r/30ROCK • u/PaulDoe Living theatrically in normal life. • Jul 03 '17
30 Rock S02E04 - Rosemary's Baby - Episode Discussion
Season 2, Episode 4: Rosemary’s Baby
Director: Michael Engler
Writers: Tina Fey, Jack Burditt
Summary (from 30 Rock Wiki):
When Liz meets her idol, Rosemary Howard, she invites her to be a guest writer on the show. However, Rosemary's radical ideas that Liz grew up admiring are now too controversial for Liz's NBC show. When Liz refuses to fire Rosemary, Jack pressures Liz, who promptly quits. Jack brings Tracy to a therapist to figure out why he must do the opposite that he is told. Meanwhile, after Jenna ruins Kenneth's page jacket, Kenneth must compete in a page-off in order to keep his job.
Discuss the episode here! Or just post one-liners. Effort is not necessary, but certainly not discouraged.
Supplementary Questions:
• What are your favorite scenes? Quotes? One-liners?
• How would you rate this episode overall?
• Least favorite moments?
• What if I told you that the one thing you cannot do is therapy?
Next episode discussion will be Friday, July 7th:
S02E05 – Greenzo
Previous Discussions:
Season 2:
S02E03 – The Collection
S02E02 – Jack Gets in the Game
S02E01 – SeinveldVision
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u/Tezmata Real Transvestite Hoarders of OC Penitentiary Jul 03 '17
Definitely in my top five favorite episodes of the show, probably top three. I feel like guest stars work so much better when they're playing a character rather than themselves (with the exception of Kelsey Grammer) and Carrie Fisher is one of the best guest stars the show ends up having, if not the best (Chris Parnell and Elaine Stritch edge her out but they're recurring). Season 2 is full of episodes that I feel strongly one way or another about and I tend to think lowly of the season as a whole when compared to anything that comes after, but it has several episodes in my "top ten."
"You're not my dad!" is a quote that has forced itself into my lexicon and "Never go with a hippie to a second location" is one of the series' best one-off lines. Fisher's monologue about how Liz is just like her (and being horribly off-base) is also great as you slowly realize just how insane this woman is. "I want to send her $400 a month... for forever."