Last night's "30 Rock" was pretty good, but was especially notable for one big reason. I'm not talking about Liz Lemon's "lizaster" that she's found her "settling soul mate" in guest star Michael Sheen. Nor am I talking about the problems that Tracy Morgan's fidelity is causing his career. I'm talking about (fake) NBC's acquisition by Kabletown, and how that's affecting Jack "Master Baiter" Donaghy.
While the normal hijinks are going on in 30 Rock, Kabletown's acquisition of NBC has caused Jack Donaghy to have a bit of a crisis of conscience. Last week, Jack's CNBC Money Honey girlfriend Avery (Elizabeth Banks) informed him that GE was going to sell NBC to the cable giant, which of course mimics NBC's real-life sale to Comcast. But as you know, General Electric is kind of Jack's life, and this is causing some serious issues for him.
So this week, there's only one thing for Jack to do: Meet his new overlords and figure out how his special brand of butt-kissing can benefit the new organization. It helps that he's familiar with his new boss, Dave Hess, whom he refers to as "The Animal." Hess, on the other hand, regards Donaghy as his "mentor," who taught him to bait his opposition in negotiations. Hence Donaghy's nickname, "Master Baiter." These two will become fast friends, surely.
But, as it turns out, there's really nothing for executives to do at Kabletown. The cable infrastructure is already constructed, and really all there's left to do is sit back and let the porn money roll in. I say porn money, because according to the Kabletown executive, 91% of the company's profits come from titles like these:

Donaghy is an action man, and after being faced with his career's mortality, he busts out the line of the episode: "'And Alexander wept, for there were no new worlds to conquer.' -- Hans Gruber, 'Die Hard.'" The best.
Our capitalist hero isn't one to take bad news sitting down, however, and has an idea up his sleeve: It's porn, but for women. And not only will Kabletown offer porn for women, they'll film the scenes themselves, to streamline production and cut out the middleman. What's porn for women like, you ask? Well, it's not traditional porn, because women hate that "as much as men hate going to outlet malls." (Which is saying something.) No, Donaghy's brainchild is to film handsome men patiently listening to women, and his idea earns him a slow-clap. Jack, you've done it again.

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