TV.com

30 Rock

Brooklyn Without Limits

Season 5, Episode 7, Aired Nov 11, 2010

Next
Episode Previous
Episode

Episode Summary

EDIT

8.6

EPISODE RATING: Great

103 votes

Your Rating: 10

"Perfect"
Your Rating: 9.5

"Superb"
Your Rating: 9

"Superb"
Your Rating: 8.5

"Great"
Your Rating: 8

"Great"
Your Rating: 7.5

"Good"
Your Rating: 7

"Good"
Your Rating: 6.5

"Fair"
Your Rating: 6

"Fair"
Your Rating: 5.5

"Mediocre"
Your Rating: 5

"Mediocre"
Your Rating: 4.5

"Poor"
Your Rating: 4

"Poor"
Your Rating: 3.5

"Bad"
Your Rating: 3

"Bad"
Your Rating: 2.5

"Terrible"
Your Rating: 2

"Terrible"
Your Rating: 1.5

"Abysmal"
Your Rating: 1

"Abysmal"

Rate Now!

Liz finds a pair of jeans that make her look amazing. Jack throws his weight behind a loopy independent congressional candidate running against Regina Bookman. Jenna helps Tracy organize a gathering to secure a Golden Globe nomination.

WRITE A REVIEW

Cast & Crew

See All EDIT

GUEST STAR
Nea McLin

Ms. Fey's Butt Double
GUEST STAR
David Gregory (II)

Himself
GUEST STAR
Michael Cyril Creighton

Salesman

Katrina Bowden

Cerie Xerox
Tina Fey

Liz Lemon
Alec Baldwin

Jack Donaghy
Tracy Morgan

Tracy Jordan
Jane Krakowski

Jenna Maroney
Jack McBrayer

Kenneth Parcell

Watch Online

Fan Episode Reviews (1)

See All

Liz gets new jeans and John Slattery guest-stars as a ridiculous candidate for Senate.

8.5

"Great"

By JaCkKbAuEr2424, Feb 11, 2011

For the most part, I thought tonight was a pretty tame episode of "30 Rock," but what saved it for me was John Slattery's guest performance. We all know Slattery from Mad Men, and he does a great job on that show, but boy, he was showing how great he is with comedy here. The basic idea was that Jack is furious that Bookman (Queen Latifah) is running for a Senate seat that would make his merger with Kabletown tough. Therefore, he decides to try and find another candidate who will be able to take some of the momentum away from her. Enter Steve Austin. He's weird, sketchy and clearly incapable of doing anything right.. but he's still neck in neck with her somehow.

Nearly all of the episode's humor is derived from this. All of Steve Austin's commercials were idiotic yet hilarious ("Say go-go ga-ga, Jack.") and I loved it when he was telling people that if they were blind, that he's the wrestler Steve Austin. Just great writing and great acting all around.

Everything else felt a little weak. Sure, Liz's plot was funny, but it felt lackluster compared to other stuff she's given, and tonight, Jenna felt incredibly annoying for some reason. Tracy was Tracy, and I liked his fake movie that he showed to the foreign press for Oscar consideration

John Slattery, at least for me, saved this episode from being just another run-of-the-mill 30 Rock episode. Hopefully he'll return later in the season.moreless
DO YOU AGREE?
0 1

Flag
Share Hide

WRITE A REVIEW

Photos

See All

John Slattery as Steve Austin on 30 Rock...

© 2010 NBC Universal, Inc.
John Slattery as Steve Austin and Alec B...

© 2010 NBC Universal, Inc.
John Slattery as Steve Austin on 30 Rock...

© 2010 NBC Universal, Inc.
Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin on 30 Rock fro...

© 2010 NBC Universal, Inc.

Trivia, Notes, Quotes and Allusions

See All

FILTER BY TYPE

TRIVIA (0)
ADD TRIVIA
- ADD TRIVIA from this episode.
QUOTES (2)
ADD QUOTES
- Liz: What's going on today? Has everyone lost their moral compass? Jack: You're being awfully high and mighty for someone who once claimed her husband drowned so she could get out of a gym contract.
  EDIT SHARE
- Jack: She said I had three months to make NBC more diverse. Jonathan: It's not your fault nobody watched America's Next Top Black Guy.
  EDIT SHARE
NOTES (2)
ADD NOTES
- International Airdates: United Kingdom: March 17, 2011 on Comedy Central
  EDIT SHARE
- Though credited, Scott Adsit, Judah Friedlander, John Lutz, and Keith Powell do not appear in this episode.
  EDIT SHARE
ALLUSIONS (0)
ADD ALLUSIONS
- ADD ALLUSIONS from this episode.