'30 Rock' recap: 100% Chance of Pain

By Zap2it Partner

April 22, 2011 6:09 AM ET

Kabletown exec Hank Hooper considers canceling TGS, so Jack asks him to watch the show's 100th episode and reconsider. As the show is being prepped, a gas leak in the studio leads to hallucinations that underscore both Jack and Lemon's doubts about their career decisions. Jack's delusions tell him to fire Lemon, while Lemon's tell her to reunite with Dennis. Everyone comes to his/her right mind before anything truly disastrous happens, but then Lemon realizes there is no show thanks to the gibberish gas-inspired musings of the writers. So what does she do? Cause another gas leak and save TGS!

After promising to have Kenneth's baby if TGS made it to 100 episodes, Jenna gets the thought of motherhood into her mind. First she thinks it would be a great PR move to make it seem like leaving the show was her choice, then reconnects with Paul/'Gina to explore her options, and finally tries to seduce Kenneth. Eventually, she develops a hysterical pregnancy that sorts itself out once the gas is gone.

Tracy hits the talk show circuit to alienate all the fans he developed while EGOT-ing, only the plan backfires, and everyone admires his bravery and honesty. Lemon tells him to take it to the streets, but this plan falls apart when he ends up saving a drowning man and becoming a hero. Jenna eventually suggests that the only way Tracy can reverse the goodwill is to murder someone. Guess which hapless page offers to take a bullet for the goodwill of the show. Before we mourn the loss of our beloved Kenneth, Jack gives Tracy his silver bullet -- do television. That will destroy his credibility once and for all.

» Read the full recap at Television Without Pity

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