Another Parks and Rec double-bill
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shallownessParks and Rec 4.3 Born and Raised
Ben’s face* at Chris’s speed-reading claim!
Oh, sweet Ann, trying to break April AND Ron’s stony faces into amicability...when they’re together. (Putting Ann with those two worked really well, better than opposite Chris.)
Leslie’s book and Pawnee’s media craziness came together beautifully. Joan was amazingly horrifying. And we had a meet the public scene: they’re always gems.
Has Ron Swanson ever been prouder of April than when she used the wrong name manoeuvre on him? HAS HE?
I though Ben was talking rubbish about fandom’s response to Spock/Uhura as opposed to Kirk/Uhura, but I haven’t hit message boards since the early noughties, so I’m guessing that’s fanboy domain. In case you hadn’t noticed, I empathise a lot with Ben (apart from the love of spreadsheets).
Poor Leslie – Eagletonian by birth. I was surprised that Chris’s high-minded line worked in Pawnee.
Excellent physical comedy all round, especially from Pratt as Andy played Burt Macklin (and suddenly I want Andy to meet Jake Peralta. April would upset Amy until Rosa got on the case.)
From a shipping POV, the way Ben looked at Leslie towards the end!
4.4 Pawnee Rangers
This kept me in a constant bubble of delight, (I know I’m nearly always more amused by the second ep in a Parks and Rec double-bill), but Leslie making a competition of her girls’ club versus Ron’s attempt to pass on his philosophies to those poor boys was always going to be funny. Add a drop of Ann feeling beaten by April’s coolness on top of not quite fitting in with the ickle crafting brainboxes - Gertrude Stein (heh) - and that was great.
Then you have Tom’s one day of selfishness (heh), along with Donna – I was so pleasantly surprised that she felt sorry for lovelorn Ben. The multi-coloured acupuncture needles were a great visual, as were Tom and Donna’s eyes (Leslie would’ve given them a badge) at seeing Ben as Batman, although the best bit of that was Batman crying.
I loved the bright, articulate girls hoisting Leslie on her own petard, and that candies and puppies won her the day. Of course she found a way to make things right for the rejected Ron Swanson. The advert and the gesture were so Leslie Knope and Parks and Rec.
The Chris-Jerry plotline was pretty good, with Chris’s weird oversharing, even if Schlub Has Hot Daughter is as old a development as Ann’s I Love Lucy fish trick (aren’t mackerel sea fish?), and I do welcome giving Donna and Jerry more to do.
*(I type that combination of words a lot, don’t I?)
Ben’s face* at Chris’s speed-reading claim!
Oh, sweet Ann, trying to break April AND Ron’s stony faces into amicability...when they’re together. (Putting Ann with those two worked really well, better than opposite Chris.)
Leslie’s book and Pawnee’s media craziness came together beautifully. Joan was amazingly horrifying. And we had a meet the public scene: they’re always gems.
Has Ron Swanson ever been prouder of April than when she used the wrong name manoeuvre on him? HAS HE?
I though Ben was talking rubbish about fandom’s response to Spock/Uhura as opposed to Kirk/Uhura, but I haven’t hit message boards since the early noughties, so I’m guessing that’s fanboy domain. In case you hadn’t noticed, I empathise a lot with Ben (apart from the love of spreadsheets).
Poor Leslie – Eagletonian by birth. I was surprised that Chris’s high-minded line worked in Pawnee.
Excellent physical comedy all round, especially from Pratt as Andy played Burt Macklin (and suddenly I want Andy to meet Jake Peralta. April would upset Amy until Rosa got on the case.)
From a shipping POV, the way Ben looked at Leslie towards the end!
4.4 Pawnee Rangers
This kept me in a constant bubble of delight, (I know I’m nearly always more amused by the second ep in a Parks and Rec double-bill), but Leslie making a competition of her girls’ club versus Ron’s attempt to pass on his philosophies to those poor boys was always going to be funny. Add a drop of Ann feeling beaten by April’s coolness on top of not quite fitting in with the ickle crafting brainboxes - Gertrude Stein (heh) - and that was great.
Then you have Tom’s one day of selfishness (heh), along with Donna – I was so pleasantly surprised that she felt sorry for lovelorn Ben. The multi-coloured acupuncture needles were a great visual, as were Tom and Donna’s eyes (Leslie would’ve given them a badge) at seeing Ben as Batman, although the best bit of that was Batman crying.
I loved the bright, articulate girls hoisting Leslie on her own petard, and that candies and puppies won her the day. Of course she found a way to make things right for the rejected Ron Swanson. The advert and the gesture were so Leslie Knope and Parks and Rec.
The Chris-Jerry plotline was pretty good, with Chris’s weird oversharing, even if Schlub Has Hot Daughter is as old a development as Ann’s I Love Lucy fish trick (aren’t mackerel sea fish?), and I do welcome giving Donna and Jerry more to do.
*(I type that combination of words a lot, don’t I?)
