30 Rock: Season 6, Episode 9 “Leap Day” (B+)
This episode was certainly ridiculous, but I do have to admit that it was quite hilarious. In half an hour, this show managed to create an enormous universe in which everyone is gleefully aware of the celebration of Leap Day every four years. Leap Day William was a fun character, nutty as anything, and casting Jim Carrey as the movie version of him, or Leap Dave Williams, was inspired. I will say that this was the best instance of Jack time-traveling or imagining another version of his life, in which Liddy had become a hard-working liberal in the future. Jack’s desire to do extra business on Leap Day was completely in character, and it’s nice that he decided it would be worth it to spend a few of his extra minutes with his daughter. Poor Steve Little, currently appearing in the third season of “Eastbound & Down” always gets saddled with the most miserable and pathetic roles, even if his Thad Warmald was one of the richest men in New York. It’s rare that Jenna is less desired than Liz, but Thad had plenty of women chasing after him because of his money. Tracy’s efforts to use the full balance of his gift card on its last day of eligibility were amusing, particularly in his description of DotCom as his imaginary friend, and I also liked how he kept going after getting to soup kitchen and had to come back around to it a second time in order to realize that he could feed the homeless.
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