The Source Awards

Season 1, Episode 16, Aired
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Episode Recap

Tracy, Liz, and the crew go to so many 'after' parties.

Liz has a date with Steven Black, a new PR for Tracy, whom she met in one of the 'after' parties. Jack already knows Steven through family. He makes an issue that Steven is black and Liz doesn't care about his race. Also, Jack has his own wine, Donaghy Estate sparkling wine, but when he and Liz drink it, it tastes disgusting and they spit it out. Now he has to figure out how to get rid of the wine.

Tracy is in trouble with famed hip hop producer Ridikolous because Tracy didn't allow anyone who's not on the list into his parties and Ridikolous was someone not on the list.

In the hallway, upon hearing that Liz has a date with Steven, Jenna also makes a big deal that he's black. Liz wonders why it's such a big deal.

Liz goes to Jack's office, where Tracy has complained and is scared that Ridikolous is going to punish him for not being allowed into his party. Tracy drinks some of Jack's wine and doesn't seem to mind it. Jack will market the wine to Ridikolous to get Tracy back on his good side and also because it will help him get rid of it.

Liz goes on the date with Steven. She is surprised to find out what Steven likes to do, like he doesn't own a TV but he takes pictures of doors. She's not having a good time.

Jack is marketing the wine to Ridikolous, and it's not going well because of the bad reviews of the wine. Jack wants the Donaghy Estates to be a corporate sponsor for the Source Awards, which is being produced by Ridikolous. To also amend things with Tracy, Jack proposes to let Tracy host the Source Awards.

Steven thinks that Liz doesn't like him because he's black, when really she thinks he's too 'white'. She doesn't like him but doesn't want to be thought as a racist so continues on the date.

Tracy doesn't want to host the source awards for fear of getting shot, but Jack sees it as the only way to work things out with Ridikolous.

Making an ad for Donaghy Estates wine, the rapper, Ghostface, has to leave because the wine tastes so bad.

Liz tries to break up with Steven and explain to him that she just doesn't like him as a person, not because of his race. To prove they're incompatible, she's bringing Steven with her to the Source Awards the following night. Tracy still doesn't want to host the Source Awards. Jack makes him think, what would Oprah do?

At the Source Awards, Tracy channels the Oprah within him and acts like Oprah. It was the only way Jack could get him to go to the awards show.

It turns out Tracy still brought a gun and Liz takes it away from him. She fires it by accident and ends up shooting Steven in the butt. He thinks she shot him because he was going through her purse and calls her a racist. Jack says that she shot a Black (Steven's last name is Black) and Ridikolous comes in and says that Jack's ruined everything and wait 'til he tells Toupac about this. There's an awkward moment and Jack says he didn't hear anything.
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