arianda, Pat Battle, Tony Bennett, Don Cheadle, Gary Cole, Bryan Cranston, Judy Gold, Florence Henderson, John Hodgman, Kermit the Frog, Gayle King, Jessica Leccia, Ryan Lochte, Kellan Lutz, Rebecca Mader, Andrea Martin, Tim Meadows, Catherine O'Hara, Nancy Pelosi, Amy Sedaris, Sue Simmons, Octavia Spencer, Wendy Williams

139 episodes
(TV-14 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:
Liz Lemon is head writer for "The Girlie Show", a live comedy show filmed in New York City's 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Things start to become complicated when her new boss, Jack Donaghy, insists that wild movie star Tracy Jordan join the cast.

season 1 -
Jack makes major changes to the show, renaming it TGS with Tracy Jordan and thus taking the spotlight away from Jenna Maroney. An indignant Liz struggles to keep everyone happy, but it is Tracy who saves the day by hosting a party for the entire cast and crew on a private yacht. Realizing that her near or total lack of a social life is having an adverse effect on her work, Jack sets Liz up on a blind date with a friend of his. Meanwhile, Jack infiltrates the writers' weekly poker game and starts winning hands until Kenneth the Page joins in and proves to be a surprisingly adept player. Jack decides to join Liz and her staff in the writers' room, but his lack of writing ability becomes all too evident and his presence ends up stifling the others' creativity. Tracy mentors Kenneth on how to be successful and Liz encourages Cerie, her young assistant, to dress less revealingly. Forced by Jack to plug General Electric products into the show, Liz integrates Jack himself into a self-referential sketch about product placement. Frank and Toofer trick Jenna into thinking that her job is in danger and Liz wonders if Tracy might be illiterate when he refuses to read the cue cards. When Liz takes back her sleazy ex-boyfriend Dennis Duffy, Jack takes it upon himself to convince her that she is headed for a life of mediocrity. Tracy is enraged when a magazine calls him "normal" and Jenna becomes worried about her age when Jack asks her how old she is. Jack bumps Jenna's scheduled appearance on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and puts Tracy on in her place. To make matters worse, Tracy has gone off his medication and he is consequently acting more erratic than ever. Jack encourages bald producer Pete Hornberger to wear a wig. Liz finally dumps Dennis and prowls the singles scene, where she proves to be particularly inept at picking up guys, under Jenna's tutelage. Tracy and Toofer clash, landing both in sensitivity training, and Jack dates a certain "high-ranking African-American member of the Bush Administration." Cerie gets engaged so that she can be a "young hot mom", causing Liz to think about marriage and having a family. Jack has trouble dealing with his own domineering mother, who wants to move in with him, and Tracy becomes upset by Josh's impression of him. Liz and Jenna's friendship is put to the test when Liz admits that she dislikes Jenna's new independent film. To get himself out of debt, Tracy places his name on a "meat machine" that eliminates the "bread" part of sandwiches. Two guys, one a cerebral nerd and the other a gorgeous hunk, capture the attention of Liz and Jenna. Jack and Kenneth trade places for "Bottom's Up Day" and Tracy enlists Frank and Toofer to write his autobiography in one day. Liz attends a foreign prince's birthday party with Jack and meets his ex-wife. Tracy tries to convince Pete to cheat on his wife at a wild party while Kenneth encourages him not to. The writers struggle to pull an all-nighter on Valentine's Day. Liz receives flowers from a secret admirer, Jack completes his divorce after years of legal separation, Tracy tries to spend the evening with his wife, Pete forgets the holiday and Kenneth is encouraged to pursue Cerie. After being criticized for her working habits by her co-workers, Liz decides to be more lenient with her staff and work overtime herself. Meanwhile, Jack brings Tracy to a major golf event to get closer to Don Geiss, the CEO of GE, but his plan backfires when Tracy decides to drop "truth bombs". When Josh's contract comes up for negotiation, Jack tries to save money by not renewing it while Liz tries to prevent Josh from joining the cast of a rival show. Meanwhile, Tracy allows Kenneth into his entourage and Jenna gets into trouble after she is misquoted in a popular magazine. Jack enlists a rap producer to unload his line of inferior champagne while Tracy reluctantly hosts the Source Awards. Liz tries to sever ties with a black man she dislikes without looking racist. Jack's long-lost brother Eddie shows up and announces their father's death. Meanwhile, Liz, forced to make staff cutbacks, fires her romantic rival "Other Liz" while Tracy seeks spiritual fulfillment at his lawyer's request. Threatened by a sneaky West Coast NBC executive, Jack enlists Kenneth to help thwart any attempts to usurp Donaghy's TV throne. Meanwhile, Tracy discovers that he is a direct descendant of Thomas Jefferson, Twofer discovers a disturbing secret about his Civil War ancestor, and Liz fakes being an alcoholic to get closer to her crush, Floyd. Liz has found happiness with Floyd while Jack pursues a relationship of his own with Phoebe, an eccentric Christie's auctioneer. Tracy vies for Don Geiss's attention, hoping to turn his Jefferson movie idea into a reality. Sick of New York and frustrated with his career, Floyd contemplates a move to the Midwest and asks Liz if she would consider leaving TGS behind. Tracy discovers that the "Black Crusaders" are after him and Jack continues to prepare for his marriage to Phoebe. As TGS's summer hiatus approaches, Liz deals with the difficulties of her long-distance relationship with Floyd as she tries to find Tracy, who is hiding out in the sticks with Kenneth's uncivilized cousin. Meanwhile, Jack's impending marriage brings his mother, Colleen Donaghy, to town.

season 2 -
Jack invents "SeinfeldVision", which digitally inserts Jerry Seinfeld into every NBC show and Jenna returns from hiatus overweight due to her role in Mystic Pizza: The Musical. Tracy's wife Angie Jordan kicks him out of the house, prompting Kenneth to become his "office wife". Jack hears that Don Geiss may be retiring and competes with Devon Banks to be Geiss' successor. Meanwhile, Jenna begins to enjoy the fame of being fat and Kenneth tries to get Tracy and Angie back together. Jack hires a private investigator, named Len, to find any dirt General Electric (GE) might dig up on him. Angie decides that she will be with Tracy every moment to keep him out of trouble and Jenna is upset to find that she has started losing weight. Liz meets her childhood idol, comedy writer Rosemary Howard, only to discover that Rosemary is a lonely woman still clinging onto a 1970s mindset. Jack helps Tracy with some unresolved issues in a therapy session and Kenneth is forced to compete in a "page-off" to keep his job. Jack introduces NBC's environmental mascot, Greenzo. Greenzo's eco-friendly preaching gets out of hand around the TGS offices, as well as on The Today Show. Also, Kenneth is planning a house party. Knowing nobody wants to attend, Tracy spreads a rumor about the party. Meanwhile, Pete reconnects with his wife, Paula. Jack falls for a Democratic congresswoman named C.C. Liz thinks her new neighbor, Raheem, is a terrorist. Liz goes on a date with a 20-year-old coffee delivery boy, Jamie, while Tracy has to coach a Little League baseball team. Jack takes a special interest in the team and showers them with gifts. Jack fires Tracy as a coach and replaces him with Kenneth. The players then revolt. Jack is very reluctant when C.C. wants to go public with their relationship. Meanwhile, Liz tries to keep Jenna and Tracy equally as happy leading Tracy to earn a fake Pacific Rim Emmy Award and Jenna to form an entourage. It's time for the annual "Ludachristmas" party for the TGS staff. Tracy is upset because he cannot participate in the party due to a court-ordered alcohol-monitoring bracelet. The Lemon family pays Liz a visit, as does Jack's mom to him. Jack meets a German TV executive who is planning to buy a major cable TV network. Jack gives Liz financial advice, which motivates her to invest in some real estate, but she must appear before a co-op board to buy the apartment she wants. Jack and C.C. continue their long-distance relationship. Tracy buys a cappuccino machine for TGS, which he stations at Kenneth's desk; as a result, Kenneth gets addicted to coffee. A TGS staff member tells The New York Post that Jack is a "Class A Moron" as the reality show he developed during the summer, MILF Island, airs its finale. Jack confines the writers to try to make the person who made the statement confess. When Dennis Duffy, Liz's ex-boyfriend, becomes New York's latest local celebrity, Jack books him to appear on TGS. Dennis tries to win Liz back into his life. Meanwhile, Jack wants to find a young, hip Republican celebrity to appear at a John McCain fundraiser. Jack can only secure Bucky Bright, a TV star from the 1940s and 1950s. When Jack rejects him, he befriends Kenneth, who happens to be a fan. Instead of Bucky, Jack tries to convince Tracy to become the celebrity face of the Republican Party. Don Geiss names Jack the new GE chairman over Jack's rival, Devon Banks. Jack then names Liz as his successor, as "Vice President of East Coast Television and Microwave Oven Programming," because she "always has his back." While Liz attempts to adjust to corporate life, Geiss' health puts Jack's promotion in jeopardy. Meanwhile, Tracy, upset that his son did not invite him to Bring Your Dad to School Day, decides to leave his kids a legacy by creating a pornographic video game. Liz's ex-boyfriend Floyd contacts Liz looking for a place to stay. Jack gets demoted to the 12th floor, while Liz is furious that her sandwich is stolen on TGS's Annual Sandwich Day. Jack gets a job in politics. When the job is not what he expected he schemes with another government employee, Cooter, to get fired. Jack also enlists the help of C.C., his ex-girlfriend. Meanwhile, Liz thinks she may be pregnant. Kenneth aspires to be an NBC page at the Beijing Olympics, but Donny Lawson, the head page, is not prepared to let that happen. Tracy's invention is nearly complete.

season 3 -
Liz tries to stop the TGS staff from ruining her chances at adoption when an adoption agency evaluator, named Bev, comes to 30 Rock to determine whether Liz would make a good mother. Jack returns from Washington, D.C. and starts his job again at NBC, only to discover he has been demoted. Jack tries to get his old job and office back from Devon Banks and Kathy Geiss. A feud between Tracy and Jenna wreaks havoc among the TGS staff. To get out of jury duty, Liz flies to Chicago only to be seated next to Oprah Winfrey on her return flight to New York. An argument between Tracy and Jenna leads to a "social experiment" to prove who is right. Kenneth challenges Jack's morality after it is found out that NBC faked some Olympic events during the summer as a ratings stunt. Liz's former roommate from Chicago, Claire Harper, comes to visit her and Jenna. She develops a stalker-like obsession with Jack. Kenneth is unhappy with the new NBC page uniform so Tracy decides to cheer him up with the help of Night Court cast members Harry Anderson, Markie Post, and Charlie Robinson. Liz meets one of Jack's friends, the eccentric businessman Gavin Volure, when the pair attend a dinner party with guests including John McEnroe. Gavin, after offering Jack a secret business opportunity, becomes enamored with Liz. Jack encourages the relationship until he discovers Gavin is not as successful as he claimed. Also, Kenneth invests his money in Gavin's business. Meanwhile, after learning about Lyle and Erik Menendez murdering their parents, Tracy fears that his children, Tracy Jr. and George Foreman Jordan, are trying to kill him. Don Geiss finally wakes up from his coma and shocks Jack with his announcement that he will be remaining CEO of General Electric (GE). Jack offers to fly Liz to her high school reunion en route to his vacation, but is stuck with her following bad weather. Once there Liz finds that her high school classmates do not remember their school years the same way she does. In the Christmas episode, Liz decides to help a charity for underprivileged children after her parents ditch their holiday plans. Jack's mother, Colleen, stops Jack from going on a Christmas vacation so he ends up taking his frustration out on the TGS staff. The TGS crew have to ditch their own plans for a holiday-themed episode of the show. Jenna is concerned when Liz becomes attracted to a new man. Jack tries to help Tracy and Angie Jordan organize a postnuptial agreement and Jenna auditions for a Janis Joplin biographical film. Jack finds a new love in the form of Elisa, his mother's nurse. Liz campaigns for her staff's right to get flu shots from Dr. Spaceman, but Jack will not allow it due to a limited supply. Jack tries to think of creative ways to spend time with Elisa as she works seven days a week. Meanwhile, Jenna and Tracy try to do something nice for the crew. Nervous about his performance at a corporate retreat following his Bush administration and CEO debacles, Jack invites Liz to the retreat for moral support. Jenna employs method acting for her Janis Joplin role, which Frank quickly takes advantage of. After Tracy is diagnosed with diabetes Kenneth attempts to find a way to dissuade Tracy from eating sugary food. Former Wall Street hotheads become interns at the TGS studios, much to Tracy's exhaustion. Jack deals with Elisa's grandmother's hatred due to a strange lookalike coincidence. Liz schemes to win over her new neighbor, Dr. Drew Baird after accidentally receiving his mail. Liz invites Dr. Baird on their first date, accidentally scheduling it for Valentine's Day. While she tries to plan a date that will not be awkward, Jack's Valentine's dinner plans with Elisa must be postponed to attend church with her. Kenneth falls for a new staffer and Tracy tries to help him with the romance. Jack considers taking the next step in his relationship with Elisa. Tracy appears on Larry King Live and inadvertently triggers mayhem in New York City in responding to questions about the economy. In addition, Tracy's interview sends the TGS crew on a search of the 30 Rock building for a treasure. Liz loses her phone and must go with Kenneth to Queens to recover her phone which is being held for ransom. Liz tries to adopt the baby of a pregnant teen she meets in a donut shop. Kenneth learns that Tracy has never celebrated his birthday and ends up asking Jenna to share her birthday celebration with Tracy. Jack goes on a "guy's night out" with some of the TGS writers and Frank tells Jack about his daddy issues. Liz leaves the TGS crew unmanaged as she must participate in jury duty for the trial of an oddly familiar woman. Kenneth tries to assert control over the crew in her stead and Jack uses the writers to develop a new name for a GE product. Meanwhile, Jenna seeks Dr. Spaceman's help so she can work on TGS and her movie. Elsewhere, Tracy comes to the conclusion that being able to afford FCC fines is a license to swear on television. When TGS' ad sponsors threaten to pull out due to Tracy's behavior, Tracy buys the ad time himself. Liz learns that Drew's attractiveness has led to society giving him special treatment and Liz tries to bring this to his attention. Meanwhile, Jack attempts to renegotiate Tracy Jordan's contract but hits a snag when Tracy realizes he no longer needs money thanks to his video game success. Finally Jenna gets a new hairstyle to try to capture the public's attention. While Jack plans the perfect 50th birthday party for himself he watches old home videos that inspire him to recreate one of the happiest moments he had as a young boy. Liz's ex-boyfriend Dennis decides to come clean to Liz about an addiction, stirring up drama between Liz and Jenna. Kenneth and Pete team up to make Tracy's childhood dream come true. Joy about the 50th TGS episode turns to worry when word spreads about imminent budget cuts at 30 Rock. Before long, Jack must fire several employees to save money, Kenneth takes on new responsibilities, and Liz wheels and deals to spare her staffers from layoffs. Meanwhile, Jenna and Tracy suspect that Kenneth is masking a deep dark secret. Liz meets a new group of friends while on suspension from work. Meanwhile, Jack is worried that Jenna's Janis Joplin biographical film will not get released and tries to promote the movie at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. However, following a mix-up, the world believes Jenna is dead and Jack tries to use her death to further hype the film. Jack goes shopping with Liz for an engagement ring for Elisa. Jack grows worried about whether he and Elisa's potential marriage would survive in the real world, but Tracy counsels him on married life. Meanwhile, Elisa tells Liz that she is keeping a secret. A prank results in an injury back at TGS and Jenna falls in love with an attractive emergency medical technician who comes to help. Liz reprimands Tracy in front of the staff for not acting professionally. Liz worries, expecting Tracy to act out, but he surprises her by instead acting very professionally. Tracy says that because he no longer requests special treatment as an actor, Liz should give up any privileges she is given as a woman. Jack's mother, Colleen, comes to visit revealing memories about Jack's father. Jenna adopts a pet gibbon and learns about motherhood. Jack begins to search for his biological father with help from Liz. Meanwhile, Tracy introduces his supposedly illegitimate son to the cast and crew of TGS, but some question his intentions. Meanwhile, Jenna and Liz fight for attention when Jenna gets public recognition for a comedic sketch Liz wrote. Jack gets to know his newly discovered father, but soon discovers Milton has a serious medical condition to contend with. Liz gains notoriety as a relationship expert for a sketch she wrote. Meanwhile, Tracy is invited to speak at his former high school's graduation and Kenneth tries to help him overcome troubling memories from his high school experience.

season 4 -
Jack takes steps to stop what he perceives as elitist developments at TGS, which he believes to be detrimental to the show's future in a difficult economic climate. He suggests Jenna change her image by "going country"; and that Tracy reconnects with his roots. In addition, Jack sends Liz on a search for a new actor to join the TGS cast. She recruits Pete to help her look for new talent and the pair keep their search private. Eventually they reveal to the cast and crew they are looking for a new actor; which angers the current cast and crew. Meanwhile, Kenneth and Jack have a dispute over timecards which results in Kenneth accidentally receiving a large bonus check of Jack's instead of his own paycheck. Kenneth grows angry over the bonus and leads a page strike. Jack hires private detective Lenny Wosniak to try to end the strike, but he fails. Finally, Jack admits to Kenneth that he is a "big ol' liar" and Kenneth ends the strike. The male employees of TGS are angry with Liz for damage done to their personal relationships due to Dealbreakers, an advice book she wrote. Tracy's wife Angie kicks him out of the house over things she reads in Liz's book, and he moves in with Liz as revenge. During his stay with Liz, Tracy reads the book in detail and discovers that much of the book was written directly about him. To resolve their conflict, Jack decides that, because Liz ruined Tracy's life with her book, Tracy should be given the right to ruin her life, and he orders Liz to sign over her life rights to Tracy, which she does. She suggests that Tracy make a pornographic film based on her life which he agrees to and decides to move out of Liz's apartment. At the same time, Jack faces Congressional hearings on the microwave industry and is surprised to find Devon Banks has begun working for the government. Devon threatens to ruin Jack's career and Jack acts quickly to try to redesign the microwave to make the division profitable again but he abandons the project as a failure. Instead, Jack convinces Devon to give the company bailout money effectively making Devon Jack's boss. Jack and Liz travel to Kenneth's home town of Stone Mountain, Georgia to continue their quest for an actor that fits Jack's beliefs of what will appeal to "middle America". Jack visits the local comedy club and finds the act of Rick Wayne and his dummy Pumpkin to be hilarious and demands that he be hired. Not thrilled at the idea of hiring Wayne and his dummy Liz decides to see them at the club and heckle them. Once there, Pumpkin begins insulting Liz repeatedly, prompting Jack to destroy the dummy. At the same time, Jenna, worried that her position on the show will be diminished with the casting of a new actor, decides to befriend Frank, Toofer, and Lutz, to ensure her continued success. The three are initially annoyed by her presence until they learn from Cerie that women get very wild and drunk at "gay Halloween parties". They decide to pretend to be Jenna's friend to get into such a party. She invites them to the party under the condition they will not "forget" her when the actor is hired. Meanwhile, after two other celebrities die Tracy fears for his life when he hears that celebrities tend to die in groups of three. He is relieved when he learns that Pumpkin "died". Liz and Pete have found an actor they want on TGS To ensure his selection by Jack, they rig the audition by including bad actors. Tracy and Jenna learn of Liz and Pete's scheme and decide to look for an actor of their own to sabotage the auditions. Meanwhile, Jack becomes inflicted with bedbugs which results in him getting ostracized by everyone at 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Feeling passionate, Jack tells Liz to give everyone a chance to audition, after catching her trying to eliminate people from the audition process. After the auditions are over, Liz learns that the actor she wanted on the show faked his credentials. She discovers that his references—Gilbert Gottfried, Martin Scorsese, and Christopher Walken—were not legitimate and that he impersonated them. Liz tries to stop Jack from hiring him, but instead Jack hires a robot street performer. Jack offers Liz a chance to create a television pilot based on her "Dealbreakers" sketch. She is initially excited, but Tracy and Jenna convince her to look for other offers before agreeing to work with Jack. She hires an agent and displeased with her decision, Jack announces that NBC is moving forward with the pilot's production and calls in television host Padma Lakshmi as Liz's replacement. Liz threatens to sue Jack and NBC for the rights to "Dealbreakers", but Jack informs her that NBC owns the rights to it. During their respective meetings, the two realize that they should work with one another. They make amends and agree to create the pilot together. Meanwhile, the new cast member, Jack "Danny" Baker, the robot street performer, arrives on set and learns the intricacies of TGS. Danny treats Kenneth politely and does not ask him to run any errands for him which leads Tracy and Jenna to question their demanding ways, resulting in the two asking less of Kenneth which upsets him. Kenneth asks Danny to yell at him more. Danny, who is Canadian, has had a hard time pronouncing the word "about", but after yelling at Kenneth, and saying "about" without an accent, thanks Kenneth for helping him. In addition, after giving Liz advice, Tracy and Jenna solve other problems of the TGS cast and crew. Jack puts Kenneth in charge of reducing TGS's carbon footprint during NBC's annual Green Week. Kenneth goes around 30 Rockefeller Plaza and informs everyone to be more environmentally conscious. He tells everyone that Frank's habits, including peeing in bottles, while disgusting, are actually environmentally friendly. Meanwhile, Liz learns that her apartment building is being converted into a condominium and that she must purchase her apartment or face a rent increase. She decides that she wants to buy her apartment and the one above her, and turn them into her dream home. She decides to bribe the resident above her out of the apartment but he will not be bribed out, so the two decide to live together in his apartment. Liz fails to drive him out with her crazed behavior so she resorts to adopting Frank's behavior to force him to leave, which is successful. At the same time, Jack and Tracy reevaluate fatherhood with the two deciding to get a vasectomy operation. Jack, however, discovers the respect Tracy's son has for Tracy and decides not to go through with the procedure. After being put under, Tracy realizes his life is horrible because he does not have a daughter but two sons. Jack is able to stop Dr. Leo Spaceman from conducting the procedure. Jack and Liz prepare for the beginning of Liz's new talk show, Dealbreakers. In her absence at the TGS writers room, Liz appoints Frank as the head writer. Frank accepts the role, however, as the day progresses he begins to act and dress like Liz. Later, Jack receives a call from Devon who threatens him if Liz's talk show loses any amount of money. This puts Jack on edge with him interfering with Liz's appearance, sending her over the edge with insecurity. After Liz locks herself in her dressing room, Jack shuts the Dealbreakers production down, but manages to break even by selling the show's opening titles. Meanwhile, Tracy shops for a special Christmas present for Angie to try to convince her to have another child, instead he finds a diamond encrusted "EGOT" necklace and sets a new life goal to win four awards: an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony (an accomplishment known as an EGOT) with a song that gets featured on a television show, then a movie based on the television show, and then a musical based on that movie. After failing to combine five popular musical styles into one song, he sings his song to Angie and she is so moved she agrees to have another child. Jack and Liz decide to exchange gifts for Christmas that cost them no money. At the same time, Jack reconnects with Nancy Donovan, a woman Jack had feelings for while in high school. He ponders on the possibility of a romance with Nancy as he discovers that her marriage is falling apart. Later, Jack and Liz exchange their gifts; he gets her a program from her performance of The Crucible framed in wood from her high school stage. For her gift, Liz calls in a bomb threat to Penn Station, keeping Nancy in New York, and in return Jack fulfills Liz's dream of meeting actor Larry Wilcox. Pete tries to get back at Jenna for not contributing money to the cleaning ladies by giving Danny Jenna's solo for the Christmas episode. Not wanting to overshadow her, Danny ends up doing a duet with Jenna and sings off-key to make Jenna look good. Kenneth throws his annual "Secret Santa Fun Swap", much to Frank, Toofer, and Lutz's chagrin. The three, not wanting to take part, make-up a religion which they claim does not allow them to celebrate Christmas. Tracy, however, tells Kenneth that they made up the religion prompting Kenneth to believe that all religions are made up by man. His faith is restored when the three are arrested for the bomb threat Liz called in using their phone. Following an out-of-control New Year's Eve party, in which Jack left a drunken message on Nancy's answering machine, Jack decides to break into her house with Kenneth to erase the message while Nancy is on vacation. At her home, Jack finds evidence that Nancy's marriage is reaching its end. They eventually play the message in which Jack reminisces about their times in high school German class. Jack had the name "Klaus" and Nancy had the name "Greta". He decides not to erase the message, but Kenneth does so anyway. When they return, Kenneth realizes that Nancy's voicemail code stands for "Klaus", which means that Nancy does have feelings for Jack. Jenna enters a fake relationship with actor James Franco in order to counteract rumors that he is in love with a Japanese body pillow. She begins to fall in love with Franco but realizes that he is not in love with her and ends their relationship. Liz accidentally outs her cousin at her New Year's Eve party, so he decides to live with her in New York. While out together, Liz runs into Franco and his pillow. The two get drunk and end up sleeping together. The next morning, at Liz's apartment, her cousin decides to leave New York and go back home after seeing Franco and his body pillow. Danny tells Jack he is having an office romance but will not disclose the woman's name. Jack asks Danny more about the woman and Danny reveals details about her resulting in Jack figuring out that Danny is seeing Liz. Unhappy about this, Jack orders Liz to end the relationship. She tries to break if off with him but changes her mind. Later, Jack learns that Liz is still seeing Danny and knowing she will not end it, Jack "confides" in Danny that he has been in love with Liz ever since he met her. Danny agrees to break up with Liz to preserve his new friendship with Jack. Meanwhile, Jenna thinks she is auditioning for a role on Gossip Girl as a college freshman; but finds out that she is actually being considered for the role of the freshman's mother. She panics and decides to act young which makes her a target of ridicule with the TGS staff. Jenna, however, accepts the role of the mother on Gossip Girl and receives an ovation for her performance. At the same time, Tracy decides to add a woman to his entourage so he can gain more learning experience with women when he and Angie have a daughter. He brings in TGS writer Sue Laroche-Van der Hout. He treats Sue as his child and soon she starts rebelling against him. Tracy tells Sue that all he wanted was to be a father figure to her. Liz and Pete decide to take the staff south to Miami for a week, due to their hatred of the cold weather. They tell Jack about the trip which he approves; but instead of Miami he takes them farther north to Boston so he can see Nancy. He learns that Nancy's husband has left her but she refuses to ask for a divorce. Jack admits his true feelings to Nancy but she tells him that they should place their relationship on hold. Meanwhile, the staff blame Liz for all their problems and their hatred of Boston. She comes up with a fake individual named "Dale Snitterman" and tells them it is all his fault for all their misfortunes, not realizing until later that she had seen the name somewhere and did not make it up. At that point, the staff finds Snitterman and harass him. Jenna learns that her mother Verna has come to visit her. Not wanting to see her as she knows this will lead for Verna to ask for money, Jenna turns to Jack for help. Jack, who also does not get along with his mother Colleen shows Jenna a presentation on how to deal with overbearing mothers. Jenna, however, reconciles with her mother. Jack believes that Verna has an ulterior motive for making amends with Jenna. His suspicions are true when Verna admits that she made amends with Jenna solely to convince her to star in a reality show featuring them both. Jack pays Verna off to visit Jenna on a regular basis to make her daughter happy. Meanwhile, Frank moves in with Liz temporarily and the pair decide to make a pact to give up their bad habits: Liz's eating junk food and Frank's smoking. Liz has a hard time adjusting to not eating junk food, and suspects that Frank is still smoking, due to his calm behavior. She decides to hide a recording video camera equipped with night vision in her apartment. The next day, Liz watches the video, however, the footage shows her sleepwalking and eating large amounts of junk food, thus breaking the pact. Liz schedules a needed root canal on Valentine's Day to avoid feeling lonely on the holiday. She realizes she will need someone to escort her home from the dentist's office due to the after effects of anaesthesia. She asks her colleagues for a ride home, but they cannot do it. Meanwhile, Jack meets a successful and attractive CNBC host named Avery Jessup and ponders the possibility of having a relationship with her as he realizes that Nancy will not get divorced. They eventually embark on a number of both successful and unsuccessful dates. Elsewhere, Jenna is saddened that her stalker loses interest in her as he was the longest relationship she has ever had. Liz goes to her appointment and after her surgery she reassures the staff that the anaesthesia is having no effect on her and can take herself home. Liz sees her former boyfriends Drew Baird, Dennis Duffy, and Floyd DeBarber but in fact is hallucinating and mistakes the three for the three women dental assistants. One of them calls Jack asking if he could come pick up Liz and take her home, which he does. Liz finds a mysterious number in her phone under the name "Future Husband" and learns that she met this individual in her dentist's recovery office and decides to search for him. The two eventually meet and arrange a date. The man's name is Wesley and on their date they fail to hit it off. Liz and Wesley see each other again and decide to go on another date. Meanwhile, Jack's aspirations of becoming CEO of General Electric (GE) comes to a halt when rumors circulate that Philadelphia-based cable company Kabletown will be purchasing NBC. He learns from former GE chairman Jack Welch that current GE CEO Don Geiss had died and the company negotiated a takeover with Kabletown. Elsewhere, Tracy stages a one-man show in an attempt to win a Tony award as part of his EGOT journey. His show is a success but later learns that in order to qualify for the award he must do his show eight times. Jenna helps Tracy and tries to teach him the principles of acting. This leads nowhere, resulting in the two arguing and Jenna telling him he can go do his show and read the phone book for all she cares. At his show, Tracy reads the phone book making Jenna very proud of him. Jack tries to learn everything about Kabletown and find a way he can contribute. He is shocked to learn that Kabletown runs pay-per-view adult channels and is horrified at the prospect of no longer making things. Jack has an epiphany and proposes to Kabletown executives that they produce "porn for women", channels featuring attractive men who "listen" while women blather on. Meanwhile, Liz and Wesley continuously run into each other. Wesley believes they are meant to be together as they continue running into each other. The pair soon come to terms that the anaesthesia is the cause of whatever they went through and agree to stop seeing each other. Later, when they run into each other again, Wesley states they should probably just settle for each other which horrifies Liz. Elsewhere, Tracy's nanny writes a tell-all book, revealing that Tracy has been faithful to Angie. In order to restore his womanizing persona, Tracy announces to the media that he is leaving show business to spend more time with a stripper, but no one buys it. In addition, women come forward and admit that they did not have sex with Tracy. He decides to sleep with Liz but she refuses. She tells him that he should be happy with the life he has. Liz hopes she can reconcile with Floyd but discovers that he is getting married. Liz invites Floyd to a restaurant and while there Floyd gets drunk. The next day, Floyd appears on The Today Show with his fiancé still drunk. Later, Liz apologizes to both Floyd and his fiancée for getting him drunk. They accept the apology, and she asks Liz to be a participant in their wedding, to which she agrees. Jack and Danny team up against Frank, Toofer, and Lutz in a prank war after the three printed an embarrassing interview with Danny. Jack and Danny trick the three into stripping in front of the TGS dancers. Later, the three discover a secret code from a prank society that Jack belonged to. Frank realizes he can use this to manipulate him, which works. Jack threatens to sleep with Frank's mother Sylvia which prompts them to ease off on their pranks. As a result of Kenneth's anecdotes, Tracy and Jenna are haunted by Kenneth in their dreams. To stop this, the two decide to deal with it à la A Nightmare on Elm Street by killing Kenneth in their dreams. They wake up—believing they are still dreaming—and actually attack Kenneth. The two later realize that they slept through the night without having any dreams of Kenneth. They apologize to Kenneth and he accepts their apology. Jack questions his relationship with Avery when he learns that Nancy has finally divorced her husband. He spends an evening having dinner and wine with each of them, torn between the two and unable to decide whom to be with. Meanwhile, Liz attends singles' activities at the YMCA and brings Nancy along. Nancy tells Liz to focus on what she wants in a man. Liz takes the advice the next day at a dodgeball game and tells a man what traits she wants from a man, though he does not speak English. Finally, Toofer learns he may have been hired as a writer because of affirmative action and quits in anger. Liz is reluctant to rehire him at first. However, Pete reveals that she was also hired as a result of affirmative action and she rehires him. Jack distracts himself from his romantic problems by attempting to resolve a dispute between two janitors, Subhas and Khonani. Years earlier, Khonani signed a contract to take the 11:30 p.m. janitorial shift from Subhas and informs Jack that he is ready to start. Jack grants him permission, and moves Subhas to 10:00 p.m. Khonani is unhappy with his new shift as there is no trash to pick up because Subhas has already collected it. As a result, Khonani leaves NBC and Subhas goes back to 11:30. Meanwhile, Liz is distraught that her writing staff hang out after work and they do not invite her. She hosts Cerie's bachelorette party at her apartment and confronts the staff for not inviting her to hang out with them. Tracy is torn between his commitments to his pregnant wife and his desire to party. To stay at home he decides to wear his dog's shock collar. Tracy orders Kenneth to take his place at Liz's party. He arrives at the party and realizes that Tracy's dog has followed him. The dog attacks the staff with all of them turning to Liz to get rid of it. She eventually agrees to help them. Jack learns that he is in Don Geiss's will. At the will reading Jack inherits Geiss' beloved pet peacock, Argus. When Argus begins acting peculiar, Jack enlists Kenneth's help. Kenneth, who knows all the peafowl calls, tells Jack that Argus muttered senpai and kōhai—master and pupil—nicknames that Geiss and Jack had for each other. Immediately, Jack is convinced that Geiss's soul has inhabited Argus, prompting Jack to release his grief to Argus and finally accepting Geiss' death. It is announced that Grizz will be married at the end of the month. A problem ensues after Grizz cannot decide between Tracy and Dot Com to be his best man. Grizz wants Dot Com as his best man but Liz finds out that Dot Com is in love with Grizz's fiancée unbeknownst to Grizz. Liz manages to change Grizz's mind about Dot Com and he appoints her as his woman of honor instead. Liz and Pete become suspicious of Jenna's new boyfriend Paul L'Astname. The two follow Paul to a bar and find out that Paul is a Jenna impersonator. Liz asks Jenna if she knows what Paul does, which she does. Liz does not approve of the relationship, but she confronts Paul on his intentions with Jenna. Paul tells her that he is not using Jenna to further his career but that he is with her because she accepts him for who he is. TGS celebrates Mother's Day by having the mothers of its cast and staff visit and participate in the holiday episode. Jack, meanwhile, deals with a visit from Colleen. Her real reason for visiting him is that she learned from her friend that Jack is dating Nancy but she tells him she knows about his involvement with Avery after the two had an awkward encounter. She is appalled that he is dating two women at the same time, and demands that he make a choice. Liz learns from her mother that her true love was Buzz Aldrin and not her father. Liz meets Aldrin and he confesses that it was a good decision that her mother did not stay with him as he spent many of his years as an alcoholic. After her encounter with Aldrin, Liz respects the decision her mother made. Verna visits Jack in hopes of getting the rest of the money he promised to give her. Jack will give her the rest once he believes Jenna is happy around her. Pete learns that Tracy does not know where his mother is, so he decides to cast actress Novella Nelson as Tracy's mother for the episode. Tracy and Nelson have a dislike for one another, however, the two make amends with each other and sing together on the broadcast. Liz revisits Drew and Dennis in hopes that one of them can be her date to Floyd's wedding. The visits, however, are a disaster. At Cerie's rehearsal dinner, Liz discovers that she will be seated next to Wesley. She invites him as her date to Floyd's wedding. At the wedding, Wesley tells her to get him U.S. residency and proposes marriage to her. Liz agrees to marry him. The combination of Avery deciding not to be Jack's date at Cerie's wedding, and him getting an unexpected visit from Nancy, results in increased complexity in their love triangle. He decides not to sleep with Nancy so that no problem ensues in his decision to choose between them but he ends up sleeping with her anyway. At Floyd's wedding, Jack tells Nancy about Avery, and as a result, Nancy threatens to leave him once the ceremony is over. As Liz is giving a reading, Jack texts her to stall, resulting in Liz reading inappropriate scripture recitations. Tracy is encouraged by Kenneth and Dot Com to take part in a drama film, Hard To Watch, a story of an inner-city boy living in the ghetto, something Tracy can directly relate to. He realizes that playing the role may bring up too many repressed memories. Tracy, Dot Com and Kenneth visit places from Tracy's childhood in order to prepare him for the role, but this backfires when Tracy is brought to tears because of his past. Jack decides he wants to be with Nancy. After Floyd's wedding, Liz meets an airline pilot named Carol. After learning he is a fan of TGS she asks Carol to go with her to Cerie's wedding, which he accepts. At the ceremony, Wesley is distraught that Liz ended their engagement through a text message. Liz tells him that fate brought them together so that she would meet Carol, with whom she can see herself with forever. Wesley is devastated and leaves. Carol is shocked at this and leaves. At the same time, Nancy learns that Avery is pregnant after talking to her, and tells Jack before she leaves him. When Jack finds Avery, he tells her he wants to marry her, which she accepts. Elsewhere, Kenneth is notified by Pete that he has received a promotion that would send him to Los Angeles. Kenneth, not wanting to move, decides to lose the promotion by doing a terrible job as a page, but this backfires when Pete is forced to dismiss him. After Cerie's wedding everyone gathers at the TGS set for Grizz's wedding. Jack tells Liz that Carol has arrived at the reception. Carol decides to forget what happened earlier and give Liz a chance so that the two can have a relationship. Kenneth, who is drunk, gets on stage, and gives a ranting speech to his former co-workers.

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Determined to help Liz stay in a relationship for once, Jack meddles in her relationship with Carol. While at home, Jack struggles to compromise with Avery as she redecorates his apartment. Tracy has trouble coming to grips with Kenneth getting fired and Jenna becomes one of the newest TGS producers. Liz uses her newfound confidence of men noticing her to solve Pete's problem with a difficult television editor named Ritchie. Meanwhile, Jack decides to teach his unborn child with his girlfriend Avery how to live. Elsewhere, Tracy is determined to be there when his wife Angie gives birth, and a mysterious individual is making sure page duties at TGS at NBC are still getting done. Jack appears before Congress to discuss the NBC merger with KableTown. He hopes to win over the celebrity members, but one congresswoman demands that there be more diversity in the programming lineup. So Jack enlists Tracy's help to come up with some new ideas for programming. Meanwhile, Liz is fed up with the grief her staff gives her, and Jenna helps Kenneth reapply for the NBC page program. Jack is on edge after promising to remain sober during Avery's pregnancy. Liz is upset that no one seems to remember it is her 40th birthday. Tracy is convinced that breaking character during a TGS taping will be hilarious while Jenna balks at the idea. Jack is having a perfect day and succeeding at all of his tasks, so he decides to use his winning streak and help Liz figure out her relationship with Carol. Meanwhile, Jenna and Kenneth enlist actor Kelsey Grammer to help them pull off an ice cream scam, and Tracy tries to shoot a commercial for the Boys and Girls club. Avery forces Jack to set some boundaries in his friendship with Liz. At the same time, Liz gets a surprise visit from her father Dick Lemon. Meanwhile, Tracy asks Kenneth's help to remake his pre-produced video obituary, and when Jenna learns of this, she decides to make a video of her own. Jack tries to influence a congressional election in favor of a particular (albeit questionable) candidate for the benefit of the network. Meanwhile, Liz has newfound confidence when Jenna helps her find the perfect pair of jeans. At the same time, Jenna helps Tracy plan a Golden Globe event. Jack worries that GE's microwave sales have improved too much without his help and tries to find glitches in their newest design. Meanwhile, Liz partakes in a crew lottery despite Jenna and Tracy's warning her not to do so. Elsewhere, the TGS writers discover that Jack is the voice of an online dictionary's pronunciation guide. After Jack suggests that she go and see a therapist, Liz starts talking to Kenneth about her relationship with Carol. Meanwhile, Tracy tries to get Jack to invest in his son's theme restaurant in Times Square and Jenna and Paul celebrate their half year anniversary. Liz and Avery try to convince Jack to reveal secrets to his visiting mother at Christmas time. Liz also tries to fix Jenna's relationship with Paul, and Tracy tries to stop the release of his new film before it ruins his new serious persona. The "TGS" staff is affected by budget cuts at NBC. Liz's New Year's resolution could mean more trouble for Jack's wedding. Jenna shares a dressing room with Danny. Tracy has a health scare. Liz tries to exploit the situation when crew members from Angie's TV show (Queen of Jordan) follow Tracy for the day. Jack pre-tapes a disaster telethon, but his efforts have unexpected results when a storm ravages the island of Mago. Liz helps Avery against her work competition by pretending to be pregnant. Jack works to impress the new boss, even going as far as to steal one of Kenneth's ideas. Meanwhile, the new boss sends Tracy and Jenna some gifts and they start to fight when they realize that they were only sent one Kabletown sweater and they both want it. Jack and Avery try to delay labor on a romantic vacation, while Liz and Carol get stuck on the runway on the way to their own getaway. Meanwhile, Tracy finally earns an EGOT but is besieged by all the responsibility that comes with it. To help Liz after her breakup with Carol, Jenna, Jack and the "TGS" staff members, come up with a plan to show Liz that she can still find love again, through having a one night stand. Meanwhile, Jack has trouble negotiating with his nanny due to sleepless nights as a new father and Pete and Frank decide to start a band. Liz hires a new female writer who turns out to be an embarrassing female stereotype; Jack works to position himself in KableTown's line of succession. Jack appoints Liz in charge of an event for Angie in the hopes that Liz can manipulate Angie into manipulating Tracy. Meanwhile, the Queen of Jordan cameras embarrass Jack and completely ignore Jenna, and Frank finds a lost love. The staff searches for work when the show goes on hiatus and Jack attempts to salvage a disastrous network acquisition. Liz and Kenneth try to find Tracy's whereabouts before "TGS" can be cancelled. Meanwhile Pete, feeling emasculated, challenges the writers and crew to a contest of strength. Jack convinces management to give "TGS"'s cancellation an eleventh hour reprieve to prove their worth with the 100th episode; Jenna considers becoming a mother. Liz realizes that she needs to take control of her personal life by fixing up her dream apartment, but she encounters an obstacle along the way. Meanwhile, Jack has his own problems to deal with when Avery is held hostage. Elsewhere, Tracy finds out that Kenneth, Dotcom and Grizz have bonded in his absence. Tracy interrupts Liz's summer vacation. Meanwhile Jack feels lonely and turns to Kenneth, while Jenna must choose between being the Wool Council spokeswoman and her relationship with Paul.

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Liz returns from holiday break with a new outlook that leaves her immune to Tracy's acting out over Jenna's new fame as a judge on America's Kidz Got Singing. Meanwhile, Kenneth prepares for the Rapture. An uproar ensues after cellphone video of Tracy being offensive towards gays is posted online. Liz tries to hide all details of her new boyfriend from Jack, knowing she'll never secure his approval. Kenneth and Jenna call on Kelsey Grammer for a problem only the Best Friends Gang can solve. Tracy goes on the offensive against Liz by coming to the defense of idiots. Jack faces another challenge from Devon Banks and meddles in Liz's relationship with Criss. Jenna and Kenneth get help from Kelsey Grammer in dealing with an unconscious Pete. Liz looks for a new best friend after discovering that Jenna has traded their friendship for fame. Jack decides to end the page program in order to impress Hank Hooper. Liz and Jack argue over her contract. Kenneth is reassigned after being offended by his coworkers at TGS, and Tracy and Jenna's accountant hires them as entertainment at a bar mitzvah. On Valentine's Day, Criss and Liz search for a dining room table. Avery's mother visits Jack. Jenna and Pete prepare for Jenna's first live performance on America's Kidz Got Singing. Tracy and Frank aid Lutz in looking for a Valentine's Day date. Jack decides to run for mayor after being mugged. Liz puts her desires above the good of New York. Jenna and Paul try to act like a normal couple. Jack learns to appreciate Leap Day while Tracy takes the writers to a restaurant to spend an almost-expired gift card. Liz and Jenna try to seduce an internet billionaire. In order to hide his relationship with Lynn from his mother, Frank pretends to be Liz's boyfriend. Jack mentors Kenneth. Tracy and Jenna search for Pete's whisky. Liz refuses to acknowledge Kenneth's new power over TGS. Jenna concocts a new scheme to gain publicity. Jack must serve as parent to his nemesis, Kaylie Hooper. Liz is cursed on St. Patrick's Day when ex-boyfriend Dennis shows up unexpectedly, interrupting her day with Criss. Jack revamps his efforts to rescue his wife, while Liz agrees to mentor Hazel. Liz writes the script for the Avery TV-Movie and stirs up trouble for Jack and Diana Jessup. Jack must come up with an idea that will impress Hank Hooper and transform KableTown, while Liz tries her best to stick with a new hobby and prove she's a new woman. Jenna believes she's cursed and Hazel's obsession with Liz continues. Tracy signs on to do a new movie in order to pay his unexpectedly high taxes. Jack tries to transform the slumping Pete into a respectable man of ambition. Meanwhile, Tracy recovers his lost sense of smell and is drawn to Liz's scent, and Jenna battles the writers in a prank war. Jenna has a relationship with someone in the music industry. Jack's mother horns in on a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Tracy's son is ready for college. Jenna fakes a breakdown to try and win back Paul. Jack sets Liz up on a blind date. Criss and Liz try to figure out if they are ready to be parents. Kabletown chooses to stop funding live shows for TGS. While Liz and Jack embrace the change, Kenneth argues that live format should be kept intact. Angie's reality show once again films at TGS. Avery returns home. Jack and Avery renew their wedding vows.

season 7 -
Jack unveils his shockingly bad fall programming lineup for NBC, as part of his plan to "tank" the network and convince Kabletown CEO Hank Hooper to sell it. Jenna is preparing to get married and taps Liz to be her maid of honor, but Liz attempts to get out of it by employing Jack's "tanking" method and throwing Jenna a disastrous bachelorette party. Meanwhile, Kenneth and his new girlfriend Hazel invite Tracy to dinner at their apartment. However, unbeknownst to Kenneth, Hazel's real intention is to try to land a role in one of Tracy's new movies. With the election approaching, Jack orders Liz not to do any political satire on TGS, given that it will likely boost ratings and set back his plan to "tank" the network. Liz agrees, but when a new Republican politician surfaces who looks exactly like Tracy, she changes her mind. Meanwhile, she attempts to spice up her love life with Criss, if the pair are to increase their chances of having a baby. Kenneth's mother and stepfather visit, piquing the interest of Jenna, who is demoralized by the lack of profits from her summer dance hit and sees them as an opportunity to get in with a more traditional, CD-buying audience. Liz has her hands full with the TGS stars as she attempts to disprove Tracy's claim that women aren't funny, and prevent Jenna from discovering that a recent magazine article has cited her age as "56". Meanwhile, Jack decides to try out an offbeat dating strategy; having a different girlfriend to entertain each side of his personality. However, he is shocked to discover that one of his girlfriends, Zarina, is doing the same to him. Jack invites Liz to attend a Republican Party fundraiser as his "chum", however he actually intends to use her as bait to convince the attendees to donate more money. Furious, Liz retaliates by using TGS to advocate voting for the Democratic Party instead. Meanwhile, the TGS writers mess with Jenna, after the release of her new tropical single gives her a reputation for being chilled out, and gains her a legion of like-minded fans. After it emerges that Jenna's new legion of chilled out fans are crucial swing voters, Liz and Jack realize that she has the power to decide the outcome of the election, and go head to head to compete for her approval. Jenna is initially uninterested, but soon realizes that she has a unique opportunity to appoint a Jenna-friendly president. Meanwhile, Tracy helps Kenneth as he prepares to vote for the first time, and struggles to make his choice. Jack is annoyed when he discovers that he is the inspiration for the villain in Tracy's new Aunt Phatso movie. However, in order to launch a defamation of character lawsuit against Tracy, he must first prove that he isn't, in fact, as bad as his movie counterpart. Meanwhile, after Liz has surgery on her feet, Hazel sees an opportunity to scheme her way onto TGS and takes advantage of Liz by offering to take over some of her duties. After another pregnancy test comes back negative, Liz and Criss consider waiting for a child to become available to adopt. However, when the pair later runs into Dennis Duffy, they discover that he has been able to adopt sooner because he is married, and wonder if they should do the same. Tracy is horrified to learn from Dr. Spaceman that for the first time in his life, he is in perfect health and will likely live to be old, prompting him to feel that he can no longer live as recklessly as he likes to. Jenna turns to Jack for advice after a man approaches her, claiming to have "won" her in a competition that was held many years ago. Jenna is outraged that Liz has stolen her wedding thunder by getting married just as she was preparing to marry Paul. As a peace offering, Liz invites Jenna to an awards ceremony honoring women, but things get worse when Jenna attempts to upstage her by having her wedding there instead. Jack decides that in order to avoid disappointing his overly-critical mother Colleen, who is visiting, he will do nothing at all during her visit. Tracy attempts to cheer up Kenneth, who is upset over losing his girlfriend, by introducing him to The Brady Bunch star Florence Henderson. After Hank Hooper informs him that his granddaughter Kaylee will inherit the role of CEO, Jack teams up with Lenny Wosniak and longtime nemesis Devon Banks in order to discredit her. Liz learns from her adoption referee, Bev that there is a four-year waiting list to adopt a newborn, and that she may have to adopt an older child instead. Tracy finally meets his match when he attempts to direct Octavia Spencer in his new Harriet Tubman movie, and she proves to be very difficult. Liz and Jack travel to Florida in order to deal with Colleen's estate. However, once there, they make the shocking discovery that she had been in a lesbian relationship with her nurse, something which Jack refuses to accept. In Liz's absence, Tracy and Jenna assume control of TGS, but run into trouble when a lawyer arrives to inform them that former employee Hazel has filed a lawsuit against the show. As she and Criss receive notice that their adopted children will arrive at the airport in a few days, Liz's priorities are torn between helping him prepare and trying to save TGS from cancellation, as a result of the lawsuit. Meanwhile, Jack devises a plan to decide who the next president of NBC will be, but his efforts are hampered by Kenneth, whose love for the network dictates that he make sure the right person is chosen. With TGS having been cancelled, Liz struggles to adjust to being a stay-at-home mother and craves to be back at work. Jack attempts to turn Kabletown into a perfect company, but begins to struggle with his growing realization that he isn't truly happy. Tracy has difficulty getting on without Kenneth, now that he has been promoted to president of NBC and can no longer run his errands. Jenna is mortified to learn that her diva tantrums are being ignored, now that nobody is contractually obliged to put up with her, so she decides to look for her next step as an actress. As she prepares for the final episode of TGS, Liz is faced with numerous problems: Jack has quit his job and looks to be on the verge of suicide; Tracy is doing everything in his power to stop the episode going into production, because he is due a payout from the network if it does not, and it's Lutz's turn to choose the writers' lunch, and he has seized upon it as an opportunity to pay them back for their years of picking on him. Meanwhile, network president Kenneth attempts to instill some genuine emotion in Jenna, as she prepares to perform her final song to close out the show.