'30 Rock' Season 5 Finale Recap

I hate to say it but this episode felt more like an afterthought to the regular season than a season finale. Maybe it's because we were taken out of our comfort zone of the 'TGS' environment for a lot of it, but it seemed more like a celebration of the core characters than the ensemble we've come to love.

That in itself isn't a bad thing. It's just that I wasn't too excited about any of the storylines, except maybe the Jack and Kenneth plot. But that's only because that one followed the organic flow of the last episode.

It's not that it was a particularly terrible episode, I'm just used to writers pulling out all the stops to blow us away in their final episode of the season. For me, it's just going to have to be my general love for the show that sees me here in September. Here with the hope the premiere is stronger. Read More...

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