Jack becomes even more entangled in his love triangle between Avery Jessup and Nancy Donovan, and he turns for advice to Liz, who is focusing on her own romantic problems. When Liz can't find a date to Floyd's wedding, she revisits her old boyfriends in hope that a spark will reignite. Meanwhile, Tracy continues his journey to earn his egot.
Escalation-driven season finale hits 90.4 with 2.62 jokes per minute across 63 gags.
Directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller · Written by Matt Hubbard
WAR
83.2
Wins Above Replacement
“Emanuelle Goes To Dinosaur Land” ranks #16 of 138 30 Rock episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 90.4 — Elite. The episode packs 63 scored jokes at 2.6 per minute, averaging 7.4 on craft and 7.3 on impact, with Tracy landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Tracy: I once saw a baby give another baby a tattoo! They were very drunk!
Tracy Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Tracy: A pack of wild dogs took over and successfully ran a Wendy's!
Tracy Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Tracy: I seen a blind guy bite a police horse! A puppy committed suicide after he saw our bathroom!
Tracy Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Tracy: I slept on an old dog bed stuffed with wigs. I watched a prostitute stab a clown.
Tracy Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Tracy: A crack-head breastfeeding a rat. A homeless man cooking a Hot Pocket on the third rail of the G train. The G train, Nermal!
Tracy Escalation Absurdist Callback All Jokes — 63 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Jack: Cramer's been dead for six months.
Jack Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Jack: The Astors, the Rockefellers, the Sbarros...
Jack Setup/Punchline Absurdist Avery: You think I don't want to know what Pizzarina Sbarro is going to be wearing?
Avery Callback Wordplay/Pun Callback Avery: I'm on Dodecacil, the pill where you only get your period once a year. We're so close to beating that thing completely.
Avery Observational Absurdist Jack: I promise you, this weekend will be filled with staring out windows while holding a glass of Scotch.
Jack Character Comedy Visual Gag Avery: What's that supposed to mean, you dumb douche? Oh, it's starting.
Avery Character Comedy Escalation Callback Avery: Aloha means hello and goodbye. So, aloha.
Avery Wordplay/Pun Deadpan/Understatement Nancy: We'll just do it together on that tour boat that's painted like a shark.
Nancy Observational Visual Gag Liz: But I would still like two meals.
Liz Character Comedy Observational Cerie: God, three weddings in one day. I'm going to be in Spanx for 12 hours. My elastic line is going to get infected again.
Cerie Cringe/Discomfort Observational Liz: I will rent a car, set it on fire, and drive it off a waterfall.
Jenna: He's gay. But not when he's drunk.
Jenna Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Liz: Sexual time travel, just like my Cinemax softcore Emmanuelle Goes to Dinosaur Land.
Liz Wordplay/Pun Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Jenna: Meet me in the handicapped stall in 10 seconds.
Jenna Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Drew: Yeah, I saw this gorgeous woman putting glasses on her daughter's Mrs. Potato Head. The why is not important.
Drew Observational Misdirection Drew: Oh, my hooks. I'm just so comfortable with them that I... Whoops.
Drew Physical/Slapstick Visual Gag Liz: That was my last ungashed painting.
Liz Reaction Beat Observational Drew: So I waved from the helicopter, which, it turns out, is a big no-no.
Drew Deadpan/Understatement Observational Drew · Liz: And it turns out the person I was waving to was not my old football coach. Of course not. You were in Zimbabwe. Well, it looked just like a black version of him.
Drew Liz Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Drew: I've got my hooks crossed.
Drew Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Drew: Now, who's the dumb one? Ugh.
Drew Physical/Slapstick Irony/Sarcasm Tracy: It's a pun. Because cats' paws have grooves.
Tracy Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy Tracy: And they're paying me exactly one million teachers' salaries.
Tracy Observational Character Comedy Dotcom: You say things like 'You don't know my pain,' and 'You watch your mouth, Tyrese,' and, in a less dramatic scene, 'I'll have hash browns.'
Tracy: It's either this or I submit that animated film I drew about the Holocaust.
Tracy Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Jack: First, we're going to see a documentary about female circumcision, and then we're going to eat too much Indian food.
Jack Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Liz: Sometimes, the right thing and the hard thing are the same thing. I read that on a teabag.
Liz Misdirection Character Comedy Liz · Jack: You know what? Sometimes, I think... That's great. 'You know what? Sometimes, I think...' That's really annoying. I'm going to use that.
Liz Jack Meta/Self-Referential Callback ★ Rewatch Tracy: I remember being born, of course. I remember learning how to ride a bike. But that was last year.
Tracy Absurdist Character Comedy Tracy: I remember the summer my Webelos group went camping, and we were taken by the Hill People. Next thing I knew, summer was over and it was time for back to school shopping.
Tracy Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement Tracy: No, I don't. I was on a yacht with the Roots last week.
Tracy Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Dennis: I've got a personalized vibration for each chick I used to put it to.
Dennis Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Dennis: No, no, no, Jose. Only babies out here. Don't you want to be a big boy?
Dennis Absurdist Cringe/Discomfort Dennis · Liz: What was the one mistake those people in Denver made? One mistake? Yeah, there was no kid in the balloon.
Dennis: This is a public park named after Ron Artest.
Nancy: Way better than the Indian joint I go to in Boston. O'Doyle's.
Nancy Observational Character Comedy Jack: A warm glass of milk and some John Phillip Sousa marches.
Jack Character Comedy Observational Liz: No! [Liz's horrified reaction to seeing Wesley]
Liz Reaction Beat Callback Callback Liz · Wesley: Stop doing that. You look idiotic. Of course I do. Excellent pantomime is supposed to look idiotic.
Wesley: The only thing wrong with me is that you hate me. So with that as my only defect, where do I rank with all the other men that you've been with?
Wesley Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Nancy: How can something that animals do be a big deal? Worms can do it with any other worm.
Nancy Observational Character Comedy Nancy: Also, it was after midnight on a Saturday. So technically, it was a Sunday. A man had his hands on my hips on a day that was set aside for the Lord.
Nancy Character Comedy Escalation Nancy · Jack: Man, Catholic guilt. Am I right? [Jack's awkward silence response]
Tracy: I slept on an old dog bed stuffed with wigs. I watched a prostitute stab a clown.
Tracy Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Tracy: Our basketball hoop was a ribcage. A ribcage!
Tracy Escalation Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Tracy: Some guy with dreads electrocuted my fish!
Jack: Nancy is a fiery, Irish nut job, descended from bog people.
Jack Character Comedy Observational Wesley: We're like Russ and Rebecca on Chums.
Wesley Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy Wesley: Did you see the Beijing opening ceremonies? We don't have control over our people like that.
Wesley Observational Dark/Subversive Tracy: Nermal, I hate you, Nermal! Almost as much as I hate Mondays! This is my lasagna! You hear me, Nermal? My lasagna!
Tracy Character Comedy Escalation Callback Tracy: A crack-head breastfeeding a rat. A homeless man cooking a Hot Pocket on the third rail of the G train. The G train, Nermal!
Tracy Escalation Absurdist Callback Mike · Liz: I'm a plushie. Is that a fraternity? Kind of. It means I belong to a group of like-minded people who dress up in mascot costumes. And have orgies in hotel rooms and state parks.
Mike: Our term for intercourse is 'yiffing'.
Mike Cringe/Discomfort Wordplay/Pun Callback Jack: Speaking of which, I'm seeing someone else, and I think I'm in love with both of you.
Jack Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Jack: You can't leave, Donovan. We're in the middle of Mass. You and I both know you have to stay until the final blessing.
Jack Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Liz: But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his. So whenever he lay with his brother's wife, he spilled his semen on the ground.
Liz Cringe/Discomfort Dark/Subversive Liz: Then, Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son's foreskin. Oh come on, Bible. Help a lady out.
Liz Escalation Meta/Self-Referential Callback Tracy: I seen a blind guy bite a police horse! A puppy committed suicide after he saw our bathroom!
Tracy Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Tracy: I once bit into a Merino and there was a child's shoe in it!
Tracy Escalation Absurdist Callback Tracy: A pack of wild dogs took over and successfully ran a Wendy's!
Tracy Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Tracy: The projects I lived in was named after Zachary Taylor, generally considered to be one of the worst presidents of all time!
Tracy Observational Escalation Callback Tracy: The sewer people stole my skateboard!
Tracy Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Tracy: I once saw a baby give another baby a tattoo! They were very drunk!
Tracy Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback 