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After a week as insane as this one has been, there is no greater pleasure than spending a full hour with the parks department. Especially when the episodes are as fun and genuinely sweet as these two are.
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Ron eats a banana. Willingly. If that doesn’t pique your interest in this episode, nothing will.
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Pro: Leslie Knope and company are back on our screens after three long weeks off the air! Con: Turns out that even they can’t make kidney stones and compatibility tests funny.
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If Parks and Recreation keeps raising the bar like this in terms of how exciting, funny, and romantic a sitcom can be, how are we ever going to be satisfied by any other series on TV?
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RIP, Trainwreck Ann. You will certainly be missed. But if her replacement by level-headed baby-wanting Ann means more interesting storylines for Rashida Jones to work with, then I’m all for it.
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The plot this week feels a little stale, but some surprising revelations about Mr. Stalwart himself Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman) are forced out in an unexpected way and gives the episode some unexpected heart.
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