apollo apollo apollo apollo sixteenth episode season american television comedy series 30_rock 52nd episode series overall written executive producer directed episode originally aired national_broadcasting_company nbc network united_states march guest stars episode include episode set birthday jack_donaghy alec_baldwin plot revolves concerns age desire reclaim happiness childhood time liz_lemon tina fey forced deal boyfriend winters self diagnosis sex fact dennis slept close friend jenna_maroney jane_krakowski final plotline episode involves desire tracy_jordan tracy_morgan travel space efforts liz jack thinking apollo apollo generally received television critics according nielsen_media_research episode watched million households original broadcast apollo apollo nominated primetime emmy awards won outstanding single camera picture editing comedy series won work episode plot episode begins announcement tracy_jordan tracy_morgan television plans travel outer space willing pay thirty million dollars jack_donaghy alec_baldwin agrees help tracy dream traveling space promising friends nasa instead asks tracy_jordan tgs producer create fake space experience tracy pete tgs crew construct model space shuttle place tracy flying helicopter deception success tracy believes fact flying space time liz_lemon tina fey visited boyfriend informs sex past errors liz unimpressed asks dennis leave going work later arriving work liz answers jenna_maroney jane_krakowski surprised find dennis calling jenna liz pretends jenna discovers jenna dennis slept liz determined let revelation affect friendship jenna confront dennis behavior confrontation liz discovers jenna dennis actually slept bed leading jenna actions result fails tell jenna attached piece equipment leading jenna leg jack birthday approaching received home movies earlier mother watching tapes jack discovers happy younger determined reclaim happiness innocence examining list younger discovers things batman arranges actor played batman come birthday party party west calls jack wrong leading realize fact unhappy despite accomplishments effort reclaim happiness jack attempts find toy happy tenth birthday model buys vintage toy store remains unhappy later liz apologizes jenna allowing injured agrees let jenna tell tgs writing staff role advertisement phone sex line writers find online greatly enjoy watching jack comes writers watching laughs hard laughter lifts jack bad mood tells liz important friend production apollo apollo written executive producer making eleventh writing credit jack writer jack source awards cleveland game subway hero sandwich day believe stars rock directed episode later return helm fourth season episode floyd spent years negotiations producers hired direct episode apollo apollo originally aired united_states march nbc sixteenth episode season 52nd overall episode series episode rock actor reprised role boyfriend liz_lemon sixth time having appeared jack meets dennis tracy conan break subway hero actor played introduces jack_donaghy wrong jack birthday party liz phone sex line commercial length version featured rock season dvd bonus features scene apollo apollo jack wonders like world nbc page kenneth_parcell jack_mcbrayer eyes revealing kenneth sees accommodate brought versions jack liz tracy_jordan angle later fourth season episode talk kenneth appears walking high definition camera addition program parodied 39th season entitled rocks star wars frequently referenced 30_rock beginning pilot episode tracy seen shouting liz admits huge fan star wars saying watched times dressed star wars character recent trying jury duty chicago star wars referenced tracy takes identity character apollo apollo tracy reveals liz jack going space childhood dream like kill tina_fey series creator 30_rock fan star wars said weekly star wars joke reference started happening crew realized star wars reference fey said thing tried going include episode pretty high batting average fey attributed references described resident expert reception according nielsen_media_research average million viewers watched apollo apollo original united_states broadcast placing place timeslot claimed rating share viewers aged meaning percent people group percent people group watching television time watched episode increase previous episode bubble watched million american viewers apollo apollo generally universally received critics television columnist alan_sepinwall star-ledger wrote episode easily best rock season series best episodes date complimented dennis character qualities appropriately absurd rock proportions addition sepinwall wrote elements featured episode came aol squad similarly writing imaginative half hours season best episodes time contributor james_poniewozik favorable episode observing funniest rock months probably season said nailed good jokes sweet heart center character enjoyed cameo noted tracy plot felt opined apollo apollo pretty great jane_krakowski jenna conclusion said initially episode good great essentially minor grand scheme things writing post came realize loved rock pretty great great contributor zap2it said loved episode writing perfect sense kenneth noted liz commercial strong ending episode entertainment weekly agreed episode solid rock somewhat positive writing didn like episodes addition thrilled jenna character reporting long time seen jenna settle vacant bit note starting drive crazy ign contributor robert_canning delivered mixed review episode writing laughed bit said ultimately felt like canning concluded review stating fell shy absolute classic writing palm beach post said night episode far wasn best written rock better percent called comedies thompson noted thrilled return dennis called plot liz jenna interesting plot accolades apollo apollo received primetime emmy award nominations winning received nomination outstanding directing comedy series received nomination comedy series received nomination half hour series nomination won outstanding single camera picture editing comedy series 61st primetime emmy awards february ceremony work pilot episode garnered half hour series television addition apollo apollo nominated half hour single camera television series
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