Parks And Recreation Says Farewell To Pawney Characters In Series Finale On NBC

“Parks and Recreation” ends for good on NBC Tuesday night. It’s unfortunate for any fan of the sunny comedy, which seamlessly blended hilarity with deft political commentary. The series also had the unfortunate distinction of being a low-rated but critically-acclaimed comedy on network TV.

The case and crew shared their thoughts for the final hour of NBC’s beloved small-town comedy about Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler), a hyper-perky woman with big dreams for her community, country, friends, coworkers and even a few random passers-by. They talked with Entertainment Weekly.

With tonights series finale of #ParksAndRec we end a gloriously funny show. May Chris someday make it… https://t.co/OUdcQX4s16

— Rob Lowe (@RobLowe) February 25, 2015

“Brace yourself for an epic finale,” says Aziz Ansari (Tom). “You wouldn’t think that a show like this would have a quote-unquote epic finale but that’s what it is. It’s an epic episode of Parks. It’s the most epic episode of Parks.”

“Parks and Recreation” proves, sometimes the non-hit TV shows are the ones that resonate the most.

“It’s emotional like our show has always been,” says Chris Pratt (Andy). “There’s always been a beating heart in Pawnee. It has a lot of respect for itself but it doesn’t take itself too seriously. It respects the characters. It gives the audience what they want and sends the characters off in a way that they all deserve. I think. Maybe we don’t all deserve it (laughs), but nonetheless we get a good ending. It’s great to know when you’re ending the show. Any of our season finales could have been our series finale [because of the low ratings] and that would have sucked. So it’s nice to know that this time this is goodbye. Not only for the TV show-watching experience but also for the process of saying goodbye.”

The hour-long finale, titled “One Last Ride,” follows the gang as they complete one last task together, before Leslie, Ben, April, Andy and Donna all bid adieu to Pawnee.

“I found it infinitely moving,” says Nick Offerman (Ron Swanson). “It’s just a nice played-out pastiche of our eight characters’ lives that leaves me feeling very hopeful. There’s no pat ending but instead it has the sloppiness of real life— it has victories and losses, but above all, it has pluck. And so when we fall down, we get up and laugh at our scraped knee and continue getting kissed and eating cheeseburgers.”

Amy and @parksandrecnbc, we love you and we like you. Congrats! #ParksFarewell http://ift.tt/1DQMdSe

— Saturday Night Live (@nbcsnl) February 25, 2015

What is your favorite episode? What will you miss most about the series?

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Parks And Recreation Says Farewell To Pawney Characters In Series Finale On NBC