The first six episodes don't count! They didn't know how to establish Leslie's character. It's only in the last of those six episodes that they get it right and then it starts flying in S2.
Well, then, this is a day I'll feel good to be me.
Mal ,'Trash'
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DavidS - Jun 06, 2015 7:03:09 pm PDT #99 of 4001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Steph L. - Jun 06, 2015 7:06:03 pm PDT #100 of 4001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Right on. I trust everyone's judgment on this.
DavidS - Jun 06, 2015 7:16:08 pm PDT #101 of 4001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Here's the inside deal. It started as a sort of Office spinoff and Leslie was going to be kind of a loser and like Ricky Gervais/Steve Carrell's character that nobody respected.
But that didn't work. and they realized that Amy Poehler had this kind of intrinsic warmth and likability and they shifted gears and they made it more of Sisyphus structure with her being hypercompetent in a tiny pond, dealing with petty details. And that made zoning issues epic comic battles.
-t - Jun 06, 2015 7:28:03 pm PDT #102 of 4001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I also just watched Graham Norton mostly because of Chris Pratt, although everyone on was delightful.
Parks and Rec just kept getting better and better afaic. Although I liked it from the beginning.
Steph L. - Jun 06, 2015 7:28:29 pm PDT #103 of 4001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Non-Parks and Rec --
This is an Ant-Man t-shirt I might have to buy: [link] I cannot stop laughing at it.
P.M. Marc - Jun 06, 2015 7:57:54 pm PDT #104 of 4001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Worse than Karen Page, who Frank Miller turned from Matt and Foggy’s secretary into a drug addict porn actor?
Yeah, I think so.
Gris - Jun 07, 2015 4:50:50 am PDT #105 of 4001
Hey. New board.
I think parcs and rec is my favorite sitcom ever. It ended well, characterized perfectly, and equally prioritized hilarity and heart.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 07, 2015 6:33:07 am PDT #106 of 4001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Is the Comedy thread locked?
Steph L. - Jun 07, 2015 6:56:35 am PDT #107 of 4001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Sorry. I'm responsible for that Chris Pratt-related derail.
(Because God knows we NEVER go off on thread-inappropriate tangents. Ever. My bad.)
Dana - Jun 07, 2015 7:02:02 am PDT #108 of 4001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
(I actually went to check the Comedy thread.)