Episode Report Card Lady Lola: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Mixed Marital Arts
By Lady Lola | Season 5 | Episode 11 | Aired on 01.20.2011
Elsewhere, it's Dr. Leo Spaceman! He gives Tracy a bleak prognosis, saying he's got a weakened system unlike any he's ever seen on a still-living person before. Tracy wonders who will take care of his family. Dr. Spaceman says minor changes in diet and exercise could make a huge difference. Tracy brushes it off, all, "Well, we tried!" Dr. Spaceman consoles him, saying his family will be financially set for life. Then, like a good doctor, he offers him a lollipop and warns, "Now, this could literally kill you."
Back at 30 Rock, Kenneth carts Jenna's wardrobe into Danny's dressing room and thanks him for sharing space with Jenna. They immediately start bickering like an old married couple, including Jenna's barb, "I'm not the one who forgot our one-minute anniversary!"
Writers' room. Jeffrey Weinerslav updates the staffers on their downsized benefits in the wake of the Kabletown merger. The guys beg Lemon to ask her "boyfriend" Jack to remedy all the cuts they're suffering, and this ding prompts Lemon to tell them about her mistaken marriage to Jack. Weinerslav informs her of the company's strict anti-nepotism guidelines and recommends she and Jack visit his office to discuss their changed relationship. She insists the marriage isn't real and that they're getting a divorce. He tisks, "That's what Ann Curry and Subas the janitor tried to tell me. That was five years ago." Pete suddenly realizes that Lemon has leverage over Jack and makes Lemon promise not to sign any papers until they get their budgets, benefits and space back. Lemon finds herself in a quandary, until she learns that her secret bathroom is being threatened. She then gasps, "I have to talk to my husband!"
That night, Lemon visits Jack's office to present her demands. Jack pulls out a handy pie chart to demonstrate NBC's priorities: 1.) The Biggest Loser (about 90%), 2.) Make It 1997 Again Through Science Or Magic (about 9.5%), and 3.) Everything Else (0.5%). Since TGS falls into that third category, he's going to have to deny her request. She denies his denial and insists he make her show a priority. He reminds her, "Your show netted $600 dollars last year. Your parents had to buy an ad." At that, she pulls out the big guns and threatens to not sign the divorce papers unless her conditions are met. He tells her to think carefully before blackmailing him. She says she has, so he tells her he's happy to do things the hard way.