7.9/10829 votes#1 - Dance Like Nobody's Watching
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 1/12/2012
Tracy becomes frustrated in his attempts to anger Liz. Jack questions the family value of the network's new talent competition and Kenneth awaits the Rapture.
Director: John Riggi
Writer: Tina Fey
7.8/10773 votes#2 - Idiots Are People Two! (1)
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 1/19/2012
An offensive rant by Tracy is leaked online. Jack disapproves of Liz's new boyfriend, and Jenna enlists Kenneth in helping to replace her dressing room lights.
Director: Beth McCarthy-Miller
Writer: Robert Carlock
7.9/10756 votes#3 - Idiots Are People Three! (2)
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 1/26/2012
Tracy challenges Liz by leading his own protest in defense of idiots everywhere. Jack faces off with Devin Banks yet again, and the Best Friends Gang is reunited when Kenneth and Jenna call for the help of Kelsey Grammer.
Director: Beth McCarthy-Miller
Writer: Robert Carlock
7.7/10765 votes#4 - The Ballad of Kenneth Parcell
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 1/26/2012
Liz looks for a new best friend after discovering that Jenna has traded their friendship for fame. Tracy contemplates mortality as Dotcom and Grizz scramble to show him that life is still worth living. Meanwhile, Jack decides to end the page program in order to impress Hank Hooper.
Director: Jeff Richmond
Writer: Matt Hubbard
7.8/10734 votes#5 - Today You Are a Man
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 2/2/2012
Liz finds a secret weapon to help in her contract negotiations with Jack, Kenneth leaves his job because he feels under-appreciated, and Tracy and Jenna perform at their accountant's ungrateful son's Bar Mitzvah.
Director: Jeff Richmond
Writer: Ron Weiner
7.7/10758 votes#6 - Hey, Baby, What's Wrong? (1)
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 2/9/2012
Criss and Liz decide to celebrate Valentine's Day, but they need to buy a dining room table first. Jack entertains his mother-in-law, Diana, as Jenna frantically looks to Pete to fill in last-minute as the producer of her first live performance on "America's Kidz Got Singing." Back at the office, Tracy and Frank try to help Lutz find someone to spend Valentine's with.
Director: Michael Engler
Writer: Kay Cannon
7.9/10636 votes#7 - Hey, Baby, What's Wrong? (2)
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 2/9/2012
Criss and Liz decide to celebrate Valentine's Day, but they need to buy a dining room table first. Jack entertains his mother-in-law, Diana, as Jenna frantically looks to Pete to fill in last-minute as the producer of her first live performance on "America's Kidz Got Singing." Back at the office, Tracy and Frank try to help Lutz find someone to spend Valentine's with.
Director: Michael Engler
Writer: Kay Cannon
8.4/10937 votes#8 - The Tuxedo Begins
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 2/16/2012
Fed up with New York City after being mugged, Jack sets out to protect the safety of the city's elite by announcing his run for mayor. Meanwhile, Liz revels in sacrificing the good of the city to look out for her own interests, and Jenna and Paul are thrilled by the perversion of acting like a normal couple.
Director: John Riggi
Writer: Josh Siegal, Dylan Morgan
8.1/10899 votes#9 - Leap Day
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 2/23/2012
Jack learns to appreciate Leap Day while Tracy takes the writers to a restaurant to spend an almost-expired gift card. Liz helps Jenna seduce an internet billionaire.
Director: Steve Buscemi
Writer: Luke Del Tredici
7.6/10717 votes#10 - Alexis Goodlooking and the Case of the Missing Whisky
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 3/1/2012
In order to hide his relationship with Lynn, Frank convinces his mother that he is dating Liz. Tracy and Jenna team up to try to solve the case of Pete's missing whisky. Meanwhile, Jack teaches Kenneth how to take down his first business nemesis.
Director: Michael Slovis
Writer: John Riggi
7.9/10774 votes#11 - Standards and Practices
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 3/8/2012
Jenna hatches a surprising new plan to get publicity, while Jack finds himself begrudgingly playing parent to his teenage nemesis, Kaylie Hooper. Liz rejects the new authority Kenneth has over “TGS” with his new job in Standards.
Director: Beth McCarthy-Miller
Writer: Vali Chandrasekaran
7.6/10731 votes#12 - St. Patrick's Day
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 3/15/2012
Jack feels unworthy of his latest award and attempts to redeem himself by taking on the writers in a strategic board game. Liz believes she's cursed on St. Patrick's Day when her ex-boyfriend Dennis shows up to derail her relationship with Criss. Meanwhile, Hazel struggles to keep the peace between Tracy and Jenna.
Director: John Riggi
Writer: Colleen McGuinness
7.4/10709 votes#13 - Grandmentor
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 3/22/2012
Liz struggles in her new role as mentor to Hazel. Kenneth has a difficult time letting go of his page duties and takes drastic measures to make sure Tracy is taken care of. Meanwhile, Jack and Jenna come up with a plan to get Avery back in the headlines.
Director: Beth McCarthy-Miller
Writer: Sam Means
8.2/10835 votes#14 - Kidnapped by Danger
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 3/22/2012
Liz's scripted version of Jack and Avery's love story leaves Jack confused and frustrated by his feelings for Diana. Meanwhile, Jenna and Tracy attempt to beat Weird Al Yankovic at his own game, and Kenneth gets an unexpected new job at NBC.
Director: Claire Cowperthwaite
Writer: Tina Fey
7.5/10671 votes#15 - The Shower Principle
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 3/29/2012
A curse strikes TGS. Liz dares to be different after realizing that the same things happen every year, and Jack vows to wow Hank Hooper.
Director: Stephen Lee Davis
Writer: N/A
7.5/10678 votes#16 - Nothing Left to Lose
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 4/5/2012
Tracy regains his sense of smell and finds an unusual father figure in Liz, while the writers spark a prank war with Jenna.
Director: John Riggi
Writer: Nina Pedrad, Lauren Gurganous
7.5/10707 votes#17 - Meet the Woggels!
Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 4/12/2012
Jack's mom upstages his ribbon-cutting ceremony. Meanwhile Jenna hooks up with a "rock star" and Tracy frets about his son heading to college.
Director: Linda Mendoza
Writer: Ron Weiner
7.7/10709 votes#18 - Murphy Brown Lied to Us
Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 4/19/2012
Jack sets Liz up on a blind date to show her what she's missing in her relationship with Criss. Meanwhile at KableTown, Jack has to scramble when his plan to manufacture couches hits a speed bump. With Tracy's help, Jenna orchestrates a public meltdown to get Paul's attention.
Director: John Riggi
Writer: Robert Carlock, Vali Chandrasekaran
8.6/10991 votes#19 - Live from Studio 6H
Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 4/26/2012
Kabletown chooses to stop funding live shows for TGS. While Liz and Jack embrace the change, Kenneth argues that live format should be kept intact, and he tries to convince the TGS staff to fight for their right to be live by taking them and our audience through a magical look back at the illustrious history of Studio 6H. The episode was filmed twice. The East Coast version aired for the Eastern, Central and Mountain time zones. The West Coast version was aired in the western, Alaskan and Hawaiian time zones.
Director: Beth McCarthy-Miller
Writer: Tina Fey, Jack Burditt
7.2/10814 votes#20 - Queen of Jordan II: Mystery of the Phantom Pooper
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 5/3/2012
Angie brings "Queen of Jordan'' back to TGS. News about Avery forces Jack to confront his feelings for her mother, and Liz finds herself in a feud.
Director: Ken Whittingham
Writer: Tracey Wigfield, Luke Del Tredici
7.6/10676 votes#21 - The Return of Avery Jessup
Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 5/10/2012
Avery finally returns home from her kidnapping ordeal in North Korea, yet Jack grows uncertain of her fidelity while she was away. Elsewhere, Criss is crossed due to Liz's role as top wage earner, and Jenna seeks a sponsor for her approaching nuptials.
Director: John Riggi
Writer: Josh Siegal, Dylan Morgan
7.8/10711 votes#22 - What Will Happen to the Gang Next Year?
Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 5/17/2012
Determined to prove his marriage has survived Avery's kidnapping unscathed, Jack asks Liz to officiate their vow renewal. Meanwhile, Criss tries to convince Liz that he's worth sticking around for. Tracy meets with Cornel West to discuss his influence as a black celebrity.
Director: Michael Engler
Writer: Tina Fey, Matt Hubbard
The Best Episodes of 30 Rock Season 6
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Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos around her while chasing her...
Genre:Comedy
Network:NBC
Season 6 Ratings Summary
"Dance Like Nobody's Watching" is the best rated episode of "30 Rock" season 6. It scored 7.9/10 based on 829 votes. Directed by John Riggi and written by Tina Fey, it aired on 1/12/2012. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Idiots Are People Two! (1)".