Thursday's "30 Rock" revisited an ongoing conundrum in Liz Lemon’s life: Should she have a child?

The issue came up as Liz and Criss were cleaning her apartment/re-enacting a gay porn when he found a box labeled “adoption stuff.”

Liz admitted that it was a crazed mother screaming “Murphy Brown lied to us!” that convinced her not to become a mother.

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This week’s "30 Rock" featured the return of the incredible Elaine Stritch as Jack’s formidable mother Colleen. As usual, she brought with her a host of problems.

Jack was excited for the opening of his couch factory, as "factories provide three things this country desperately needs: jobs, pride and material for Bruce Springsteen songs.”

But Aladdin his mother’s doctor called to tell him, “We found your name on a list of disappointments she keeps folded up in her shoe.” You see, Colleen was in a New York hospital recovering from heart surgery.

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One of the things that makes “30 Rock” consistently excellent is its deep bench of wacky supporting characters.

On last night’s episode, Liz and Jack took a back seat to the writing staff and the most under-appreciated character of all: Pete Hornberger. And in typical Hornberger fashion, his moment in the sun was actually a descent into a black hole of self-loathing.

Pete’s self-evaluation gave Jack pause (“those look like hands to me!”) when he wrote that his 5-year goal was to stay in the same position.

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Thursday's “30 Rock” was yet another tribute to an important day all adults must honor annually: Tax Day.

On this most mundane of all calendar days, Liz fought to break the monotony of her life as Jack sought the inspiration that has eluded him all season.

Jack wanted to use the quarter profits to re-invigorate the company, because “the Kabletown blimp is in such disrepair we got a ‘jeers’ in Corporate Blimps Weekly.” Since he had no innovative ideas, he tried to stimulate his brain using the “shower principle.”

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