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30 Rock: Blind Date

Thinking he can fix the show and Liz's sex life, Jack arranges a blind date for her with his friend Thomas. As Liz prepares for her date, Jack joins the writers' poker game.


9.2/10 (9 Votes cast)

Episode Info


Episode number: 1x3
Production Number: 103
Airdate: Wednesday October 25th, 2006

Director: Adam Bernstein
Writer: John Riggi

Alternate Airdates:

UK (Comedy Central UK) Oct 25, 2007
FI (SubTV) Feb 25, 2008

Guest Stars
Grizz ChapmanGrizz Chapman
As Grizz
Recurring
John LutzJohn Lutz
As Lutz
Recurring
Katie BowdenKatie Bowden
As Cerie
Recurring
Keith PowellKeith Powell
As Toofer
Recurring
Kevin Brown (2)Kevin Brown (2)
As Dot Com
Recurring
Lonny RossLonny Ross
As Josh
Recurring
Maulik PancholyMaulik Pancholy
As Jonathan
Recurring
Teddy ColucaTeddy Coluca
As Stage Manager
Recurring
Brett BaerBrett Baer
As Guy at Bar
David RankinDavid Rankin
As Young Dave
Elisabeth A. FurtadoElisabeth A. Furtado
As Gym Teacher
Mark Konrad (1)Mark Konrad (1)
As Dentist
Richard BrevardRichard Brevard
As Big Rich
Stephanie MarchStephanie March
As Gretchen
Main Cast
Tina FeyTina Fey
As Liz Lemon
Tracy MorganTracy Morgan
As Tracy Jordan
Jack McBrayerJack McBrayer
As Kenneth Parcell
Scott AdsitScott Adsit
As Pete Hornberger
Judah FriedlanderJudah Friedlander
As Frank Rossitano
Alec BaldwinAlec Baldwin
As Jack Donaghy
Episode Notes
Ratings: 6.01 million viewers

Frank's hats read: "Extra Sausage," "Joystick Master," and "Double Cheese."

Jane Krakowski (Jenna Maroney) does not appear in this episode.



Episode Quotes
Frank: Liz, nobody's gonna believe that a killer robot can get his ass kicked by one bear. It doesn't make any sense.
Liz: You're trying to bring logic to the "Robot-Bear" sketch?

Jack: Are you familiar with the Japanese art of Reiki?
Liz: No.
Jack: It is the laying on of hands in order to improve one's life.
Liz: How does your life improve? Do the hands have money in them?

Liz: I have bigger things to worry about than my personal life.
Jack: I would think that a single woman's biggest worry would be choking to death alone in her apartment.

Liz: Oh, you're not gonna come to our crappy poker game, are you?
Jack: No, I'm not
Liz: Good.
Jack: I bluffed. Yes, I am coming.

Tracy: Poker night? I love poker! I used to play all kinds of poker with my aunts, Crazy Seven, Albuquerque Freak-Out, One-Card Stud.
Josh: Yeah, I don't think those are real games.

Liz: What do guys like?
Frank: Uh...porn.
Liz: No, I mean if you were gonna go on a date with a woman, how would you want her to act?
Frank: Like she was in a porn.

Jack: (to Liz) I want you to go out on your lunch hour and find something. At a women's clothing store.

Jack: When Frank is bluffing, he asks a series of inane questions to hide his nervousness.
Frank: Oh, really? Is that what you think? Is that what I do? Am I doing that right now? Yeah, I'm out.

Liz: What made you think I was gay?
Jack: Your shoes.
Liz: Well, I am straight.
Jack: Those shoes are definitely bi-curious.

Jack: (referring to Gretchen) She said she thought you looked like Jennifer Jason Leigh.
Liz: Really, she said that?
Jack: Yes, I made her repeat it. I was sure she meant Jason Lee.

Liz: I can't believe you bet your wedding ring.
Pete: I know. Weird thing is...I had money left.

Tracy: Damn, Jack, you went all out! That's a giant shrimp.
Jack: ...made out of shrimp and diving into a bowl of shrimp.

(Pete and Liz discuss Liz's various ex-boyfriends)
Pete: There was the tall, gangly, red-haired guy who played guitar all the time.
Liz: Conan.

(Kenneth has just raised Jack's bet at the poker table)
Jack: Growin' up in your mama's tractor house, dreamin' of working on a TV show, dreamin' of making it all the way to the N...B...C.
Kenneth: You're scaring me, Mr. Donaghy.
Jack: You've come a long way, haven't you Kenneth Ellen? With your cheap loafers and your page jacket, but you'll always be a pig farmer's son, boy, 'cause I smell fried bologna all over you.

Liz: Kenneth, why did you bet that terrible hand?
Kenneth: Why? Because I believe that life is for the living. I believe in taking risks and biting off more than you can chew. And also, people were yelling, and I got confused about the rules.

Liz: (about Kenneth) Well, it was nice of you to let him keep his job.
Jack: The Italians have a saying, Lemon. "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer." And although they've never won a war or mass-produced a decent car, in this area they are correct. In five years, we'll all either be working for him...or be dead by his hand.

Gretchen: Oprah?
Liz: Yes, Gayle?
Gretchen: I think we need to take a break.
Liz: Is this because I wanted to submit us for The Amazing Race, because I was 80% joking about that.

Liz: And even though I am not into the sex stuff, if it helps you, I would let you do stuff to me.
Gretchen: I can't be around you anymore. Bye, Liz.



Episode Goofs
Jack: Kenneth's Myers-Briggs psychological testing shows a rare combination of extroverted, intuitive and aggressive.

Out of the 16 personality types assessed by the Myers-Briggs, aggressive is not a category on the test.



Cultural References
Jack: Kenneth's Myers-Briggs psychological testing shows a rare combination of extroverted, intuitive and aggressive.

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a psychological survey that rates people according to 16 personality types.

Jack: Little Kenneth Ellen Parcell from Stone Mountain, Georgia. Growing up in your mama's tract house, dreaming of working on a TV show, dreaming of making it all the way to the NBC. You come a long way, haven't you, Kenneth Ellen, with your cheap loafers and your page jacket. But you'll always be a pig farmer's son, boy, cuz I smell fried baloney all over you.

Jack's line is a parody of a monologue delivered by serial killer Hannibal Lecter in the 1991 film Silence of the Lambs.

Tracy: Okay, Rain Man. Tell me what I got.

Rain Man is a 1988 film about an idiot-savant who uses his memory to count cards in blackjack.

Liz: We're just friends, like Oprah and Gail.

Oprah Winfrey and her best friend Gail were once rumored to be involved in a lesbian relationship.



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