Parks And Recreation - Season 6 [Spoilers]

Kilkenny14 · 10-01-2014 9:07am

CaptainNegative wrote: »

I would totally buy Tommy's Tissues.

Also, ya gotta love Purd, "...and I just realised, I'm not holding my mic"

Ben had the best line: “Well, my wife lost her job, so maybe something sad and slow. Do you know anything from the Requiem For A Dream soundtrack?”

JP Liz V1 · 13-01-2014 2:09pm

Amy won for Golden Globes for best comedy actress, well deserved and finally recognition for her

pixelburp · 13-01-2014 10:14pm

About time too; she has deserved that award for some time now.

It felt so weird seeing Andy back; and clearly working on that Marvel movie did him good, 'cos he has lost a lot of weight. As for Leslie, well I'm going to go ahead and guess they're shaping up for her to take a crack at congress? As the show rightly pointed out, she has outgrown Pawnee.

Has it been confirmed if this season will be the last btw? I only ask because the way things are going at the moment give off strong 'final season' vibes. Everyone seems to be moving on, either literally or metaphorically.

Fred Swanson · 13-01-2014 11:38pm

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phasers · 14-01-2014 10:51am

Nothing's been confirmed, personally I think NBC will give it 13 episodes next year to finish things off, maybe sharing a time slot with with Community or some awful new sitcom.

pixelburp · 17-01-2014 7:39pm

Ron Swanson: government employee of the month.

I thought it a so-so episode until that scene and his reaction to the award

18-01-2014 12:13am

It does seem like they're preparing for the end though - everyone is moving on and changing.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 18-01-2014 1:18am

Deleted User wrote: »

It does seem like they're preparing for the end though - everyone is moving on and changing.

Yeah, there is a good chance that all the cast want to call it quits after this season.
We already know Rob Lowe and Rashida Jones are leaving.
Chris Pratt is on the verge of becoming one of the biggest actors in Hollywood, so he's ready to go.
Amy Poehler, Aziz Ansari, Adam Scott and Aubrey Plaza are big enough names nowadays, that they could make it easily without the show.
Nick Offerman could probably join the cast of any damn comedy he wanted to on any network.
And I'm sure Jim O'Heir and Retta wouldn't have problems finding work.

Ratings wise, I still think NBC would keep it. It's still their strongest comedy (not that that's saying much), but if the cast are all on the verge of moving on, it's only a matter of time.

Perhaps a final season of 13 episodes next year, if anything...

johnny_ultimate · 18-01-2014 12:39pm

If they had of had the budget to film Ben's entire prank, I'm pretty sure it would have been the greatest comic setpiece in the history of television. As is, it was still pretty funny

Machismo Fan · 19-01-2014 7:15pm

Renewed for a seventh season.

Fred Swanson · 19-01-2014 7:21pm

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pixelburp · 19-01-2014 7:24pm

Surprised by that; the way series 6 has been developing, it's hard to see how they'd get one more season out of the various arcs. Of course, being renewed is one thing, the actors / writing staff wanting to come back is quite another.

Dozen Wicked Words · 19-01-2014 7:28pm

Half arsed parks and recreation would still be worth watching, for me anyway. I would even put up with a load of new characters, providing Perd, Leslie and Ron are still in it.

phasers · 19-01-2014 7:47pm

good news, it will give the show the opportunity for a proper send off, most likely culminating in Leslie leaving Pawnee

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 19-01-2014 8:17pm

Good news. Seems like they're very much considering re-newing Community as well, so looking more than likely we'll get both sitcoms back next year.

stevenmu · 20-01-2014 9:58am

pixelburp wrote: »

Ron Swanson: government employee of the month.

I thought it a so-so episode until that scene and his reaction to the award

+1, I especially loved that he went across state lines to bury it

phasers · 25-01-2014 2:40pm

Andy singing "Sex Bears" was the highlight this week, aside from that there was a bit too much Ann for my liking. Although I loved Donna's cigar and sushi moment

Kilkenny14 · 25-01-2014 9:10pm

phasers wrote: »

Andy singing "Sex Bears" was the highlight this week, aside from that there was a bit too much Ann for my liking. Although I loved Donna's cigar and sushi moment

Ron discovering his ipod rectangle can play Willie Nelson non-stop was mine!

FreudianSlippers · 31-01-2014 1:24pm

Stop making me feel my feelings! Solid episode saying goodbye to two good characters. I think it was the right time for them to leave too.

Lovely Bloke · 31-01-2014 7:01pm

Harold was Sobotka from Season 2 of The Wire!

pixelburp · 31-01-2014 7:07pm

Aww man I teared up a little; sure it got a little schmaltzy, but damnit if Leslie/Anne's friendship wasn't consistently adorable. They made a great double act. Oh Ann, you beautiful tropical fish; we will miss you.

"I also shook his hand. Twice."

Basq · 31-01-2014 7:40pm

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

Harold was Sobotka from Season 2 of The Wire!

Andy Bellefleur in True Blood too..

Burt Macklin · 01-02-2014 12:13am

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

Harold was Sobotka from Season 2 of The Wire!

I spent the whole bloody episode trying to think where I knew him from, had a similar situation when the actor who played Nick Sobotka was in Orange is the New Black, both of them moving up in the world from the union anyway :pac:

Frank Sobotka was also responsible for one of my favourite quotes from the Wire

*Possible Spoilers for the Wire S2 E11*

Burt Macklin · 01-02-2014 12:18am

Back to the episode though, thought it was really good! Sad to see Ann and Chris go, but the show handled it beautifully.

I'm sure I'm not the only one who found Ron's speech to Ann very moving. :pac:

stevenmu · 01-02-2014 3:05am

Burt Macklin wrote: »

I'm sure I'm not the only one who found Ron's speech to Ann very moving. :pac:

Keep your tears in your eyes where they belong!

FreudianSlippers · 01-02-2014 11:40am

The Ann/April goodbye was great too. Just spot on for those two characters and it felt like the actors themselves were really behind it.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 28-02-2014 4:37am

The final scene tonight was just amazing. I love how nerdy Ben is.

Kilkenny14 · 28-02-2014 9:35am

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

The final scene tonight was just amazing. I love how nerdy Ben is.

+1. John Hodgeman and Dan Castenalla were great guest stars too.

And Ron's right about vegans

pixelburp · 03-03-2014 9:48pm

"Dear Canada, f**k you"

Good episode, though the balance feels weird without Chris & Anne, not disastrously so but I feel it's there. Must admit, while I'm not a fan of some of the shows other one-note characters such as Jamm, there's something about Craig's demented, angry intensity that I find hilarious.

Fred Swanson · 03-03-2014 9:52pm

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iguana · 03-03-2014 10:48pm

Nutmeg! :O

phasers · 03-03-2014 10:59pm

Oh god I love the all the public access radio scenes.

I didn't even notice Chris and Ann's absence tbh, anything that means more Donna is a good thing in my book.

johnny_ultimate · 04-03-2014 12:52am

Seeing Larry get his own title card is equal parts completely wrong and completely right.

The last scene was gold - I'm not Adam Scott's biggest fan, but he nailed the 'surprised look'.

FreudianSlippers · 04-03-2014 8:38am

Tbh I didn't even really notice that Chris and Ann were missing.

pixelburp · 04-03-2014 8:48am

FreudianSlippers wrote: »

Tbh I didn't even really notice that Chris and Ann were missing.

It was more the anniversary storyline; it felt like the kind of thing that in the past would have been a Leslie / Anne double-act, where Anne would have been in on Ben's surprise - not Larry

Minor quibble is all, nothing that stopped enjoyment of the episode.

D.Q · 04-03-2014 2:49pm

Gonna miss Chris. He was, literally, one of the most hilarious characters on TV

pickarooney · 04-03-2014 3:12pm

On the upside, his hard-living alter-ego Eddie Nero will be back next month in Californication.

pixelburp · 09-03-2014 12:15am

"Everyone, I'd like to introduce you to my son, John *Middle-Name-Redacted* Swanson. John was born some time ago, weighing multiple pounds and several ounces. Much like his father, he is a fan of silence."
Haha, some classic Ron moments this week, and even the presence of a baby can't diminish his natural Ronosity.

Funny episode overall though gotta be honest, I don't really buy Leslie's talk of being the only one capable of fixing Pawnee; for me, the Chicago plotline only emphasised how much of a losing battle life is for her these days.

iguana · 09-03-2014 10:23am

Is this the last/second-last series? We need to see Leslie move on from Pawnee and start on pursuing her career, presumably, in Congress. But there is no way to have her do that while keeping any of the characters other than Ben and April in the show in a realistic way so it has to be endgame.

pixelburp · 09-03-2014 11:17am

iguana wrote: »

Is this the last/second-last series? [...]

Iirc there's going to be a 7th series, so there'll be at least one more run. As you say, Leslie needs to move on as her story's done at this stage, hard to see them sticking with the status quo for another 20-odd episodes...

phasers · 09-03-2014 11:23am

There'll probably be a final 13-episode season, and I hope Leslie leaves the awful soul-sucking dump that is Pawnee very soon.

ScrubsfanChris · 16-03-2014 1:27am

"Thats a load bearing t-rex"

don ramo · 16-03-2014 9:46am

just caught up with the last 5 episodes, ron has been particularly legendary the last few episodes, i loved how ann cried when he simply said goodbye to her, and his hate of everything is hilarious, and when he was playing with his son and leslie heard him and asked what was that

:D:D

leslie will probably run for state senate next season, get in at the end, and then have an 8th and final season where leslie rectifies all of Pawnees problems, and then off to washington she goes:)

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 20-03-2014 12:35am

We were already pretty certain, but now the show has officially been renewed for Season 7!!!

pixelburp · 13-04-2014 9:30pm

The last couple of episodes have been pretty great, particularly the most recent, with the return of

Eagleton Ron (or as Pawnee Ron greeted him, "motherf*cker").

Andy's childishness in the pharmacy was hilarious, as were the scenes involving

Eagleton Ron

as he helped Ben during the latters freakout; Adam Scott doesn't get enough praise sometimes, as his neurotic twitchiness can lead to some great material, especially when paired with someone so different in persona like Ron.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 13-04-2014 9:42pm

Yeah, I really think Adam Scott is great. I think his expressions to the camera really make the show at times (during all the 'Lil Sebastian stuff his looks to camera were especially brilliant)... I also love all his geeking out - the Game of Thrones replica throne that Leslie got Ben for his anniversary and the look on Adam Scott's face during that moment was priceless. Scott himself is a huge fanboy in general, so it's nice that he gets to live out some cool geeky stuff through Ben.

With Nick Offerman, Chris Pratt, Aubrey Plaza and Aziz Ansari there it's easy to overlook the rest of them at times, but the entire cast are brilliant.

Basq · 13-04-2014 11:33pm

The cast are all great, though have never been a Donna fan if I'm perfectly honest.

Chris Pratt and Adam Scott have been particularly good this season!

But while we're on the subject - can we have a moment to appreciate Craig? The guy although one-dimensional (a lá Jean-Ralphio) is hilarious!

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

pixelburp · 14-04-2014 7:04am

Basq wrote: »

The cast are all great, though have never been a Donna fan if I'm perfectly honest.

Chris Pratt and Adam Scott have been particularly good this season!

But while we're on the subject - can we have a moment to appreciate Craig? The guy although one-dimensional (a lá Jean-Ralphio) is hilarious!

Absolutely, his outbursts frequently make for hilarious punctuations in scenes. There's little question he's a 'small doses' character, and if the show used him any more than they currently are, Craig would qualify as a nominee for most annoying person on TV; at the moment though the levels are just right (mind you, going by places such as AV Club, Craig's already super-unpopular with fans as it stands...)

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 14-04-2014 7:17am

i already hate him just from watching a minute of that clip

i was pondering giving season 6 another chance since I dropped it very early in but eh.... no, not after that

pixelburp · 14-04-2014 7:35am

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

i already hate him just from watching a minute of that clip

i was pondering giving season 6 another chance since I dropped it very early in but eh.... no, not after that

Craig's only a passing character, he's usually absent from 90% of stories and is used quite sparingly; the most recent episode was the most he has been in the show and even that was the tertiary plotline. I wouldn't pass on an entire series based on a background character.

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Parks And Recreation - Season 6 [Spoilers]