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AIRED: 10/30/08

Liz tries to get everyone on the TGS staff to be on their best behavior when an adoption agent stops by to observe whether she is fit to be a mother. Jack returns to NBC with plans to go head-to-head against Devin for the top job. Jenna's miffed that Tracy's ignored her contributions to his videogame, The Legend of Dong Slayer.moreless

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A great way to start off the third season...

9.0

By Water78, Mar 01, 2009

30 Rock,

Do Over,

In this episode Liz perpares herself for an adoption agent who is coming to inspect her. Nervous she tries to make everything at work look good. The agent arrives(Megan Mullally) and looks at her work place in the start everything going down hill and it looks as though the agent is going to reject her. But the agent is hit off the head and Liz gets a do over in the following. The second time around things go great until the agent losses her memory again causing the inspection to end with no result. / Tracy's video game is doing well on the market but Jenna is angry that she didnt get paid for doing it, and cause her to sue Tracy. Overall i thought it was a good episode the only lacking part to me was the fighting with Jack i thought i had seen that again and happened.moreless
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A well written, very funny episode.

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By maruschk, Oct 31, 2008

Tina Fey did a great job with the writing (as always). This was a great episode, very funny.

(Beginning, Liz and Jack meet in the street. Liz asks Jack how he managed to get fired from his job in Washington)

Jack: "I'm not of liberty to discuss that. That information is classified. At least until Cheney dies, which is gonna be a long time from now. That man is mostly metal."

- Megan Mullaly

Megan played the woman who was doing Liz's adoption evaluation. She was really funny when she lost her memory, hilarious and actually pretty believable.

- Jack and Devon

Jack is trying to get his job back, which Devon stole from him. To do that, Jack is contemplating sleeping with Kathy Geis. This storyline creates a lot of funny stuff, like:

Jack: "She touched me."

Liz: "Who?"

Jack: "Kathy Geis. She touched me in my swim suit area."

Liz: "No. Kathy?!"

Jack: "And it made me very uncomfortable. It's not at all erotic and fun, like when men do it to women. Have you ever been sexually harassed?"

Liz and Jack (simultaneously): "Of course not."

and,

Liz: "You smell like strawberries."

Jack: "That's the lipgloss Kathy put on me so I could be her 'fancy boy'."

(Liz is trying to clean up the office before the adoption lady gets there)

Liz: "Can I hide this box of Penis Pasta in your dressing room?"

(Talking about Liz)

Frank: "She reminds me of my own mom. Tough love, consistency, a little moustache in a certain light."

Frank hats said "Former Cyclops" and "Horny".moreless
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Liz tries to adopt a child.

8.5

By thefanof, Oct 31, 2008

The break from May 2008 to October 30, 2008 was too long for the best comedy on TV right now. As my anticipation grew I expected a blow away episode upon its return. Unfortunately that is not what we received.

Don't get me wrong this episode was still very funny but it looks like the show is more focused on next week's episode with Oprah Winfrey and upcoming installments with Jennifer Aniston and Steve Martin.

Some fans are complaining about 30 Rock's apparent Will & Grace syndrome where the program brings in big name guests every single week. I have no problem with that as the show always handles their guests well and is able to come up with humorous roles for them.

Take Will Arnett for example here. He's one of the funniest people in the world right now yet he excels even more on 30 Rock as the devious homosexual Devin Banks. His breakdown in this episode was pure genius as are any of his scenes with Jack Donaghy.

Alec Baldwin was great as well with his perfectly-timed deadpan responses to anything anybody says to him. Tina Fey was great as well and has probably established herself as the funniest woman in the world right now.

One thing that bugged me was the guest appearance by Will & Grace's Megan Mullally. The storyline of repeating amnesia was done very recently on another NBC comedy My Name Is Earl. She just wasn't funny here as the laugh-track-less environment is not suited for her.

It was a good return for 30 Rock but I think next week's episode is what is going to get people talking about this show.moreless
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Tina Fey	Liz Lemon
Alec Baldwin	Jack Donaghy
Tracy Morgan	Tracy Jordan
Scott Adsit	Pete Hornberger
Judah Friedlander	Frank Rossitano
Jane Krakowski	Jenna Maroney

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Tabb Carter	Manny	Guest Star
Gano Grills	Fred	Guest Star
Megan Mullally	Bev	Special Guest Star
Will Arnett	Devin Banks	Recurring Role
Marceline Hugot	Kathy Geiss	Recurring Role
John Lutz	J.D. Lutz	Recurring Role

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TRIVIA (1)
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- Frank's trucker hat reads, "Horny".
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- Kenneth: I think adoption is a wonderful thing. Three of my nine siblings were adopted. And someday I'm gonna find them.
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NOTES (7)
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- The German episode title is "Der Pfad der Tugend", meaning "The Path of Virtue". The French title is "Retour à la case départ", meaning "Back to the Start". The Spanish title is "Volver a hacer", an exact translation.
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- Megan Mullally and Will Arnett can also be seen together in the episode, "Back Up, Dancer", of Will And Grace. She and Alec Baldwin also appeared together in multiple episodes of Will and Grace.
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- Though credited, Keith Powell does not appear in this episode.
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- International airdates: Latin America: February 4, 2009 on Sony Entertainment Television (aka Canal Sony); Czech Republic: May 23, 2011 on Prima COOL
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- Music: "Good Vibrations" by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch
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- With this episode, Kevin Brown, Grizz Chapman, and Maulik Pancholy are elevated to the main cast.
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- This episode was made available to view prior to its broadcast via entities including NBC.com and hulu.com. Additionally, TV Guide subscribers and newsstand buyers received an iTunes code to download a copy of the episode for free.
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- When Liz tells Jenna she shouldn't write back to a stalker, Jenna replies "This is not about Yolanda," referring to Yolanda Saldivar, who had stalked the Tejano singer Selena and eventually killed her.
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- Devin says, "If there's one thing I've learned, it's keep your friends close and your enemies so close it's like you're kissing," playing on a line from Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 film, The Godfather.
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