goodbye friend goodbye friend thirteenth episode season american television comedy series 30_rock 49th overall episode series written executive producer directed executive producer episode originally aired national_broadcasting_company nbc network united_states march guest stars episode include episode liz_lemon tina fey tries adopt baby pregnant teen meets nbc page kenneth_parcell jack_mcbrayer learns tracy_jordan tracy_morgan celebrated birthday asks jenna_maroney jane_krakowski share birthday celebration tracy time jack_donaghy alec_baldwin goes guy night fictitious tracy_jordan tgs writers goodbye friend received positive reviews television critics according nielsen_media_research episode watched million households original broadcast received rating share viewers demographic plot liz_lemon tina_fey befriends pregnant teen sees reading adoption literature upset baby father liz realizes chance adopt baby liz creates job tgs tracy_jordan youth consultant liz believes encouraging follow dream singer lead baby liz boyfriend tim comes rock building liz realizes tim raise child tells relationship work jack_donaghy alec_baldwin decides spend time tgs writers jack home watch movie harry jack frank bond fact grew fathers frank admits jack attended semester dropped family issues day jack decides help achieve dream lawyer getting ride scholarship return frank invites jack dinner dinner frank room mother tells jack frank father hiding lawyer mob want son follow footsteps frank sake jack tells frank forget lawyer return writer tgs time jenna_maroney jane_krakowski birthday approaching nbc page kenneth_parcell jack_mcbrayer appeals jenna allow tracy_jordan tracy_morgan birthday celebration combined tracy celebrated birthday jenna idea plays birthday jenna upset pays attention decides fake injury sympathy avail attention jenna seen riding wheelchair fails gets fed tracy sees jenna jumping wheelchair attention tells birthday wish better seeing wear birthday party production goodbye friend written directed executive producers rock episode writing credit having written episodes secrets lies rock directed episode goodbye friend originally aired united_states march nbc thirteenth episode season 49th overall episode series according dvd commentary episode cut hair gets preparing return law school revealed couple lines frank jack_donaghy cut airing discussing western film shane actress guest starred episode character liz_lemon befriends episode references liz desire mother began season continued season attempts adopt child season premiere episode january confirmed singer play frank mother 30_rock rock episode played later reprised role episode fourth season read goodbye friend series creator executive producer lead actress tina_fey read frank mother according fey hilarious read people wanted wig play actor played episode lost inside rock building cultural references episode makes repeated references film harry actor starred liz sees rock building asked question tells fine right thing god replies guess watching world according movie starred kenneth says saw birthday party celebrated prisoners television drama seeing eating baby food liz tells baby taste gets nutrients mother says going post reply tell giant ass reference comedy drama title character faced teenage pregnancy reception original american broadcast goodbye friend watched million households according nielsen_media_research episode earned rating share demographic meaning percent people group percent people group watching television time watched episode increase previous episode watched million american viewers entertainment_weekly contributor enjoyed episode said frank jack harry inspired story line strongest episode enjoyed cameo said awesome rock cameo wandering rock building offered perfect way element liz baby mama struggles said goodbye friend beautiful elegant bit plotting episode threads came united shining example set forth harry gave episode guide opined better previous episode larry king aol squad commented tina_fey liz kinda creepy episode manipulation funny matters television columnist alan_sepinwall star-ledger commented episode felt flat citing plots fine needed taken needed pass script ign contributor robert_canning said favorite storyline episode jack frank enjoyed role noted episode lacked familiar rock punch tight rhythm gave episode rating zap2it said goodbye friend usual share brilliantly funny moments sure fully episode hangs entire subplot harry observed liz baby fever came referenced liz desire mother time porter wrote jenna fake injury bring favorite line night regards tracy explaining birth certificate birthday don need buy presents need drinking surprised
Goodbye, My Friend