30 ROCK: "Don Geiss, America and Hope"

Original Air Date
March 18, 2010

Description
Jack struggles to find his new place in the business after hearing of the Kabletown buy out and Liz continues to wonder if Wesley is the “"one.”"

Notes
(C) I think 30 Rock is sort of in a mid-season slump. It is a little direction-less at this point. However, that is hard to say, given that this show is not about long story arcs.

I was disappointed that there was no Elizabeth Banks in this episode. The Kabletown storyline doesn't seem to be going anywhere. As I have said before, it makes sense to address the Comcast deal, but at the same time it is not really that amusing if it doesn't address some of the corporate issues that this causes.

Regardless of that there just was not a lot of funny in this episode. The Tracy story line, about being faithful to his wife, was great but could have been expanded upon. It was the best part of the episode.

30 ROCK: "Future Husband"

Original Air Date

March 11, 2010

Description

After finding a mystery number with the name "Future Husband" in her phone, Liz sets out to find out the identity of her potential soul mate.

Notes

(C+) NBC, in the show, is being bought by the fictional Cabletown company (or whatever) matching up with the real life purchase of the network by Comcast. I give them credit for addressing this, although I guess they kind of had to since the corporate structure of the network as been a big part of the show.

That said, this episode was not very good. There were not any particularly interesting plot lines. It had its moments but this show has been better and I expect better from it.

Apparently, when Liz was at the dentist crazed out of her mind on sedative, she met her "future husband." At least that is what her phone indicated when she discovered the new contact there.

That future husband also had future wife entered into his phone for Liz. They meet up for the second time, but the first that they remember, over coffee. It doesn't go well, but I suspect the future husband may be back again.

Let's hope so, especially since future husband is being played by Michael Sheen (Frost/Nixon).

30 ROCK: "Anna Howard Shaw Day"

Original Air Date
February 12, 2010

Description
Liz schedules her root canal on Valentine's Day, but has a hard time finding somebody to drive her home.

Notes
(B) 30 Rock has had some great guest stars so far this season. You can now add Elizabeth Banks to that list. She was great as Jack's new ultra-conservative love interest, Hot Box TV host Avery Jessup.

There was also a great little cameo by Jon Bon Jovi.

The best part of the episode was when Avery explained her attraction to commanding salt and pepper types like Jack.

"I think it all started when I walked in on my parents doing it the day Reagan was shot," she said.

30 ROCK: "Verna"

Original Air Date
February 4, 2010

Description
Jenna's mother comes into town and Jack's convinced she'll break Jenna's heart again; Liz and Frank become temporary roommates.

Notes
(B) It was an OK episode of 30 Rock.

Did we move one step closer to a potential Jack and Jenna (Jennack or Jackenna) story line. Could these two possibly hook up? Jack did something nice for Jenna, paying off her mom to be nice to her four times a year for a few thousand dollars, so that Jenna believes her mom, Verna, is changing into a better person.

Other than that there wasn't much going on in this episode.