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I absolutely loved last night's episode so much. One of the best episodes of the series so far.

i am now certain that this is the best sitcom on any station.

the writing is absolutely outstanding.

i find parks and recs to be even funnier than 30 rock
or the office, formally my favorite sitcoms.

too bad most people don't know about this little gem

may ron swanson live forever!

how many new episodes do we have left before this season is done?

just keep hitting refresh

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another great ep last week.

Just when I thought Ron Swanson couldn't be anymore awesome, he gives the gift of a Claymore mine to a child.

Just when Ron couldn't be any more awesome....

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ha! was just gonna post that

Awesome episode! I couldn't stop laughing at the image of Jerry strapped to the top of the car!

Anyone going to take a stab at making their own "snake juice"

The first of the twofer was definitely the best, both hilarious and genuinely sweet. If Amy and Rashida don't genuinely care for one another offscreen then they are even better actors than I originally thought. Written by Amy herself, this has to be one of the best episodes of the entire run of the series.

ron & claymores= epic comedy

Thanks to the endless rain where I live now I finally got around to watching the 11 Parks and Recs on my DVR. Best damn show on TV. Comedy with this much heart is really hard to do. I didn't think they could top last season, but they did it. Lots of favorite moments in those 11 episodes, but I couldnt stop laughing at Ron taking samples of meatless bacon and throwing them in the trash to protect other people from eating them.

Couldn't agree with you more.

Best written and acted sitcom out there right now.

I'd be surprised if they're not up for several emmys.
While I see very little written in the mass media, almost
every commenter has something good to say about
this gem of a show

I concur with everyone on this forum. This is officially my favorite show. The writing is flawless, the acting is good and the characters have developed into these people that you want to have dinner with. I started watching again this season and I am VERY impressed with what I have seen. I watched season 1 and somehow never went back to watching it until now.

The Leslie and Ben relationship is this decades Jim and Pam. I have nothing but great things to say about this gem of a show. And after last weeks 2 episodes (which were the best ones of the series in my opinion) I don't know what they will possibly have in store this week. I am judging by the clip I saw on Jimmy Fallon the other night. Leslie and Ben forever! That's just my 2 cents.

My favorite relationships are April and Andy, and Ron and a steak.

Ron and the steak was priceless. I enjoyed the April and Andy role playing. I like what they have done with their characters.

I died when I heard April's accent followed by her slapping Burt Macklin.

Same here. God I love this show.

out of curiosity and boredoom and did a google search of parks and
rec television critics reviews.

while most everyone agrees season 1 was shaky and too derivative
of the office, most of the critics are saying, what we here all know,
that it is the best sitcom on t.v. and that season 3 surpassed
a superlative season 2.

rare unanimous praise for the best unwatched comedy ever.

I honestly didn't think the show could surpass how great it was during season 2. Yet season 3 did it. I really can't wait to see the final two episodes... but at the same time I really am going to miss new episodes until the fall. Best show on TV today by far.

As far as the first season honestly its not nearly as bad as the reputation it gets. Yeah its a bit derivative of The Office but there is some moments where you can tell the series at that point would develop into a much better series. I do think its funny how the show has nearly tried to forget about the whole Sullivan Street Pit Beautification Project (or whatever its called) outside of a reference to it every so often like recently in the episode Camping when Ann (I believe) brought up that Leslie's next big idea should be to work on the park. Leslie responded back saying "But Chris wants a profitable idea."

I think I'll still give that title to Arrested Development. But seriously, how does Parks and Rec not have a bigger audience? Its the best show on television right now.

Because it's not 2 & 1/2 Men, which in & of itself is a HORRIBLE show that the masses cannot get enough of.

Plus, isn't P&R doing a bit better ratings-wise than AD did?

Yes, P&R is doing significantly better, which is why I'll still give the "best unwatched show ever" crown to Arrested Development.

AD averaged a 2.0 18-49 in the '05-'06 season. It placed 123rd out of 156 shows that year. Removing UPN and WB, there were only 5 shows that had worse avg. ratings.

Parks & Rec scored a 2.4 18-49 on the first episode last week and a 2.0 on the second. Those numbers (along with the rest of this season's slightly higher numbers) make it NBC's third most popular scripted show for the '10-'11 season. This just goes to show how:
a) awful NBC is
b) Nobody watches network TV anymore. Only 10 years ago, these numbers would have been bad for UPN or WB. Now its third best on NBC.

i loved arrested development, but its characters and scripts were so bizarre, i'm sure it turned a lot of people off. my wife for one. made her watch one ep and she said no mas, too weird.

Arrested Development did absolutely nothing for me.

Heck the ratings Millennium on FOX was pulling in (around the 4.0 mark) on Friday no less towards the end of the show's run today would have been called amazing numbers. Goes to show how much things have changed in the past decade for scripted TV series when now a series getting around the 2.5-3ish area survives. Of course Parks & Recreation isn't nearly as expensive compared to Millennium - given that the later series had a budget of around 1.5-2 million per episode. But still it does say quite a bit of how much things have changed.

Critic's Notes
6 Things to Know About the 'Parks & Recreation' Finale, Plus an Exclusive Clip
By Maureen Ryan, AOL.com - May 19th, 2011

Before 'Parks and Recreation' unleashes its hour-long season finale at 10PM ET Thursday, we're bringing you one last exclusive clip from the extended version of 'Li'l Sebastian,' the second of the two episodes that serve as the NBC comedy's season 3 swan song.

After the clip [CLICK LINK BELOW], check out a few non-spoilery hints about what will transpire in 'The Bubble' and 'Li'l Sebastian,' the final episodes of the wonderful third season of the NBC drama.

This list of fun facts about the 'Parks and Rec' finale is a collaboration, but in true Ron Swanson tradition, I let a colleague, Chris Harnick, do most of the work. Here are a few teasers about what you'll see in Pawnee tonight:

1. As executive producer Michael Schur discussed in this February interview, Tammy is back! Megan Mullally isn't the focus of the of the episode, but she does have a delicious little cameo.

2. The team suffers a loss. It's a sad day in Pawnee, especially for the Parks and Recreation department.

3. Ron Suffers a loss. While the Parks Department is dealing with the bigger loss, Ron has to contend with a very personal one.

4. Our favorite government department goes through some changes. What kind? Several, including ... staffing.

5. Stay tuned until the very end. At the close of the episode, there's another funny cameo and a glimpse of a Pawnee business that's about as different from Sweetums as can be.

6. There are cliffhangers. Yes, multiple ones.

http://www.tvsquad.com/2011/05/19/pa...n-finale-clip/

If anything the season ender did... is really making me wish season 4 would start sooner. Great season ender.

I hope Aziz Ansari is not leaving the show! My guess is he'll show up on the show as much as Rashida Jones does, which is all the time.

I think if Aziz was leaving the show we would of heard about it by now. It just seems like the writers wanted to leave us wondering during the off season if his project is going to be successful or not.