Episode
30 Rock: The Moms
Overview
Liz Lemon meets her mother's old flame, while Jack Donaghy's mother, Colleen, gets tangled in his relationships with Avery Jessup and high school love, Nancy Donovan. Jenna's mother, Verna returns, while Tracy learns a lesson from his "mom".
Details
- Series
- 30 Rock
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 20
- Air date
- 2010-05-06
- Runtime
- 21 min
Episode context
The Moms is Episode 20 in Season 4 of 30 Rock. It aired on 2010-05-06. The runtime is 21 min.
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Episode 19: Argus
Wedding fever hits TGS, leaving Liz to sort out Grizz's dilemma when both Tracy and Dot Com want to be his best man. Jenna's new boyfriend, Paul, raises Liz and Pete's suspicions, while Jack is finally forced to deal with the death of his mentor, Don Geiss, when Geiss leaves him a strange but meaningful inheritance.
Episode 21: Emanuelle Goes to Dinosaur Land
Jack becomes even more entangled in his love triangle between Avery Jessup and Nancy Donovan, and he turns for advice to Liz, who is focusing on her own romantic problems. When Liz can't find a date to Floyd's wedding, she revisits her old boyfriends in hope that a spark will reignite. Meanwhile, Tracy continues his journey to earn his egot.
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Episode 17: Lee Marvin vs. Derek Jeter
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Episode 15: Don Geiss, America and Hope
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Episode 12: Verna
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