The Fighting Irish

"The Fighting Irish"
30 Rock episode
Jack and his brother, Eddie, get into a fight, thus the name "The Fighting Irish"
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 17
Directed by	Dennie Gordon
Written by	Jack Burditt
Cinematography by	Vanja Černjul
Original air date	March 8, 2007 (2007-03-08)
Guest appearance(s)
Dan Bakkedahl as Angry Father Katrina Bowden as Cerie Xerox Anna Chlumsky as Liz Lemler Siobhan Fallon Hogan as Patricia Donaghy Nathan Lane as Eddie Donaghy Brian Murray as Jimmy Donaghy Maulik Pancholy as Jonathan Lonny Ross as Josh Girard Molly Shannon as Katherine Catherine Donaghy Jason Sudeikis as Floyd DeBarber
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"The Fighting Irish" is the seventeenth episode of NBC's first season of 30 Rock. It was written by one of the season's co-executive producers, Jack Burditt and it was directed by Dennie Gordon. It aired on March 8, 2007 in the United States. Guest stars who appeared in this episode were Dan Bakkedahl, Katrina Bowden, Henry Boyle, Anna Chlumsky, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Chris Hoch, Alice Kremelberg, Nathan Lane, Boris McGiver, John F Mooney, Brian Murray, Maulik Pancholy, Lonny Ross, Molly Shannon, Jason Sudeikis and Kristen Sudeikis.

The episode features the appearance of Jack Donaghy's (played by Alec Baldwin) brother, Eddie Donaghy (Nathan Lane), who visits Jack claiming that their father (Brian Murray) is dead. Jack also tells Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) that she has to fire ten percent of her staff. Liz struggles with this task until she meets Floyd's (Jason Sudeikis) girlfriend, Liz Lemler (Anna Chlumsky), who works in the accounting department at TGS with Tracy Jordan, a fictional sketch comedy series for which Liz is the head writer.