rock seventeenth episode season american television comedy series 30_rock 53rd episode series overall written supervising producer directed episode originally aired national_broadcasting_company nbc network united_states april guest stars episode include episode joy episode fictitious tracy_jordan tgs turns worry word spreads imminent budget cuts rock workplace long jack_donaghy alec_baldwin fire employees save money nbc page kenneth_parcell jack_mcbrayer takes new responsibilities liz_lemon tina_fey wheels deals spare jenna_maroney jane_krakowski tracy_jordan tracy_morgan suspect kenneth deep dark secret episode rock featured number cultural references legal crime thriller film brief liz_lemon attire giving presentation received generally positive reception television critics according nielsen ratings system episode watched million households original broadcast received rating share viewers demographic plot tgs tracy_jordan crew finished taping episode decide celebrate boss vice president microwave oven programming general electric jack_donaghy alec_baldwin goes writers room tells head writer liz_lemon tina fey company undergoing unsuccessful presentation tgs charge informs liz needs cut annual budget percent liz anxious employees losing jobs decides use sexual solve problem asks date accepts liz dresses outfit find goes date day discovers taking place tgs confronts realizing charges liz sexual harassment suspended work weeks jack tells liz budget review process start time supervision nbc page kenneth_parcell jack_mcbrayer jack office assistant replacing assistant kenneth asks tracy_jordan tracy_morgan feed bird busy jobs kenneth asks tracy enter bedroom request makes tracy curious serial killer tells jenna_maroney jane_krakowski decide investigate kenneth bedroom kenneth apartment discover bug bomb room reaching conclusion kenneth trying poison run apartment forget close door bug bomb ends killing bird tell kenneth bird upset fact tracy jenna trust death bird tracy jenna feeling horrible arrange surprise kenneth apartment kenneth goes home finds entire collection birds production written series supervising producer making seventh writing credit rural hard ball collection island reunion episode directed making sixth series originally aired united_states april nbc seventeenth episode season 53rd overall episode series episode rock featured guest appearance actor played man consulting firm charge rock workplace television announcer guest starred tgs announcer announcer sketch comedy saturday night live weekly sketch comedy series airs nbc united_states series creator executive producer lead actress tina_fey head writer fey tracy_morgan main cast actor second appearance character episode informs liz sexual harassment lawsuit filed sexual appeared believe stars later filmed scene cut airing scene included rock season dvd deleted scenes bonus feature scene kenneth instructed jack firing meetings important comes kenneth believes getting showtime months bring jack jack informs getting showtime qualify important cultural references episode references legal crime thriller film brief kenneth tells jack feel like brief know jack explains kenneth assistant later jack tells liz budget cuts liz thought tell cook numbers brief stuff finally tracy jenna decide investigate kenneth apartment leads compare actors leads movie scene liz parodies business magnate clothing attire giving presentation tgs later tracy goes jenna suspicions kenneth murderer jenna tells tracy knowledge comes serial killers playing criminal named original lifetime miniseries tracy jenna kenneth apartment bedroom bug bomb room prompts tracy kenneth killer coming reference comic book villain leaves puzzles word games solved 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 new_york star wars referenced tracy takes identity character episode tgs crew tells liz liz hope regards line said star wars movies played actress guest starred season episode baby tina_fey 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 executive producer writer described resident expert end episode kenneth enters apartment sees birds given jenna tracy declares naming birds names michael reference executive producer saturday night live credited screen line reception original american broadcast watched million households according nielsen ratings system received rating share viewers demographic meaning percent people group percent people group watching television time watched episode decrease previous episode apollo apollo watched million american viewers ign contributor robert_canning opined solid included major players familiar roles provided great laughs canning complimented performance noting played straight end regards tracy jenna kenneth plot said overall ending bit weak majority story worked conclusion canning gave episode rating noted episode broad hell incredibly plot threads driven office sitcom budget cuts funny hell best letting main characters provide strongest laughs said despite episode sophisticated ones enjoyed citing pretty fantastic lines cute moments liz jack aol squad said funny episode stated disliked liz actions explaining creepy enjoy tracy jenna believing kenneth murder series assumptions observing scenario played sitcom television columnist alan_sepinwall star-ledger reported episode noted preferred liz plot tracy jenna kenneth overall sepinwall said episode
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