Liz Lemon - Love Life

Love Life

Further information: List of 30 Rock characters#Liz's love interests

Many episodes of the show have dealt with Lemon's ongoing search for love. According to Pete, Liz has had some "really terrible boyfriends" in the ten years that he's known her. It is implied that she once dated Conan O'Brien, first when she identifies the "tall, gangly red-haired guy who played guitar all the time" whom she dated as Conan in "Blind Date"; there seems to be romantic tension between them during a brief encounter. During an in-flight nap induced by a drug which may cause "sexual nightmares," Liz growls something that arguably sounds very much like, "No, Conan, no!" ("Believe In the Stars"). It has become apparent that Lemon has very high standards in men, personified in her imaginary perfect husband, "Astronaut Mike Dexter". She appears to take a somewhat more realistic view her dream man after learning of her mother's premarital relationship with then-future astronaut Edwin "Buzz" ("Eddie" to her) Aldrin and subsequently conversing with Aldrin. She shares "sexual history" with Grizz who alone addresses her as "Beth", and they are seen passionately kissing in the footage from Kenneth's party in "Greenzo". In season 4, Liz also has a one night stand with James Franco and his body pillow. At one point in season 5, in the episode "It's Never Too Late For Now", Liz decides to give up on love and embrace spinsterhood by adopting a cat she calls Emily Dickinson, attending book clubs and wearing a fanny pack and baggy sweaters.

Liz has also had several multi-episode onscreen romances. A recurring gag is Liz having relationships with men who share the names of celebrities or fictional characters, including Wesley Snipes (a Caucasian Englishman), commercial airline pilot Captain Carol Burnett (though his surname is pronounced "Burn-it"), and Floyd DeBarbour (i.e., Floyd the Barber). Other boyfriends include Dennis Duffy and Dr. Drew Baird.

In her longest onscreen relationship, Liz dates Criss Chros (James Marsden), a down-to-earth hot dog vendor named after a '90s teen rap duo. Their relationship began sometime before season 6 and continued past the 6th season finale, in which she and Criss finally decide to try to have a baby together. In the 7th and final season after weeks of unsuccessful attempts at conception believing it will increase their adoption chances they get married at city hall.