When Tracy goes as far as insinuating that even monkeys are funnier than women, Liz responds by reviving her own two-women show that she had with Jenna.
Meanwhile, Jack (Alec Baldwin) discovers that his girlfriend Zarina (Nina Arianda) is using Ryan Lochte as a sex idiot.
When he notices that he is part of a group chat involving other people seen by Zarina, he realizes he fits the "father" archetype.
#plotpoint" and Liz Lemon's subsequent response alludes to an incident sparked by a Vanity Fair article by Christopher Hitchens titled "Why Women Aren't Funny",[6] which caused upset among Tina Fey, Sarah Silverman, Amy Poehler, and other female comedians who challenged the article as sexism.
Jack Ryan is the name of Alec Baldwin's character in The Hunt for Red October, one of his first starring roles.
The character “Ken Tremendous”, one of Zarina's “pokemon”, is based on the pseudonym of Michael Schur, the co-creator of Parks and Recreation.