I’m WAY behind on shows (and frankly reconsidering the whole blog thing), so I’m going to whip through the next few posts.

Synopsis here.

The first of two 30 Rocks tonight, “Klaus and Greta” was pretty awesome simply because of James Franco, who’s been one of my favorite young actors since he played Daniel Desario in Freaks and Geeks.  I think he’s the next Johnny Depp, making savvy career choices, comparably brooding (i.e., Harry Osborn in Spider-Man), but an even better comic actor (his dealer character in “Pineapple Express” totally saved that movie).

Franco, playing a slightly off-kilter version of himself, was great in this episode.  Seemed like his whole plot (needing to date Jenna to throw off the press re: his relationship with his body pillow) was a bit recycled from an old Simpsons episode, but it worked for me (and the great surprise ending was VERY different).

Unfortunately, the Jack plot seemed a bit recycled from an old Seinfeld episode, and I didn’t enjoy it all that much.  Was a bit strange that he would’ve called her landline to leave a message, but maybe the Phoenician wine caused it.  I’m sort of lukewarm on Kenneth - I like him about half the time, but I was mostly annoyed with him during this episode.

I liked that Tracy’s becoming a feminist — allows some good political analysis, at which 30 Rock excels.

Some favorite lines:

“Pshhh…. ‘lemoned.’  Doing it awesome!” -Liz, when she first heard “lemoned” as a verb to describe screwing up.

“You’re being such a non-pillow right now!” -James Franco, annoyed with Jenna’s unreasonableness

“But George Sand IS a woman!” - Grizz, when challenged by Tracy to read female authors