Episode Report Card Lady Lola: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Jingle Bell 30 Rock
By Lady Lola | Season 4 | Episode 8 | Aired on 12.10.2009
Back inside, Danny tells Jenna the joyful news about their duet. She asks him to sing for her so she can "plan [their] harmonies." He sings about a half a verse of "O Danny Boy," then stops as Jenna's nose is bleeding -- but not from a rage stroke, she assures him.
Out in the corridor, Tracy intercepts Kenneth taking a couple of sausage pizzas to the Verdukians in celebration of the Holiday of Mouth Pleasures. Tracy finally breaks it to Kenneth that the guys made up Verdukianism to get out of Secret Santa. But in doing so, he introduces Kenneth to the idea that religion may be an invention of man. Just as our favorite faithful Page is plunging into a crisis of spirituality, Tracy grabs the pizzas and vamooses.
Upstairs, Cerie shows Jack some pictures of the trip that Nancy has uploaded to YouFace. She notes that it's a good sign Nancy has cropped Jack out of a picture (in which Nancy is cupping wax Burt Reynolds' balls, mind you) because she doesn't want her husband to see him. Her hesitance means she feels something for Jack. Then Cerie spots that Nancy has changed her relationship status from "Working On It" to "Weirdsies."
Later, Lemon visits Jack's office as he prepares for his date with Nancy. She's brought him a present, but alas it's the tie he's already wearing, and the store she got it from has a "no returns" policy. Jack says Lemon obviously doesn't know him well enough to realize that it's his lucky tie, and shares a sartorial insight about her choice of clothing that particular afternoon. He offers to even out the playing field by suggesting they exchange gifts that don't cost any money. Lemon thinks she's got him beat on creativity, but her version of creativity in this instance translates to some really inarticulate verbal diarrhea. She abruptly shifts her focus back to the tie, asking why he's wearing his lucky tie. Jack tells her about Nancy's status change and their forthcoming date. Lemon cautions him to be careful about his expectations, but Jack prefers to enjoy the thrill while it lasts.
Downstairs, Danny confronts Jenna about hiring a custodian to hide in Danny's dressing room and punch his throat. The custodian totally finks on Jenna and still expects to collect his kiss. She banishes him without the kiss. Danny wonders why Jenna would want to hurt him. She says he forced her way into her solo, so Danny reveals that it was all the scheming of Pete in retribution for her refusal to chip in for the cleaning ladies' Christmas bonus. Jenna insists that she's giving them gifts herself and starts randomly pulling swag out of the gift bag from the Asian Women in Television luncheon she just attended, including but not limited to Julie Chen's energy drink, Chenergize. Then she pulls out a fancy new phone and decides to keep that one for herself. Danny snarks that she's really getting into the Christmas spirit, then has an epiphany that he finally gets sarcasm. Jenna finally breaks down and admits that she's so possessive about singing the carol on TGS because that's the one part of Christmas during her childhood that wasn't humiliating (sittings on countless Santas' laps to determine if one of them was her deadbeat dad) or illegal (distracting mall cops from her mom's shoplifting). Jenna snits that Danny's taken the one good thing about Christmas away from her. She storms out, and he snarks "Well, that went well." Then he realizes with another grin that he's really getting this sarcasm thing down.