The Aftermath (30 Rock episode)

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“The Aftermath”
30 Rock episode
Tracy aboard the yacht.
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 2
Written by	Tina Fey
Directed by	Adam Bernstein
Production no.	102
Original airdate	October 18, 2006
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"The Aftermath" is the second episode of the situation comedy series 30 Rock, which aired on October 18, 2006.

[edit] Synopsis

Liz is furious that Jack has decided that Tracy should be the number one priority on the show. At the same time Jenna is upset that Tracy will begin to overshadow her. However, despite Liz and Jenna's unhappiness; Tracy is quite pleased with his new job on the show.

Liz and Jenna become more aggravated when Jack decides to change the name of The Girlie Show to TGS with Tracy Jordan, without consulting either of them. Afterwards, Jack has Tracy and Jenna appear in a promo for the show, in which Tracy angers Jenna by forgetting her name and by not letting her speak. After the promo, Liz tries to re-assure Jenna by telling her that nobody on the show likes Tracy and that the only reason that he is on the show is because of Jack. Liz finds out that Jenna's microphone was still on, and everyone in the studio heard her say terrible things about Jack and Tracy.

After being scolded by everyone, Liz decides to make it up to Jack and Tracy, but Tracy goes one better by inviting Liz and the staff to a party aboard a yacht. Tracy gets along well with everyone at the party, including Jenna, and things appear to be going very well. However, Liz discovers that the yacht does not belong to Tracy just before the yacht's real owner shows up with the NYPD. The following day Liz learns that Jack paid the newspapers to keep Tracy out of the press but left a photo of Jenna passing out on the yacht in their pages, which Jenna sees as very exciting and flattering.

[edit] Trivia

Tracy makes references to NBC's former slogan "Proud as a Peacock".
This is also the second episode in which Dratch plays a different character (Maria, the yacht's maid).
This episode premeired a day earlier on CTV on October 17, 2006.
The staff member who Tracy yells at to not look at him is Tina Fey's real-life husband Jeff Richmond who serves as a producer and composes the show's music.
This is the first episode to use the show's opening title sequence. In the pilot, the opening credits were played over the second scene.
Baldwin's Hair is different in this episode and will be his hairstyle for the season, unlike his old hairdo from the opening sequence, commercial cutouts, and pictures.
The song Jenna sings is Billy Joel's "New York State of Mind."
After the incident on the Yacht Lemon and Jack share an elevator ride in which she assumes Jack is upset by the events on the Yacht. At these accusations Jack remarks, "What are you talking about? Everybody loved your little Lemon Party." A reference to the Shock Site lemonparty.org