'30 Rock' recap: The Women Who Hate Women or The Girl with the Lemon Tattoo

By Zap2it Partner

February 25, 2011 5:56 AM ET

After a blog post claims that TGS hates women, Lemon takes it upon herself to hire more female writers. She picks Abby Flynn, a comedienne noted in the same blog post as one of the up-and-coming voices of comedy. Frank, Toofer and Lutz vow to take on new personae (rich, bad-ass, and British, respectively) in an concerted attempt to impress Abby once she joins the gang. Their attempts go about as spectacularly south as Lemon's when it turns out that Abby is a babbling, blonde bimbette with a penchant for Man Show-style punch lines. Lemon is offended for womankind, while Jenna is offended as she credits herself as the pioneer of mainstream baby talk circa 1998. They band together to free Abby of her desperation for male attention or to flush her out of 30 Rock, whichever comes first. When Abby turns a deaf ear to Lemon's attempts to build up Abby's self-esteem and show her a better way, Lemon digs up an old clip of Abby (née Abby Grossman) when she used to have brown hair, longer hemlines and an actual brain. Abby reveals that she didn't change her appearance and personality to impress men. In fact, she did it to escape her abusive husband. She flees to find yet another identity, and Lemon is left to eat a slice of humble pie. Or, if we know Lemon, an entire pie covered in cheese.

Meanwhile, Jack finds a stumbling block in his plans to succeed Kabletown's current CEO. Since Kabletown is a family-owned business, the CEO's 14-year-old granddaughter Kaley (Chloe Moretz) is next in line to assume the throne. Jack reads up on his nemesis and invites her to 30 Rock for a bit of gentle guidance. He is relieved to find out that she has no ambitions to work in television. Instead, she wants to be a marine biologist. Jack arranges a private tour of the American Museum of Natural History with famed oceanographer Dr. Bob Ballard. Along the way, however, he becomes nostalgic about his former ambitions in the sciences. For a moment, he considers throwing it all away to secure his legacy as a scientist and explorer. Then he realizes that Kaley has made a thank-you poster that shows a picture of Jacques Cousteau that can only be found in Jack's home safe and his autobiography. He realizes that Kaley has been doing recon on him just as he did on her. She does want to succeed her grandfather as a Kabletown honcho after all. With that, it's game on. Will the chutzpah and boundless energy of a youngster win out? Or will dashing looks, glossy hair, and experience prevail? Only time will tell.

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