The Natural Order (30 Apr. 2009)

Jack finds out that his mother is seeing a married man. Back at TGS, Liz tells Tracy that he no longer gets preferential treatment, but doesn't realize that it applies to her too.

Director:

Scott Ellis

Writers:

Tina Fey (creator), John Riggi,

Stars:

Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Tina Fey	...	Liz Lemon
Tracy Morgan	...	Tracy Jordan
Jane Krakowski	...	Jenna Maroney
Jack McBrayer	...	Kenneth Parcell
Scott Adsit	...	Pete Hornberger
Judah Friedlander	...	Frank Rossitano
Alec Baldwin	...	Jack Donaghy
Katrina Bowden	...	Cerie
Keith Powell	...	Toofer
Kevin Brown	...	Dot Com
Grizz Chapman	...	Grizz
Maulik Pancholy	...	Jonathan
Elaine Stritch	...	Colleen Donaghy
John Cunningham	...	Paul
Steve Buscemi	...	Lenny Wosniak

Storyline

Jack finds out that his mother is seeing a married man. Back at TGS, Liz tells Tracy that he no longer gets preferential treatment, but doesn't realize that it applies to her too.

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Plot Keywords:

workplace | sketch | sitcom | celebrity | comedy writer | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Release Date:

30 April 2009 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Silvercup Studios - 4222 22nd Street, Long Island City, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Broadway Video, Little Stranger, Universal Media Studios (UMS)

Did You Know?

Trivia

Frank's trucker hats say "Crop Octagon" and "Drapes Carpet".

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Quotes

Kenneth Parcell: Well, as a child, I had a prize pig that I thought was my best friend. But then one day I picked up one of her piglets - she went crazy! She bit off my nut sack... that I kept tied around my belt to feed squirrels.

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Connections

Referenced in The Bounty Hunter (2010)

User Reviews

The Natural Order has some touching scenes in addition to the usual laughs for "30 Rock"

With my review on this, I now have two episodes to go before the season premiere of "30 Rock". Despite the "TGS" crew lying about when rehearsal is scheduled and Kenneth changing the times on his clock, Tracy still arrives late. He admonishes them and calls them racists ending with him giving Liz an actual race card. Liz tells him if he wants to treated as an equal, learn your lines and arrive on time. He does just that, then makes Liz get him some water which she attempts by spilling much of the large bottle contents on the floor. Meanwhile, Jack finds out his mother is going out with a man near her age. So he gets Lenny to find some dirt on him. Turns out he's married which Colleen knows about. Jack also finds out that he was conceived before an earlier period when his father came back after being gone for three years so he now has a different dad. Oh, and Jenna bonds with a Gibbon monkey after Tracy makes a point when he previously left him in place during rehearsals...This was another very funny episode of "30 Rock" with Kenneth especially good when mentioning some pigs and a nut sack (something he uses from his belt when feeding squirrels). And that was a touching scene between Jack and his mother near the end. Oh, and Jonathan is back! Okay, like I said, only two more to go before the season premiere...