Episode
30 Rock: The Ballad of Kenneth Parcell
Overview
Liz looks for a new best friend after discovering that Jenna has traded their friendship for fame. Tracy contemplates mortality as Dotcom and Grizz scramble to show him that life is still worth living. Meanwhile, Jack decides to end the page program in order to impress Hank Hooper.
Details
- Series
- 30 Rock
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 2012-01-26
- Runtime
- 21 min
Episode context
The Ballad of Kenneth Parcell is Episode 4 in Season 6 of 30 Rock. It aired on 2012-01-26. The runtime is 21 min.
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Episode 3: Idiots Are People Three! (2)
Tracy challenges Liz by leading his own protest in defense of idiots everywhere. Jack faces off with Devin Banks yet again, and the Best Friends Gang is reunited when Kenneth and Jenna call for the help of Kelsey Grammer.
Episode 5: Today You Are a Man
Liz finds a secret weapon to help in her contract negotiations with Jack, Kenneth leaves his job because he feels under-appreciated, and Tracy and Jenna perform at their accountant's ungrateful son's Bar Mitzvah.
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Episode 2: Idiots Are People Two! (1)
An offensive rant by Tracy is leaked online. Jack disapproves of Liz's new boyfriend, and Jenna enlists Kenneth in helping to replace her dressing room lights.
Episode 6: Hey, Baby, What's Wrong? (1)
Criss and Liz decide to celebrate Valentine's Day, but they need to buy a dining room table first. Jack entertains his mother-in-law, Diana, as Jenna frantically looks to Pete to fill in last-minute as the producer of her first live performance on "America's Kidz Got Singing." Back at the office, Tracy and Frank try to help Lutz find someone to spend Valentine's with.
Episode 1: Dance Like Nobody's Watching
Tracy becomes frustrated in his attempts to anger Liz. Jack questions the family value of the network's new talent competition and Kenneth awaits the Rapture.
Episode 7: Hey, Baby, What's Wrong? (2)
Criss and Liz decide to celebrate Valentine's Day, but they need to buy a dining room table first. Jack entertains his mother-in-law, Diana, as Jenna frantically looks to Pete to fill in last-minute as the producer of her first live performance on "America's Kidz Got Singing." Back at the office, Tracy and Frank try to help Lutz find someone to spend Valentine's with.
Episode 8: The Tuxedo Begins
Fed up with New York City after being mugged, Jack sets out to protect the safety of the city's elite by announcing his run for mayor. Meanwhile, Liz revels in sacrificing the good of the city to look out for her own interests, and Jenna and Paul are thrilled by the perversion of acting like a normal couple.
Episode 9: Leap Day
Jack learns to appreciate Leap Day while Tracy takes the writers to a restaurant to spend an almost-expired gift card. Liz helps Jenna seduce an internet billionaire.
Episode 10: Alexis Goodlooking and the Case of the Missing Whisky
In order to hide his relationship with Lynn, Frank convinces his mother that he is dating Liz. Tracy and Jenna team up to try to solve the case of Pete's missing whisky. Meanwhile, Jack teaches Kenneth how to take down his first business nemesis.
Episode 11: Standards and Practices
Jenna hatches a surprising new plan to get publicity, while Jack finds himself begrudgingly playing parent to his teenage nemesis, Kaylie Hooper. Liz rejects the new authority Kenneth has over “TGS” with his new job in Standards.
Episode 12: St. Patrick's Day
Jack feels unworthy of his latest award and attempts to redeem himself by taking on the writers in a strategic board game. Liz believes she's cursed on St. Patrick's Day when her ex-boyfriend Dennis shows up to derail her relationship with Criss. Meanwhile, Hazel struggles to keep the peace between Tracy and Jenna.
Episode 13: Grandmentor
Liz struggles in her new role as mentor to Hazel. Kenneth has a difficult time letting go of his page duties and takes drastic measures to make sure Tracy is taken care of. Meanwhile, Jack and Jenna come up with a plan to get Avery back in the headlines.