Hatch: “Tickets are $8 now and $10 at the door.” Booker: “Fiscal conservative. The latter have formed a Polynesian folk band called Across the Isle, set to perform later that night in Georgetown. (True fans of the show will recall that this is the same professional-emotional roller coaster that Ben himself has put Barney through in the past.)īack to D.C.: Leslie and April encounter a bevy of real-life senators, including Barbara Boxer, Kirsten Gillibrand, John McCain, and this ep’s runaway faves, Cory Booker and Orrin Hatch.

But she immediately calls Ben to say she doesn’t want the role due to finding her ultimate calling while in Washington. Halloween studies.”īarney finally concedes-to Ben and Ron-that he will offer April a job as consultant. Barney: “What did she study? Economics? Accounting?” Andy: “She made up her own major.

The boys eventually persuade Barney Varmn (John Balma) to meet with April despite her lack of experience. This leads them back to our favorite accounting firm, where Ben is “actuarially” well regarded for his use of puns. Cue Ron: “Creativity is for people with glasses who like to lie.”Īlas, these well-meaning fellows come to a dead end, realizing Ron’s company might not have the kind of role that pairs well with April’s passions. From a makeshift legal-pad resume, Andy runs through a list of things April enjoys, including being creative.

Initially they try to make her a comfy new home at Ron’s company. She madly wishes to tell Leslie that she wants to leave her post working for her, and confides in Ben about her dilemma.Īs Leslie and April canvass Washington, the boys (Andy, Ben, and Ron) set out to find a new career for April. Before heading to D.C., we learn that April is near her breaking point. senators to preserve national parks spending well into the next decade. Leslie and April are off to our nation’s capital in an attempt to convince a bevy of well-heeled U.S. More on those preliminary waterworks later-for now, let’s have at the first episode, a real who’s-who out of Washington, D.C. Both episodes feature touching farewell conversations between April and her two greatest mentors, Leslie and Ron. This week’s two episodes truly feel like the beginning of the end for Parks and Recreation.

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