As the cast and crew of TGS with Tracy Jordan returns for a new season, Liz is excited to see Jack again. However, her excitement quickly fades as Jack insists that Liz is still not over Floyd. Meanwhile, Jerry Seinfeld shows up at Jack's office in an upset mood after Jack announces his newest plan. Finally, Kenneth becomes Tracy's office wife when Tracy separates from his wife and Jenna returns to set a whole lot heavier now that she has been involved in Mystic Pizza: The Musical!.
64 jokes in 23 minutes: 30 Rock hits velocity peak with absurdist escalations.
Directed by Don Scardino · Written by Tina Fey
WAR
147.9
Wins Above Replacement
“Seinfeldvision” ranks #44 of 138 30 Rock episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 99.0 — Elite. The episode packs 91 scored jokes at 3.9 per minute, averaging 7.7 on craft and 7.6 on impact, with Liz Lemon landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Liz Lemon: Liz's life plan: 'I'm gonna get the wedding dress, and then I'm gonna have a baby, and then I'm gonna die, and then I'm gonna meet a super-cute guy in heaven.'
Liz Lemon Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Jerry Seinfeld · Liz Lemon: Are you imitating me? / No! This is what I sound like when I cry!
Jack Donaghy: Lemon, women your age are more likely to be mauled at the zoo than get married.
Jack Donaghy: 25 super-hot moms, 50 eighth grade boys, no rules.
Tracy Jordan · Liz Lemon: Tracy advises Liz not to go through with wearing the dress: 'I know what me and Kenneth have looks perfect on the outside, but it's work, damn it. It's work.'
All Jokes — 91 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Jack Donaghy: Three different people greet Jack as he walks in, each saying 'Hey, how was your summer?' — he ignores all of them and walks past
Jack Donaghy: Jack refers to his heart attack as a 'cardiac event' and insists nobody from corporate knows
Jack Donaghy: America's Next Top Pirate, Are You Stronger Than a Dog, MILF Island — Jack's summer hit shows
Jack Donaghy: 25 super-hot moms, 50 eighth grade boys, no rules.
Liz Lemon · Jack Donaghy: Didn't one of those women turn out to be a prostitute? / That doesn't mean she's not a wonderful, caring MILF.
Jack Donaghy: SeinfeldVision — NBC digitally inserts Jerry Seinfeld into all prime-time programming without his knowledge
Jack Donaghy · Jerry Seinfeld: SeinfeldVision promo clips — Seinfeld inserted into dramatic scenes: 'Save the cheerleader. Save the world.' / 'Deal... or no deal?' / 'I'll take that deal!'
Jack Donaghy: Jerry's in Europe with his family right now. But by the time he gets back, SeinfeldVision will be a monster hit, and his kids'll go to school, and their friends'll say 'I really loved your dad in that episode of Medium last night,' and he's... he's gonna love it.
Liz Lemon: Liz's summer: 'I started a quilt. I did yoga twice a week. I wore flip-flops in public. I really feel like this is gonna be my year.'
Liz Lemon Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Jack Donaghy · Liz Lemon: Jack: 'If there's two things I'm certain of, one is you will never finish that quilt.' / Liz: 'I know.'
Jack Donaghy: Lemon, women your age are more likely to be mauled at the zoo than get married.
Jack: Put Floyd's name on that quilt.
Jack Callback Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Callback Tracy Jordan · Kenneth Parcell: Tracy's wife kicked him out and she 'froze my credit and she got custody of Grizz'
Tracy: Yo, Ken, I'm gonna use this whole kitchen area as my bathroom. Spread the word.
Tracy Character Comedy Absurdist Tracy Jordan: Tracy: 'I'm not apologizing! 'Cause for once in my life, I haven't done anything wrong.'
Tracy Jordan · Kenneth Parcell: Tracy explains he ministers to transvestite prostitutes — 'He doesn't mess with 'em. He just tries to get 'em into computer school.'
Tracy Jordan: Tracy's outreach speech: 'You don't have to live your life like this. You can be a freaky deeky and do data entry. What about court reporting? Believe in yourself.'
Tracy Jordan · Liz Lemon: The paparazzo photographed Tracy pulling the transvestite out of a dumpster, and the tabloids confused 'shim' with Mrs. Jordan — and think she looks better than Angie did at the 2004 Grammys.
Tracy Jordan: Tracy: 'Who's gonna do my banking? Who's gonna write my blogs? Who's gonna do the cooking on Taco Wednesdays?'
Liz Lemon · Tracy Jordan · Kenneth Parcell: Liz assigns Kenneth to do all the nonsexual things Angie would do for Tracy. Tracy: 'So he's, like, my office wife?' Liz: 'Sure. Let's go with that.'
Tracy Jordan · Kenneth Parcell: Kenneth's marriage proposal: 'Kenneth Parcell, will you take this ring... and sell it in the Jewish part of midtown, and use the money to get us a Nintendo Wii?' Kenneth: 'Yes. Yes. A thousand times yes!'
Kenneth Parcell: Yes. Yes. A thousand times yes!
Jenna Maroney · Liz Lemon: Jenna's 'summer on Broadway' turns out to be a role where she had to eat four slices of pizza per performance
Liz Lemon · Jenna Maroney: Liz: 'Jenna, that's 32 pieces of pizza a week!' Jenna: 'No, that can't be right.'
Liz: Oh, it's worse from behind.
Liz Reaction Beat Visual Gag Jack Donaghy: Jack's assessment of Jenna: 'She needs to lose thirty pounds or gain sixty. Anything in between, she won't place in television.'
Jenna · Liz: Did Jack say he cared about my weight? / No, he didn't even mention it. He's not noticing. No one is noticing.
Jenna Liz Irony/Sarcasm Reaction Beat Callback Kenneth Parcell: Kenneth yells 'Yowza!!' at Jenna and then someone says 'Hey Mrs. Michelin, I love your tires'
Liz Lemon · Frank: Liz addresses the writers: 'Some of you may be wondering what happened between me and my boyfriend Floyd this summer, and the answer is we did break up' — writer says 'Floyd the black guy' — Liz: 'Okay, you don't care. I don't care either, so... great.'
Cerie · Liz Lemon · Jenna Maroney: Liz tells her writers to avoid her, and Cerie immediately asks Liz and Jenna to be bridesmaids — 'Is it hard for you because you broke up with that Floyd guy?'
Liz: Yeah, no, I have my something old. (Liz implies she IS the something old)
Liz Deadpan/Understatement Kenneth Parcell · Tracy Jordan: Kenneth has planned a full day for Tracy including Bed Bath & Beyond, a baby shower on Long Island, and homemade soup
Kenneth Parcell · Tracy Jordan: Tracy refuses to go to the baby shower; Kenneth guilt-trips him: 'I went with you to your black vampire movie.' Then agrees to a 'great compromise.'
Jerry Seinfeld: Jerry Seinfeld arrives looking for Jack: 'I got a bone to pick with that guy. I don't know which bone I'm gonna pick, but he's got some bones, and I'm gonna pick one.'
Liz Lemon · Store Employee: Wedding dress shopping: 'This veil costs more than my couch.' / 'Is that comedy, or do you really have a $300 couch?' / 'Both.'
Liz Lemon: Liz's childhood wedding fantasy: 'This is my husband, Saul Rosenbear, and this is his son Richard from a previous marriage. And then he cheated on me with a lamb.'
Liz Lemon Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Jenna Maroney · Liz Lemon · Cerie: Jenna can't fit in the dress and asks Liz to try it on — 'You're closer, Liz. You do it.' Liz tries it on and says with forced cheerfulness: 'Fun... this is fun.'
Jonathan · Jack Donaghy: Jonathan describes Jerry Seinfeld's expression to Jack: 'He looks the way you did when I tried to hold your hand on the jet.'
Store Employee · Liz Lemon: The salesperson pushes Liz to buy the dress: 'You should buy it and save it for your wedding.' Liz insists she's single and doing great. Salesperson: 'But don't you think you will ever get married to anyone?'
Liz Lemon · Store Employee: Liz accuses the salesperson of being a manipulative saleswoman; the salesperson simply says 'thank you' and walks away
Jack Donaghy · Jonathan: Jack sneaks out of his own office to avoid Seinfeld; Jonathan stalls in the control room by giving a fake tour while clearly on the phone with Jack
Liz Lemon: Liz confesses to the control room that she broke up with Floyd and is 'totally over it' — then reveals she last talked to him 'August 9th... 4:17 PM?'
Tour Guide Stranger: The tour guide stranger explains when a breakup is really over: '...you say I don't love you anymore, they say I don't love you anymore either. You go, Great, I'll pick you up in 20. Let's grab a scone.'
Tracy Jordan · Liz Lemon: Tracy tells Liz to call his wife pretending to be a survey taker and ask if she's sleeping with D.L. Hughley
Tracy Jordan · Jerry Seinfeld: Tracy introduces Jerry Seinfeld: 'Me and this dude used to do standup together. Remember that night we had a three-way with Elayne Boosler?' Jerry: 'I don't think that was me.' Tracy: 'Oh yeah. You know what? I think that was a mirror.'
Jack Donaghy · Jerry Seinfeld · Kenneth Parcell: Jack hides in a dark hallway and pretends to 'just arrive' when Seinfeld finds him. Kenneth doesn't tell Jack that Seinfeld has been there. Jack: 'What's wrong with him?'
Liz Lemon: Liz calls Floyd, gets a woman, and immediately launches into a fake survey — asking her age, weight, and 'when was the last time you had intercourse?'
Liz Lemon Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback Liz Lemon: The woman on the phone (Floyd's new companion) confronts Liz: 'Who is this?' Liz: 'I'm your worst nightmare, is who I is!'
Liz Lemon: 'He's got some girl over there already!' Liz's reaction to discovering Floyd moved on
Jonathan: Jonathan to Liz about the Floyd phone call: 'That is so embarrassing for you.'
Jonathan Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat Callback Jerry Seinfeld · Jack Donaghy: Jerry: 'I was vacationing with my family in a country only rich people know about.' Jack: 'Svenborgia?' Jerry: 'No. Better. But I can't tell you.'
Jerry Seinfeld: My mother called to tell me I'm gonna be on Law & Order! And E.R.! / So I called my agent to find out when did I shoot these things?
Jack: 25 sexy moms. 50 sweaty eighth-grade boys. And one beloved American comedy star. This Wednesday on MILF Island.
Jack Callback Escalation Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Jerry Seinfeld: Jerry's threat: 'How about I buy NBC and turn it into the biggest Lane Bryant in midtown?'
Jack Donaghy · Jerry Seinfeld: Jack: 'Jerry, come on. You're gonna buy NBC, like you've got $4 million just laying around...' — immediately realizes what he's said
Jack Donaghy · Jerry Seinfeld: Jack: 'Besides, you owe me. Remember, St. Barts — I saved your life from that shark?' Jerry: 'All right, Jack. I'll come back. But I still think you shot a dolphin.'
Jack · Jerry Seinfeld: Besides, you owe me. Remember, St. Barts, I saved your life from that shark? / All right, Jack. I'll come back. But I still think you shot a dolphin.
Jack Donaghy · Jerry Seinfeld: Besides, you owe me. Remember, St. Barts, I saved your life from that shark? / All right, Jack. I'll come back. But I still think you shot a dolphin.
Store Employee 2 · Liz Lemon · Cerie: Another store employee tells Liz the wedding dress looks ugly on her, tells Cerie not to buy it: 'You'll thank me.'
Store Employee: The salesperson tells Liz: 'A lot of women buy their perfect dress when they see it, and then just trust the fact that the husband will come.'
Liz Lemon: Liz's life plan: 'I'm gonna get the wedding dress, and then I'm gonna have a baby, and then I'm gonna die, and then I'm gonna meet a super-cute guy in heaven.'
Liz Lemon Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Liz Lemon: Liz buys the dress: 'I'll need to spread it over a couple of different credit cards.'
Liz Lemon Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Jack Donaghy: Jack's brainstorm list: 'Number one — kill Seinfeld. Number two — kill Seinfeld, then kill myself. Number three — kill Seinfeld, flee to Svenborgia, then kill myself.'
Jack Donaghy · Liz Lemon: Number 70 on the brainstorm list: 'You seduce Seinfeld.' Jack: 'Now, why is me seducing Seinfeld all the way at 70?'
Jack: There are no bad ideas in brainstorming, Lemon.
Jack Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Callback Jack Donaghy · Liz Lemon: Number 71 on the brainstorm: 'I fake a hurricane, and all regularly scheduled programming is preempted.' Liz: 'These are terrible ideas.' Jack: 'There are no bad ideas in brainstorming, Lemon.'
Liz Lemon · Tracy Jordan: Liz enters the TGS offices carrying the wedding dress in a bag. Tracy sees it and asks 'Did a Korean person die?'
Tracy: I'm mad at you, Ken. I've seen the way you were looking at Seinfeld. You used to look at me like that. What, am I not a big enough star for you anymore?
Tracy Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Callback Tracy Jordan · Kenneth Parcell: Tracy confronts Kenneth: 'I'm mad at you, Ken. I seen the way you was lookin' at Seinfeld. You used to look at me like that. What, am I not a big enough star for you anymore?'
Tracy Jordan: Tracy: 'Especially I picked out all these throw pillows for in here, and you didn't even notice!'
Jenna Maroney: Jenna enters the writers' room having used 'visual trickery' to appear to lose 25 pounds in one day — 'Drawing the eye up'
Frank · Liz Lemon: Frank: 'Liz lost it.' Liz walks in wearing the wedding dress at work.
Liz Lemon: Liz defends wearing the wedding dress: 'I don't need society's permission to buy a white dress. In Korea, they wear white to funerals. I'm making a statement. That, if need be, I will marry myself.'
Liz Lemon Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Liz Lemon · Frank: Frank asks if Liz is going to wear the dress all day. Liz: 'Yeah, Chocolate Rain, maybe I am.'
Jerry Seinfeld · Liz Lemon: Jerry finds Liz in the wedding dress: 'Well, well, well. So you called that boyfriend.' Liz breaks down: 'What is the deal with my life?' Jerry: 'Are you imitating me?' Liz: 'No! This is what I sound like when I cry!'
Jerry Seinfeld · Liz Lemon: Are you imitating me? / No! This is what I sound like when I cry!
Jerry Seinfeld · Liz: I think I'm a little insulted! / You're insulted?!
Jack Donaghy: I got nothin'. / Mr. Seinfeld's here. / I got nothing. / Oh, Jerry, wonderful. Please, come in, come in.
Jack · Jerry Seinfeld: Jack's stalling tactics: offering Seinfeld water, tea, coffee, ice coffee, ice tea, juice — 'all right, I'll just... give me a water if that moves it along.'
Jack: I got nothing! You've got to do this for me, please! Oh, god, I've already sold the ad time!
Jack Character Comedy Escalation Jack Donaghy · Jerry Seinfeld: Jack offers Seinfeld the deal including 'five free commercials for your animated feature Bee Movie' — and the negotiation escalates through 'ten free commercials for Bee Movie, opening November 2nd'
Jack Donaghy · Jerry Seinfeld: The final negotiation: Jack gets 'one night' of SeinfeldVision; donates $1.5 million to Doctors Without Borders; gets 'Roker in a bee costume'; and finally learns the name of the secret country: 'Grenyarnia.'
Jerry Seinfeld: Grenyarnia.
Tracy Jordan · Liz Lemon: Tracy advises Liz not to go through with wearing the dress: 'I know what me and Kenneth have looks perfect on the outside, but it's work, damn it. It's work.'
Tracy · Liz: Oh, no! Did a Korean person die? / No, Tracy. It's a wedding dress.
Tracy Liz Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Tracy: Don't do it, Liz Lemon. I know what me and Kenneth have looks perfect on the outside, but it's work, damn it. It's work.
Tracy Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Jack Donaghy · Liz Lemon: Jack to Liz in the wedding dress: 'Good God, Lemon, what's happened to you? I thought this was going to be your year.'
Jack: Lemon, don't ever say you're just you. Because you are better than you. And I am not going to let you give up. This is going to be our year.
Jack Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Jack Donaghy · Liz Lemon: Jack: 'Lemon, don't ever say you're just you. Because you are better than you.' / 'Now, give me the ham. I like the ham.'
Unknown: Tag scene: '$4,000 ham napkin.'
Unknown Setup/Punchline Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Liz Lemon · Jack Donaghy: Final tag: Liz: 'I look pretty, though, right?' Jack: 'Don't push it, Lemon.'
