Worried that Liz's hectic lifestyle may be too much to adopt a child, Bev, the adoption agent, visits the set. Panicked, Liz tells everyone to act normal, but chaos soon ensues as a fight arises between Jenna and Tracy. Meanwhile, Jack returns to 30 Rock and vows to do whatever it takes to get his position back from Devin.
Season 3 premiere launches with 61 jokes in 23 minutes—2.63-per-minute pace sustains 90+ humor.
Directed by Don Scardino · Written by Tina Fey
WAR
87.8
Wins Above Replacement
“Do Over” ranks #14 of 138 30 Rock episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 90.5 — Elite. The episode packs 61 scored jokes at 2.6 per minute, averaging 7.6 on craft and 7.2 on impact, with Liz landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Devin: It's just 'G' now, Jack. I sold the 'E' to Samsung. They're 'Samesung' now.
Devin Absurdist Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Liz: I was arrested once in Germany for public nudity. I thought it was a topless beach. It was a shipyard.
Liz Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jenna: I first met Liz in 1993. She was fresh out of college and I had just broken up with O.J. Simpson. And can I just say something? Total gentleman.
Jenna Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Devin: I'm gonna shut the whole thing down for two years. I mean, imagine how badly people will want light bulbs then.
Devin Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Liz · Bev: Is it so wrong that I just want to have one of these to grow up and resent me? Oh, you will.
Liz Bev Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 61 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Liz · Jack: Hello, pussycat. Oh, really? A lot of ladies get right in the car after that line, you creepy piece of... Jack!
Liz Jack Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Jack: That information is classified at least until Cheney dies. Which is going to be a long time from now. That man is mostly metal.
Jack Observational Escalation ★ Rewatch Liz: Devin is the worst. It's like he doesn't even care when we should have cake for people whose birthdays are on the weekend. The Friday before. At lunch.
Liz Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Liz: I got rid of all my Colin Firth movies in case they consider them erotica. That man can wear a sweater.
Liz Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Devin: You see, only thing Kathy and I need assistance with is deciding which John Mayer song to do it to.
Devin Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Devin: Well, you know what they say about rumors, Jack. They make a 'rue' out of 'more' and 'S.'
Devin Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Devin: Don't even think about talking to her when her soaps are on. Seriously, she will bite you.
Devin Character Comedy Escalation Devin: If there's one thing I learned from you, Jack, it's keep your friends close and your enemies so close that you're almost kissing.
Devin Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Tracy: I still don't know how that advertised Tokyo University.
Tracy Absurdist Character Comedy Tracy: But I'm gonna use this $300 to buy us all some boots for me.
Tracy Character Comedy Misdirection ★ Rewatch Tracy · Liz · Kenneth: My video game is selling through the rizznoof! Well, how far through the 'rizznoof'? Whoa, that's not slang. He has a speech impediment.
Tracy · Kenneth: I think I did it alone... and this check is the prizznoof. Now that one was just him being obnoxious.
Jack: The last time, it took me 22 years. But I know so much more now this time. I think I can do it in nine.
Jack Character Comedy Observational Jack · Liz: With a little hard work, I'll be back to V.P. status before I'm 60. And if my home evaluation goes well I will be a mother by 50. We really can have it all.
Jack Liz Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Bev · Liz: How often do you entertain gentlemen sex guests? Oh, boy, that's uh... Once a year maybe? But I'd be open to cutting that down.
Bev Liz Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Bev: You ever run a webcam ring outta here, Liz? Gentlemen tell you what to do, you do it? At first with some feigned hesitation?
Bev Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Liz: I was arrested once in Germany for public nudity. I thought it was a topless beach. It was a shipyard.
Liz Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Liz: Could be. Or it could be my annual sex guest.
Liz Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Frank: Aw, come on, it's Movie Party Thursday. I brought in my tape of circus accidents. Please, A lion eats a sad clown.
Frank Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Liz: Please, just be normal sauce for one day.
Liz Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jenna: I mean, I don't do anything for Yolanda and she sends me those headless dolls.
Jenna Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Pete: Can I hide this box of penis pasta in your dressing room?
Jack: She touched me in my swimsuit area. It made me very uncomfortable. It's not at all erotic and fun, like when men do it to women.
Jack Irony/Sarcasm Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Jack: How far would I have to let her go to get my job back? Are we talking over the shirt? Frontsies, backsies? Or would I really have to give her my gift?
Jack Cringe/Discomfort Escalation ★ Rewatch Liz · Jack: I thought you said nine years? I was promoted again this morning. I'm now Director of Mail Systems.
Liz Jack Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Liz · Bev: Is it so wrong that I just want to have one of these to grow up and resent me? Oh, you will.
Liz Bev Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Tracy: I know what you're hinting at, Liz Lemon. I should get my rap career going again.
Tracy Misdirection Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jack · Manny: Don't dress for the job you have, dress for the job you want to have. So now, Manny... Tomorrow I show up for work dressed as a Mexican wrestler.
Jack · Devin: Banks, you've got to get a hold of yourself. You've got a company to run. Oh, I'm running it. I have a plan to quadruple profits by the year 2015. How are you possibly going to do that? The old-fashioned way, Jack. I'm gonna shut it down.
Devin: I'm gonna shut the whole thing down for two years. I mean, imagine how badly people will want light bulbs then.
Devin Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Devin: It's just 'G' now, Jack. I sold the 'E' to Samsung. They're 'Samesung' now.
Devin Absurdist Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Kenneth: Three of my nine siblings were adopted. And someday, I'm gonna find them.
Kenneth Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Liz · Fred · Bev: Hey, Rick. I'm Fred. Rick is the other black guy. Happens to everyone, right, Bev? Yeah, happens all the time to my black husband.
Jenna: I first met Liz in 1993. She was fresh out of college and I had just broken up with O.J. Simpson. And can I just say something? Total gentleman.
Jenna Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jenna · Liz: Then who were those kids you were yelling at the other day? Those were some child actors who had lied about being able to breakdance.
Jenna Liz Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Pete: Actually, I lived with Liz while I was separated from my wife. In a platonic way. But I haven't lived there for a couple months now because I've been at an anger management treatment center 'cause I shot one of my co-workers with an arrow.
Pete Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Frank · Bev: I think it's a circus in the Philippines. The lion goes nuts and attacks this older clown. How did we start talking about this? Did you bring it up?
Frank Bev Callback Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback Jack: I'm going upstairs to doink Kathy Geiss.
Jack Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Tracy: I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved in making my video game the most profitable thing since the war on terror. Yes, I am provocative.
Tracy Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Tracy · Frank: Frank, for all your hard work, please accept this set of solid gold nunchucks. I will use these only for good.
Tracy · Pete: Petey Pete! For letting us use the sound booth Please accept this chinchilla coat. Wow. You're gonna get so much nice-nice in that you're gonna have to grow an another ding...
Tracy · Bev: Now you look out for my girl, Liz Lemon 'Cause me and her go way back like spinal cords and car seats. That's not really an expression.
Tracy Bev Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Liz · Kenneth: Do you know what imperative means? Tell me, tell me! Important. It means important.
Kenneth: Mr. Banks... look how many pushups I can do.
Kenneth Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jack: Paid his way through Princeton by working the day shift at that graveyard and the graveyard shift at that Days Inn.
Jack Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jack · Liz: Thank God I don't have your biological need for children. That would make success impossible. Thanks.
Jack Liz Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Jack: And now it hinges on how far I'm willing to go with a woman in Dora the Explorer panties that were clearly made for an obese child.
Jack Visual Gag Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Liz: No way, the best part of soap operas is when someone's twin interrupts a wedding. Or somebody pulls a gun at the fitness center.
Liz Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Jack: She's wondering where my strawberry mouth is.
Jack Callback Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback Pete: What? You mean the nursery! We gotta get this stuff back to the rental place by 5:00.
Pete Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Liz · Fred: Rick, what are you doing? Bitch, my name is Fred.
Liz Fred Callback Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Jack · Kathy · Bev: I work in the mailroom. Kathy, Bev and I are just friends. Kathy's the new CEO of our company. Bev, you better run. She's surprisingly strong.
Liz · Bev: 'Unsatisfactory'? Are you okay, Bev? You had quite a fall there. Ah, I'm Bev. I'm here to do Liz's adoption evaluation.
Liz Bev Setup/Punchline Misdirection ★ Rewatch Liz: I get a do-over. No, we have to take her to a hospital. 20 minutes. Just give me 20 minutes.
Liz Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Jack · Liz: I'm gonna give Kathy the full soap opera while you try to trick a lady with a head injury. We might not be the best people. But we're not the worst? Graduate students are the worst.
Jack Liz Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch Kenneth: She reminds me of my own mom. Tough love, consistency, a little moustache in a certain light.
Kenneth Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Liz: I thought you were at the fitness center with your twin?
Liz Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Jack: You know you're the only woman I've ever really loved.
Jack Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Kathy: I've been paranoid ever since that incident with the weather machine.
Kathy Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Devin · Various: Check this out. I'm gonna sue you! I'm going to sue the entire city of New York! I'm gonna sue you! You can't sue me, I'm already being sued. Double indemnity!
Liz: No, I just like seeing you in there.
Liz Character Comedy ★ Rewatch