PARKS and RECREATION aka "Everything's coming up Amy"

Yeah, no issues with an evaluation.

yeah, very good episode, i will just say that what this show does well it does very well here, and that what it has had some trouble doing it has some trouble doing again in this episode but luckily that part is not nearly as much the focus as what it does well. also: tour de force chris pratt performance.

the early snippets of him felt like disconnected Pratt adlibs that had made the crew laugh so they got spliced in, despite not really supporting the scene. but his ...extended performances later in the ep were certainly worthy of their audience's reaction.

those were SO good

rudd killed it but god the whole aziz/rashida thing is so garbage

yeah, i can't imagine anyone out there watching is really rooting for those two to make it happen, feels like something a show would do in it's ninth season when they just start pairing ppl up to see what happens. when this show makes fun of politics, or govt, or esp the media or ESP the citizenry let's say it's really fantastic. the workplace humor stuff is also strong. but the aziz/rashida stuff makes the ed helms/ellie kemper stuff on the office look like sam malone and diane chambers.

yeah, they're not even trying that hard with it. it sadly reeks of "well, we have no storylines for these two, so..." but i'd rather see them in a crappy storyline than not at all, i suppose

I like the Ann/Tom pesudo-pairing for how deliciously wrong it is.

The Parks & Rec writers know how stupid the Ann/Tom relationship is, judging by their comments at the most recent PaleyFest (yes I am a nerd). They seem to mainly want to mine good character moments before the whole thing is over (OMG TOM HAS THE BEST GIRLFRIEND APT!)

tour de force chris pratt performance

Andy would prob say tour de France. Chris Pratt has been MVP of this season.

Sepinwall says (I'm told that about 50% of the "Roadhouse" bit was improvised, and 100% of the other movies were.)

yeah, they're not even trying that hard with it. it sadly reeks of "well, we have no storylines for these two, so..." but i'd rather see them in a crappy storyline than not at all, i suppose

I like Rashida Jones, so it's disappointing that they can't seem to come up with many stories for Ann aside from getting her together with different guys on the show.

If this show turned into a half hour of Chris Pratt/Andy Dwyer acting out the plot of different movies, I wouldn't complain.

I like the Ann/Tom pesudo-pairing for how deliciously wrong it is.

― Simon H., Friday, April 27, 2012 12:46 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark

i think that's what they're going for but it isn't really very delicious.

rashida/rob lowe was an actually entertaining pairing, although it'd be kinda lame if they just sent her back to him like clockwork.

I thought this was... okay

The emotional bits worked really well (including Ann negging Chris and Tom) but I wanted Andy's "tour de force" to be more than just acting out movies. I like that character more when he's interjecting or bouncing off of others, I guess.

I will say that Rob Lowe is killing it this season, though.

I love how fantastic of a physical actor Pratt is. Like the gag of him kicking over the TV was so obvious, but it was still p hilarious.

yeah i wasn't gonna say anything but i idg the bfd about chris pratt in this episode. enthusiastically summarizing movies seems a little stale as a gag, and the execution didn't really do much for me.

the TV kick and his attempt to schmooze donors with April were way funnier than the movie summaries IMO; actually I thought Donna's enraptured response to them was funnier than the summaries.

"Politics!" I love when Andy & April try to blend.

"investments? i recently invested in some t-shirts from the thrift store. i left them at wendy's. the economy."

Ron trying to hide when he hears sirens; Wichita Lineman

Andy's retelling of the fourth Rambo film was about as spot-on a critique as I've read about it.

i haven't seen it yet, but there's a director's cut of last night's episode with 6 additional minutes. so much bonus comedy between this and the two versions of 30 rock!

The extended version doesn't add much, sadly, it's just more time lolling with your favorite people on TV

Wichita Lineman was gorgeous.

"and please stop ducking the first question. Did Groffle use some sort of boat to cross the river?"

Chris Traeger has become such a great character.

GET ON YOUR FEET

"Would be lying if I said I hadn't thought about it"

the burt macklin pie recreation is at least top 5 scene this season

http://www.uproxx.com/webculture/2012/05/the-best-of-andy-dwyer/#page/1

the burt macklin pie recreation is at least top 5 scene this season

I am glad you said so, because I was feeling a little silly at how hard I laughed at that.

I was convinced that the discovery at the end would be that it was April aiming for Jerry. That woulda been funny too.

the sewer guy culprit was also Britta's ex from Community a few weeks ago

i think that episode of p&r is the most feel-good tv can ever get. it really made me happy.

So next season we get Andy the cop! And Ben leaves the show so Adam can be a movie star?

"in the case of a tie, the man is awarded the victory and the woman is imprisoned."

Well, it IS a city law.

lol @ blitzed Ann agreeing to move in with Tom

I also love the fact that it ended on a "JERRY!" moment

jean-ralphio's cameo was total fan-service, but since i'm a fan i LOVED IT

probably Schwartz-service as much as anything, since he loves doing it

It just made me think of his job interview walk-through, which is probably my lol highlight of the season.

the way adam scott pronounced "nuthin"

also this episode made me cry twice

Andy fixing the computer made me laugh so hard i had to rewind like the 2 minutes that came after.

jean-ralphio cameo made me think that awful show he's on was canceled but i guess not :(

go with your gut

House of Lies really is just the worst show

ha @ leslie's face when she says "you have PLENTY of jeans"

all about leslie's face this ep

cried real tears @ that last shot after she slides her picture in and she looks like the little girl in her campaign video. omg.

yeah, poehler really killed it this ep, even more than that speech at the end of the debate episode. manly tears yo

I really love Leslie Knope. It is silly to say but she's like my personal role model.