Episode Report Card Lady Lola: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Jackie Jormp-Jomp
By Lady Lola | Season 3 | Episode 18 | Aired on 04.16.2009
Out in the hall, Kenneth and Dot-Com confront Tracy on his rash decision to fire the dancer. They say the other dancers have gone on strike out of solidarity for her. Tracy realizes that right about now would usually be when Lemon cleans up his mess. Since she's gone, he opts to say something cryptic and go take a nap. At that same time, Pete asks Kenneth if the dancers have arrived. Jack interrupts to bring Pete in on his Dead Jenna scheme. He tells Pete to put together some sort of tribute for Jenna. As luck would have it, Pete says they have an obituary reel from back in the day when Jenna was dating (and cheating on) a mobster.
Meanwhile, Lemon and her Heathers-like girlfriends in color-designated athletic wear enjoy a morning smoothie and discuss the finer points of what day of the week it is.
Back at the studio, Kenneth stresses to Tracy that they need to tell Pete about the dancers' strike. Tracy tells him no need because he's found all new dancers. He opens the door to the most busted-up collection of trannies this side of AC. They show Kenneth a disinterested series of rump-shaking dance moves that they "worked on" with Tracy.
Back at Emily's, Lemon shows the girls how much her flexibility has improved thanks to yoga and massages five days a week. On a scale of 1-10, she's still at about a -3, but, you know, baby steps! Emily points out how Lemon is a transformed woman, no longer worrying about work. Lemon laughs about how Jack warned her that she would crumble under the boredom of this lifestyle. The ladies admit that, indeed, they have needed to seek out other avenues of stimulation. Lemon ventures that they're talking about Sudoku or charity work. Nope, they say, punching each other in the face. Lemon realizes she wasn't made for this life, but they still make her fight for her way out.
We join TGS: In Memory of Jenna Maroney in progress. Off stage, Jack is sealing the deal on Sing Dem Blues, White when he finds Jenna in a not-so-secret hiding place, admiring herself being admired. They cut to commercial, and she starts to say that it's the greatest night of her life (with no irony whatsoever) until she notices a massive poster that shows her real birth date. She freaks out that people will realize she's actually 40. Jack tries to pacify her, telling her the movie will be sold in 12 hours. She slinks back, perhaps mollified. The show returns with a classical-tinged retool of "Muffin Top" featuring the Tracy Jordan Dancers. Over the speakers, we hear Jenna scuffling for a mic, only to appear on her own memorial service. The gays in the audience clap and smile, the trannies shake their money-makers, and Jenna rises like a Phoenix from the ashes.