Series Finale

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Although I didn't like it very much, I thought it had some nice moments. But yeah, I mostly agree. It was a little too ridiculous, in my opinion.

Agreed. I just posted basfially this exact same thing about s7 on this board here last week.

The world of Parks and Recreation has always been loosely grounded in reality. From many early episodes Pawnee has a cartoonish history and is a hot spot of shady people, cultists, oddballs, and over the top corrupt business leaders. So of course the fates of characters isn't realistic for real life but in the shows universe most aren't too out of the range of reality (Although I do have to agree that Tom and Jerry's are outlandish even for Parks and Recreation standards)

The finale is supposed to show the characters taking their defining character traits and making success out of them. (Jerry being the most stable one of the characters and becoming the stable Mayor in a crazy town, Tom growing up by accepting responsibility and learning to embrace his failures)

The final season really was a long goodbye. I think since the characters developed so well the last season comes across as largely unnecessary. The flanderization of the characters wasn't too awful (except for Andy but the dumb character always suffers from flanderization the most) and it had some good moments. Not great but it didn't taint the series.



The lion doesn't concern himself with the opinions of sheep.

I've only seen the last season once, so my option could change upon rewatch. That being said, I found the whole thing unnecessary. Someone on here said that show was at its best when it was dealing with small town issues. As its scope grew more and more grand I liked it less and less. I would have been fine with the show ending after the season six finale, which have a nice series finale vibe to it.

It was a short and (mostly) concise season that gave an epic end to characters that I've probably cared more about than most television shows. The final season was heartwarming, hilarious as usual, different, and grand. The old formula was getting a tad stale by season 6 before everything started changing, and just like the characters on this show, it needed to move on to something new for the end.

While I do agree with you, all of the weird future tech stuff was meant as a parody of current pop culture, which I found hilarious, so I liked the cartoony direction. Sure, it was a lot different from the beginning of the show, but I enjoyed it.

I agree with everything you said. The ending was just way too over-the-top and unrealistic.