Worst story lines?

Good point about Avery. Also: Don't forget--Jack's KID!

Geez, I'm aware that Jack is an ambitious capitalist with a capital OOMPH, but still--his kid was invisible to him! For a character many of us have endeared ourselves to, in spite of whatever "quirks" he may have, it's kind of disappointing to see him be so nonchalant towards his kid.

Other things:
I'm one of the rare fans who never liked the fake shows they had throughout the series: "Bitch Hunter" was too obvious with its crass title/concept, "MILF Island" I guess was fine but I never was ecstatic about it either. All the fake game shows were underwhelming to me, too... strangely, for such a clever show I never was impressed by their attempts to parody real-life shows like that.

Bad story decisions? Far and away, the worst choice was the whole multi-season plot arc with Kriss. Just about wrecked the show.

Others? The obligatory B/C-plots for Tracy in the first three seasons. Too many of them weren't funny because either the writing wasn't there or Morgan's acting was off. I'm not saying he was wrong as an element of the show, just that they were forcing by trying to give him his own story line in each episode. In fact, some of the funniest Tracy moments are when he's playing the jester in a Liz- or Jack-focused plot arc.

Not continuing to flesh out the writer's room characters. They had some really good stuff in the early seasons with Frank, Twofer, Cerie, etc. More importantly, creating comic foils for Liz among the people she was managing drove her own humor better. The herding-cats-on-meth aspect of Liz wrangling the writers worked better for her character than her exasperations with people outside her work life.

Not enough Dr. Spaceman. Of course, he's a classic case of a character who should be used sparingly in order to preserve his humor, but they got away from using him in Seasons 5 and 6. Might have been an actor availability issue.

The worst storyline the show ever did was the Jack/Nancy/Avery love triangle in Season 4. Too drawn out, too boring, and too stereotypical, especially for a show as savvy as 30 Rock.

I can't think of any others that bothered me too much, at least in terms of long-term storytelling.

Jack being attracted to Avery's mother. Barf.

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Not necessarily a bad storyline, but a weak point of the show was the "new cast member" arc at the beginning of Season 4. It wasn't that the episodes were bad, in fact, they were funny. It's that they didn't go anywhere with it. Danny was brought on TGS, but rarely appeared. Obviously he wasn't a series regular, but the fact that they went absolutely nowhere with him was frustrating because they spent several episodes leading up to his introduction.

I was also disappointed with Avery's exit. While Jack's love interests were generally pretty interesting, they weren't great at ending them. But that's a common theme in TV shows.

I was never crazy about Paul/Jenna. While Jenna is vain enough to want to date a drag queen version of herself, I felt like a lot of the time their storylines went no where. At least Angie got her own show and brought a creative slant to the style of 30 Rock. Paul just seemed somewhat unnecessary in terms of story and development.

The Queen of Jordan episodes were easily the low point. Going with larger storylines, I was disappointed Kenneth didn't climb up the corporate ladder gradually, instead of going from janitor to head of the network practically overnight, which I'm sure would have gone over well with investors.

Jack's infatuation with his wife's mother.

Any episode involving Liz's boyfriends.


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