How Parks And Rec Season 7 Nearly Ruined The Show Forever
NBC's Parks and Recreation ended after a stellar six-year run, but the show's rocky final season nearly ruined it forever. Unlike the ending to its sister show, The Office, many were pleased with the finale of Parks and Recreation. However, season 7's overly optimistic conclusion and bizarre plot points nearly saw the show go out just as controversially as The Office's ending did in 2013.
Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) and company ended their journeys in Pawnee, Indiana, in the happiest way possible, given their respective character arcs. Parks and Recreation season 7 used flash-forwards to display how the main cast's lives played out in the future, including how Pawnee's technology within the parks department had progressed. Leslie or her husband Ben (the show never committed to saying which) were heavily implied to become President of the United States. Other characters, such as April Ludgate (Aubrey Plaza) and Andy Dwyer (Chris Pratt), had equally happy endings, with the zany couple expecting their second child by the end of the show. The final Parks and Recreation season also saw Leslie and Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman) butt heads in several years-long feuds before reconciling once they both realized they had fallen out over a simple misunderstanding.
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Despite these idyllic character endings, Parks and Recreation season 7 wrapped things up far too neatly — and felt less endearing as a result. In a way, the characters' endings were too perfect, making them less relatable, with these narrative choices made all the more frustrating by the fantastic ending of season 6, which concluded things in a much more open-ended way. While it was hopeful, it left Leslie and
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