![]() ![]() Perhaps the best example comes four episodes in with “Leslie and Ron.” After a mysterious falling out between seasons six and seven, Leslie and Ron have become enemies, and by the end of the third episode, everyone else is sick of it. Time jumps in TV are rarely popular, but Parks and Rec navigates the speculative 2017 with mostly grace if you can forgive the too-perfect ending. In addition to the saccharine ending, many fans took issue with the show’s time skip to 2017. Writing for Slate, Willa Paskin wrote of season seven, “The congratulated itself for its own sweetness, instead of recognizing that a hint of sourness has always been part of what made Parks and Recreation so delicious." Emily Nussbaum at The New Yorker had similar complaints, writing “ papered over every difficulty in a way that felt less like resolution than a cheat.” The last season of Parks and Rec is surprisingly solid, but the dreaded time-skip and over-sweet ending left a lot to be desired for some fans. Leslie in particular comes into her own in this episode, shedding the ditzy blonde Michael Scott persona to become the intelligent and optimistically naive woman we know and love. Come to find out, Andy kept his casts on for longer than necessary, so Ann would keep pampering him, leading to their inevitable breakup. The biggest highlight of this season is without a doubt the final episode, “Rock Show.” To celebrate Andy getting his casts removed, Ann invites everyone to hear him perform live for the first time since the accident. Related: Parks and Recreation: Why 'The Trial of Leslie Knope' Is a Perfect Episode It’s a bingeworthy watch if only so you can appreciate how much growth the show demonstrated throughout its run. That said, it’s also the shortest of the seasons, clocking in at just six 22-minute episodes. Nearly everyone agrees that the first season of Parks and Rec is the weakest of them all in fact, some fans argue that new viewers should skip this season altogether. Despite these intentions, the show’s first season can’t help but remind us of what came before. ![]() ![]() Parks and Rec first got life as a spin-off of The Office, which was thankfully axed by co-creators Greg Daniels and Michael Schur early in the writing process. ![]()
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