"Oh no, did a Korean person die?"
ORIGINAL AIRDATE: 4th October 2007
EPISODE NUMBER: Season 2, Episode 1
WRITTEN BY: Tina Fey
Yeah, I'm a 30 Rock fan. What gave it away? The first season was a big hit, which, coupled with Tina Fey's connections, lead to the second season being able to attract a large number of celebrity guest stars. The show generally put them all to good use, but none better than Jerry Seinfeld.
"Seinfeldvision" is another one of Jack's wacky ideas, that involves inserting Jerry Seinfeld into other NBC shows like Heroes. And yes, they do make jokes about product placement later on, when Seinfeld advertises his Bee Movie. Jerry plays himself (as usual), and threatens to sue Jack over it. Alec Baldwin really gets to demonstrate his comedy chops as Jack is put into a mad panic as he rushes to find a solution ("#1. Kill Seinfeld, #2. - Kill Seinfeld then kill myself") Consistently one of the best characters, even great with little moments like sniffing the meat poster, Jack proves that not everyone on 30 Rock has to be goofy or quirky to be funny.
But speaking of quirky, Liz buying a wedding dress despite not even having a boyfriend elicits a lot of laughs, particularly from the rest of the writing team who enjoy making fun of it. The other main cast all get storylines - Tracy is using Kenneth to replace his wife, and Jenna has got fat. Svenborgia, the country only rich people know about, is another funny running joke throughout the episode.
Overall, this was a great opener and gave us more than enough to indicate season two was going to be even better than season one.
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