Because the central character of 30 Rock, Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) usually discovered herself unfortunate in love. Working as the pinnacle author of the fictional comedy present TGS with Tracy Jordan, Liz would handle to squeeze a love life in between show-related emergencies, however the finish consequence was often a catastrophe.
Liz’s dysfunctional love life contributed to 30 Rock being one of many best of the 2000s, however that didn’t imply viewers weren’t rooting for Liz to search out her higher half. With Valentine’s Day quick approaching, it’s time to have a look again on the nice loves of Liz’s life that didn’t contain meals.
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Wesley Snipes
Performed by Michael Sheen
If a person is usually a love curiosity with out there being any bodily or emotional attraction current, then Wesley Snipes (Michael Sheen) was certainly a love curiosity to Liz. The 2 met underneath the affect of anesthesia on the dentist’s workplace, and that will be the place their relationship peaked. Whereas not of their proper minds, Wesley and Liz saved each other’s numbers as “Future Husband” and “Future Spouse,” however when the anesthesia wore off, they have been unable to search out the identical connection.
By the point Liz crossed paths with Wesley in season 4, she had skilled sufficient unhealthy relationships to suppose she had missed her alternative at love. That’s why when, regardless of strongly disliking each other increasingly every time they meet, she begrudgingly agrees to marry Wesley and turn out to be “settling sweethearts.” It’s secure to imagine she would have damaged off the engagement earlier than then, however marrying a person she couldn’t tolerate would have been a catastrophe.
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Astronaut Mike Dexter
Performed by John Anderson
The article of Liz’s fantasies, Astronaut Mike Dexter (John Anderson), had a steady job that will require him to be in house, permitting her the liberty to work on her profession. Mike represented all of the qualities Liz thought she’d need in a person, which appeared restricted to being a person and never at all times on planet Earth. Liz’s fantasy man grew to become a persistently humorous recurring joke on 30 Rock, cleverly indicating she needed love in her life, however at a manageable stage.
Whereas he was by no means a recurring character as a consequence of not current, Mike makes an look in Liz’s fantasy within the season 4 episode, “Dealbreakers Speak Present No. 0001.” The orange-suited ideally suited man thanks a blonde wigged Liz for the kisses and hopes she appreciates his real curiosity within the TV dance competitors they watched. Whereas Astronaut Mike Dexter was by no means an actual individual, it will be probably the most profitable relationship Liz was in earlier than discovering her husband.
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Stewart LaGrange
Performed by Peter Dinklage
Within the midst of a temper self-described as ‘baby-crazy,” Liz’s want to have a toddler leads her to pat a random boy’s head on the streets of New York. The boy seems to be an grownup named Stewart LaGrange (Peter Dinklage), a lot to the shock of Liz. She performs it off as an aggressive relationship transfer, however the reality finally comes out when Liz acts extra maternal than romantic on their date.
The Sport of Thrones actor solely appeared in a single episode of 30 Rock, however he had sufficient time to spar with Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) earlier than shifting on. The transient romance died earlier than it began, as Liz persistently combined up youngsters for Stewart, who knew when to chop his losses. It wasn’t a relationship that Liz had an actual funding in, and extra the results of a responsible conscience she needed cleansed, however Stewart was a lower above Liz’s gallery of man-children.
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Gavin Volure
Performed by Steve Martin
Liz assumes she hit the jackpot when she meets Jack’s cultured and charming buddy, Gavin Volure (Steve Martin). Gavin and Liz instantly hit it off, giving the TGS author a pleasant shallowness enhance from a person of his stature being fascinated by her. Gavin can also be a little bit of a homebody, which works nicely with Liz’s way of life of carrying sweatpants the second she’s off work.
That’s why it’s such a disappointment for Liz when Gavin seems to be on home arrest for tax fraud and arson – not essentially in that order. The event blindsided Liz, who had let her guard down round Gavin due to his perceived relationship and stamp of approval from Jack. Liz could not have discovered love, however Martin acquired a Primetime Emmy nomination for Excellent Visitor Actor in a Comedy Collection for his work within the episode.
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Conan O’Brien
Performed by Conan O’Brien
Most of Liz’s relationship disasters the viewers will get to witness, however her romantic previous with funnyman Conan O’Brien is just hinted at in 30 Rock. Conan and Liz appear to be a perfect match, with each being brainy comedy sorts, but it surely’s inferred to be from years earlier than 30 Rock begins. The one information longtime followers know are that they dated for a yr and so they deliberate on shedding their virginities to at least one one other earlier than Conan ended issues.
When the 2 come nose to nose within the all-time traditional episode “Tracy Does Conan,” their stress is palpable. It’s by no means defined what Liz did to bitter Conan on their time collectively, but it surely couldn’t have been worse than attacking him as a stabbing robotic (Perhaps he caught her watching Jay Leno). The connection solely will get a number of traces within the entirety of 30 Rock, but it surely’s assured to be the funniest courtship audiences by no means get to see.
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Dr. Drew Baird
Performed by Jon Hamm
When Liz meets her impossibly good-looking neighbor Drew (Jon Hamm), she is definite he’s the right man. By studying his mail, which isn’t a perfect begin to any relationship, she determines they’ve the identical pursuits. She learns he’s a pediatrician, and this bears repeating; she finds him very good-looking. Whereas her preliminary schemes to win Drew over implode, the 2 start to this point on Valentine’s Day in a comedy of errors that’s befitting of Liz’s monitor document with romance.
Finally, Liz notices Drew is unhealthy at… nearly every little thing he makes an attempt, which is a byproduct of his being so good-looking. As a result of he exists in a good-looking bubble, nobody has the nerve to appropriate him and even educate him the right method to the Heimlich maneuver, which is necessary for a physician to know. Though Drew is form and dependable to Liz, she realizes she wants somebody with extra substance, and he or she has to say farewell to the person who’s so very good-looking, however so, so silly.
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Dennis Duffy
Performed by Dean Winters
Dennis Duffy (Dean Winters) could also be horrible for Liz, however he’s fantastic for 30 Rock followers when he seems as a human wrecking ball to Liz’s life. Of all Liz’s outdated flames, Dennis is the one which retains popping again up like a boomerang from hell, often with a scheme in thoughts. The customarily sleazy beeper czar of New York is the primary boyfriend audiences are launched to, along with his presence serving as an embodiment of Liz shortchanging her personal private happiness.
At some core stage, whether or not it’s due to the time they’ve spent collectively or his pure skills as a con man, Dennis understands what makes Liz tick. Their acquainted bond and polar reverse personalities make appearances from Dennis entertaining, even when they push the TGS author one step additional to a migraine. Finally, Dennis would meet a lady he would go on to marry, however that doesn’t cease him from shaking up Liz’s life now and again when the temper strikes.
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Carol Burnett
Performed by Matt Damon
He is probably not an astronaut, however Carol Burnett’s (Matt Damon) job as a industrial airline pilot is shut sufficient. Liz meets Carol when doing a favor for her despised fiance, Wesley, and he instantly wins her over by praising TGS, proving somebody is definitely watching the present. Carol and Liz bond over shared annoyances of life, and his frequent stretches of absence as a consequence of his job give Liz the flexibility to stay her life with the liberty she prefers. Not like lots of her high-profile boyfriends, the Oscar-winning actor would make a number of appearances on the present.
When the 2 discover themselves trapped collectively for hours on a tarmac-bound aircraft their argument hits a heated level that they know they will’t come again from, and so peacefully they half methods. Whereas Carol, on paper, appeared like a great match for Liz, the consolation of their similarities would even be their downfall. Liz wants somebody to problem her beliefs, not reinforce them, and her good match would do exactly that.
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Floyd DeBarber
Performed by Jason Sudeikis
Years earlier than Jason Sudeikis misunderstood soccer as Ted Lasso, he could be the first real love curiosity to Liz as Floyd DeBarber. Floyd labored in 30 Rock on a special ground than Liz, and so they initially meet when flowers supposed for Floyd’s then-girlfriend mistakenly made their method to Liz. After aggressive maneuvers that contain having Floyd’s girlfriend transferred to a special state, Liz is ready to date the person of her goals. Sadly, the siren music of Cleveland lured Floyd away from New York and out of Liz’s life.
After their breakup, Liz would have thought of Floyd because the one who received away, however the break up would finally be for the most effective. There have been already the indicators of dealbreakers of their relationship when it got here to Liz’s work-life stability and Floyd’s want to go away New York, and that spoke to the character of each folks. Sudeikis was extremely charming in his function as Floyd, and it in all probability helped the Saturday Evening Dwell alum land future roles with him because the affable lead.
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Crisstopher Chros
Performed by James Marsden
Liz would kiss many frogs earlier than she discovered her prince, but it surely all turned out to be well worth the battle when she met Crisstopher Chros (James Marsden). Viewers didn’t get an opportunity to see Liz and Criss meet, as their first encounter occurred off-screen earlier than the beginning of season six. Criss is first working an natural scorching canine stand on the streets of New York, a job that makes Jack suppose Criss will likely be one other entry into Liz’s relationship corridor of disgrace.
Nonetheless, Criss seems to be the true deal for Liz, along with his good-natured demeanor and loyalty profitable her coronary heart and Jack’s stamp of approval. The 2 shortly transfer in collectively and Liz crosses a monumental threshold by telling Criss she loves him – one thing she had by no means carried out with one other romantic associate. Earlier than 30 Rock mentioned farewell with a superb finale, Liz and Criss would get married and undertake two youngsters, Janet and Terry. Criss could not have match the specs of Liz’s ideally suited astronaut boyfriend, however he liked her for who she was, supported her when occasions have been laborious, and, most significantly, made her completely satisfied.
