"Yes to life! Yes to love! Yes to staying in more!"
That's what the 30 Rock Liz said to Jack when it was discovered that she had said "Oui" to the French minister who accidentally married them.
And staying in more was definitely seeming like an involuntary vow that Liz had made. It was the first Friday of the quarter that she didn't have to do anything, now that her movie was nearly wrapped, and she had absolutely nothing to do.
Every interaction with Dennis was becoming increasingly more negative. The boy refused to acknowledge her existence in public or otherwise, but would readily call her to do something for him or fix his film problems. After Liz responded to one such call with the comment that "this has nothing to do with me," He replied rather snottily, "well, thanks for all your cooperation."
And things with Floyd were no better. According to Liz's friend Jenna, Floyd had been seeing other girls after he had seen Liz.
So she went online for her answers.
She googled "rat king" and wikipedia told her the folklore of rats becoming fused together by their tails and even about real-life instances, mostly in Germany.
Liz was aghast. It was true. Dennis and Floyd were best friends fused together in some disgusting fashion, both of them sickening unto themselves.
The rat king was real!
So sitting alone on her couch, Liz realized that she was facing her worst fear- being home alone on a weekend- and discovered that, at the very least, she was cutting herself off from the rat king.
She was free! Maybe she really was a Lemon to her core, dumping sticks of melted butter on popcorn and spilling soda on her sweatpants- but she was free.
No more Dennis. No more Floyd. Liz was going to be in a relationship with herself, where the only bullshit she had to take was her own, and she didn't have to shave as much. This idea was beginning to grow on Liz.
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