Backing into the Future

By Lady Lola

Lemon encounters the man she believes to be her future husband (dreamy Michael Sheen) at the dentist's office. She lures him back from an afternoon rendezvous by sporting a Jamaican accent that goes rogue -- or perhaps I should say "brogue" since it's Irish. Despite best intentions, the subsequent coffee date is a disaster. Meanwhile, Kenneth loses his wallet and shoots to a fate which can only be described as inevitable -- he must spend the night at 30 Rock (keys were in his wallet). He also falls into donkey spells because he can't refill a prescription. In a serendipitous masterstroke, Lemon's future husband returns Kenneth's wallet, so they decide to give it another go.

Elsewhere, Tracy remembers Operation: EGOT and thus puts on a one-night-only Broadway event. He gets rave reviews, but Jenna informs him the show must run at least eight nights to be eligible for a Tony. Tracy is more of a spontaneous performer and fears he'll never be able to pull off the same show eight times in a row, so he enlists Jenna to school him in the rigors of theatrical life. It's a clash of the titanic egos that results in Tracy reading the phone book on stage -- to great acclaim, naturally.

And Jack gets a tip-off from his reporter lady friend Avery that Pennsylvania media company Kabletown is planning a corporate takeover of NBC. Jack's dreams of one day stepping into Don Geiss's formidable wingtips are dashed. Just as he starts bidding farewell to the company, Avery runs the story with a little personal bias, claiming her sources are saying he's the man to take over. The phone begins ringing, and Jackie is back in the game.

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