Leap Day (30 Rock)

The episode originally aired on NBC in the United States on February 23, 2012 and received positive reviews for its inventive script and the engaging performance by its guest stars.

Jack introduces Kabletown's latest development in 3-D Internet access, but the ceremony becomes controversial when three people dressed as the letter K dance and then whip a black man.

Twenty years from the present, Jack sees his daughter, Liddy (Devin Dunne Cannon), working for Habitat for Humanity and realizes that he needs to spend more time with her.

James Poniewozik of Time said, "[T]he difference between a very amusing episode and a deathly awful one is a single, fresh idea... in the show's just-alternative universe, Leap Day is an actual holiday—complete with candy for the kids, Leap Day William emerging from the Mariana Trench and a cheesy Jim Carrey/Andie MacDowell holiday movie–unbeknownst only to us and Liz Lemon."

"[4] Regarding the episode's Leap Dave Williams fictional film, Mary Cella of HLN said, "it was a highly effective guest spot because it seemed exactly like a movie [Carrey] would star in.

[9] Meg Reticker was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series based on this episode, but lost to Steven A. Rasch of Curb Your Enthusiasm.

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Jim Carrey plays a fictional character within the universe of 30 Rock who discovers the true meaning of Leap Day
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Critics praised Andie MacDowell for her performance in the Leap Day film