ninth episode second season television series 30_rock broadcast december nbc network united_states episode written directed guest stars episode include episode liz_lemon tina fey family visit holidays jack_donaghy alec_baldwin mother visits holidays cast writers tgs tracy_jordan fictional sketch comedy series prepare attend annual party tracy_jordan tracy_morgan ordered court wear alcohol monitoring device plot jack delighted thinks mother unable visit holidays flight florida grounded hurricane unexpectedly arrives able travel bus atlanta flight arriving plaza liz family including brother trauma induced means memory stuck december believes years old actually jack mother immediately constant optimism happiness sets jack relationship jack spend day eventually end going dinner dinner comments appears liz favorite child leading reveal parents dick margaret took watching liz football game liz gets argument parents culminating accidentally revealing fact years old spiral drunken fight achieving plan cast writers tgs preparing annual party writer room tracy annoyed unable attend recent order courtroom judge requires wear alcohol monitoring ankle kenneth_parcell jack_mcbrayer annoyed believes staff know true meaning christmas makes staff sit talk led reverend meaning christmas cast writers run outside rock tear big christmas tree outside building kenneth eventually stops efforts tracy reveals drinking alcohol episode ends tgs cast crew celebrating christmas dinner arguing jack says merry christmas mother revealing happy aren perfect production storyline episode features tracy having wear ankle monitor alcohol levels sweat driving influence arrest based events actually happened actor tracy_morgan portrays tracy_jordan morgan twice arrested drunk driving december november sentenced months probation fined mandated attend alcohol education program arrest result arrest morgan fined drivers license suspended months morgan ordered wear secure continuous remote alcohol monitoring ankle worn test alcohol come skin nbc billed episode press releases episode episode unofficially titled confirmed second season dvd similarly following episode remains unnamed officially known episode writer rock appears episode party cannon previously appeared unnamed wife character fireworks episode season cannon wrote head hair episode season somebody love episode second season episodes written series creator tina_fey reception episode brought average million american viewers original broadcast united_states achieving key year old demographic refers people ages years old refers people ages years old watching television time broadcast ranked second place demographic tied cbs episode lying dogs place men aged guide wrote hard true meaning christmas story fresh week kenneth bit bit lame opinion story featuring jack liz respective families fared bit better aol squad thought episode modern look christmas entertainment_weekly thought destined play roles wrote wasn brilliant previous appearances welcome simply character jack robert_canning ign wrote episode holiday classic fell shy added rock holiday classic people hoping solid funny episode nonetheless canning rated episode nominated primetime emmy award outstanding guest actress comedy series episode
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