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The writers and cast, of TGS with Tracy Jordan, discover that they have to stay "Up All Night." |
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 13 |
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| Directed by | Michael Engler | ||
| Written by | Tina Fey | ||
| Cinematography by | Vanja Černjul | ||
| Production code | 114[1] | ||
| Original air date | February 8, 2007 | ||
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"Up All Night" is the thirteenth episode of NBC's first season of 30 Rock. It was written by the series' creator and executive producer Tina Fey, and was directed by Michael Engler. It first aired on February 8, 2007 in the United States. Guest stars in this episode include Katrina Bowden, Rachel Dratch, Rachel Hamilton, John Lutz, Maulik Pancholy, Keith Powell, Lonny Ross, Isabella Rossellini, Sherri Shepherd, Jason Sudeikis and Mark Zimmerman. Joy Behar appeared as herself in the episode.
This episode focuses on the events of Valentine's Day for the cast and crew of TGS with Tracy Jordan, a fictional sketch comedy series. Liz Lemon (played by Tina Fey) receives a mysterious gift; Frank Rossitano (Judah Friedlander) comments that he hates Jenna Maroney (Jane Krakowski); Pete Hornberger (Scott Adsit) forgets Valentine's Day, which also happens to be his wife, Paula's (Paula Pell) birthday; Jack Donaghy's (Alec Baldwin) divorce from Bianca (Isabella Rossellini) is made official; the writers believe that Cerie Xerox (Katrina Bowden) has romantic feelings for Kenneth Parcell (Jack McBrayer); and Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan) tries to spend a night with his wife, Angie Jordan (Sherri Shephard).
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It is Valentine's Day, although the TGS cast and crew still have to work all night. Frank reveals that he hates Jenna when a game of "Marry, Boff, Kill" gets out of hand. Jenna tries many times to redeem herself with Frank, with reasons such as her participation in Vagina Day; "a charity event founded by a group of celebrities who have for whatever reason never been asked to participate in the Vagina Monologues". Another game of Marry, Boff, Kill leads some of the writers into believing that Cerie has feelings for Kenneth. The writers send the pair off to get candy for the night. Kenneth and Cerie take a walk around Rockefeller Center, and Cerie reveals that she is not attracted to Kenneth.
Pete has forgotten that it is Valentine's Day, which also happens to be his wife Paula's birthday. He spends the night running around the city to try and find Valentine's Day and birthday presents for his wife. Tracy and Angie plan to spend the night at the Soho Grand Hotel only to be interrupted by the newly-divorced Jack and his prostitute, Vlem (Rachel Dratch). Liz has received a gift of chocolates and flowers from a supposed secret admirer. The "admirer" turns out to be Floyd (Jason Sudeikis) and the gifts turn out to be for his girlfriend, Liz Lemler, who works in the accounting department at TGS.
Jason Sudeikis, who played Floyd in this episode, has appeared in the main cast of Saturday Night Live.[2] Tina Fey was the head writer on Saturday Night Live from 1999 until 2006.[3] Various other cast members of Saturday Night Live have appeared on 30 Rock. These cast members include: Rachel Dratch,[4] Fred Armisen,[5] Kristen Wiig,[5] Will Forte,[6] Chris Parnell[7] and Molly Shannon. Tina Fey and Tracy Morgan have both been part of the main cast of Saturday Night Live.[3][8] Alec Baldwin has also hosted Saturday Night Live thirteen times, the second highest amount of episodes of any host of the series.[9]
"Up All Night" brought in an average of 5.2 million viewers. The episode also achieved a 2.5/6 in the key 18–49 year old demographic.[10] The 2.5 refers to 2.5% of all 18–49 years olds in the U.S., and the 6 refers to 6% of all 18–49 year olds watching television at the time of the broadcast in the U.S..
Matt Webb Mitovich of TV Guide wrote that "it would be nearly impossible to measure up to last week's utterly manic introduction of Prince Gerhardt [Paul Ruebens], so forgive 30 Rock if this week's outing was 'merely' very amusing at times." He added that compared to Jack's storyline, he "actually wore more grins watching the microscopic B-story with the writers, playing Marry, Boff, Kill."[11] Robert Canning of IGN thought that "the Valentine's Day episode of 30 Rock gave us a big surprise: a low-key half hour from a show known for being over the top," adding that this was "a pleasant surprise". He said that this episode "proved that [30 Rock] could make with the funny no matter what the tone". Canning rated this episode 8.5 out of 10.[1]
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