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30 Rock: Pilot
Liz Lemon is living every writer's dream -- the head writer for a live variety show that stars her best friend, Jenna Maroney. But her world is thrown off track when Jack Donaghy is hired as the new network executive. He begins to interfere with the show and convinces Liz to hire Tracy Jordan, a wild movie star. Jack later has Liz spend time with Tracy before she rejects him and she ends up swept up in his entourage.
| 7.5/10 (10 Votes cast) |
Episode Info
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Episode number: 1x1 Production Number: 101 Airdate: Wednesday October 11th, 2006 Alternate Airdates:
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UK (Comedy Central UK)
FI (
Uncredited
Main Cast
Episode Notes
Ratings: 8.13 million viewers
Frank's hat reads "Ninja Expert."
Director Adam Bernstein was nominated for a 2007 DGA Award for "Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series" for his work on this episode.
Rachel Dratch was originally cast in the role of Jenna Maroney.
Episode Quotes
Toofer: Surely, our massive conglomerate parent company could spring for a samovar of coffee.
Frank: Yeah, or like a big coffee dispenser.
Toofer: (annoyed) That's what a samovar is.
Frank: Are there other black nerds, or is it just you and Urkel?
Frank: Yeah, or like a big coffee dispenser.
Toofer: (annoyed) That's what a samovar is.
Frank: Are there other black nerds, or is it just you and Urkel?
Liz: Where's Gary?
(Jack kicks down the door and enters)
Jack: Gary's dead. I'm Jack Donaghy, new VP of development for NBC/GE/Universal/Kmart.
Pete: Oh, we own Kmart now?
Jack: No. So why are you dressed like we do?
(Jack kicks down the door and enters)
Jack: Gary's dead. I'm Jack Donaghy, new VP of development for NBC/GE/Universal/Kmart.
Pete: Oh, we own Kmart now?
Jack: No. So why are you dressed like we do?
(Jack's assistant shows him a series of phone messages)
Jack: Uh, I'll call her back. Is she at the White House line? Great. (next message) Tell them I need a 4 a.m. tee-off time. (last message) Uh, five inches, but it's thick.
Jack: Uh, I'll call her back. Is she at the White House line? Great. (next message) Tell them I need a 4 a.m. tee-off time. (last message) Uh, five inches, but it's thick.
Jack: Are you familiar with the GE Trivection Oven?
Liz: I don't cook very much.
Jack: Sure, I gotcha. New York, third-wave feminist, college-educated, single and pretending to be happy about it, over-scheduled, undersexed, you buy any magazine that says "healthy body image" on the cover, and every two years you take up knitting for...a week.
Pete: That is dead on!
Liz: What, are you gonna guess my weight now?
Jack: You don't want me to do that.
Liz: I don't cook very much.
Jack: Sure, I gotcha. New York, third-wave feminist, college-educated, single and pretending to be happy about it, over-scheduled, undersexed, you buy any magazine that says "healthy body image" on the cover, and every two years you take up knitting for...a week.
Pete: That is dead on!
Liz: What, are you gonna guess my weight now?
Jack: You don't want me to do that.
Jack: With three kinds of heat, you can cook a turkey in twenty-two minutes.
Jack: I'm the new Vice President of East Coast Television and Microwave Oven Programming.
Liz: That sounds like you program microwave ovens.
Jack: I like you. You have the boldness of a much younger woman.
Liz: That sounds like you program microwave ovens.
Jack: I like you. You have the boldness of a much younger woman.
Jack: (about Liz's meeting with Tracy) Alfredo, 2 p.m.?
Liz: I'm not dressed for that.
Jack: You're dressed for Burger King. Should we make it Burger King?
Liz: I'm not dressed for that.
Jack: You're dressed for Burger King. Should we make it Burger King?
(Liz is wearing a pink suit used in one of the show's sketches)
Jack: That's how you should dress for work, by the way.
Liz: Yeah, if I was president of the Philippines.
Jack: That's how you should dress for work, by the way.
Liz: Yeah, if I was president of the Philippines.
Tracy: I'll have an apple juice.
Waiter: Oh, we don't have apple juice, sir.
Tracy: Then I'll take a vodka and tonic.
Waiter: Oh, we don't have apple juice, sir.
Tracy: Then I'll take a vodka and tonic.
Waiter: (to Tracy) I do recommend the pumpkin ravioli. They're very subtle.
Liz: So, Tracy, this Jack Donaghy guy wanted me to talk to you about joining the cast of our show, and I don't know how you feel about that–
Tracy: Let me ask you a question, everybody at this table. Did he just say the word "pumpkin" to me?
Liz: So, Tracy, this Jack Donaghy guy wanted me to talk to you about joining the cast of our show, and I don't know how you feel about that–
Tracy: Let me ask you a question, everybody at this table. Did he just say the word "pumpkin" to me?
Liz: So, Tracy, we should talk about the show.
Tracy: Now, I ain't doin' it unless I can get to do it my way, you know? I want it to be raw, HBO-style content.
Liz: Well, it's not HBO. It's TV.
Tracy: Now, I ain't doin' it unless I can get to do it my way, you know? I want it to be raw, HBO-style content.
Liz: Well, it's not HBO. It's TV.
Tracy: You know how pissed off I was when Us Weekly said that I was on crack? That's racist! I'm not on crack. I'm straight-up mentally ill!
Tracy: (to Liz) Affirmative action was designed to keep women and minorities in competition with each other to distract us while white dudes inject AIDS into our chicken nuggets.
Liz: (giving money to a stripper) This is for computer classes.
Liz: Yeah, well, I'm not a sex worker, Tracy. I don't have sex for a living.
Stripper: Neither do we!
Tracy: Neither do they! (whispers to Liz) Yes, they do!
Stripper: Neither do we!
Tracy: Neither do they! (whispers to Liz) Yes, they do!
Jack: I think this is your opportunity to go out there and prove everybody wrong.
Jenna: What? What do you mean? Who's "everybody"?
Jack: The network that wanted to fire you, the focus groups that said you had a weird eye.
Jenna: You mean this eye? OK, this eye, it doesn't open all the way because when I was little, my sister peed in it.
Jenna: What? What do you mean? Who's "everybody"?
Jack: The network that wanted to fire you, the focus groups that said you had a weird eye.
Jenna: You mean this eye? OK, this eye, it doesn't open all the way because when I was little, my sister peed in it.
Jack: I thought you were gonna quit.
Liz: Yeah, well, you don't know everything about me.
Jack: You weigh 127 pounds. (gives her another look) Yeah.
Liz: Yeah, well, you don't know everything about me.
Jack: You weigh 127 pounds. (gives her another look) Yeah.
Cultural References
Jenna makes a comment about being a guest star on Law & Order. Jane Krakowski (Jenna) guest starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in the season 5 episode "Bound."
Jack: That's how you should dress for work, by the way.
Liz: Yeah, if I was President of the Philippines.
While wearing a pink suit, Liz is referencing Imelda Marcos, the former First Lady of the Philippines, who often wore clothes similar to Liz's.
Liz: Yeah, if I was President of the Philippines.
While wearing a pink suit, Liz is referencing Imelda Marcos, the former First Lady of the Philippines, who often wore clothes similar to Liz's.
Liz: This is not HBO. This is TV.
Liz's line is a take on the HBO slogan "It's not TV, it's HBO."
Liz's line is a take on the HBO slogan "It's not TV, it's HBO."
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