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| Length: | 462 minutes
(7 hours 42 minutes) | | MPAA Rating: | TV-PG | | Sorting Category: | TV Show |
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Synopsis: Pawnee and Eagleton merge properties and cause a number of growing pains when Pawnee ironically needs to help their neighboring township out of a financial hole.
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Random Trivia For This Title: - There is a scene in {Ann and Chris} where Chris Traeger (Rob LoweRob Lowe) wears a [?] JFK mask in Ann's going away party and says some pickup line. Rob LoweRob Lowe played JFK in the movie Killing Kennedy.
- Ben SchwartzBen Schwartz originally auditioned for the role of Dave Sanderson before being later cast in the different role of Jean-Ralphio Saperstein.
- Leslie's pregnancy with triplets was foreshadowed in season 2 episode 13, entitled {The Set-Up} when she goes on a date with [?] Will Arnet's character who gives her an MRI scan. He comments on how she has 'a great oven' and said "If you wanted to, you could go triplets right off the bat."
- Mayfair Games, makers of Settlers of Catan, were contracted to make Ben Wyatt's Cones of Duneshire look like a professional board game. Instead, Mayfair Games made a playable game with a full set of rules. However, it's complex and dense, so it has not been produced for the market. It was played at GenCon 2014 in Indiana, where 33 people paid $100 each for a ticket to play and the Ledgerman position (the scorekeeper who doesn't play) was auctioned off. The event made more than $20,000 for an Indiana food bank.
- Production briefly moved to London for {London: Part 1} and {London: Part 2} to allow Andy (Chris PrattChris Pratt) to make an appearance, as he was in England to film Guardians of the Galaxy. Andy's (Chris PrattChris Pratt) significant weight loss is briefly mentioned by Ben (Adam ScottAdam Scott). This is in reference to his slimming down and buffing up for his role as Starlord. Ben says to Andy "So all you did is stop drinking beer?" and Andy replies "Yea I lost like 50lbs in a month." He actually lost 60lbs in real life for his role in Guardians.
- In this season, we meet Ann and Chris' ob/gyn (played by Henry WinklerHenry Winkler), who also turns out to be the father of Jean-Ralphio and Mona-Lisa Saperstein. This means that Ann's ob/gyn is named Dr. Saperstein, which is also the name of the doctor in the movie Rosemary's Baby who helps trick Rosemary into giving birth to the devil's child.
- In {London: Part 1} we meet a character played by Peter SerafinowiczPeter Serafinowicz who costars alongside Chris PrattChris Pratt in Guardians of the Galaxy as Denarian Saal
- In a season two episode, Tom expressed a desire to open a business called Tom's Bistro. At the end of season six, Tom opens a restaurant called Tom's Bistro.
- Both S2E16 & S6E16 are titled {Galentine's Day}.
- Rob LoweRob Lowe and Rashida JonesRashida Jones left the show on good terms. The decision was mutual among them and the showrunners as their departure made sense for the characters and allowed the actors to move on to other projects. Jones, in particular, wanted to focus more on writing.
- For Ben's 90's themed birthday party in {Filibuster}, everyone dresses as they were in the 90's Rob LoweRob Lowe, who plays Chris is wearing the same outfit that he wore in The Outsiders. The Outsiders was actually released in the 80's.
- In {Gin It Up!} Tom talks in a British accent to Nadia, who is played by Canadian actress Tatiana MaslanyTatiana Maslany. Maslany, using a fake British accent, starred in the BBC America show [Orphan Black], in which she plays a British woman named Sarah Manning. Aziz AnsariAziz Ansari, who plays Tom, is a huge fan of that show.
- In {London: Part 2}, Ann mentions to Chris that the name Olive would be a good name for a girl, it is later shown that she has a son named Olivier.
- During the Pawnee-Eagleton tipoff game in {The Pawnee-Eagleton Tip Off Classic}, Leslie makes a statement about how the Eagleton players are dunking and could not be in high school. The tall basketball player who dunks on Pawnee is the Miami Heat basketball player Chris BoshChris Bosh.
- There is still a love lock on the Pont des Arts in Paris, France with Leslie and Ben on it to honor the show (seen in the episode {Second Chunce}).
- In {One in 8,000} Dr. Saperstein tells Ben to act like Matthew McConaugheyMatthew McConaughey in a hammock on the beach and Ben unwittingly responds with a stressed out and intermittent "Alright, alright, alright" - a quote from McConaughey's character from Dazed and Confused.
- During the scene in {Recall Vote} where Leslie recites the poem to the children and Ben removes her from the room, they are dressed as Wesley (as Dread Pirate Roberts) and Buttercup, and one of the children is dressed as a Rodent of Unusual Size.
- In {Moving Up: Part 1} Dr. Saperstein states he has a dry cleaning transitional holding company that's doing very well. When Tom was looking for new business ventures, Ben tried to convince him to open this type of business.
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| Episode List: | | Episode Name | Disc | Disc Order | Directors | Writers | Synopsis | IMDB | | London: Part 1 | 1 | 1 | Dean Holland | Michael Schur | Ron gets married, Leslie goes to London to receive an award, Ben and Andy try to get a grant from a rich Englishman, and Tom discovers the identity of his new business rival. | 8.7 | | London: Part 2 | 1 | 2 | Dean Holland | Michael Schur | Ron's honeymoon doesn't go as planned, Leslie gives an unpopular speech at her award ceremony, Andy considers a business proposal, and Tom attempts to compromise with his rival. | 8.7 | | The Pawnee-Eagleton Tip Off Classic | 1 | 3 | Nicole Holofcener | Alan Yang | Leslie gloats instead of trying to help when she learns of Eagleton's budget crisis, Ron tries to get himself off the grid, and Ann takes April on a road trip to Bloomington. | 7.9 | | Doppelgängers | 1 | 4 | Jay Karas | Donick Cary | While the parks department works side-by-side with their former Eagleton counterparts, Leslie is blindsided and heartbroken by the news that Ann and Chris are leaving Pawnee. | 8.2 | | Gin It Up! | 1 | 5 | Jorma Taccone | Matt Murray | Leslie and the department get caught in a overblown mini-scandal, Tom falls for a visiting doctor, and Ben tries to help Ron draw up a "real" will. | 8.0 | | Filibuster | 1 | 6 | Morgan Sackett | Harris Wittels | Leslie blows off Ben's birthday party to filibuster councilman Jamm's motion, Andy pays a surprise visit to April, Tom tries to win a stuffed bear for Nadia, and Ron gets frustrated by an arcade hunting game. | 8.2 | | Recall Vote | 1 | 7 | Wendey Stanzler | Aisha Muharrar | Leslie goes into a funk after she loses the recall election, the rest of the office sets up a Haunted House, and Tom turns to Ron and a local online trendsetter to help save Rent-a-Swag. | 7.7 | | Fluoride | 1 | 8 | Michael Trim | Matt Hubbard | Leslie's new bold attitude as a lame duck costs Ben his job at Sweetums, Ron helps Chris build a crib, and the department tries to find the perfect dog that matches the personality for every Parks Department employee. | 7.9 | | The Cones of Dunshire | 1 | 9 | Julie Anne Robinson | Dave King | Chris mediates one final skirmish between Leslie and councilman Jamm, Ben begins a new job as an accountant, and Ron lets Donna and Tom try to sell one of his cabins. | 8.4 | | Second Chunce | 2 | 1 | Dean Holland | Amy Poehler
Michael Schur | Leslie has a new opportunity to run for city council just as her term is ending, Tom comes up with a new business venture after selling Rent-a-Swag, and Chris and Ann decide to find out the sex of their baby. | 7.8 | | Episode Name | Disc | Disc Order | Directors | Writers | Synopsis | IMDB | | New Beginnings | 2 | 2 | Alan Yang | Sam Means | Leslie battles with Tom on her first day back with the Parks Department, the gang pranks Ben on his first day as City Manager, and Chris and Ann shop for a ring after their engagement. | 7.8 | | Farmers Market | 2 | 3 | Adam Scott | Joe Mande | A workplace dispute between Leslie and Ben interferes with their personal life, Andy gets a job playing at a child's birthday party, and Ann's complaints about Chris ruins the department's "Whine and Cheese Club." | 7.8 | | Ann and Chris | 2 | 4 | Dean Holland | Aisha Muharrar
Michael Schur | On Ann and Chris's last night in Pawnee, Leslie throws a grand farewell party and attempts to fulfill one last promise. Meanwhile, Tom, Ben, Ron, and Andy struggle to find the perfect going away gift for Chris. | 8.9 | | Anniversaries | 2 | 5 | Morgan Sackett | Megan Amram | Ben tries to surprise Leslie with an anniversary gift; Tom and Andy help Leslie put a positive spin on the merger; April flexes her authority as Donna's boss. | 8.0 | | The Wall | 2 | 6 | Ken Whittingham | Jen Statsky | Leslie's efforts to take down the wall separating Eagleton and Pawnee yield unexpected results; Ben and Tom meet with possible sponsors for the concert; Ron finds a new hobby. | 7.8 | | New Slogan | 2 | 7 | Dean Holland | Sam Means
Alan Yang | A pair of radio shock jocks threaten to ruin Leslie's town slogan contest, April and Donna help Tom find a restaurant site, and Andy discovers Ron's alter-ego, Duke Silver. | 7.7 | | Galentine's Day | 3 | 1 | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Emma Fletcher
Rachna Fruchbom | Leslie throws a hasty Galentine's Day in an attempt to find a replacement for Ann. Tom and Ben look to finalize a deal on tents for the Unity Concert, while Ron finds himself looking after Andy. | 7.9 | | Prom | 3 | 2 | Ken Whittingham | Matt Murray
Harris Wittels | The Parks Department puts together the high school prom, and Ron tries to keep Leslie from bringing on a high school student as her summer intern. | 7.9 | | Flu Season 2 | 3 | 3 | Nick Offerman | Megan Amram
Dave King | Leslie makes a shocking personal discovery while she and Andy try to get a headline act for the Unity Concert. Meanwhile, Ben is upset about his parents selling the beach house, and Tom gets a sommelier for his bistro. | 8.5 | | One in 8,000 | 3 | 4 | Dean Holland | Donick Cary
Joe Mande | Leslie and Ben run a charity auction to raise funds for the unity concert. April steps in to manage Andy's schedule, while Donna asks Ron for help with her ex-boyfriend. | 8.3 | | Episode Name | Disc | Disc Order | Directors | Writers | Synopsis | IMDB | | Moving Up: Part 1 | 3 | 5 | Michael Schur | Aisha Muharrar
Alan Yang | Leslie debates whether to take the job with the National Parks Service during a convention in San Francisco while Ben tries to get free wifi for Pawnee. Meanwhile in Pawnee, Tom decides to open his bistro early. | 9.0 | | Moving Up: Part 2 | 3 | 6 | Michael Schur | Aisha Muharrar
Alan Yang | During the Unity Concert, Leslie invites some coworkers to join her at her new job in Chicago, while Andy thinks about reuniting Mouse Rat. Meanwhile, Tom's Bistro prepares for the Unity Concert after-party. | 9.4 |
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