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Parks And Recreation - Season 7 [*Spoilers*]

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    #122
    Diabhal Beag
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    One of their exec producers died tonight sadly. Harris Wittels was hilarious. Look him up on podcasts and laugh. Guy had a rough year or so.


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    #123
    FouxDaFaFa
    Registered Users Posts: 6,850 ✭✭✭FouxDaFaFa


    Diabhal Beag wrote: »
    One of their exec producers died tonight sadly. Harris Wittels was hilarious. Look him up on podcasts and laugh. Guy had a rough year or so.
    Very funny. Very young. Only 30 years old, jesus.

    I think the quality of everything he was involved in shows how talented he was.

    Parks and Rec being a great example of that. The last series is strong and I'll be very sad to see it go.


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    #124
    wp_rathead
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    Diabhal Beag wrote: »
    One of their exec producers died tonight sadly. Harris Wittels was hilarious. Look him up on podcasts and laugh. Guy had a rough year or so.

    His interview with Pete Homes on You Made it Weird is both hilarious and tragic..he talks alot about his drug abuse. Such a funny guy though


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    #125
    AnonoBoy
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    Very sad news.

    Here's Harris as stoner animal control guy Harris in the show:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xkplbd_nQFs


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    #126
    Machismo Fan
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    Currently attempting to emotionally prepare myself for the finale.


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    #127
    Machismo Fan
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    Spent the entire finale grinning like a goofball. A lovely end to a lovely, brilliant show.


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    #128
    Zwillinge
    Registered Users Posts: 4,677 ✭✭✭Zwillinge


    Machismo Fan wrote: »
    Currently attempting to emotionally prepare myself for the finale.

    Snap!!

    May not get to see it today, so more than likely after work tomorrow.

    Gonna be so sad to see it go, but have Amy Poehler's book to keep me going after it :o


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    #129
    Basq
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    Aubrey and Jim here... classic! :D

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZQQfkJ7hZY


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    #130
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
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    I'm so sad it's over... No more pearls of wisdom from Ron Swanson!

    Really good ending though.


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    #131
    phasers
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    That ending was so sweet!


    Leslie is definitely the President in 2048, right? :D or a former president?


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    #132
    Diabhal Beag
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    Loved that. Nice way to wrap everything up and a few laughs too. Last 3 episodes were a lot of fun. Cool tribute at the end for Harris Wittels too.


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    #133
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,094 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    I take great solace in the fact that Parks & Recreation has most definitely gone straight to horsey heaven.

    Really as fitting a finale as could be. Took me a flashforward or two to be won over by the episode's structure, but no better way to add some conclusive punctuation marks to all the wonderful characters' arcs (plus, the Jean Ralphio one was inspired). Another episode that achieved a beautiful balance between humour, character and emotion, and really at its peak that was what Parks & Rec was all about. Reckon it'll be a long time before another comedy with the sheer depth and consistency of characterisation Parks & Rec offered.


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    #134
    TrustedApple
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    Was a fantastic ending to one shows of the last few years as there was not one character you hated everyone was perfect and fitted there roles to a tee.

    It was great showing the flash forwards as really added to the epp quite a lot and it just made realise how much i am going to miss the show.

    Brought a tear to my eye seeing it end the last show that did this to me was the last epp scrubs.


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    #135
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users Posts: 85,005 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Diabhal Beag wrote: »
    One of their exec producers died tonight sadly. Harris Wittels was hilarious. Look him up on podcasts and laugh. Guy had a rough year or so.



    RIP
    https://forumofgames.com/




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    #136
    AnonoBoy
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    Great ending to a truly great TV show. For some reason Harris' death has occupied my thoughts a lot in the last few days and it's made the end of the show just that much sadder.

    Lovely to see everyone end up where they wanted to be.

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    #137
    JP Liz V1
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    So who is president Ben or Leslie :p


    A great finale #MISSYOUPAWNEE
    https://forumofgames.com/




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    #138
    Fred Swanson
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    #139
    Anachrony
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    Fred Swanson wrote: »
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    Even good people can be hypocrites sometimes. Gary wasn't the real target of most of those jokes. Everyone else was. Most of the time the audience isn't meant to sympathize with them that Gary is the worst. The joke is how they can be sweet and open minded one moment and simultaneously totally blind to how horrible and unfair they're being in this particular aspect of their lives. Hypocrisy is a rich source of comedy.


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    #140
    ixoy
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    More importantly is that their attitudes never hurt Garry. In fact Garry was quite possibly the happiest of them all by the end: A very long life, a huge family and died at one of his happiest moments.

    Excellent finale and a very good way to say goodbye to everyone. A show that I'll definitely miss but it went out on a great high.


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    #141
    squonk
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    Great finalé. I really enjoyed Tom's roller coaster ride. Tom being hugely successful this seasonand last was a bit of a change for the character so it was kind of nice to see him fail spectacularly and then 'fail to fail' too :).

    I assumed at the time that Ben was the president. Now I think it could be Leslie though the fact that the Secret Service guy spoke into Ben's ear it'd suggest it was him. Maybe it's meant to be ambiguous.

    Ron's story was great. Man I'd love his park job! That lake looked gorgeous! Nick Offerman wrote a book a few years ago called Paddle Your Own Canoe. I couldn't help thinking that Ron's final scene on the lake was a reference to that!

    Great to see Ann & Chris back too. They were just there enough really.

    All in all it was just a great episode and a great sendoff. I ended up slightly wistful as it's another great show gone but I wasn't sad. They went out on a high and it was always a bight and bubbly show with lots of life. They never, ever reached the stage where they were just going through the motions, showing up and collecting a paycheck. Not many shows you can say that about these days. In the end the show went out well. They were happy to go and I felt happy to let them go!

    No more Ron Swanson though. I can live with that. Other shows would have a Ron spinoff. I don't see this happening and I don't want it.


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    #142
    phasers
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    In my mind Leslie served her two terms as President and now it's Ben's turn. There's just no way that Leslie Knope didn't become President!


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    #143
    AnonoBoy
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    phasers wrote: »
    In my mind Leslie served her two terms as President and now it's Ben's turn. There's just no way that Leslie Knope didn't become President!

    She ran for governor so I'd say she went on to be president alright.


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    #144
    jack presley
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    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    She ran for governor so I'd say she went on to be president alright.

    This could be another 'is Tony Soprano dead?' mystery.


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    #145
    LizT
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    http://www.eonline.com/news/629346/parks-and-recreation-boss-dissects-that-end-of-the-sopranos-moment-you-just-saw

    There's a great interview with Mike Schur, he basically says it was left up to the viewers to decide who was president. I like to think Leslie and then Ben :D


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    #146
    LizT
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    Oh and also, I loved when Leslie saw Ann and just pushed Ben out of the way :D

    Anyone notice any of the Easter eggs? The bottle of champagne Craig was drinking on the plane had Jean Ralphio written on it and one of the trick or treaters was dressed as Star Lord. I'd say there's loads of little subtle references in it.


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    #147
    jack presley
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    LizT wrote: »
    Oh and also, I loved when Leslie saw Ann and just pushed Ben out of the way :D

    Anyone notice any of the Easter eggs? The bottle of champagne Craig was drinking on the plane had Jean Ralphio written on it and one of the trick or treaters was dressed as Star Lord. I'd say there's loads of little subtle references in it.

    The law firm that's shown ups couple of times this series is a list of baseball stats. Not really an Easter egg as such but nice for us baseball nerds!


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    #148
    jack presley
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    Yer man Mark from the early series was the only one who didn't get a mention in the finale wasn't he?


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    #149
    NinetyForNone
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    jack presley wrote: »
    Yer man Mark from the early series was the only one who didn't get a mention in the finale wasn't he?
    Councilman Jamm and Li'l Sebastian didn't get mentioned I think.


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    #150
    Diabhal Beag
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    Just realised Orin wasn't on it too. Missed out on a few. No Weinstein either.


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    #151
    LizT
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    NinetyForNone wrote: »
    Councilman Jamm and Li'l Sebastian didn't get mentioned I think.

    Apparently they had stuff written for Jamm and Shauna but they didn't fit it in.


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