When Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) wins the TGS with Tracy Jordan crew lottery of $1000, she faces harsh criticism from her lesser paid co-workers and attempts to remedy the situation by buying everybody drinks at a bar.
Meanwhile, Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) pays a visit to the General Electric microwave division that he manages and makes the surprising discovery that they have achieved their highest sales quarter yet without any input from him.
The TGS writers' plan backfires badly when Jack not only returns Pete's overtures of friendship, but exacts revenge on his co-workers for attempting to embarrass him.
In the start of the episode, Liz says that playing card she gambled on has a 1-in-52 chance of being picked from the deck, Tracy tells her she's "like Rain Man" and asks how many toothpicks are on the ground.
This refers to a business management strategy to improve quality of production outputs; the "Six Sigma" concept was previously parodied in the season 3 episode "Retreat to Move Forward".
In the post-credits scene, the episode plays graduation music and mimics the well-known college movie National Lampoon's Animal House with lines over the credits that indicate what the characters did in the future.
During this sequence, Jack is said to have "spent the night on a couch that costs more than your car", a reference to Baldwin's cameo appearance in Glengarry Glen Ross.
From working his way through college being voted "Most" at Harvard to his very complicated youth being raised by an insane woman, there is always something new to learn about John Francis Donaghy.
"[3] Dan Forcella of TV Fanatic called the episode "a winner" and praised the "stellar performances by Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey and everyone in the writers' room".