TMC
05-13-2025, 01:34 AM
https://jacksonupperco.com/2025/05/13/the-five-best-30-rock-episodes-of-season-seven/
30 Rock’s seventh season is a solid, satisfying end to the series, well-paced and well-plotted to bring both the characters and their situation to a wrap, with many “greatest hits” trotted out for one last hurrah, and rich displays of the show’s sense of humor corroborating its unique comic identity. In addition to a bevy of classic guests — Elaine Stritch, Will Arnett, Chloë Grace Moretz, etc. — the year’s perfectly allotted 13 episodes also include an opening arc that’s especially clever, revolving around the then-current 2012 presidential election. It’s a brilliant plotline for 30 Rock‘s final season because it so typifies its sensibilities — it’s political, and thus topical, like the kind of fare we’d see on Saturday Night Live, and it relates to this specific series precisely due both to Tina Fey’s ascendant stint playing 2008 vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on SNL (during this show’s run) and also the fact that politics has always been a defining part of Jack’s character. So, it all feels very 30 Rock, and situation-affirming as a result.
30 Rock’s seventh season is a solid, satisfying end to the series, well-paced and well-plotted to bring both the characters and their situation to a wrap, with many “greatest hits” trotted out for one last hurrah, and rich displays of the show’s sense of humor corroborating its unique comic identity. In addition to a bevy of classic guests — Elaine Stritch, Will Arnett, Chloë Grace Moretz, etc. — the year’s perfectly allotted 13 episodes also include an opening arc that’s especially clever, revolving around the then-current 2012 presidential election. It’s a brilliant plotline for 30 Rock‘s final season because it so typifies its sensibilities — it’s political, and thus topical, like the kind of fare we’d see on Saturday Night Live, and it relates to this specific series precisely due both to Tina Fey’s ascendant stint playing 2008 vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on SNL (during this show’s run) and also the fact that politics has always been a defining part of Jack’s character. So, it all feels very 30 Rock, and situation-affirming as a result.