Parks And Recreation, S04E21
Leslie was campaigning for one more day before the election, via a bus and having great success with her speeches and appearances. However, the sudden death of Bobby Newport's father put a halt to it all. After saying some negative things about the deceased man and barging in on his memorial with her campaign bus, Leslie finally apologized to Bobby in private for her comments. Thanks to her cheering him up and being a decent human being, Leslie got endorsement from Bobby in a press conference about his father, even though he had stolen a story Leslie told him about her childhood and made it his own. Chris tried to distract himself from dark thoughts by keeping busy with any task he could volunteer for in the campaign. Andy was busy investigating a pie that had almost hit Leslie. Tom, accompanied by Donna and Ron, had to get back the vans they had paid for from the owner who had been paid by the competition to withhold the vans from Leslie's group.
It's kind of disgusting that someone's death can be turned into a "political sideshow" as they put it in this episode. I could really see that Leslie was so determined to win and continue her bus tour because she refused to listen to Ann's advice to do the right thing for the longest time. I think it was funny that Leslie couldn't spin her negative opinion of the deceased owner of Sweetums to her advantage, but instead called him a jerk and said other things to dig her hole deeper. The way that Jennifer played her hand in making Leslie look like a monster, though, was much more contemptible. It's too bad that she's such an aggressive and calculating manage and Bobby is such a moron because all of her tactics basically went to waste. I really didn't think that after Leslie rammed her bus into that portrait of Bobby's father at the memorial that she would be able to recover from that, but I guess Leslie really has luck on her side.
I liked when Leslie told Bobby about her running a marathon and winning her mother's pride, and Bobby understood from that story that he and Leslie both had dicks as parents. Wow. I think that conclusion he drew was much more amazing than him taking that story and changing it so he could use it in a speech later on. I thought he wasn't too bad of a guy until he did that. But now that I think about it, maybe he told the story because he didn't have any nice stories about his own dad and didn't want to share with others how much of a dick his father really was. But he redeemed himself by saying that Leslie was awesome for comforting him and that anyone not voting for him should vote for her. It's hard to hate him after that, and like I've said before, Paul Judd is just too cute sometimes.
The only thing I liked about Chris' story was that April had the opportunity to cheer him up again. It didn't work, but I still thought her words were sweet for someone like her. She told him that he wasn't as alone as he was claimed and must have friends out there somewhere. Aww. She's too embarrassed to admit that Chris is her friend. Sadly, what did get Chris out his sad spiral (although his last major one was so hilarious) seemed to be the sex that Jennifer offered him. I hope that's all it turns out to be. I couldn't stomach to see someone as cheery as Chris with a snake like her. Eww.
I thought Andy's story was just stupid until he found out that the pie was meant for Ben. I liked that someone was disgruntled for Ben's actions and thought that throwing at pie at him would satisfy his anger. Andy solved the mystery, but he surely didn't protect Ben from getting pie on his face. Still, for Andy I think that qualifies as a success. What I liked best about Andy's story was when he gave everyone code names, which were mostly based on sex he had had with each person. My second favorite name was Donna's, which was "It Happened Once In A Dream," but my favorite was Tom's: "If I Had To Pick A Dude." Love it! Most of them seemed pretty content about the names he came up with.
Tom's story made with mad, with that guy who was taking advantage of the demand for his vans. It was really smart of Leslie not to send Tom alone to handle Butler because if Ron couldn't get through to that stubborn man, no one would have been able to. It was really nice that Ron agreed to pay what the competition was offering out of his own pocket. It's too bad that guy bumped up the price, and it was too bad that Ron didn't knock the hell out of him for being such a greedy dick. I also admire that Donna, who loves her Mercedes more than anything else, would back into Butler's car so that she could claim he rear-ended her. She would have to pay for the damages herself, but they got the vans back in the process. Wow. It just really shows how far everyone is willing to go to help out Leslie. I love all the love.
I liked this episode, but I always have to complain when I don't get a good Ron quote from it. I did like Ron trying to handle Butler, but I was disappointed he couldn't really do anything to change the ass' mind. I also would have preferred a little more Tom because you know I love me some Aziz. However, I'm just glad to see that Leslie may very well be celebrating her victory in the next episode. Although, I'm fairly certain that Obama isn't going to make an appearance at her ceremony, no matter how much she envisions it.
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