LIZ LEMON’S (TINA FEY) SUMMER VACATION IS INTERRUPTED WHEN TRACY (TRACY MORGAN) SHOWS UP

“RESPAWN” – With the fifth season of “TGS” over, everyone is getting ready for summer. Liz’s (Fey) relaxing vacation in the Hamptons is ruined when Tracy (Morgan) moves in next door. With his wife gone, Jack (Alec Baldwin) is feeling lonely and decides to use Kenneth (Jack McBrayer) as her replacement. Meanwhile, Jenna (Jane Krakowski) faces a choice between love and career when her role as spokeswoman for the Wool Council affects her relationship with Paul (Will Forte).

LIZ LEMON (TINA FEY) IS DETERMINED TO FIX THE PROBLEMS IN HER PERSONAL LIFE

“EVERYTHING SUNNY ALL THE TIME ALWAYS” – Liz (Fey) 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 (Alec Baldwin) has his own problems to deal with when Avery (guest star Banks) is held hostage. Elsewhere, Tracy (Tracy Morgan) finds out that Kenneth (Jack McBrayer), Dotcom (Kevin Brown) and Grizz (Grizz Chapman) have bonded in his absence.

Jenna Maroney (Jane Krakowski) is reminiscing with Danny Baker (Cheyenne Jackson) about their time on the show for the past five years (completely forgetting former cast member Josh Girard and not knowing that Danny just came in last year). The idea of her becoming a mother comes up, which she initially dismisses. However, when Kenneth (Jack McBrayer) suggests she would make a great mother, she reconsiders, and begins plotting to have a baby to augment her career.

It is Tom the janitor’s (Michael Keaton) last day at work when he discovers a gas leak that is seeping into the ventilation system of the Sixth floor which causes strange behavior among the personnel. Liz hallucinates seeing the Blue Man (Rachel Dratch) and talks to it about how her life was better off before. Meanwhile, Tom and TGS producer Pete Hornberger (Scott Adsit) tell Jack that the TGS personnel will be evacuated. Jack tells them that he doesn’t care, but lets them do it. The entire floor is evacuated, and the crew is forced to temporarily work on their episode outside. The evacuation, therefore, delays production on their 100th episode. Liz hallucinates seeing the Blue Man (Rachel Dratch) and talks to it about how her life was better off before.

While repairing the gas leak, Tom inadvertently breaks the ventilation system of the 52nd floor causing Jack to hallucinate that he is visited by several versions of himself, first by an alternate reality version of himself – who fired Liz, and claims that she was holding him back, and made his way to the top of the GE management structure. Jack then heads out of the building.

Jack approaches Liz and severs their relationship. Liz is then approached by her ex-boyfriend Dennis (Dean Winters), whom she had called while under the influence of the gas in an attempt to rekindle their relationship an hour earlier. Liz rejects Dennis, who realizes that she will accept him if she is affected by the gas leak, and undoes the repairs to the ventilation system.

Meanwhile, Tracy is attempting to sabotage the respect he is earned, but his attempts fail, as the talk shows he appears on interpret his crude behavior as artistic expression. He discusses the problem with Jenna, and the two realize his only choice to undo the good will he has earned is to commit a murder. Tracy convinces Kenneth to let him shoot Kenneth on the roof of the building.

In a fit of obsession over having a baby, Jenna tells “Dr.” Leo Spaceman that she got a hysterical pregnancy and questions her desire to get pregnant. Meanwhile, the gas affects Pete to the extent that he falls in love with Greta Johansen. As these two events happen, Danny is singing on the TGS stage and has memories of past events that happened to former cast member Josh Girard (Lonny Ross) before he trips.

With the gas spreading in the ventilation, Jack is then visited by a past version of himself (from the 80′s), who encourages him to take the advice of their alternate-reality self (who is also present). When they arrive at the elevator Jack meets a third version of himself, from the future, who claims that he needs Liz to distract him from his blind ambition as much as Liz needs him, and he will be much happier in the future if he doesn’t fire her. He tells present Jack that Liz is about to sign a lease with Dennis and that in his future, Liz and Dennis get married and live in Jacksonville, Florida. As Jack heads off to the TGS building, the three different Jacks propose to have sex with each other.

Jack finds Liz and prevents her from signing Dennis’ lease (which is actually just, as he claims, a receipt for “some lez pants you [Liz] bought”). Tom tells everyone about the gas line sabotage and Dennis is eventually caught as the culprit and leaves. Liz then tells Jack that she saw Kenneth and Tracy heading for the roof with a gun. Jenna joins them in heading up the roof. They are met by Hank Hooper near the elevators and talks to Jenna about a Daytime talk show. With a focus on a career over a child, Jenna gleefully accepts and after Hank leaves, they realize that Jenna’s hysterical pregnancy had suddenly vanished. They head for the roof and arrive in time to prevent Tracy from shooting Kenneth. Jack tells Tracy that the best way to lose respect as an actor is to return to television (he gives the speech reciting Alec Baldwin’s career). Jack gets the gun from Tracy before they leave.

When they are headed for the TGS set, they meet Tom, who tells them that while repairing the ventilation systems, he somehow broke the elevator, forcing them to take the stairs. They leave for the stairs as a gunshot is heard. Tom talks to himself about how excited he is that it is his last day at work and that he is about to meet his girlfriend when he realizes that he has been shot (ironically, earlier, he shows his girlfriend’s picture to his co-workers and subsequently questions why, as it will “jinx everything up.”).

While Jack, Liz, Tracy, Jenna, and Kenneth go down the stairs, they meet several people (including Brian Williams). They eventually make it back to the TGS set, where Liz discovers that the entire show was written under the influence of the gas and is essentially worthless. Liz again breaks the gas line, and with Hooper and the entire audience affected by the gas, the show is a hit, and Hooper renews it for “a billion more episodes”.

Tom Hanks is watching the TGS episode at home and upon seeing Tracy on TV, he calls George Clooney (who does not appear in the episode) on a phone and tells George to have Tracy removed from the “official A-list”. After hanging up, Tom continues to sew something while singing a song.

Liz and Jack apologize to each other and toast to imaginary champagne.

During the credits, Jenna, Tracy, and Kenneth all imagine where they will be in five years. The scene cuts to their tombstones. Tracy and Jenna apparently die on the same die, while Kenneth died a few days later. His birth date is finally revealed to be May 27th, 1781, after which his hand appears above the grave and gives a thumbs up.

First broadcast April 21, 2011 on NBC Network “100″ is the twentieth episode of the fifth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock, and the 100th overall episode of the series. It was written by Jack Burditt and the show’s executive producers Robert Carlock and Tina Fey, who is also the series’ creator, head writer, and star.

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WITH “TGS” ON THE BRINK OF CANCELLATION, LIZ (TINA FEY) AND HER STAFF HAVE ONE LAST CHANCE TO PROVE THEMSELVES WITH THEIR 100TH EPISODE

“100″ – When Hank Hooper (Ken Howard) threatens to cancel “TGS”, Jack (Alec Baldwin) convinces him to allow Liz and company the chance to do their 100th episode. To produce the best show possible, however, Liz must deal with less-than-ideal working conditions. Amidst the chaos of show preparation, Jack starts doubting a key decision in his life and Jenna (Jane Krakowski) contemplates motherhood.

LIZ (TINA FEY) MUST FIND OUT WHERE TRACY (TRACY MORGAN) IS HIDING

PHIL ROSENTHAL GUEST STARS

“I HEART CONNECTICUT” – With “TGS” on the brink of cancellation, Liz and Kenneth (Jack McBrayer) go into detective mode to track Tracy down. Meanwhile, Jack (Alec Baldwin) helps Jenna (Jane Krakowski) make sure her new project is financially successful. And Pete (Scott Adsit), feeling emasculated, challenges the writers and crew to a contest of strength.

Jack gets Liz an interview with Nick Lachey as a writer for The Sing-Off, where she meets Aaron Sorkin, who, in a walk and talk sequence, advises her that writing is a dying art and then proceeds to suck up to Lachey himself. Ultimately, Liz is unsuccessful in getting the job, and is therefore relegated to trying to save TGS, which even Kenneth Parcell (Jack McBrayer) has lost all hope of rescuing.

Meanwhile, Jack Donaghy has recently acquired a television network for gay men (TWINKS) and it has turned out to be a disastrous ratings failure. Kabletown boss Hank Hooper (Ken Howard) is unhappy with the failure and takes Jack out for dinner to warn him that unless he knows where to find a gay version of himself, he should drop the network altogether. At that point, Jack realizes that there is a gay version of himself, and calls upon his nemesis Devon Banks for help. As it turns out, Banks has fallen from grace with the high society and is living in Brooklyn with his partner and three “gaybies”.

Eventually, Liz’s attempts to save TGS are met with a glimmer of hope when Kenneth informs her that when he talks to Tracy on webcam, he sometimes orders pizza from the same restaurant as she does, which leads her to the realization that he’s still in New York City. Jack’s own plan backfires enormously when Devon Banks brings one of his “gaybies” to work and Hank Hooper, a family man himself, takes a liking to him and promotes him. However, Devon has an epiphany and realizes that he loves his children too much to leave them every day, so he turns down Hooper’s offer. Whilst victorious, Jack realizes that he hasn’t been spending enough time with his own baby daughter, Liddy.

“Plan B” is the eighteenth episode of the fifth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock, and the 98rd overall episode of the series. It was directed by the show’s composer and producer (and Tina Fey’s husband) Jeff Richmond, and written by Josh Siegal & Dylan Morgan. The episode originally aired on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) network in the United States on March 24, 2011.

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WITH “TGS” ON HIATUS, LIZ (TINA FEY) AND THE REST OF THE “TGS” CREW TRY TO FIND OTHER JOBS. AARON SORKIN AND WILL ARNETT GUEST STAR

“PLAN B” – Liz tries to reassure her staff that the show’s forced hiatus is temporary, but everyone starts to focus on their fallback plans. Meanwhile, Jack (Alec Baldwin) attempts to salvage a cable network by enlisting his nemesis, Devin Banks (guest star Will Arnett).

Liz is worried, but Jack tells Liz to convince Angie to get Tracy back from Africa. Liz uses several attempts, at first impersonating Tracy (to which Angie says, “Don’t do impressions of other races.”). Liz then shows her their wedding video and says that she “mixed up” the DVDs of that and the backup dancers’ audition for the release party of the song (which is revealed to be 15 seconds long). This, too, fails, when Liz sees that Tracy came to their wedding with handcuffs and police behind him, thus getting Angie to prove how “exhausting” Tracy is. Liz’s third attempt, sending an E-mail from Angie’s computer to Tracy, is the last straw for Angie. She then proceeds to pull out Liz’s hair (thinking that it was a weave) and explains that she is contractually obliged to “pull out some bitches’ weave eight more times this season.”

Throughout the episode, Jenna Maroney (Jane Krakowski) tries to get more screen time, and promotion for her website “http://jennas-side.com” (which, when said out loud, sounds like genocide from the reality show cameras by throwing wine at several people. While drunk, Portia (Moya Angela) talks to Jenna about her alcoholism. Jenna then pretends to not like it but actually loves it because it will get her more screen time. However, her plan backfires in the end when, Pete, who led the intervention, sends Jenna to rehab. But Jenna hits the driver unconscious and sneaks off to the release party.

Meanwhile, Jack Donaghy is being portrayed as a clumsy gay flatulent, when he talks to Grizz and Dot Com about his college days. He goes on to say that he “went both ways” and was “on the DL”. It is then presumed that he is gay because of his misconstrued statements. D’Fwan (Tituss Burgess) talks to him about this. Jack, in a talking head interview, says that he is not gay, but further embarrasses himself when a fart sound is heard when he stands up from the chair.

Meanwhile, news of Lynn Onkman’s (guest star Susan Sarandon) release from jail reveals to the TGS office that one of the writers, Frank Rossitano(Judah Friedlander), was revealed to be Lynn’s lover when he was 14, leading to Lynn Onkman’s arrest and getting registered as a sex offender. Lynn meets Frank at the TGS office. Inspired by their love, Randi (Paula Leggett Chase), gets them on a date at her studio, and watches them while she is at a pole. While they are at there, Frank and Lynn have an argument because she talks about how he has remained “stuck” as a guy who loves comic books and stuff like that. Frank storms out, but the next day, he brings all his toys to her workplace in a fast food restaurant and puts all his toys in the fryer to prove that he is ready to become the man she loves. However, Lynn is fired her boss, and in the end, Frank and Lynn stay in love with each other.

“Queen of Jordan” is the seventeenth episode of the fifth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock, and the 97th overall episode of the series. It was written by Tracey Wigfield and directed by Ken Whittingham. The episode originally aired on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) network in the United States on March 17, 2011.

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ON A “TGS”-CENTERED EPISODE OF ANGIE’S REALITY SHOW, LIZ (TINA FEY) STRUGGLES TO CONVINCE ANGIE (GUEST STAR SHERRI SHEPHERD) TO LURE TRACY BACK FROM AFRICA

“QUEEN OF JORDAN” – Jack (Alec Baldwin) puts Liz in charge of an event for Angie in the hopes that she can emotionally manipulate Angie into making an appeal to Tracy. The “Queen of Jordan” cameras bring Jack some embarrassment while leaving Jenna starved for attention. A lost love returns to Frank’s (Judah Friedlander) life, causing him to question his maturity. Susan Sarandon guest stars.

Meanwhile, Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) plots to someday become the CEO of Kabletown, but in order to do that he must first eliminate the competition, the current CEO’s granddaughter, Kaylee Hooper (Chloë Moretz). He decides to meet Kaylee, whereupon he discovers that she has little interest in following in her Grandfather’s footsteps and instead wants to become a marine biologist. Jack further encourages her along this career path, even introducing her to Robert Ballard, the man who discovered the wreck of the Titanic. However, his efforts begin to work against him, as he yearns for his own childhood dreams, which were also that of marine biology.

Both Liz and Jack’s respective plans backfire. Liz discovers that Abby Flynn’s real name is Abby Grossman, and that the real reason she is hiding her identity is because her psychopathic ex-boyfriend is hunting her down. This revelation causes a panicked Abby to rush out of the TGS writers room, screaming that Liz is a Judas to women everywhere. Meanwhile, Jack discovers that Kaylee has no interest in marine biology. She had, in fact, found out about his own interest by reading his book, Jack Attack, and was attempting to use it against him in the same way he was her.

“TGS Hates Women” is the sixteenth episode of the fifth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock, and the 96th overall episode of the series. It was written by co-executive producer Ron Weiner and directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller. The episode originally aired on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) network in the United States on February 24, 2011. Guest stars in this episode include Cristin Milioti and Chloë Moretz.

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