There’s no better way to end a fantastic season of “30 Rock” than with a superstar musical extravaganza.  We’re not talking last week’s “Mamma Mia.” Yes, it was truly one of those episodes that a fan blog synopsis could never do justice.

Things start off with Jack finding himself in a dilemma. He may be a kidney match for his new father, Prof. Milton Greene, but the last thing he wants to do is give up a body part. And since we no longer live in an era when Mayor Giuliani permits the harvesting of organs from hobos, he has no option but to get himself tested by Dr. Leo Spaceman.

Thankfully, the results are negative, as far as Dr. Spaceman can decipher. Jack is not a match. So, the next best thing Jack can do is gather up all of the legendary pop stars who owe him a favor and compel them to participate in a TGS fundraiser for one, called “Kidney Now!” The line-up he assembles is like a who’s who of Grammy winners: Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, Mary J., Adam Levine from Maroon 5, Steve Earle, Moby, The Beastie Boys, Cyndi Lauper, the girl who sings “I’m not gonna write you a love song,” Norah Jones and Clay Aiken!

Meanwhile Liz is inspired by Jack to search for her own purpose after TGS. After all, how much longer can they remain on the air? Luckily the “that’s a dealbreaker, ladies!” catch-phrase is still white-hot and Jenna brings Liz along to do a guest appearance on the Vontella show. Jenna is introduced as the relationship expert, but it’s Liz who steps in and dishes out the dish:

“Uh, well, whatever that just was, that’s a dealbreaker. This guy’s making you talk like a crazy person. You have sexually tranmitted crazy mouth. Dealbreaker!”

“Nope, you’re fiance’s gay. Look at him, and look at you. Classic case of fruit blindness!”

“Yeah, he thinks he deserves a va-jay-jay upgrade. He doesn’t. He’s not Tom Brady. Shut it down. Dealbreaker!”

“Yeah, there’s no such thing as bi-sexual. That’s just something they invented in the 90s to sell hair products. Dealbreaker!”

“There’s only one snake in the bed. Dealbreaker!”

The success of the catchphrase starts getting to Liz’s head, even after she starts to help the ladies on the TGS staff and it stirs up trouble among their spouses. We’ll see how this plays out in Season 4.

There’s a third story line involving Tracy and his return to his high school to receive an honorary diploma, but it wasn’t very funny, to be honest.

Okay, don’t want to leave things on a bad note. Download the “Kidney Now” video on iTunes! Just give a kidney, to a father or a dad! And here’s to a great season and another new one to come in the fall!

This article was posted on Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 at 6:07 pm by Sakura and is filed under the category Episodes, Quotes. You can follow any responses to this article through the RSS 2.0 feed.