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    Y’all. Y’ALL. This show is so good. Like, I can’t even put it into words better than that. I’m totally going to watch the first episode again right before the second one comes out, because I feel like there’s just so much I missed the first go-round, but yeah, this is 100% what I was…

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  • 30 Day Parks and Recreation Challenge, Day 14: Favorite Episode

    There is so much I love about Season Six’s finale, “Moving Up,” that it’s actually harder to list them all than it was to pick it as my favorite episode. I’m actually sitting here on my bed and can (channeling my inner Chris Traeger) literally come up with no words to explain why it’s my…

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  • 30 Day Parks and Recreation Challenge, Day 13: Favorite Season Seven Episode

    It’s always sad to see a show you love go off the air, even in an age of streaming, and when I found out that Parks and Rec would be ending after seven seasons, I went through mad withdrawal, even before it ended. I frantically watched all of my favorite episodes and both eagerly and…

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  • 30 Day Parks and Recreation Challenge, Day 12: Favorite Season Six Episode

    I cant believe we’re almost halfway through the month. I guess time really flies when the country is a giant shit hole? Honestly, I think that’s why Parks and Recreation constantly draws me in: the people in the show are genuinely good people who want to do good things and work tirelessly to make sure that those…

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  • 30 Day Parks and Recreation Challenge, Day 11: Favorite Season Five Episode

    Yayyyyy, Season Five! Or as this challenge has previously noted, my favorite season! I love every single episode, almost as much as I love my two cats, but which one do I continually go back to? April says it best: “Women in Garbage” has three stories going on: Leslie and April are trying to prove…

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  • 30 Day Parks and Recreation Challenge, Day 10: Favorite Season Four Episode

    Back on Day 4, I did say that this season didn’t get that coveted distinction of Favorite because the Ben and Leslie relationship thing took way too long to resolve, and I stand by that assertion. I mean, it took nearly half the season for them to say, “Fuck this, we want to be together,”…

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  • 30 Day Parks and Recreation Challenge, Day 9: Favorite Season Three Episode

    Season Three! This is such a great season: it’s the beginning of Leslie and Ben’s relationship, Mark is gone, Ann goes through her dating-as-many-men-as-possible phase, April and Andy finally get together, the Harvest Festival happens … Things really start to shake up in these 20-something episodes, with Leslie deciding to run for city council, Tom…

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  • 30 Day Parks and Recreation Challenge, Day 8: Favorite Season Two Episode

    Ah, Season Two, when everything just started to click. Of course, it gets so much better when Mark leaves at the end of the season, but how much the show improved during the season premier is just fascinating. I had a hard time pinpointing which one could be my favorite, but I just had to…

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  • 30 Day Parks and Recreation Challenge, Day 7: Favorite Season One Episode

    You know how when you get a new job and you’re sort of trying to figure out how to maneuver the office climate and what you’re actually supposed to be doing? And then after some flubs, you finally just catch on? That final feeling of, “oh, thank god, I got this shit?” This is what…

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  • 30 Day Parks and Recreation Challenge, Day 6: Least Favorite Season

    This one is kind of a no-brainer: Season One was trying to get its footing and failed on so many levels. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: first seasons tend to be iffy by default. Television shows are a collaborative effort: all the different groups have to get together and figure out…

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