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Parks and Recreation

Parks and Recreation (also known as Parks and Rec) is an 7 season American political comedy sitcom staring Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope, a hardworking bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation department in Pawnee, a fictional town in Indiana. It was originally filmed in the same style as The Office but veered away from this, creating it's own style. It still had that camera "look" that everyone enjoys on The Office, however this only appeared occasionally throughout later seasons. The characters often talk to a camera which updates the viewers on the feelings of the characters.

Season 1

This season sets the scene for each character in the show. It shows snippets of their personalities and start the friendship of Leslie and Ann (Rashida Jones). Ann, a local resident goes to a town meeting set up by Leslie and demands that the huge pitt next to her house be filled in as her boyfriend Andy (Chris Pratt) had fallen in and broken both his legs. 

Season 2

Ann and Andy break up and Ann begins dating Mark (Paul Schneider). Andy refuses to accept the break up and desperately tries to win her back. Tom (Aziz Ansari) and his wife Wendy have their green card marriage found out by Ron (Nick Offerman) however he keeps this a secret. The pit is filled in after Ron is confronted by his ex-wife Tammy Two (Megan Mullally). April (Aubrey Plaza) and Andy begin a relationship. 

Season 3

Leslie decides to bring back the defunct Pawnee harvest festival, the success or failure of which will determine the financial future of the department. While working on the festival, Leslie and Ben (Adam Scott) begin to develop feelings for each other. After weeks of planning, the festival becomes a tremendous success through Leslie's efforts. Ann and Chris (Rob Lowe) briefly date, but they break up after he returns to his old job in Indianapolis. Andy and April get married. 

Season 4

Ben persuades Leslie to run for City Council and she ends their relationship to run. She hires April as her assistant. Tom and Jean-Ralphio's company, Entertainment 720, quickly blows through massive amounts of promotional funding while performing little actual work; the company goes out of business and Tom returns to his old job. Leslie wins the election and Jennifer Barkley, the opposing teams campaign manager offers Ben a job campaign managing in Washington. 

Season 5

Ben flourishes in his new job on a congressional campaign in Washington DC, as does April whom he brought along as an intern. Leslie and Andy visit Ben and April, and Leslie begins to feel self-conscious about her small town job. Leslie begins to feel self conscious about her small town job but finds opposition in fellow councilman Jeremy Jamm. Andy begins training as a cop with the help of Chris. 

Season 6

Diane announces she's pregnant as the season begins; Ron proposes to her, she accepts, and they get married. It is also revealed that Ann is pregnant with Chris' child. Andy takes a temporary job in London. The town of Eagleton goes into bankruptcy and is absorbed by Pawnee, an effort spearheaded by Leslie after she sees no other way to save the town. As the governments merge, several Eagleton staffers briefly join the Pawnee parks department, with only Craig (Billy Eichner) remaining long-term. Leslie loses the recall vote and returns to the parks department full-time, but remains devoted to assuring the merger is successful.

Season 7

Taking place in 2017, all the major characters, besides Craig, have left the Parks Department, and Ron and Leslie are shown to be enemies due to Ron's company having torn down Ann's old house in order to build an apartment building. Ben convinces a technology company, Gryzzl, to bring free Wi-Fi to the city of Pawnee by beating them at a board game he had invented, The Cones of Dunshire. Gryzzl engages in intense data mining, inducing Ron, whose new construction company Very Good Building and Development Company, has been handling their construction needs, to reconnect with Leslie to correct the issue. After he and Leslie resolve their differences, Ron and Leslie convince Gryzzl to change its ways, and the firm becomes a positive influence in Pawnee, building its headquarters in a previously run-down part of town and eventually donating a significant quantity of land, which Leslie turns into a national park. Tom hires his old girlfriend Lucy as manager of his restaurant. Eventually he proposes, and she accepts. He later experiences financial ruin, but finds success again by publishing a best selling book on his failure. Donna marries, moves to Seattle, and becomes a successful real estate agent, which supplements the income from the financially strained school district where her husband Joe works.

Andy makes a popular television show starring his Johnny Karate character, though he and April choose to allow the show to end so that April can start a new job as a career placement advisor in Washington, D.C.. Ben and Leslie also move to Washington, D.C. with their three children, Wesley, Steven, and Sonia. Eventually, she and Ben are both approached with offers to run for Indiana governor. Ben chooses to manage Leslie's campaign as well as running himself. Leslie wins the office, but eventually moves on to an even higher, unspecified role (presumably as the President of the United States). Ann and Chris are revealed to have a second child, a daughter named Leslie and plan to return to Pawnee. April and Andy have a son named Jack. April also reveals she is pregnant again. Before leaving Pawnee, Ben appoints Garry Gergich interim mayor of Pawnee, who is re-elected until his death on the night of his 100th birthday. After Ron eventually tires of his construction company, Leslie arranges for him to become the superintendent of Pawnee National Park, which he accepts.