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

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.

Silly because she's too wonderful??

I cried... and then I cuddled with my care bear and arranged flowers because I'm a WOMAN.

No but really I did cry. Good stuff.

i totally cried. she's brilliant.

So good, especially the last one:

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3z8p6s0qr1r98ikgo1_1280.jpg

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3z8p6s0qr1r98ikgo2_500.jpg

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That drawing of Leslie really captures her spirit!

v. nice, where are these from?

http://rickylinn.com/

Today's Variety has an article written in character by Poehler called The Audacity of Knope.

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4zrk6KiPF1qa9armo1_r1_500.jpg

http://www.avclub.com/articles/nick-offerman-on-parks-and-recreation-kabuki-and-f,82589/

As Swanson, Offerman is both father figure and anchor of the show, providing a stern, deadpan center in the eye of the craziness, as well as the rare TV depiction of masculinity that’s funny without being tied to tired chauvinistic stereotypes.

um

ha what? There was a whole episode where he had a boys-only survivalist club. Like I know it would be tedious to list reasons why that's silly but I had to say just one.

it would be more accurate to say he humanizes tired chauvinistic stereotypes and (for many) makes them endearing

That NSFW headshot of him with a foam rubber Tetsuo cock is priceless