Plot
Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) and Jenna Maroney (Jane Krakowski) keep running into the same two men in the elevator at the 30 Rock building, and find themselves interested in them. Not knowing their names, Liz and Jenna refer to them as "The Head" (Brian McCann) and "The Hair" (Peter Hermann). After talking with Jenna, Liz decides she is going to ask "The Head" out on a date. However, on her way to find him, she runs into "The Hair", who asks her out, and discovers his name is Gray. She agrees to attend a restaurant opening with him. Feeling uncomfortable with Gray, as she believes that she does not date someone like Gray as it feels wrong, Liz tries to go home, but he convinces her to hang out for a while longer. The next day things end abruptly when Liz finds a picture of her great-aunt in his apartment and they learn that they are related.
Meanwhile, Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan) panics in the TGS with Tracy Jordan staff office, as his autobiography is due to a publisher the next day but he has not yet begun to write it. He begs Frank Rossitano (Judah Friedlander) and James "Toofer" Spurlock (Keith Powell) to help him get it done in time, and they agree. They run into a problem when Tracy cannot remember much about his own life, and turn to Wikipedia for the answers. They work non-stop on the project, until Tracy remembers that there never was an actual publisher for the book, thus shutting the project down.
Finally, Vice President of East Coast Television and Microwave Oven Programming for General Electric Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) and NBC page Kenneth Parcell (Jack McBrayer) are participating in "Bottoms Up" day at the office. Jack must work in Kenneth's job for a day, to help him be a better manager. During their time together, Kenneth tells Jack about an idea he has for a game show called Gold Case, in which contestants must correctly guess which briefcase being modeled contains gold bricks. Jack helps him sell the idea to NBC. The pilot episode of Gold Case is in production, with host John McEnroe. Due to the weight of the gold, contestants can quickly spot which model is straining with the weight of the case. Every contestant wins almost immediately which results in the show being shut down.
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