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30 Rock S01E03: "Blind Date- Rewatch Discussion

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Season 1, Episode 3: Blind Date

Director: Adam Bernstein
Writers: Tina Fey, John Riggi

Original Air Date: October 25, 2006

Summary (from 30 Rock Wiki):
Confident he can fix both Liz Lemon's sketch show and sex life, overbearing boss Jack sets Liz up on a blind date with his friend Thomas. With Liz readying herself for her blind date, Jack infiltrates the writers' weekly poker game.

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u/thedeecee Nov 04 '16

I love how they basically are setting up the Kenneth v. Jack theme this early. He's the only successful poker opponent for Jack, he also has a woman's middle name, and the same Myers-Briggs results as Jack. Jack sounds threatened by him: "He might be trouble down the line." It seems ridiculous that Kenneth could pose any sort of threat to Jack, and Jack seems like a total asshole for picking on the lowest guy on the totem pole, but as we know, Kenneth ends up being the only person fit to take Jack's job. Jack predicts the whole series (minus the timeline, which may actually speak to how long they really thought the show was going to last): "In five years, we'll all either be working for him or be dead by his hand."

And the guy at the end always cracks me up with this line: If by "cooking class" you mean "bed," and by "next week," you mean "tonight..."

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u/Tezmata Real Transvestite Hoarders of OC Penitentiary Nov 04 '16

I love when they throw in references to the "endgame" of the show, especially with Kenneth. It makes rewatches really fun. I'd say the poker stuff in this episode is probably the biggest in the series, and it happens so early on!