30 Rock: The C Word

30 Rock: The C Word
NBC
February 15, 2007
Sitcom
DVD
C+

I'm not crazy about either of the two main threads here, but it is interesting to see the introduction of Rip Torn as Jack's boss, Don Geiss, here with grandchildren.  (I'm not sure if that would end up being canonical, but we'll get to that later.)  Jack goes to a diabetes fundraiser golf tournament thrown by Geiss, and he brings Tracy along, but Tracy gets mad when he realizes that Jack brought him there to entertain people.  But in the end Tracy tells a moving story about his nonexistent daughter who was diagnosed with diabetes.  In the other thread, Lutz calls Liz a not-actually-said-but-implied "cunt," apparently based on a real incident that happened to Fey, who wrote this episode, although Liz decides it's a sign she should be nicer.  (But then wouldn't she be called a pussy?)  Even Kevin's "romance" with another page doesn't really go anywhere, as he literally shoves her aside when Geiss asks for his coat.

Frank Conello is again an onscreen member of the Production Staff.  Rachel Hamilton is again Rachel, while Rachel Dratch is again Greta the cat wrangler.  Teresa Yenque is Teresa here and would later play Concepcion.  Tom Treadwell is Landis here and would be Executive #3.  Jenna is absent, although again it would be interesting to get her perspective on the Liz plot.