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Assless Chaps posted:Awesome OP, Annakie! I'm at once incredibly excited and terribly sad for this season. But it seems like a great place to stop the show (although the end of last season ... or the episode where Ann and Chris left both seemed like good places, too), and now it won't go down in flames like The Office over its last few seasons. The show even forgot about him when they had the boxes of Ann's exes. A good episode to start a newbie with is Ron and Tammy part 1.
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Macaluso posted:I couldn't disagree more about this. You really need to get to know Ron's character before you see an episode completely breaking it apart. I mean, obviously he starts off the episode being normal Ron, but I feel you need his character built up over multiple episodes (or any of the characters really). Yeah but the episode you get the basics of a lot of characters. It shows the Ron Leslie relationship. It has Andy getting the shoe shine job and stop being an rear end in a top hat. It was the eighth episode in the second season so the characters were not that build up anyways. Also yes this season is post timeskip.
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:I've never heard anyone say Zantac in a genericized way, and it seems like it would be more in-character for those two to say something like "your heartburn pills" but I don't really feel like this is a hill I need to die on. Yeah but the whole point was they were acting like adults.
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I really wonder where the rest of the season is going as they figured out the National Park situation that seemed to be the main plot.
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Jan 28, 2015 22:14
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Retail Slave posted:Kind of makes me wonder about the moms in Pawnee that they're all a-ok with their kids traipsing all over town with some adult who the kids watch on TV. They are safe as they have the buddy system!
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CommaToes posted:The future jokes are all very funny. I like how they're doing this. The change was they lost the land and this was the only way for them to get it.
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Jan 29, 2015 20:22
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CommaToes posted:Yeah, but the whole data mining/invasion of privacy thing was glossed over pretty quick. If it wasn't for that then it would never have worked. They had a huge hit to their PR and got reminded that giving the land to the park service would help them. This might not be the end of the storyline, and they could still go to war.
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Jan 29, 2015 20:25
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A Steampunk Gent posted:I kinda wonder if they're gonna follow that up with an episode of the blowback of gentrification or something, they wrapped that up ridiculously quickly and the solution basically led straight in to another divisive land use issue They said that it was only empty buildings, raccoons, and famous German directors.
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Jan 29, 2015 20:29
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Javid posted:Leslie resorts to compromises as much or more than she just wins and gets her way. She gets really into the fight, but the fight is only to get what she wants; if she can get it without going to war with a company, she will. Unlike the show's antagonists, she doesn't need to see her opponents crushed, as long as her goals are met. It's pretty admirable. Pulling a compromise out of her rear end that pleases everyone is kind of her signature move at this point. See also how she deals with Eagleton.
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Jan 29, 2015 22:19
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TheAngryDrunk posted:Then why was there a season 2? It is on NBC
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Feb 3, 2015 06:45
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TheAngryDrunk posted:It's still on NBC. Yeah and they were desperate for anything that got decent ratings. They have gotten rid of its comedy Thursday block and have decided to allow Parks and Rec to have one more season.
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Feb 3, 2015 06:51
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hcreight posted:According to TV Guide there's only one new episode tonight, with a rerun of the season premiere at 8:30. Yep as I guess the final episode is considered two episodes not just one extra long one.
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Feb 3, 2015 22:25
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tin can made man posted:No "the wedding might be/has been ruined by an insane accident or interaction" moment, which is outright miraculous for a sitcom. Instead, the writers found a way to make the even compelling without any shock moments. This show has had three weddings and only one sort of had that.
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Feb 4, 2015 06:42
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Mo0 posted:I'm actually curious to know whether or not that was intentionally correct or if they just guessed and were right about it being rebooted. I don't know what the timing was on taping for that vs when that was announced. Production was August 11, 2014 - December 12, 2014 and Twin Peaks was announced October 6, 2014.
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Feb 12, 2015 00:21
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Pakled posted:We don't need any setup because his enthusiasm for puzzles was previously demonstrated in some episode in Season 3 or 4 or thereabouts. Operation Ann in season 4. Ron Swanson would also hate if Leslie sets up a puzzle for his birthday.
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Feb 13, 2015 02:55
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I also do not think that it will be an actual funeral, just celebrating the deaths of April and Leslie's life in Pawnee. As there is two more episodes following it
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Feb 15, 2015 23:31
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whatever7 posted:How old was Gary when he "retired" in season 3? The guy is pretty old now. And he worked 40 years for the government at the time? 69/17
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Feb 16, 2015 01:25
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Tom has been in every episode except for Ms. Ludgate-Dwyer Goes to Washington, Pie-Mary, and The Johnny Karate Super Awesome Musical Explosion Show
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Feb 19, 2015 00:06
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:The point about Tom's dreams were that they were silly and shallow, which was funny. It's disappointing to see the show taking them seriously and granting him an improbable level of success just because. I really liked the turning point last season when Tom dropped Jean-Ralphio and started taking Rent-A-Swag seriously, but having that epiphany shouldn't mean he's an overnight success in any business he tries his hand at from then on. This "everyone wins the lottery!" wrap-up they're doing with everyone undermines the characters they spent so many years building in a believable way. They were shallow but Tom has shows growth when it comes to his desire to be a business owner. They showed how shallow and silly his current dreams were in Entertainment 720. Then came rent a swag and showed him growing up and having reasonable goals. It all came to ahead last season with Tom's Bistro and that led to where he is now.
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Pick posted:Three profitable restaurant locations in three years is definitely overnight, and feels like it unrealistically eclipses April and Andy's optimistic-but-grounded successes. Sure, Ron's getting huge contracts too, but it's his bread and butter, and he was hinted to be massively wealthy beforehand, and knew from the get-go how to put in the work. (Donna's a wildcard since she was never working because she actually had to.) Three years and a town that exploded due to the merger. Remember 7ish years ago the entire town was going bankrupt, and now its a huge hub.
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Feb 19, 2015 22:07
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Fast Luck posted:Tom acting as Andy's agent got Andy the intellectual rights to Johnny Karate so I guess he can start doing the show again in DC but I don't really think they'll show us that. I think this season actually has been pretty fun but instead of nitpicking that it takes a restaurant three years on average to start turning a profit, my question would be if we really needed to see two characters get married to people we don't really know Lucy has been in and out for a while now. She first appeared in season 2, was in season 3, showed up at the massive party where it was shown they still cared for each other, and finally reconnect in season 7.
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The title of the thread is also oddly appropriate.
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old dog child posted:What episode is it? I have 30 minutes for lunch... Flu season
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Feb 23, 2015 23:35
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thexerox123 posted:What does everyone think the odds are of getting appearances from Chris/Ann/Mark or some combination thereof for the finale? (Or even just mentions of them, at least.) I remember reading before the season aired that the Nurse and Chris will appear. It would make sense for it to be in the last episode.
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Feb 24, 2015 06:02
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Joose Caboose posted:Though many contenders I think that End of the World is my favorite Parks episode. All the Zorp/reasonablists, the culmination of Entertainment 720, and Andy's bucket list. Particularly, the moment that Andy and April walk out of the car and up the rim of the Grand Canyon may be my favorite moment of the show. Where's all the faces of the presidents?
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Last Chance posted:You guys are really making me sad thinking about this show going away... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NbBGrBxRhs
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The best response to the best character. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZasP77J0yhE
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whatever7 posted:I heard people said s4 and s5 were not so good before I watch them. I thought they were quite good. I really like the whole run of Ben and Leslie getting marry for the stretch of 6-8? episodes. I like the whole run of Leslie running for councilwoman too. I did not mind the Leslie getting a federal job as she could never remain where she was for the rest of her life. She is happy with her job, but even Ron said that she was going to outgrow the town at some point.
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Feb 24, 2015 22:02
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Whiz Palace posted:I bought a bottle of Lagavulin for the finale. Should have gotten Snake Juice.
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Pakled posted:So does NBC have anything worth watching at all after the end of Parks and Recreation? Hannibal but that is in the summer.
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404GoonNotFound posted:Wait... Animal Control didn't show up, did they? They live in the basement of city hall
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Feb 25, 2015 06:19
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kdrudy posted:Good finale, though I would've liked to see a cameo from Mark in the last season at some point, would have been a nice callback. He has been scrubbed from the show. They did not even mention him when they mentioned all of Ann's exes. Did they even show him during the outtakes?
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Feb 25, 2015 21:30
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Henchman of Santa posted:Also 30 Rock. Also that appears to be the trajectory Hannibal is on. The NBC touch! (or was FNL on ABC?) Sort of. It was on NBC for two seasons then moved to DirecTV
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Sleeveless posted:
Its just footage of him from Deadwood.
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Feb 26, 2015 19:31
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Phenotype posted:That's fair. I did say that I enjoyed the finale and was glad everyone got a happy ending, but I think "indulgent" is a very good word for it, and I think they might have written a stronger ending by not literally spelling out that everyone maintained their warm happiness for the rest of their lives. Like, Bubbles gets to have dinner with his sister, but you don't see him as an old man surrounded by loving nieces and nephews on his deathbed. I think that's why fanfiction comes to mind -- I certainly give the P&R writing team all the credit they deserve, but "and they lived happily ever after for the rest of their lives in terrifying exactitude" is usually done by crap fan writers in love with their TV/manga husbands and waifus. So the ending of Six Feet Under was fan fiction as it did the same as it showed the ultimate fates of all the main characters?
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Feb 26, 2015 22:55
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I was doing a rewatch of Parks earlier this year along with watching House of Cards. Talk about a tonal whiplash.
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Mar 4, 2015 19:11
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32MB OF ESRAM posted:
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Mar 4, 2015 20:05
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egon_beeblebrox posted:I agree with all of these. Especially Newsradio. Newsradio is Basically Perfect, then Phil Hartman got murdered, and it became Almost Perfect. RIP Phil Hartman. The season 5 finale is one of the hardest episodes I have ever seen quote:"Dear Matthew, I am dead. No matter what I may have told you about my secret plan, do not get on an airplane and fly around the world searching for me. Also, be assured that this is not just a further ruse to throw everyone off the track of my secret plan."
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Mar 5, 2015 06:13
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BonoMan posted:I can't believe the show would come back. Pretty much all of the cast has moved on to other shows so that's not realistic I wouldn't think. Depending on their schedules it could work. A couple of cast members have shows that have already filmed or cancelled.
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El Tortuga posted:Jim O'Heir's entire career pre-Parks & Rec is one episode stints on dozens and dozens of shows. Aside from the long-term role he had on Strip Mall, an early 2000's Comedy Central series that was just too good for this cruel world. It killed Strangers with Candy, and that show was too good for this world.
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