Succession (30 Rock)

"Succession"
30 Rock episode
Liz, after being promoted to a corporate position for General Electric
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 13
Directed by	Gail Mancuso
Written by	Andrew Guest John Riggi
Featured music	"Requiem" (Specifically Sequentia - Confutatis & Sequentia - Lacrimosa) composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cinematography by	Vanja Černjul
Production code	213
Original air date	April 24, 2008 (2008-04-24)
Guest appearance(s)
Will Arnett as Devon Banks Chris Parnell as Dr. Leo Spaceman Brian Stack as Howard Jorgensen Rip Torn as Don Geiss Kevin Brown as Dot Com Slattery Grizz Chapman as Grizz Griswold John Lutz as J.D. Lutz
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"Succession" is the thirteenth episode of NBC's second season of 30 Rock and the thirty-fourth episode overall. It was written by Andrew Guest and one of the seasons' co-executive producers, John Riggi; it was directed by Gail Mancuso. It first aired on April 24, 2008 in the United States. Guest stars in this episode include Will Arnett, Marceline Hugot, Chris Parnell, Brian Stack, Tom Toner and Rip Torn.

In this episode Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) and Devon Banks' (Will Arnett) race to be the new CEO of General Electric comes to an end; in a parody of Amadeus, Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan) gets the idea to make a pornographic video game with Frank (Judah Friedlander) playing Salieri to his Mozart, and Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) prepares to become the new Head of East Coast Television and Microwave Oven Programming. In keeping with the Amadeus parody, the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (a favorite of Jeff Richmond, the show's regular composer) is used to score much of the episode.

Jack meets with retiring corporate head Don Geiss (Rip Torn), who discloses that he has chosen Jack over his soon-to-be son-in-law Devon to run the company. Jack is overjoyed and chooses Liz to replace himself as Vice President of East Coast Television and Microwave Oven Programming. Liz accepts when she learns of the higher salary and tells her staff "Suck it monkeys, I'm going corporate." Meanwhile, Devon returns with intent to sabotage Jack, but Liz attempts to make Devon look bad by forcibly making out with him in front of a security camera.