natural order twentieth episode season american television comedy 30_rock written series creator tina_fey executive producer directed episode originally aired national_broadcasting_company nbc network united_states april guest stars natural order include actors plot episode centers conflict tracy_jordan tracy_morgan liz_lemon fey favorable treatment jenna_maroney jane_krakowski adopts treats like child finally jack_donaghy alec_baldwin mother visits 35th anniversary day jack father left family natural order received mixed reception television critics according nielsen ratings system watched million households original broadcast received rating share viewers demographic plot liz tina_fey kenneth_parcell jack_mcbrayer attempt trick tracy arriving rehearsal time tracy arrives knowing time announces liz racist treating like child liz challenges tracy behave better treated adult responds sending replace rehearsal liz tells tracy arrive time lines day wants treated equally tracy acting professionally convincing treat liz equally making lift heavy water passing gas near inviting strip club writers liz turn stops tracy going strip club noting acting professionally write notes upcoming script liz uncomfortable strip club tracy hates writing night agree return natural order things receiving treatment jenna adopts tracy sends rehearsal treats child dresses costumes including outfit sailor suit addition buys baby doll referring grandmother end episode jenna accidentally head baby doll attacks jack concerned mother tells liz anniversary father abandoning family coming afraid effect jack arrives hotel room dinner discovers staying man paul jack worried taken con man time grief asks private investigator look paul find paul background tells jack married jack reveals mother says knew care surprised jack thought anniversary jimmy leaving hurt noting left spring came invited like hot jack talks liz comes realize like hot released biological father jack conceived period jimmy absent production natural order written series creator executive producer lead actress tina_fey executive producer director episode fey second script collaboration having written season episode head hair aired january natural order originally aired april nbc united_states twentieth episode season episode actress fifth appearance rock mother jack_donaghy played alec_baldwin actor reprised role private investigator appeared october episode collection went direct season episode retreat forward broadcast january cultural references natural order 30_rock episodes deal race episode tracy leaves rehearsal accusing liz racism shouts race card hands liz card race card written playing race card expression means introducing issue race argument order gain upper hand disagreement tracy says black president referring barack_obama liz says voted according race rock race cards plotline example people want ing race away tracy wants treated equally wants continue way says end episode liz tracy natural order come understand concept equality forcing people equivalent considering different interests people equally jack tells liz protecting mother time opposed father left right went wrong liz notes introduction television series jack written speech confront decades ago attempts update confrontation paul asks liz today suggests jack agrees jack suspicious paul met mother florida jack calls america australia referring australia history colony kenneth shows nbc tour spot took jack reveals slept reception original american broadcast natural order watched million viewers according nielsen ratings system earned rating share year old demographic meaning seen year olds year olds watching television time broadcast tenth highest rated nbc week decrease previous episode ones watched million american viewers entertainment_weekly said episode near good recent episodes dependent obvious physical comedy ign writer robert_canning took strong position episode saying jokes funny classic rating episode clearly positive episode calling glorious return form grading episode aol squad opined thrilled jenna plot observing kinda ridiculous worse sin said liz tracy feuding jack mother battling plots good laughs television columnist alan_sepinwall star-ledger wrote natural order classic episode solid end sepinwall enjoyed jack mother story commented liz tracy rivalry hit miss guide said episode easily grounded episode feature suit script deal issues race gender typically perspective noted alec_baldwin share surprisingly tender scene tells son good boy love death
The Natural Order