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shallowness) wrote2015-10-03 05:47 pm
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Parks and Rec 4.19 Live Ammo
First things first, this was funny, but secondly, there was a lot going on that was really good in this episode.
Ace guest cast – Bradley Whitford (cue some The West Wing jokes), Chelsea Peretti (in one scene, but still, and this led to me pondering what would happen if Gina Linetti and Tom Haverford ever met, and comparing the Ron-April relationship and the Holt-Gina one) and Katherine Hahn back as the rival campaign manager.
Equally strong subplots!
To the content: Tom’s flat is a good answer to ‘why Ann/Tom?’ and of course he’s in huge debt.
Leslie’s instinct to protect her parks budget versus her role in the campaign lead to the serious question of whether she could transition to seeing the bigger picture. But also charges of dog murdering are inherently funny as was her decision to adopt the animals herself (again, not strategising with Ben). Cue everyone’s different reactions. And then Ann’s job was in danger! But she found a way to do the right thing!!
April in charge! For a job she’s not quite prepared for or temperamentally suited for! Tom – of all people – gave her good advice as she did get invested in one thing. I really liked how much this was about Leslie’s influence on these two professionally.
And Chris and Ron hanging out, while Ron plotted to overthrow the government. Actually, Chris spending time with the person who’d be his deputy was sensible, even if Chris framed it as testing how flexible Ron was. I loved the politics of Chris’s support for Leslie costing him professionally. Add that to the foreshadowing of the debate, and there’s some nice build up to the end of the series.
Chris really is the most tragic character on the show, for all his surface chirpiness – for all their failures, most of the others belong and Ben has found and got Leslie. I was thinking this before Chris started pining after Ann (although from what Ann was saying, Ann/Chris worked about as well as Ann/Tom. I wish my brain didn’t tend towards exploring Ann/Ron.)
To top it all, Pratt’s Andy was doing excellent scene-stealing – he was so proud of pulling that ship out of the bottle!
2.20 The Debate
Tom-Ann-Chrisness. Eh. I don’t think that wanting Bobby to win and Leslie to lose so they can be together is a great sales pitch, Mr Spin. I’m glad she didn’t choose any of them.
I liked Andy and April doing their idea of rich people role-play. It took them a good long time to get Ron to switch the cable on.
But mainly it was about the debate, right? And the debate was amusing and horrifying. Rudd is so good as the entitled manboy, and the Pawneean presenters/moderators were great/terrible. I’m was glad Leslie found her way through to a great closing speech and that it was an affirmative attack, if you know what I mean.
First things first, this was funny, but secondly, there was a lot going on that was really good in this episode.
Ace guest cast – Bradley Whitford (cue some The West Wing jokes), Chelsea Peretti (in one scene, but still, and this led to me pondering what would happen if Gina Linetti and Tom Haverford ever met, and comparing the Ron-April relationship and the Holt-Gina one) and Katherine Hahn back as the rival campaign manager.
Equally strong subplots!
To the content: Tom’s flat is a good answer to ‘why Ann/Tom?’ and of course he’s in huge debt.
Leslie’s instinct to protect her parks budget versus her role in the campaign lead to the serious question of whether she could transition to seeing the bigger picture. But also charges of dog murdering are inherently funny as was her decision to adopt the animals herself (again, not strategising with Ben). Cue everyone’s different reactions. And then Ann’s job was in danger! But she found a way to do the right thing!!
April in charge! For a job she’s not quite prepared for or temperamentally suited for! Tom – of all people – gave her good advice as she did get invested in one thing. I really liked how much this was about Leslie’s influence on these two professionally.
And Chris and Ron hanging out, while Ron plotted to overthrow the government. Actually, Chris spending time with the person who’d be his deputy was sensible, even if Chris framed it as testing how flexible Ron was. I loved the politics of Chris’s support for Leslie costing him professionally. Add that to the foreshadowing of the debate, and there’s some nice build up to the end of the series.
Chris really is the most tragic character on the show, for all his surface chirpiness – for all their failures, most of the others belong and Ben has found and got Leslie. I was thinking this before Chris started pining after Ann (although from what Ann was saying, Ann/Chris worked about as well as Ann/Tom. I wish my brain didn’t tend towards exploring Ann/Ron.)
To top it all, Pratt’s Andy was doing excellent scene-stealing – he was so proud of pulling that ship out of the bottle!
2.20 The Debate
Tom-Ann-Chrisness. Eh. I don’t think that wanting Bobby to win and Leslie to lose so they can be together is a great sales pitch, Mr Spin. I’m glad she didn’t choose any of them.
I liked Andy and April doing their idea of rich people role-play. It took them a good long time to get Ron to switch the cable on.
But mainly it was about the debate, right? And the debate was amusing and horrifying. Rudd is so good as the entitled manboy, and the Pawneean presenters/moderators were great/terrible. I’m was glad Leslie found her way through to a great closing speech and that it was an affirmative attack, if you know what I mean.