The Syndicate

Dom wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:

Dom wrote:I loved every second of this season after that first episode.

Same here. A perfect ending episode too.

A lot of people are complaining about how everyone ended up being so successful, and it doesn't bother me at all. Honestly, the show was unique in its positivity and optimism. It only fits that it ends on such a note.

This, 100%.

It's over.

I don't think there is anything in the world more satisfying than the fact that MRAs were chosen as the butt of one of the final political satire plots in Parks and Rec history. It was a high point of my year to see those turds so evisceratingly dismissed by Knope/Poehler

"You're ridiculous. Men's Rights is nothing" Total deadpan. Fuck yeah, Leslie.

I mean, a show that includes both mini-ninjas AND a cute puppy attack in a single episode can really do no wrong in my book.


"Appointment for Jonathan Karate"

"I don't see any Jonathan Karate here..."

"Exactly".

I'm LOVING this season, though I think most of it is because every time they fall back on one of the series' staple jokes/bit characters (Tammy! Treat yo'self! Dr. Richard Nygard!) half of me is laughing uproariously, and half of me is super sad that this is essentially a season-long curtain call for all of those running gags, and so I'm just going to fucking enjoy it no matter how absurd and low-stakes the "conflicts" are. I think this season has actually so far struck a really good balance between the funnies, the sweetness that is really the heart of this show (disclaimer: I cried more than a little bit during "Ron and Leslie"), and doing a fair amount of "fan service" that nonetheless doesn't feel over the top.
Also, I think they're handling the 2017 thing really well. Apart from the projection tablets/wristwatches/phones and the (purposely, I think) overly on the nose Gryzzl thing (which looks like it's pretty much wrapped up now anyway), all the "This is the future!!!1!11" jokes are actually hilarious and subtle. Elton John buying Chik-fil-a? Jaden Smith starring in Hitch 2: Son of a Hitch? LeBron going back to Miami? Elbow art becoming a thing? It's just such a mundane version of the "future", and now that the first big conflict of the season is all wrapped up in a nice bow and the gang is all back together, I think the next half is going to very much put the Parks and Rec/workplace aspects back in place.

I love this fucking show. I'm going to miss it so much.