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up all night (13/21)

Continuing tonight is the Golden Globe- and Emmy award-winning sitcom following the fortunes of long-suffering TV comedy writer Liz Lemon (Tina Fey). In this episode, Liz and the team have to stay up all night writing the next show; Frank tells Jenna what he thinks of her; Jack celebrates finally securing a divorce from Bianca; and Kenneth shares a moment with Cerie.

The TGS crew have a Valentine’s Day to forget as they are forced to pull an all-nighter to produce the next episode. The writers procrastinate by playing a game of ‘marry, boff or kill’ about people in the office. When Frank declares he would marry Liz, boff Cerie and kill Jenna, the offended actress demands to know why he does not like her. “What’s your problem with me?” she asks. Frank responds by calling her a “big phony”. “You’ve never done or said anything real or genuine the whole time I’ve known you,” he says. Frank’s devastating honesty prompts Jenna to consider revealing something of her true self.

Jack, meanwhile, is celebrating the finalisation of his divorce with Bianca (Isabella Rossellini). His wife is so keen to be rid of him that she accedes to all his demands. “I don’t care anymore,” she says. “I want to move on.” Jack is desperate to break open the champagne, but struggles to find anyone who will join him. Eventually, Tracy agrees to go for a drink – but he cannot stay long as he has an appointment with his wife at a hotel, where they have planned a saucy night of role-play games. “I’ve got to be downtown dressed as a ninja by ten,” he says.

Tracy leaves Jack in a bar surrounded by women, and it is not long before the bonkers executive is droning on about his ex-wife to anyone who will listen. At length, Jack finds himself walking the streets, where he picks up a gaptoothed foreign prostitute and tries to take her to a hotel. When he finds all the rooms nearby are booked, he hits on the idea of taking his lady friend up to Tracy’s hotel – ruining his night in process. Desperate to placate his furious wife, Tracy calls Liz and gets her to escort Jack from his room.

As Liz helps her boss carry his drunken hooker down the street, she tells him that he needs to get a grip on his “sick” relationship with Bianca. “Let me ask you a question,” she says. “Marry, boff, kill: Bianca. Which do you want to do?” “All of them,” is Jack’s response.

Elsewhere, the ‘marry, boff, kill’ game causes more trouble when Cerie admits that she would “boff” Kenneth. The delighted writers report this to Kenneth and encourage him to make a move J when they send the two of them out for food. A nervous Kenneth finds himself in a romantic spot in front of the Rockefeller Centre ice rink – but his misplaced kiss goes badly wrong. “If you want to tell those other guys that we made out, it’s okay with me,” Cerie tells him.

Also in this episode, Pete forgets to give his wife Valentine’s Day flowers for the second year in a row, and Liz is puzzled by a bunch of roses sent by a secret admirer. Elsewhere, Jenna tells her colleagues about her participation in something called ‘Vagina Day’. “Vagina Day is a charity event founded by a group of celebrities who have, for whatever reason, never been asked to participate in the Vagina Monologues,” she explains. “Every February 14th we improvise monologues about our lady parts for the homeless.” The horrified faces of the writers suggest they are unwilling to contribute to Jenna’s efforts.