Liz questions fate when she meets the man of her dreams, while Jack's love triangle between high school love, Nancy Donovan, and CNBC anchor, Avery Jessup, comes to a head. Meanwhile, Jenna's boyfriend is confronted with a similar dilemma when his desire for another woman threatens to ruin their relationship, and Kenneth, with the help of Tracy, tries to avoid a promotion that would land him in LA.
Wedding chaos sustains 82-point score across 57 jokes in densest season finale.
Directed by Don Scardino · Written by Tina Fey
WAR
150.5
Wins Above Replacement
“I Do Do” ranks #40 of 138 30 Rock episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 99.1 — Elite. The episode packs 87 scored jokes at 3.6 per minute, averaging 7.8 on craft and 7.7 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
Carol: You walk briskly in a pilot's uniform, you can go pretty much anywhere. I've been upstairs in the White House while the Obamas were sleeping.
Carol Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Jack Donaghy: What if I could somehow combine them into one perfect woman, like a s'more you could take a shower with?
Wesley · Liz Lemon: There's only one Wesley Snipes in this world. / You know there isn't.
Paul · Jenna: I'm the man here, and you're gonna respect me. / Yes, shma'am.
Paul Jenna Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Carol: You know what a great pilot would have done? Not hit the birds. That's what I do every day — not hit birds. Where's my ticket to the Grammys?
Carol Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 87 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Liz Lemon: Previously on 30 Rock recap: Liz says she's going to marry 'Japheth,' live in 'Nineveh,' and be a 'Prostitute.'
Liz Lemon: It's possible. Haven't you ever read Archie comics?
Liz Lemon Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Jack Donaghy · Nancy: You look amazing in that dress. / You look like a gay mortician in that suit.
Jack Donaghy: Junior in-charge boy of the entire NBC page program.
Kenneth: My best friend in the whole world, comma, bald category.
Kenneth Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Jack Donaghy: I want to find long red hairs in my overcooked pot roast.
Nancy: You're like that Mormon guy on HBO who was in that tornado movie. The one with the girl with the forehead who was married to that Jewish guy.
Nancy Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Nancy: What? I'm a mom. Give me a break.
Nancy Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Jenna: Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but when a girl dates a straight man who impersonates her on stage for mostly gay audiences, she has certain expectations. Fidelity, Paul. It's not just the name of a bank that sued me.
Jenna Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Paul: That came out wrong. [Paul, after telling Jenna to choose between herself and herself]
Paul Reaction Beat Absurdist Nancy: Tickle each other like teletubbies. That's how I used to explain it to my kids when they walked in on us.
Nancy Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Nancy: Two spider-mans fighting, and sometimes they make weird noises, but they're not hurting each other.
Nancy Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Jack Donaghy · Nancy: How often did they walk in on you? / A lot.
Wesley Snipes (British character, not the actor): D'oh, bother! Treble bother!
Wesley: Also Kevin in security has a picture of me.
Wesley Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Wesley: Fulfills my boyhood passion for train accidents.
Wesley Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Wesley: Farewell, my luscious plum.
Wesley Character Comedy Absurdist Wesley: Also Kevin in security has a picture of me.
Wesley Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Tracy Jordan: That's how I got out of doing foreplay with Angie.
Tracy Jordan: And my taxes.
Tracy Jordan: If you've learned anything from me, it's how to do a bad job.
Kenneth: Get it yourself, Chubbs. I'm on a coffee break.
Kenneth Character Comedy Misdirection ★ Rewatch Callback Tracy Jordan: That's my boy. [Tracy's proud reaction to Kenneth calling him 'Chubbs']
Paul: Well, it's all true. I'm a native of Houston, and I love to cook healthy. And the female impersonator stuff.
Paul Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Jack Donaghy: What if I could somehow combine them into one perfect woman, like a s'more you could take a shower with?
Avery Jessup: Come on, Jessup. Get it together. No tears. [Avery talking to herself in mirror, Clamp down, Jessup! Be a winner.]
Avery Jessup: Does the 'O' have it? 'O,' we do. Do you 'O'? 'O,' no? Let go. 'O.'
Avery Jessup: Ugh. That accent's idiotic.
Avery Jessup: Oh, my God. I can't drink this. [Avery reacts to cheap wedding champagne]
Liz Lemon: Oh, tuxedo slippers. Give me a break.
Carol: Yeah, I'm a doorman... To the sky. I'm a pilot.
Carol Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Carol: Generally speaking, if there's a delay of more than 20 minutes, I might as well be driving a party bus.
Carol Observational Character Comedy Liz Lemon: People wear flip-flops to church. And the NBA tattoo situation is out of control.
Liz Lemon · Carol: A terrorist? / No. I wish. It's a drunk lady.
Carol: Sky law. It's when I put on the 'fasten seatbelt' sign, and no one's allowed to move till we've had ten minutes of silence. I made the whole thing up. But, you know, people are stupid, so they don't question it.
Carol Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Carol: She was bagging pretty hard on my TGS... Basically the greatest thing ever on television.
Carol Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Carol · Liz Lemon: There's the one fart doctor sketch where this fart doctor's trying to figure out who farted in the spelling bee, and he's like... 'He who spelt it, dealt it.' / I wrote that. I write all of the fart doctors.
Liz Lemon · Carol: Would you like to go to a rich girl's wedding with me? / I don't know. Does that sound like more fun than me eating alone at the LaGuardia Chili's?
Kenneth: Good afternoon, and welcome... Not. / We begin our stupid tour of this once-great network outside studio 6H.
Kenneth Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Callback Kenneth: We begin our stupid tour of this once-great network...
Kenneth Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Kenneth: Let's meet up later and smoke some drug cigarettes.
Kenneth Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Carol: You know what a great pilot would have done? Not hit the birds. That's what I do every day — not hit birds. Where's my ticket to the Grammys?
Carol Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Nancy: The usual ladies' room nonsense. Girl with boyfriend troubles. Someone forgot tampons. Everybody's bad at science and math.
Nancy Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Jack Donaghy: Smug 40-year-old bridesmaid. What a treat for everyone.
Liz Lemon: You can't force your fate. You just have to let it wash over you, like a spray tan that won't take because your skin is too oily.
Jack Donaghy · Liz Lemon: It isn't made by those who don't do. It's made by those who do do, which is what made me the man I am. I do do. / Yeah. / Grow up, Lemon.
Jack Donaghy · Kenneth: Kenneth, you're not going to Los Angeles. Oh. Because they're making me fire you. You're fired.
Jack Donaghy: Well, I like how she's less hot than you.
Jack Donaghy: Her laugh is like music. / Really mean music.
Jack Donaghy: She always wears high heels because, according to her, flat shoes are for quitters.
Nancy: And by the way, when I blew your mind last night, I was giving it about 50%.
Nancy Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Wesley · Liz Lemon: Unhand my fiancee! / No, no, he's just a groomsman. And a Somali pirate. Careful.
Wesley: You tried to end our engagement with a textual transmission. Your behavior as a fiancee has been as weak as American tea.
Wesley Character Comedy Absurdist Wesley: Your behavior as a fiancee has been as weak as American tea. There. I've said it.
Wesley Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Liz Lemon · Cerie: His name is Carol. Like Carroll O'Connor from Nick at Nite. / Exactly, Cerie. Thank you.
Liz: And someday, when Carol sees my disgusting foot secret, he's gonna be okay with it. I can tell.
Liz Character Comedy Running Gag Callback Liz Lemon: And someday, when Carol sees my disgusting foot secret, he's gonna be okay with it. I can tell.
Liz Lemon Character Comedy Running Gag ★ Rewatch Wesley · Liz Lemon: There's only one Wesley Snipes in this world. / You know there isn't.
Carol: You walk briskly in a pilot's uniform, you can go pretty much anywhere. I've been upstairs in the White House while the Obamas were sleeping.
Carol Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Carol: I'm sure you could get a cab on Houston. / Yeah, I'm gonna depart. On time. I'm a pilot.
Carol Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Avery Jessup: Ugh. Is there gay juice in the champagne?
Jack Donaghy: See. I want you to teach our child how to say awesome stuff like that.
Avery Jessup: Keeping it tight to stay camera-ready for breaking news.
Avery Jessup: I mean, sure, Soledad O'Brien does it, but— / I wipe the floor with that bitch.
Officiant: Love is weird and sometimes gross.
Officiant/Speaker: To Grizz and Feyonce.
Speaker at reception: On behalf of Grizz and Feyonce, I'd like to thank Jack Donaghy for letting us have this reception here after the other location couldn't support the weight of Grizz's extended family.
Jenna: Naturally, I blew it. Now I'm alone in a dashiki. I wonder what that Somali pirate's deal is. I could live on a boat.
Jenna Character Comedy Absurdist Jenna · Liz Lemon: Yeah. Let's go lez. / No, I meant, like, a book club or something. Jeez.
Jenna: You have a lot of taped-up balls to come here dressed like that.
Jenna Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Paul · Jenna: I'm the man here, and you're gonna respect me. / Yes, shma'am.
Paul Jenna Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Jack Donaghy: Lemon, you know that's a young boy's puberty dashiki.
Liz Lemon: Wrong, Jack. It's a warlord's concubine dashiki.
Liz Lemon Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Avery Jessup: I'm not surprised. Why should I be? / And I'm pregnant. / Also not shocking me. Reacting appropriately.
Carol: Those dirtbags can wait on the runway a couple more hours. I hate people too.
Carol Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Liz Lemon: That was a joke. I have medicine for it.
Liz Lemon Character Comedy Running Gag ★ Rewatch Callback Carol: As long as you're not Jewish. I'm totally kidding.
Carol Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Liz Lemon: And honestly, Carol, I am a very normal person.
Carol: I can't believe I'm meeting 1 1/2 Jenna Maroneys right now.
Carol Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Kenneth: Hey, everybody. I got fired today. You won't have Kenneth Ellen Parcell to kick around anymore, so I want to tell you people what I really think of you.
Kenneth Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Kenneth: For four long years, I have listened to you all complain about your East coast media elite problems — your apartment renovations and your overpriced Star Wars memorabilia.
Kenneth Character Comedy Observational Wedding guest: That doorman is hammered.
Kenneth: I have watched you throw away better food than my family eats at Christmas.
Kenneth Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Kenneth: And I have loved it.
Kenneth Character Comedy Misdirection ★ Rewatch Callback Kenneth Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Wedding guest / Liz: That was actually really sweet.
Kenneth: I'll see you all in heaven! / Have a wonderful summer!
Kenneth Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch 