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Succession sees Will Arnett's third appearance as Jack's rival Devon Banks, who returns just as corporate head Don Geiss (Rip Torn) chooses Jack to be his successor. Jack decides to promote Liz to his old job, which Liz accepts when she learns the salary, and Pete likewise faces promotion. Of course, one may be skeptical that the storyline of the show would change so radically, and indeed, something goes wrong. Geiss goes into a coma before he announces his intentions, and Devon stages a coup to take over the company.

I think Arnett's first appearance wasn't that great but his reappearance in Jack Gets in the Game was funnier and better. This episode is better still, but not necessarily for Devon. At first it is consistently funny, the episode then veers into weird drama as Geiss appears to die and as Devon seizes control, although I sense there might be a parody here that I'm not getting. At any rate, the return of Dr. Spaceman brings a return to comedy and both are welcome. I suspect a storyline will unfold in the remaining episodes to rival the story arc seen in Fireworks, Corporate Crush, Cleveland and Hiatus last season.

Since he doesn't believe in nepotism for his business handlings, network chairman Don Guiess picks Jack Donaghy over soon-to-be-son-in-law Devon Banks as his successor. Since it won't be announced publicly for awhile, Jack only tells Liz and appoints her as his successor. Liz initially declines until she sees the salary. Meanwhile, Tracy is despondent because he found out his son didn't take him on "Take Your Dad to School" day. In fact, when he arrived returning his flute, he made a fool of his son when he took off his shirt and danced. So he resolves to change the world by creating a porno video game. That makes Frank jealous since he tried to do that for years while Tracy does it in one day. Back on Jack's front, Devon arrives and tries to one-up him for Guiess' favor. While on an elevator with Liz, he finds out from her some juicy secrets he can't wait to reveal to his future-father-in-law but Liz French kisses him in front of the camera inside that she threatens to show Don. At the later announcement party, Liz, Don, and Jack share some corporate humor while Devon looks forlorn knowing Jack is getting the job since Guiess told him. Just as him and Jack calmly reminisce "good times", Liz discovers Don in a diabetic coma. Jack calls Dr. Leo Spaceman who confuses 411 with 911 and can't find Guiess' heart. While Liz backs Jack on knowing who Don picked to take his place, Devon denies it. It's Devon who convinces the board to pick Don's mentally mute daughter to succeed him with him as consultant. As he's telling Jack this, Devon throws him out...This was another hilarious episode of "30 Rock" with welcome returns of Rip Torn, Will Arnett, and, especially, Chris Parnell as Spaceman. Loved hearing Jack mention Clay Aiken in "Spamalot" as the reason Devon returned in his presence with Devon adding he'll see him every day until the show closes or Clay leaves. And how about seeing Leo's entrance carrying a cape! With two more episodes left this season, I can hardly wait for "30 Rock" again next week...

Another wonderful episode.

Geiss tells Jack that he will take him over Devon and Jack chooses Liz as his successor. Yet Geiss dies before it is all made official. And the way it ends doesn't look so good for Jack anymore.

So well done! Many amazing scenes, such as Devon and Liz in the elevator. The conversation between Devon and Jack at the Bachelor party, Liz getting a taste of being in the corporate world, Dr.Spaceman running like a super hero to save Geiss and the wonderfully done acting, all were superb. There is still more to come of the way it ended, I am sure.

And the sub story with Tracy's porn video game also brought many laughs

A decade before HBO's Succession debuted to critical acclaim, we have 30 Rock's Succession which was a real operatic treat that's for sure. There's a lot going on in this episode really.

It's easy to forget that 30 Rock and Aaron Sorkin's much ballyhooed Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip debuted on NBC at the same time. The conventional wisdom was that only would survive into season 2 and that it would be Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. But not to be. The rest is history.