fifth episode fifth season american television comedy series 30_rock overall episode series written executive producer directed originally aired national_broadcasting_company nbc network united_states october guest stars episode include episode jack_donaghy alec_baldwin succeeding tasks result having good day roll decides help liz_lemon tina_fey figure relationship status carol jenna_maroney jane_krakowski kenneth_parcell jack_mcbrayer enlist help actor help pull tracy_jordan tracy_morgan tries film commercial generally universally received television critics according nielsen_media_research episode watched million households original broadcast received rating share viewers demographic work episode received primetime emmy award nomination category comedy series plot jack_donaghy alec_baldwin agrees sketch tgs tracy_jordan head writer liz_lemon tina fey ride meet boyfriend carol way tells having intimacy issues carol wants end relationship jack having successful run problem solving encourages liz help solve problem tells traumatic incident childhood preparing use bathroom whilst wearing roller pulled fell pulling poster mother discovered liz poster suspected took posters away stuck traffic jack exits vehicle try digest liz story time tgs star tracy_jordan tracy_morgan tries film commercial difficult time remembering line resulting production holding traffic commercial shoot blocking street jack comes scene realizes problem speed things gives tracy beans eat jack tracy voice says line tracy scheduled car jack begins lose confidence problem solving abilities liz wants break carol talk liz past problems sex realize connected incident poster time problem reminded singer liz relieved found root problem jack convinces stay carol finally reach newark airport liz realizes supposed meet international airport instead tgs star jenna_maroney jane_krakowski receives card free ice cream life gets free cake card mistake decoration nbc page kenneth_parcell jack_mcbrayer returns restaurant gets free cake jenna decides restaurant kenneth help orders gets eventually jenna banned enlist actor assist bigger jenna kenneth submit sketch tgs producer liz requires dozens orders later gets gang collected money tgs free nearly dollars kenneth runs employees learns fired realizing negative effect actions kenneth decides anymore production written executive producer episode fifth season eleventh writing credit rural hard ball collection island reunion audition day goes dinosaur land episode directed making second series directing february episode season episode rock originally aired united_states october nbc fifth episode fifth season overall episode series filmed september september showrunner executive producer said upcoming season address liz_lemon sexual problems explaining finally sic comes episode revealed liz problem stems incident childhood involving poster singer actor played helps jenna_maroney kenneth_parcell ice cream franchise following broadcast thanked referencing episode despite making butt joke addition enjoyed subplot scheme noting pretty funny stuff actor appearance character film television director episode director commercial gets frustrated tracy_jordan tracy remember line shoot previously appeared season episodes goes dinosaur land plays employee gets fired said cast crew rock wonderful work absolutely notch crew professional treated auditioned role september got job days cultural references beginning episode jack tells liz entered magic zone error free living calls named united_states president ronald_reagan people accomplish businessman general_electric chairman ceo president iraq tracy tells kenneth turned opportunity host film commercial instead result participation thanksgiving day parade jenna given card free ice cream life kenneth decide abuse card results jenna banned life subplot reference mother actress abused daughter card result banned card liz says mother found poster mother removed posters room included television character chips philadelphia_phillies players frog learning jenna scheme con kenneth says wrong illegal says knew tear apart reference ice cream cake character created 1970s television commentator opined storyline referenced film sting starred professional decide con mob boss played addition ordering mistakes location touches nose sign jenna kenneth outside ordered similar gesture newman film reception according nielsen_media_research watched million households original american broadcast earned rating share demographic means seen percent year olds percent year olds watching television time broadcast episode constituted percent drop viewership previous week episode live watched million american viewers received primetime emmy award nomination comedy series 63rd primetime emmy awards television columnist alan_sepinwall hitfix reported despite perfect episode good far strong rebound season rock vanity_fair wrote episode quick sharp consistent los_angeles_times enjoyed tracy plot noting attempts deliver single line highly entertaining said jenna kenneth subplot wasn laugh loud funny nonetheless nice realistic turn characterization deemed excellent episode series positive jenna kenneth story noting went amusing hilarious overly blown away liz plot said end providing nice moment connection jack liz characters gave grade praising non existent scene jack pills tracy beans samantha urban dallas morning news said best episode jack_mcbrayer kenneth actually having funny lines time sic ram said episode awkward normal nonetheless hilarious tempered ability throw cultural references forget actually discussed entertainment_weekly contributor liked appearance enjoyed fact rock devoted episode tina_fey character sexual equivalent million pleased numerous liz flashbacks past episodes featured reviews positive aol squad reported episode odd produced don know balance tone episode plots took place outside wasn good episodes called jenna kenneth plot commenting definitely 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