Criss and Liz decide to celebrate Valentine's Day, but they need to buy a dining room table first. Jack entertains his mother-in-law, Diana, as Jenna frantically looks to Pete to fill in last-minute as the producer of her first live performance on "America's Kidz Got Singing." Back at the office, Tracy and Frank try to help Lutz find someone to spend Valentine's with.
Season 6 dips to 73.9 as escalation-heavy episode trades sharpness for absurdist sprawl.
Directed by Michael Engler · Written by Kay Cannon
WAR
35.9
Wins Above Replacement
“B.D.O.C.” ranks #137 of 138 30 Rock episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 73.9 — Solid. The episode packs 57 scored jokes at 2.8 per minute, averaging 6.8 on craft and 6.5 on impact, with Dick landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Tommy · Dick: Dick, open the door. You have the... You have the doorknob. I know. Oh, my god! You planned this. You're trying to get me expelled! Bingo!
Sally: I treated you like a sexy, hunky object instead of a sexy, hunky employee, and I'm sorry.
Sally Wordplay/Pun Escalation Sally: Cool. In you go, you piece of meat!
Sally Escalation Character Comedy Callback Harry: New guy, new guy, New guy! You've gotta be more specific! What side of the Road?
Harry Escalation Cringe/Discomfort Dick · Sally: You came on to him, huh? Yeah, like Germany came on to Poland.
All Jokes — 57 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Dick: and help us to further understand that curious race we call human.
Dick Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Tommy: Yeah. Plus I don't have to live with you freaks anymore, you know?
Tommy Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Harry: Hey. Ah-choo! No, not cry. Sneeze.
Harry Misdirection Physical/Slapstick Tommy · Dick · Sally: Who are they? Oh, we're interviewing for your replacement, so if you could just... Bye-Bye, Tommy!
Christie · Harry: I'm hoping I can leverage my skill set to maximize the mission's effectiveness. You hear that? She's gonna somethin' the mission's whatever.
Dick · Christie: So, uh, can we reach you at the transmitter in your head? I have a machine.
Dick · Christie: So, uh, Christie, how you gettin' along with your body? You like the boobs? No. No, I really don't.
Dick: Mmm. Yeah. The smaller ones aren't as much fun.
Dick Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Sally · Harry: So what do you think, Harry? Well, I think she's our man.
Sally · Bryce: You're hired. Really? That's great. Thank you. I'm Bryce canyon.
Harry · Sally · Bryce: I think you just wanna hire him because he's a pretty boy. Fine. You want a question? Ok. Bryce, when can you start? Now. That is the greatest answer to any question I have ever...
Tommy · Dick: These walls are real cinder block. Oh, I don't think so. Dear god, they are!
Tommy · Dick: I guess he's asleep. I don't think he's asleep. I think he's passed out. Kahlua and creme.
Tommy: I know he's unconscious, but I really get that kinda buddies-for-life vibe, you know?
Tommy Irony/Sarcasm Absurdist Dick · Tommy: If you wanted to say that you learned a lot from me, too... that would be fine. Uh... I mean, I must've learned something.
Tommy: 5, if you're doin' it right.
Tommy Callback Deadpan/Understatement Bryce: Well, earth beings, otherwise known as humans, get around in cars, which have 4 wheels. Humans... have no wheels.
Bryce Absurdist Observational Harry: Yeah! We've known that for weeks, Bryce.
Harry Reaction Beat Character Comedy Bryce · Harry: Well, uh... there are only 2 bagpipe factories in the world. One in edinburgh, scotland, 6 grant road, and the other's in... New guy, new guy, New guy! You've gotta be more specific! What side of the Road?
Harry: New guy, new guy, New guy! You've gotta be more specific! What side of the Road?
Harry Escalation Cringe/Discomfort Sally · Bryce: Oops. I dropped my pencil. Oops. Oop... hey!
Sally: Say, Bryce, we need some sunbathing information. What do you say you grease up, hit the rooftop, and I'll check on your progress later, huh?
Sally Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Sally: Don't you dare say that. That's Tommy's chair. That'll always be Tommy's chair. He's not dead. He's just in a different location! That's all! Just in a different location!
Sally Escalation Character Comedy Sally: Ah, forget the roof. You know, there's a little light comin' in here. You just lie down right there.
Sally Escalation Cringe/Discomfort Cindy: Your dad? That's cute. See ya.
Cindy Reaction Beat Character Comedy Dick · Tommy: See ya later, cind. See ya later, cind. I think she thinks you're a dork.
Dick Tommy Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Dick: Oh, no, but it's gotten much better. We just painted.
Dick Deadpan/Understatement Absurdist Dick: Yeah. You know, that sort of anti-social, rebellious act that wreaks havoc, but makes you the most popular man on campus.
Dick Irony/Sarcasm Setup/Punchline Dick: Something much more destructive than that. You've got to do some real damage if you want to set the girls' hearts a-flutter.
Dick Escalation Irony/Sarcasm Bryce · Harry: Well, sir, you could try yellow, or maybe dijon... you're just guessing. I know. I'm sorry. I'm a screw-up.
Bryce · Harry: About that... it feels so tight, especially under the arms. Hmm. You know what's good for that? Vaseline.
Harry: Gum can double as adhesive, But most adhesives do not necessarily double as gum.
Harry Absurdist Observational Harry · Bryce: No. No. You don't have to call me 'Sir.' Call me 'Your honor.' Your honor. Yeah. Little bit louder. Your honor.
Tommy · Dick: Oh, yeah. He'll have to flip. He'll have to flip! Ha HA!
Tommy · Dick: Dick, open the door. You have the... You have the doorknob. I know. Oh, my god! You planned this. You're trying to get me expelled! Bingo!
Harry · Bryce: And that's why old men wear their pants higher than young men. That is fantastically useful.
Bryce · Sally: Well, that's my job. Ah, you know, you're making quite a name for yourself in the organization. 'Sally's boy wonder,' that's what they're calling you. Who's calling me that? Sally.
Bryce · Sally: How can 'All the way' Be just the beginning? I like the way you think, Bryce... but you can stop now.
Bryce · Sally: Well, Uh, uh, traffic lights. Green means 'Go.' Aah! You cracked the code.
Sally · Bryce: I'm beginning to wonder if you care about traffic lights at all! Oh, Bryce, no!
Dick · Chancellor: Sure. Blame dad. I suppose you'll be sending this good-for-nothing home with me. Well, it is a serious offense. Where are the expulsion forms, in your desk? I could give you a leg up.
Chancellor · Dick · Tommy: Tommy, for your infraction, I am issuing a warning. That's it, Tommy. Pack your bags. Get in the car... A warning?
Dick: But a warning? Why don't you just give him a big wet kiss?
Dick · Chancellor: You should wipe scum like this off your campus! I remember my own freshman prank. I messed with the marching band's formation and made 'em spell out a dirty word.
Chancellor · Dick · Tommy: Wait a minute. I'm gonna call her up. She ought to see this. Such attention to detail. I love the coffee mug. Thank you. The coffee mug was my idea.
Sally · Bryce: I mean, a Pat on your muscular back is not harassment. Well, I looked it up, and according to state laws, harassment is any verbal or physical overture that makes me feel uncomfortable, and I'm very uncomfortable.
Sally: Well, if you're not comfortable, you should take off your pants. Casual thursday.
Sally: I treated you like a sexy, hunky object instead of a sexy, hunky employee, and I'm sorry.
Sally Wordplay/Pun Escalation Sally: Cool. In you go, you piece of meat!
Sally Escalation Character Comedy Callback Dick: Oh, ha ha ha. You know, I don't even know who you are anymore. You've changed. Oh, yes, with your new life of learning, your internet, your nintendo, your fancy friends. Your tv, your virtual reality, your... your... and your... I... I don't even know!
Dick Escalation Character Comedy Dick: I don't want you to go. I don't want you to go.
Dick Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Dick: Parenting's hard. You give love, you give encouragement, you give support... and then, if you do a good job, they just go away.
Dick Observational Irony/Sarcasm Tommy · Dick: Parental love at It's best. It's the only love there is that inevitably leads to separation. How do you always know these things? I'm the information officer.
Tommy Dick Callback Deadpan/Understatement Callback Tommy: It's the only love there is that inevitably leads to separation.
Tommy Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dick · Sally: You came on to him, huh? Yeah, like Germany came on to Poland.
Dick · Harry · Sally: He's separating his whites. Yeah, and maybe starting to presoak. Mmm. I hope he goes easy on the bleach, but you know Tommy. He won't. No. Never.
Harry · Dick · Sally: I wonder what Tommy's doing right now? He's separating his whites. Yeah, and maybe starting to presoak. Mmm. I hope he goes easy on the bleach, but you know Tommy. He won't. No. Never.
