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[Parks & Recreation]: And so we come to the end of all things.
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Parks and Recreation has finally returned to Thursday nights at 8:30pm on NBC.
Characters that matter:
Leslie Knope
Deputy Director of the Pawnee, Indiana department of Parks & Recreation. The eternal optimist, Leslie Knope thinks that government can do great things. Unfortunately, she oftens runs into obstacles in the form of reality and people who suck. She is played by Amy Poehler. At the end of Season 4 Leslie completed her run for a seat on the city council, narrowly defeating Paul Rudd.
Ann Perkins
Ann is a nurse who started the series dating Andy and complaining about a giant empty pit next to her house. Now she's dumped Andy and is Leslie's best friend, often partaking in shenanigans with her. She is played by Rashida Jones. At the end of Season 4 she had a job as Attorney General for Pawnee... or something. She now works in City Hall so she can be near Leslie for hijinx, but she's also dating Tom because life isn't fair.
Ron Swanson:
Speaking of canoes. Ron is the head of the Pawnee department of Parks and Recreation. Allow me to put it this way. Ron Swanson is so awesome that he can cut down a tree and carve an autoharp from its fallen trunk while simultaneously drinking enough Guinness to kill an ordinary, lesser man. He is also secretly a Jazz musician operating under the name Duke Silver. He is played by Nick Offerman who is, according to all reports, just as manly as the character he portrays. At the end of season 4, Ron remains exactly where he was when the season began, right down to the mustache.
Tom Haverford:
Tom is a selfish, sycophantic, angry little man with tiny woman feet. He is also damn funny and looks adorable in a raccoon hat. He is played by Aziz Ansari. At the end of Season 4 Entertainment 7wenty (Entertainment 720) and Jean-Ralphio are basically kaput and he has gone back to the Parks Department to work PR. He's also dating Ann Perkins because life isn't fair.
April Ludgate:
April started the series as the student who was filming the mockumentary style that the show employs, but has since graduated to being employed by Ron as "The moat which keeps the angry disgusting peasants away from Swanson castle". She's played by Aubrey Plaza. As of the end of Season 4 she's married to Andy Dwyer and has convinced him to pursue a career in law enforcement because, you know, that will end well.
Andy Dwyer
Andy started the series as a quasi-homeless layabout with two broken legs and a band that never performed. Now he's the shoeshine boy at a government office. So... there's that. He's played by Chris Pratt. At the end of Season 4 he decided to become a police officer. He's a kind-hearted yet incredibly dim young man.
Ben Wyatt
Became mayor of a small town at the age of 18. Bankrupted the town. Now some kind of budget manager who has been brought to Pawnee to fix the budget. As of the end of Season 4 he's crazy in love with Leslie Knope and is whisking away to Washington D.C. to try and be a political awesometron, he's also into Claymation for no adequate reason. He is played by Adam Scott
Chris Traeger
Some kind of superhuman thing. Health nut, crazy for rules, doesn't eat red meat, and his heart is strong enough to pump jet fuel. He's been brought in as City Manager after the previous city manager grabbed Leslie Knope's boob and had a heart attack. At the end of Season 4 he was still broken up with Ann Perkins and was trying to get Pawnee healthy, but has adopted Champion the 3-legged Super Dog to help him heal. He is played by Rob Lowe.
Here's what you missed in season 4:
-Leslie was elected to the Pawnee City Council seat formerly occupied by Bradley Whitford
-Ben got offered a job in Washington D.C. working on a national campaign
-April informed Andy that he should totally go out and become a Police Officer
-April began to care. And stuff. Kind of.
-Chris and Champion the three-legged dog are totally BFFs
-Anne and Tom are dating. Quit your bitching.
IT'S ON BITCHES!
Here's an extended version of the Swanson Pyramid of Greatness sequence from the Season 3 Premiere.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/208819/parks-and-recreation-the-swanson-pyramid-of-greatness#s-p1-sr-i1
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As reported in the Community thread, Parks and Rec got fantastic, series-high ratings last night. :^:
Hopefully, it can mostly hold on to those numbers in the coming weeks.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
I think Adam Scott and Rob Lowe should be in the OP, since both are series regulars, just food for thought.
Not Jerry though.
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1. Ron Swanson
2. Troy Barnes
3. RON SWANSON.
Because a Swanson always counts for 2 regular men.
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I love that Romantic Love is sandwiched between Chicken Protein and Deer Protein. Right where it belongs.
They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we were seeds. 2018 Midterms. Get your shit together.
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Also the Swanson Pyramid of greatness is one of the best things I've ever seen on television.
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That is the most unnatural thing I have ever seen.
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Somehow, he manages to have a mustache while clean-shaven.
One of the best parts of the show are the completely inappropriate and un-PC mur(in)als celebrating Pawnee's unsavoury history. It's like a 1 minute laugh for a few seconds screentime.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXNDJnwpvig
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DAwN-kdrHo
This should be #1 on every record chart in the universe
Warning: Naughty language.
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Last year when I poked in, I always had to defend it from haters in the short-lived NBC Thursdays thread. After all the attention community got here last year, I'm glad Parks and Rec is finally getting some more of its own.
I will say though, I was kind of suprised that Brandanowitz is actually gone. I figured he'd be hanging around at his new job, but it really seems like he's actually gone, which is unfortunate. I just re-watched the one where they make the mural again, and he was such a great addition to the cast. The way he made his "totally safe" art was hilarious.
"Its an old man feeding birds. Absolutely no stance on anything."
I watched the first episodes when the show premiered and yeah it just felt like an office rip off. I gave up on it until I caught a few episodes of the second season and good hooked.
Glad to see this really found it's stride and I'm very happy about Rob Lowe sticking around for another season - he is a solid character.
Torso: Thick and impenetrable.
this is great
-Leslie gets the flu
-Andy and Ron have bonding time.
-Tom goes to the spa.
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POOPING.
Pooping"
This episode is great.