Wednesday 25 March 2015

Currently Watching: 30 Rock

My fiance and I have been burning through a lot of TV dramas at dinner time in recent months, so we’ve been on the hunt for something a little lighter. The IT Crowd took us two weeks, we loved it that much. Oops. Community took us a little longer, but we thoroughly enjoyed that too. The new season has just started as well, huzzah!


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He suggested 30 Rock, and my response was something along the lines of ‘Ugh, that really old show with the Trinity Killer in?! No thanks!’. Which earned me an odd look. I then find out that 3rd Rock from the Sun and 30 Rock are two very different shows, and that 30 Rock was modern, and set in the Rockefeller Center of all places, where we got engaged. Double oops!

I’d like to think that there’s someone out there like me who thought the same, but I highly doubt that. Moving swiftly on…

30 Rock is a sitcom revolving around Liz Lemon (Tina Fey), her boss Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) and the rest of her colleagues at NBC Studios. It took me about 5 episodes to really get into it, the first few episodes were pretty slow and uneventful, but it really ramped up out of nowhere and now I’m completely in love with it.

There isn’t a single weak character in this show, everyone has their moment to shine, but I find Liz Lemon such an amazingly relatable character. Never have I shouted ‘that’s me!’ so much whilst watching TV. Just a few examples:




We’d been trying to steam through as many episodes as we could while our Amazon Prime account was still active, but the other day we found the entire box set at HMV for £20, so snatched it and ran to the till.


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Has anyone else watched 30 Rock? Does it stay just as good throughout? We’ve just started Season 3!

6 comments:

  1. I never watched 30 Rock in order, but ever episode I've ever seen of it has been hilarious, so it seems pretty consistent!

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    1. I think it's one of those shows where you could just stick on any old episode and enjoy it just as much! :)
      - Allie

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  2. I've seen every episode in order...twice. It is the most solid TV comedy I've seen. We watch randoms every now and then, and, for me, nothing beats Season 1, Episode 10: "The Rural Juror." Rachel Dratch doing Barbara Walters is one of the best things in this world.

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    1. That episode was the moment I realised this TV Show is amazing. I find myself trying to say 'The Rural Juror' out loud (mostly in the car) and just laughing at myself!
      - Allie

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  3. How cute are you? Cutest darn mix up ever!

    J
    (assholeswatchingmovies.com)

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    1. Haha! I was really hoping it wasn't just me!
      - Allie

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