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"Today You Are a Man" is the fifth episode of the sixth season of the American television comedy series ''30 Rock'', and the 108th overall episode of the series. It was directed by Jeff Richmond, and written by co-executive producer Ron Weiner. The episode originally aired on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) network in the United States on February 2, 2012. Guest stars in this episode include Kristen Schaal, Nicholas Dayton, Josh Fadem, and Suze Orman. In the episode, Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) goes head to head with Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) to negotiate over her contract, Kenneth Parcell (Jack McBrayer) considers quitting the page program after he discovers that nobody had missed him during his absence in the previous episode, and Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan) and Jenna Maroney (Jane Krakowski) are hired as the entertainment for a bar mitzvah. ==Plot== Liz Lemon's (Tina Fey) old agent Simon Behrens (Josh Fadem) informs her that her contract is almost up, and Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) has sent her a new one. Annoyed that Jack would expect her to blindly sign a new contract, Liz decides to negotiate with him for better pay and conditions. She meets with Simon at the library and discovers a seminar tape Jack had recorded called ''Negotiating to Win''. She starts using Jack's own techniques on him in the negotiation, which he recognises and is pleased, since it is now an even playing field between the pair. The two meet at an ice-cream shop, where it seems that Jack has won the negotiation, which prompts him to negotiate with himself in a mirror on her behalf, where he accidentally wins for her. Meanwhile, Kenneth Parcell (Jack McBrayer) returns from his temporary firing, only to realize that no one noticed his absence. Hurt, he decides to switch to ''The Suze Orman Show'' and provides the ''TGS'' crew with an inadequate new page named Hazel Wassername (Kristen Schaal). However, Kenneth ends up speaking with Suze Orman, who explains to him that the reason his ''TGS'' friends don't view him as an equal is because he doesn't earn as much as them. Elsewhere, Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan) and Jenna Maroney (Jane Krakowski) are hired by their accountant as entertainment for his son's bar mitzvah, only to be forced to act as Transformers to appease the boy (Nicholas Dayton). The pair come to realize that the boy was only making ridiculous demands because he was nervous about dancing with a girl, which leads Tracy and Jenna to resolve that their own demanding behaviour may be along the same lines, so they pledge to put an end to their selfishness. Finally, the ''TGS'' crew realize their mistake and lure Kenneth to a farewell party in order to try and get Tracy to convince him to return, since Tracy depends on him so much. However, to everyone's surprise Tracy does the selfless thing and tells Kenneth to find a better job. Jack invites Liz back to his office, where he laments on his failure to win the negotiation and as a businessman. Feeling guilty, Liz yields to him and he reveals that this was his plan, to prove to himself that he could still win. Nonetheless, he signs the contract that Liz had won, assuring her that he intends to take care of her anyway. At this point, Kenneth arrives and asks Jack if he can talk to him about a better position in the company, to which he responds in the affirmative. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Today You Are a Man」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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