Retreat to Move Forward
"Retreat to Move Forward" | |
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30 Rock episode | |
Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 9 |
Directed by | Steve Buscemi |
Written by | Tami Sagher |
Production code | 309 |
Original air date | January 22, 2009 |
Guest appearances | |
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"Retreat to Move Forward" is the ninth episode of the
In the episode,
"Retreat to Move Forward" was generally well received among television critics. According to the Nielsen Media Research, the episode was watched by 6.4 million households during its original broadcast, and received a 3.2 rating/8 share among viewers in the 18–49 demographic.
Plot
Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) asks Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) to accompany him to the Six Sigmas Retreat in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, following his Bush administration and CEO debacles. There, Jack meets with the Six Sigmas, six men who each embody a core feature of Six Sigma: teamwork, insight, brutality, male enhancement, hand-shake-fulness and play-hard.[1] They disapprove of Liz's antics during the team building exercises and demand that Jack distance himself from her if he wants to succeed, which he does. Before his dinner speech, Jack psyches himself up in the men's room, completely forgetting that he is wearing a microphone and that everyone can hear him. Liz quickly takes the stage to draw attention away from Jack's embarrassment and finally ends up ripping her blouse open and dancing in front of everyone. She succeeds, and is banned from the retreat forever.
Meanwhile,
At the same time,
Production
"Retreat to Move Forward" was written by executive story editor Tami Sagher and directed by Steve Buscemi.[2] This was Sagher's second writing credit, having written season two episode "Ludachristmas" that aired on December 13, 2007.[3] This was Buscemi's first directed episode. "Retreat to Move Forward" originally aired on January 22, 2009, on NBC in the United States as the ninth episode of the show's third season and the 45th overall episode of the series.[4]
Buscemi has appeared on the show as the character
Cultural references
At the beginning of this 30 Rock episode, Liz tells Jack that she and Jenna used to perform
Later in the episode, to cover-up for Jack, after psyching himself up and completely forgetting that he was wearing a microphone and that everyone could hear him, Liz starts singing the song "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" by dance music group C+C Music Factory.[13] "Retreat to Move Forward" references Jack's time in the Bush administration that occurred in the show's second season,[14] and Jack's unsuccessful attempts of becoming CEO of General Electric in the December 4, 2008, episode "Reunion", after Don Geiss (Rip Torn)—who woke up from his diabetic coma—informs him he wants to remain as CEO of the company.[15] This was the second time 30 Rock referenced Jenna trying to play singer Janis Joplin in a feature film. This plot first began in the episode, "Señor Macho Solo", in which Jenna auditions to play the singer in a biographical movie.[16]
Reception
In its original American broadcast, "Retreat to Move Forward" was watched by 6.4 million households, according to the Nielsen Media Research.[17] This episode earned a 3.2 rating/8 share in the 18 and 49 demographic,[17] meaning that 3.2 percent of all people in that group, and 8 percent of all people from that group watching television at the time, watched the episode. This was a decrease from the previous episode, "Flu Shot", which was watched by 6.6 million American viewers.[18]
Television columnist Alan Sepinwall of
References
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External links
- "Retreat to Move Forward" at IMDb