Parks and Recreation: Season Five

LOVE this show!
This show had me hooked from the first 30 seconds of the pilot. I just started watching it about 2 weeks ago, and love it so much that I finished all four free seasons and bought the TV pass so I could see season 5. The stories are hilarious, and the cast is just perfect. How has it taken me so long to find this show?? I am so glad that I did! A bonus is that it is genuinely funny without having to rely on crude humor or dumbed down potty talk.... it is rare these days to find a show that is original, witty, and so addictive all in one. This is my new favorite show - great way tp unwind at the end of a long work day. Watch it, you will not be disappointed (and at approximately 22 minutes an episode, what do you have to lose? Watch it!).

The best written comedy to ever grace your TV screen.
Parks and Rec is the most consistently funny, and well written sitcom I've ever seen. Every episode makes me laugh more than any other show, and most episodes pull at my tiny heart-strings, too. Any time I try to start watching a new show, like Community or 30 Rock, I always subconsciously compare it to Parks and Rec, and I end up not liking the show as much.
Each character is so wonderfully written and perfectly cast. I started watching because I liked Rashida Jones from The Office, and Aubrey Plaza from Funny People. I instantly liked Nick Offerman's Ron Swanson and Aziz Ansari's Tom Haverford. As I continued to watch, I developed a man-crush on Chris Pratt's Andy Dwyre. And now I actively seek out other shows and movies with Amy Poehler and Adam Scott (Party Down is amazing, too!) Even the side characters on the show are incredibly funny. Perd Hapley, Jean-Ralphio, Bobby Newport, Louis C.K.'s Officer Dave...
Every joke is perfectly delivered, and the recurring bits (Lil...

Currently my favorite show on TV
As a government employee, I love Parks and Recreation and see a little Leslie Knope in me. Unlike Michael Scott from the Office, I don't cringe at identifying with Amy Poehler's character. The entire cast is a great ensemble and continues the excellent chemistry. Between Ron's libertarianism, Chris's overwhelming optimism, Leslie's faith in government's potential good, Ben's cute nerdiness, Tom's pop culture obsession, Andy's naiveté, April's millennial cynicism, Ann's realistic views, Jerry's (or should I say Gary?) bumbling, and Donna's reactions, they all pull the show together and make it a lot of fun.

I especially liked the cameos in this season, particularly the political entities appearing in the season premiere.

If you are new to the show, don't start with season 5. Start with season 1 and work your way to really enjoying season 5.

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