30 Rock preview: Cooter (aka Ferris Beuller takes the day off and helps Jack get canned while Liz reenacts the movie "Knocked Up")
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Tonight is the last new episode of 30 Rock until fall, which is particularluy lame given that the season was interrupted for five months by the writers strike and the fall premiere is four months off.
That’s five new episodes in 10 months for those of you scoring at home. In other words, enjoy it while it lasts and DVR it for repeat viewing if you can. Here’s what’s on tap tonight…
Cooter: Jack assumes a new political role in Washington, DC. When the job is not what he expected, Jack partners with another government employee, Cooter, to scheme on how to get fired. For his plan to work Jack must enlist the help of former girlfriend C.C. . Meanwhile, Liz is slowly adjusting to life without Jack as a daily sounding board – especially when she has a pregnancy scare involving Dennis, the “former” Subway Hero. Kenneth is preparing his personal essay for an application to be a page at the Summer Olympics in Beijing, but Donny, the head page gets in his way. Finally, Tracy (Morgan) is in the advanced stages of the invention that will be his legacy to his children.
Matthew Broderick of Ferris Bueller and Producers fame appears as Cooter, the latest in a storied string of top-shelf guest stars. Jason Sudeikis does not appear, however, so it looks like we’re not going to find out what the deal is with Floyd for a long time.
Dean Winters is back as Dennis “The Beeper King/Subway Hero” Duffy, Liz’s other flame. No offense against him, but I thought they’d wrapped up that story line just fine. I’d rather have seen more Floyd, especially when it comes to Liz’s pregnancy scare.
Anyway Edie Falco’s return as C.C. is welcome. She and Alec Baldwin have good chemistry, and she dovetails the storyline just nicely since she’s a congresswoman.
It’s good to see Human Giant’s Paul Scheer (pictured) back as Donny the head page, and it’s even nicer to see the storyline that led to Tracy’s hilarious video porn project isn’t getting dropped so fast.
I wish I could go on, because I want this one to last, but by 10 o’clock tonight 30 Rock’s sophomore season will be a memory.
Photos: NBC Universal
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I agree. More Cleveland, less Beeper King. I can't believe tonight's the last episode. I've really grown to love this show. At least the reruns are fun to watch. It takes me 3 or 4 viewings to stop seeing things I missed the first time. (I actually don't think I would have ever heard "Flight to Montreal now blerging" had you not mentioned it)