What I’m Watching: Parks and Recreation

Parks and Recreation: Season 6, Episode 12 “Farmers Market” (B)

I didn’t actually love this episode, which is a shame because I tend to be really enthusiastic about all of this show’s installments. Ann and Chris’ departure continues to be imminent but something that is still set to happen in the future, and having Ann commandeer the cheese and whine session felt out of place, since she so rarely goes into the office when she’s not needed there and when she’s not being pulled in by Leslie. It would make much more sense for her to have vented to Leslie, who might have been even more nauseating in terms of layering on the positivity. Chris accepting the fact that he has to try not to put a good spin on everything was a worthwhile development, and hopefully not one that will change his personality too much. The office club meant that Tom didn’t have his own plotline this week, and Ron’s best moment was his enthusiasm about Tom having put all of his records onto a rectangle. April encouraging Andy to take the kids’ party gig was risky, but it paid off quite well, and it’s good to see Andy among people of his intellectual level. April is going to make a fortune off of her childlike husband. Leslie and Ben battling over work boundaries was inevitable, and let’s hope that freezing their legs during a fountain standoff will be the last of it. And only in Pawnee would selling vegetables be turned into something obscene and would an after-hours farmer’s market be necessary.