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Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) getting married? Well, it is the final season so anything can and will happen on 30 Rock. Also, John Hodgman makes an appearance and pleads his case that he is the rightful owner of Jenna Maroney (Jane Krakowski).
30 Rock Starring Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan and Jane Krakowski airs on NBC Thursdays at 9:00 pm ET.
The Return of Dean Winters as "Dennis Duffy"
Tonight marks the return of Liz Lemon's skeevy ex-boyfriend, Dennis Duffy, played by Dean Winters aka Detective Brian Cassidy on NBC's Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. Liz and Criss (James Marsden) run into Dennis, his bubbly, buxom, (daytime) beer-drinking carrot-topped wife and their adopted African-American child "Black Dennis." Dennis describes their little trio as a "21st Century family" and "the new normal" (a shameless plug for the NBC comedy of the same name). This upsets Liz because she has long tried to adopt a child, and seeing a reprobate like Dennis with one leads her to the conclusion that being married would give her a chance at adopting.
Liz tells Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) that she is going to get married, but when he starts to wax poetic about her special day, she shoots him down, saying how she intends to "take a stand against the wedding industrial complex" with just a simple city hall ceremony. As for gifts, she tells Jack, "We are registered at Popcorn Palace."
Criss and Liz go to city hall, but Criss delays getting the license intentionally to give Liz time to see that other people are making a big deal out of the day - even the chubby couple wearing Mets T-shirts, because "that's where we met'" says the bride to be. Liz finally realizes that she, too, really wants a special day, which also makes Criss happy. He exclaims, "So let's get married like every other idiot couple!"
John Hodgman: Jenna Maroney's Master
While Liz and Criss contemplate marriage, John Hodgman (from the Macintosh computer ads, Comedy Central's The Daily Show and HBO's Bored to Death) shows up at 30 Rock to announce that he "owns" Jenna Maroney. Seventeen years ago Jenna starred in a soda commercial where she promised that anyone who collected one million points from the cans could have her as their slave, and he has done just that.
Jack tries to explain to John Hodgman's character, Terry, that it is no longer legal to own people - not even in Terry's home state of Arizona. Terry shows the contract that gives him Jenna or her equivalent in cash - which he sets at $800,000. Jack, noting that Jenna is well "past her prime" and is becoming "more and more unemployable by the minute," says she has greatly depreciated - and is now worth a mere $2,000. Terry agrees to take the two grand, much to Jenna's surprise, noting that in Arizona that amount "will get me a castle…”
Tracy Jordan Will Live Forever
Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan) receives what he feels is bad news from Dr. Spaceman (SNL alumni Chris Parnell) when the doctor tells him not only is there nothing wrong with him, but that "we've replaced so much of you over the years that maybe you're not you anymore but you're healthy." Tracy is very upset, as he had expected to die just like James Dean, which means he could "live without consequences."
Tracy walks out of 30 Rock while reading a script to a Harriet Tubman movie, only to be hit by a cab. While knocked unconscious he dreams of being in heaven with Tubman - who is played by Jack in an 1800's dress. When he wakes from his dream he sees Liz, and is then hit by a second cab.
"Princess Leia" Lemon's Wedding - With Tony Bennet
Jack has arranged for a minister to marry Liz and Criss, and to have Tony Bennet sing at the ceremony. Jack remarks, "He is supposed to sing at the White House but he'll cancel for me; he owes me." Liz shows up dressed as Princess Leia from Star Wars (in the demure full-coverage white robes from the opening scenes of the first movie, not the chainmail bikini from the third). When Jack balks she replies "What? It's the only white dress I own." "But your hair?" he remarks, nodding to her Princess Leia signature donut hairdo, to which Liz responds, "Heh, I'm a princess!"
Best Lines
"Weddings aren't about love. They're just a giant industry that preys on gender stereotypes to make adult women spend a ton of money and act like selfish children." – Liz
"I'm gonna have to start living like there's a tomorrow: open an IRA, brush my teeth, drink eight glasses a day of that stuff, you know, clear bathtub juice." – Tracy
"The money I've made off your health problems has put me almost all the way through medical school." – Dr. Leo Spaceman
