Season two opens with the show's joke density cranked up even higher — blink and you miss three punchlines.
Jack faces corporate politics that make TGS look like a model of sanity by comparison.
Liz's dating life provides another round of comedy that makes being single look heroic.
Tracy's behavior reaches new levels of absurdity, and the show asks: is he crazy or crazy like a fox?
Kenneth organizes something that reveals the full extent of his eerily wholesome worldview.
Jenna gets a storyline that satirizes celebrity culture with surgical precision and zero mercy.
The writers deliver an episode so packed with jokes that it could fill a lesser show's entire season.
Jack and Liz navigate a work crisis that tests their unique bond and produces some of their best banter.
A celebrity guest appearance adds another layer of comedy to the 30 Rock universe.
Liz tries to prove she's a cool boss and fails spectacularly, because Liz Lemon is many things but cool is not one of them.
Tracy's movie career intersects with TGS in an episode that skewers Hollywood with glee.
Jack's mother Colleen appears, and Elaine Stritch's performance is as formidable as Alec Baldwin's.
The show's satire of network television is so sharp it practically draws blood — and it's airing on a network.
Kenneth's loyalty to the show is tested, and his crisis of faith is the most wholesome existential crisis ever.
The second season wraps with 30 Rock fully hitting its stride as one of the great American comedies.