Despite constant threats of cancellation throughout its run and airing on a network that no longer has a substantial comedy lineup, Parks and Recreation is able to do something that is unheard of for beloved comedies these days: end on its own terms.
Some of the best moments have happened outside of the show’s little Hamlet, traveling in a recent episode to Beverly Hills for a “treat yo self” of epic proportions that involved fingernail lasik and elbow bedazzling. And let’s not forget the Chicago episode that caused a frenzy of excitement when Aziz Ansari and Pratt came to town over the summer—it ended up being a drunken $800 cab ride from Pawnee to Chicago to visit Tom Haverford’s ex. It was exciting to see these beloved characters walking the very streets we walk, though anyone who can make it from Wrigley Field to the Bean in the course of one conversation as these guys did deserves a medal.
