The Break-Up (30 Rock)

Infobox Television episode
Title = The Break-Up
Series = 30 Rock
Season = 1
Episode = 8
Airdate = Start date|2006|12|14
Production = 108
Writer = Dave Finkel & Brett Baer
Director = Scott Ellis
Guests = Rachel Dratch
Katrina Bowden
Keith Powell
Lonny Ross
Dean Winters
Episode list = "30 Rock" (season 1)
List of "30 Rock" episodes
Prev = Tracy Does Conan
Next = The Baby Show

"Jack Meets Dennis" is the eighth episode of the first season of the American situation comedy "30 Rock", which aired on December 14, 2006 on the NBC network in the United States.

Plot

Liz comes home to find her wall full of knife holes, a great dane roaming her house, and a strange man on her bed, all courtesy of Dennis. She breaks up with him, but Dennis claims squatter's rights, so she gives him a week to move out.

Toofer is upset that Tracy is cross-dressing because it is demeaning to African-Americans. After a bit of objection, Toofer convinces Tracy to stop, handing the female character over to Josh. Once Josh's character is successful, Tracy is upset with Toofer. Liz convinces Toofer to work with Tracy. As they work together, Tracy gets upset with Toofer's supposed lack of blackness, and endearingly calls Toofer a racial slur.

Jack is secretly dating Condoleezza Rice, but gets upset when he sees Vladimir Putin touching her back. Liz and Jenna go out to try and pick up some men, but are very unsuccessful.

The next morning, Jack, Liz, Toofer, and Tracy sit down for a meeting about Tracy's vocabulary from the previous night. Tracy and Jack point out that the African-American community has adopted the word to deprive it of its meaning. In trying to reach out to Tracy, Toofer says the word again but in a more aggressive tone of voice, which gets everybody on Tracy's side.

Dennis walks in to the TGS staff office, announcing he has found a new apartment and reads a heartfelt letter to Liz aloud renouncing his squatter's rights. The staff suddenly turns on Liz after Dennis walks out, and Jenna suggests to Liz that in lieu of the previous night's disaster, she should re-consider getting back together with Dennis. She suggests making a list of pros and cons.

After being put on hold by Condoleezza, Jack walks into the bathroom, finding Dennis there. Dennis, finding Jack a kindred spirit, shares his understanding of his relationship, motivating Jack to play hard to get.

Tracy and Toofer attend sensitivity training, start arguing, and in the process develop a new sketch for TGS. The show starts running short on time, though, and when Liz offers Tracy the option to either air the sketch or a Star Jones cooking show sketch, Tracy chooses the latter. Toofer is initially upset, but agrees with Tracy's decision when he finds the sketch funny.

Liz compiles her list of pros and cons. She marks down a positive remark after coming home to find that Dennis has cleaned up the apartment, put up shelves and a TV stand, and left her dinner. The next morning, Jack has broken up with Condoleezza, on Dennis's suggestion; Liz marks down Jack liking Dennis as both a pro and a con. In the evening, Dennis returns with an early Christmas present for Liz. She invites him in, but soon sees Dennis on To Catch a Predator. They break up, and when Dennis slams the door on his way out, the shelves and TV crash down.

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