It was self evaluation week at 30 Rock this week. As some of the characters stopped to consider their working lives, several of them were thrown into a tizzy. It isn’t often that Pete gets a major storyline and even rarer that it pairs him up with Jack. I’m not sure why that is, as Jack is such an alpha male and Pete the epitome of an omega. Has he ever been more pathetic than laying on the floor of the gym, kissing a dummy that fell on top of him to show his submission? It just seems like a natural pairing that the two opposites would have more stories together.
Anyway, it was a strange, if uneven, episode of 30 Rock this week. While Jack tried to help Pete by pushing him to his rock bottom, Jenna fretted over her own booze and pill soaked self evaluation where she admitted to being the worst person that she knew. Luckily Frank, Toofer, and Lutz (who is not the father of Kellen Lutz, just his grand-uncle) proved by the end of the episode to be even worse.
The most bizarre story of the night, though, had to go to Tracy’s long lost sense of smell returning. When it did, he discovered that Liz smelled just like his father, which drove him into a fit of helpfulness, seeking approval from a father figure. It was just a very strange story and I didn’t find it to be overly funny, either. It was the weakest plot line of the night for me. It did serve as an excuse to have the always hilarious Dr. Spaceman back on the show, and I thought some of his lines were the best of the night.
Quotes:
“Don’t read that. I filled it out last night after mixing alcohol with prescription … exhaustion.” — Jenna, on her self-evaluation
“Oh my, it smells like Grandma’s house at Christmas. That’s when we found her dead on the toilet!” — Kenneth, smelling Tracy’s new cologne
“Liz, are you getting enough vitamin C? May I suggest messily eating an orange while I photograph it?” — Dr. Spaceman
“Since when do you care about any line other than the bottom line? Sorkin-esque repartee!” — Liz, to Jack
“Good God! It looks like a swastika made out of penises!” – Jack on Pete’s scalp birthmark
“If I had a dollar for every time I’ve been asked to reverse one of my procedures my bitch ex-wife would be a millionaire. May she rest in peace.” – Dr. Spaceman
Clacked by Bob Degon
on Apr 05, 2012 @ 21:16 EST5EDT
“Goodbye, Helpful Tracy.” — Liz
“Goodbye, Daddyhead.” — Tracy
“Goodbye, only evidence tying me to my ex-wife’s disappearance.” — Dr. Spaceman to pink-haired Troll pencil topper going up Tracy’s nose