TV.com

30 Rock Season 5 Episode 8

College

Favorite

Watched It I've Watched This 1

Next
Episode Previous
Episode

AIRED: Nov 18, 2010

8.5

User Rating

103 votes

Your Rating: 10
Your Rating: 9.5
Your Rating: 9
Your Rating: 8.5
Your Rating: 8
Your Rating: 7.5
Your Rating: 7
Your Rating: 6.5
Your Rating: 6
Your Rating: 5.5
Your Rating: 5
Your Rating: 4.5
Your Rating: 4
Your Rating: 3.5
Your Rating: 3
Your Rating: 2.5
Your Rating: 2
Your Rating: 1.5
Your Rating: 1

Rate Now

EPISODE REVIEWS
By TV.com Users

Write A Review

Episode Summary

EDIT

Jack tries to find flaws in GE's latest microwaves. Liz joins a crew lottery, even though she's been warned against it. The writers learn Jack is the voice of an online dictionary.

Fan Episode Reviews (2)

college

7.0

By thefanof, Dec 06, 2010

30 Rock is still a creative show and I admire it for that, but some of the episodes over the past few years have just left me scratching my head. Too many scenes tonight with the writers, and I know that some people love them, but I think once per episode is more than enough airtime for them. And the Jack storyline, just too over the top. He would never give his voice for the perfect American accent, I mean, I do not even understand what on Earth they were going for there.

Funny, but in an irreverent and in an irrelevant way.moreless
DO YOU AGREE?
2 2

Flag
Share Hide
Liz wins a mini-lottery and the writers play a prank on Pete.

8.0

By JaCkKbAuEr2424, Dec 06, 2010

In probably my least favorite episode of the season besides one of the earlier ones, we saw everybody in the cast and crew doing a great job as usual, but something about it felt too formulaic and tired. The show has been on for five years, and I've never felt like they've run out of ideas, but tonight felt like one of the first disappointing episodes of "30 Rock."

Liz wins a 1000 dollars in a work lottery and ends up being hated by the group because she already makes more money than them. As a result, to be the cool kid again, she decides to put all of the money on a bar tab for the whole group. As the episode goes on, you can already predict exactly what will happen: Liz will keep trying to make everybody happy and realize she's the boss and meant to be the mean guy. And that's exactly what happens. However, I did like a lot of Liz's lines, especially the "high-fiving a million angels" line, as well as her reaction to Toofer's awful English.

As for Jack's plot, I loved the fact that he would read the dictionary to document the perfect American accent. However, the plot just didn't add up in the end for me. It didn't help that Kenneth got involved.. Kenneth and Jenna both have one running gag: they say random things by comparing things in the present to something strange in the past. They both do it and it's annoying. Tracy gets an exemption because his character is built on being strange.. the other two feel like anchors to a show that is mostly void of them.

However, there were enough little moments throughout to make the episode tolerable and funny the way a 30 Rock episode usually is. It was also cool to see Franco from Rescue Me in the episode.moreless
DO YOU AGREE?
1 0

Flag
Share Hide

See All Fan Reviews

Cast & Crew: STARS

EDIT

Tina Fey	Liz Lemon
Alec Baldwin	Jack Donaghy; Delivery Guy
Tracy Morgan	Tracy Jordan
Jane Krakowski	Jenna Maroney
Scott Adsit	Pete Hornberger
Judah Friedlander	Frank Rossitano

See All Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew: RECURRING AND GUESTS

EDIT

Daniel Sunjata	Chris	Guest Star
Kevin S. Bright	Crew Guy	Guest Star
Raymond McAnally	Tony	Guest Star

See All Cast & Crew

Watch Online

Episode Photos

Jack McBrayer as Kenneth on 30 Rock from...

© 2010 NBC Universal, Inc.
Jack McBrayer as Kenneth and Alec Baldwi...

© 2010 NBC Universal, Inc.
Jack McBrayer as Kenneth and Alec Baldwi...

© 2010 NBC Universal, Inc.
Daniel Sunjata as Chris and Tina Fey as ...

© 2010 NBC Universal, Inc.

See All Photos

Trivia, Notes, Quotes and Allusions

FILTER BY TYPE

TRIVIA (1)
ADD TRIVIA
- Franks' trucker hats read "Full Tank" and "Speed Glue"
  EDIT SHARE
QUOTES (3)
ADD QUOTES
- Liz: I was popular for one glorious fortnight, and then it went away. I don't know what I did wrong.
  Tracy: You probably said fortnight.
  EDIT SHARE
- Liz: Usually everyone around here makes me feel like Hitler, but today I feel like... Hitler in Germany.
  EDIT SHARE
- Liz: My card only has a 1-in-52 chance of getting picked, anyway.
  Tracy: How did you know that?!
  EDIT SHARE
NOTES (3)
ADD NOTES
- International Airdates: United Kingdom: March 24, 2011 on Comedy Central
  EDIT SHARE
- Music: Jethro Tull's "Aqualung"
  EDIT SHARE
- The www.pronouncify.com website was actually made, and features many of the sound clips of Alec Baldwin used in the episode.
  EDIT SHARE
ALLUSIONS (2)
ADD ALLUSIONS
- When Jack visits the microwave division of GE the new microwave being developed is called TK-421, the same designation of a storm trooper on the Death Star in Star Wars.
  EDIT SHARE
- After Liz says her specific playing card has a 1-in-52 chance of being picked from a deck, Tracy tells her she's "like Rainman" and asks how many toothpicks are on the ground. This refers to a scene in Barry Levinson's 1988 film Rainman. In a diner, a waitress spills a box of toothpicks, to which Raymond immediately says there are 246 on the ground. His brother tells him he's close after the waitress said the box is of 250, but she then reveals there are 4 left in the box.
  EDIT SHARE