What I’m Watching: Parks and Recreation

Parks and Recreation: Season 6, Episodes 8 and 9 “Fluoride” and “The Cones of Dunshire” (B+)

This was another fabulous set of episodes from this show, and sadly the last we’ll see for a while, which is something we’ve come to expect from NBC at this point. Seeing Leslie try her best to get something accomplished in her latest thirty days in office is enjoyable, especially since she’s starting to embrace new tactics. T-Dazzle was pretty brilliant, but listing off the actual scientific ingredients then having Tom interrupt her with H2Flow was even more fantastic. Ben’s excitement over winning the plain blue t-shirt was the best part. Cozying up to Jamm in episode nine was just as fun, and it’s so funny to think of who makes up this council. Seeing Kyle as the actor in Tom’s video was great too. Chris taking metaphors away from the very literal woodwork Ron was doing was highly enjoyable, and Chris’ final act of loyalty to Leslie was nice (and highly uncharacteristic, since it involves lying and deception). April and Donna had a wonderful chance to bond in the first episode, and April and Ron were able to find a fitting solution to a situation created by the dream real estate team of Donna and Tom neither of them found acceptable that served to strengthen their friendship. Ben taking his accounting job once again for a short period of time was funny, and I think he made up for his speedy departure by giving his brief colleagues the ultimate gift that only they would appreciate: the horrific but awesome pet project he created called the Cones of Dunshire.