This post lists spoiler information for Parks and Recreation’s second season. To view season one spoilers, please click here.
UPDATED: March 11, 2010
Adam Scott reveals to TV Guide Magazine some information about his new Parks and Recreation character!
This post lists information relating to official Parks and Recreation merchandise available through The NBC Universal Store. Click here to view all available merchandise.
March 6, 2010:
Now for sale: “Woman of the Year” T-shirts! They’re selling for $25 each at the NBC Universal store.
From Fancast:
Rob Lowe is leaving the sunny California environs of ‘Brothers & Sisters‘ for Pawnee, Indiana, as he joins the cast of NBC’s ‘Parks and Recreation‘ for a multi-episode run.
“He will be coming in at the second-to-last episode of the season,” ‘Parks and Rec’ executive producer Michael Schur tells Fancast. “And he’ll be with us for a number of episodes stretching into Season 3.”
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Schur is mum on details about Lowe’s character, other than to say he’ll play a “powerful person entering our world form the outside.” When presented with our speculation that this dashing newcomer is destined to woo (or be wooed by) Amy Poehler’s lovelorn Leslie, Schur responds: “Anytime Rob Lowe is anywhere, he’s a possible love interest for someone.”
Link: ‘Parks & Rec’ Boss On Rob Lowe’s Arrival: “It’s a Perfect Fit”
Photo: Rob Lowe
Give Me My Remote has awarded gold, silver and bronze medals to characters, writers, romances and other things related to Parks and Recreation.
Below are GMMR’s gold medal winners. Follow the link to see who (or what) came in silver and bronze!
From GMMR:
Amy Poehler (Comedic Dance, Multiple Partners): The most valuable characteristics of a true sitcom star are versatility and humility. This season, Amy Poehler has reached that elite level. Though Poehler is featured in almost every scene of P&R, her willingness to share the spotlight has elevated her supporting cast. Leslie Knope makes me laugh by taking a piggy back ride from Andy, failing to understand the meaning of a “Nooner,” and questioning the career plan of an exotic dancer. She is the heart and soul of Pawnee, as well as the person with the busiest daily calendar in Indiana!
Ron Swanson & Leslie Knope (Two-Man Workplace Luge): I enjoy 30 Rock. It’s a smart, funny, well-crafted show. With all due respect to Liz Lemon & Jack Donaghy, I think that Ron & Leslie are now the best workplace duo on television. Season Two has embraced the theme of teamwork, and this team has benefitted most from that direction. Nick Offerman has turned Ron Swanson into a sensation, and the creative team resisted the urge to turn Leslie’s boss into her nemesis. The result? A mature, thoughtful display of personal and professional respect. Let’s keep our fingers crossed that we NEVER hear whispers about putting these two together romantically. They don’t need to be each other’s last phone call of the day, only the last person they each see at 5pm.
P&R’s Writing Staff (Artistic Achievement): In Season One, I was charmed by “Easter Egg” style recurring bits like the City Hall murals and Andy’s numerous band names. This year, Michael Schur and his team have outdone themselves, mixing hilarity with heart. Imaginative cold opens, such as Leslie’s home shopping adventures and Councilman Dexhart’s news conference, have brought the funny early and often. New stories involving the library department, Andy’s shoeshine stand, and Leslie’s love life have sustained my interest week to week.
From Variety:
While “Parks and Recreation” isn’t necessarily funnier than “The Office,” it has — after a rough first season — become the show I can’t wait to watch on Thursdays. Everyone on that show, no matter what their exterior is, is interesting and frankly adorable. Leslie (Amy Poehler) and Ron (Nick Offerman) are setting themselves up as the Mary Richards and Lou Grant of the coming decade, while the rest of the cast has cool character arcs (not to mention unique romantic entanglements) that are just getting started. You can’t wait to see what will happen next, whereas with “The Office,” you start to wonder what they have left to show you.
…Each week there’s less and less doubt in my mind that “Parks and Recreation” is where it’s at for NBC. Nearly canceled after its first season, the show is poised to become the linchpin of the Peacock’s Thursday schedule.
From USA Today’s Pop Candy:
Friday mornings used to be reserved for conversation about The Office and 30 Rock. But lately, it’s Parks and Recreation that’s being quoted, reenacted and remembered the morning after.
“How good is this show?” Pop reader Joey L. e-mailed me last night, not long after Parks aired in his town of Norman, Okla. “I think it might be the best thing on TV right now.”
I’d have to agree that Parks is now the highlight of my Thursday night viewing. I’ve seen few series make such huge, positive turnarounds so quickly, and my list of reasons to adore it grows each week.
Link: NBC’s Thursday lineup: Has ‘Parks’ surpassed ‘The Office’ and ‘30 Rock’?
From Paste:
Tom Haverford (Aziz Ansari) on Parks and Recreation
Leslie Knope’s (Amy Poehler) assistant, self identifies as a “redneck” South Carolinian, despite his Indian heritage (his birth name was Darwish Sabir Ismael Gani). He is a grade A creeper when it comes to the ladies, but remains just charming enough to be endearing.“Justin is hip. Pawnee is the opposite of hip. People in this town are just now getting into Nirvana. I don’t have the heart to tell them what’s gonna happen to Kurt Cobain in 1994.”
Here’s the full list:
10. Tom Haverford (Aziz Ansari) on Parks and Recreation
9. Hugo “Hurley” Reyes on Lost
8. Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) on Glee
7. Abed Nadir (Danny Pudi) on Community
6. Dwight (Rainn Wilson) on The Office
5. Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) on The Big Bang Theory
4. Charlie Kelly (Charlie Day) on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
3. Barney Stinson (Neil Patrick Harris) on How I Met Your Mother
2. Cameron Tucker (Eric Stonestreet) on Modern Family
1. Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan) on 30 Rock
