Episode
30 Rock: Verna
Overview
Jenna's mother comes to visit, and she looks to Jack to help. Frank moves in with Liz as a boarder, and they decide to aid one another stop some bad habits.
Details
- Series
- 30 Rock
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 2010-02-04
- Runtime
- 21 min
Episode context
Verna is Episode 12 in Season 4 of 30 Rock. It aired on 2010-02-04. The runtime is 21 min.
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