Any thoughts that Parks & Rec may start to decline heading into its fifth season are very quickly put to bed. From the very first episode the employees of Pawnee’s local council had me laughing consistently and the show even found time for some genuinely emotional moments.
In fact I enjoyed this season so much that I watched the entire twenty-two episode run in just three days.
While it's impossible not to love the competent and principled new Leslie, the character is at her funniest when she breaks from the show's easygoing pace and frenetically attempts to discharge her own anxieties by talking at the camera and protesting too much that her idealism is intact.
Another great season of Parks and Rec from a virtually perfect cast. The cast has continued to grow together over the past several seasons. I've fallen in love with the cast more every season. Rob Lowe has become more defined and seems to have found his spot in comedy. Nick Offerman has continued to improve as the show goes on and Chris Pratt is hilarious as Andy Dwyer as always. Season 5 also contains Leslie and Ben, the series best show to date in my opinion.
TV's funniest ensemble cast anchored by Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman delivers... SURPRISE: The best show on television. What more can you say? Unfortunately, Parks and Rec has struggled in the ratings like most NBC sitcoms. However, adding insult to injury, it has been consistently denied countless honors that were once given to and equally funny 30 Rock. Unlike 30 Rock and The Office, Parks and Recreation is still at the top of its game as it heads into its sixth season. I expect that audiences and academy members alike will finally realize that Parks and Rec is one of the best shows on TV and give it its due recognition before it says goodbye in...2091. (please.)
Parks and Recreation is one of the best comedy's on NBC, along with a great cast. Each season gets better and better. This season is gonna get some more Emmy award nominations.
This show has to have the funniest cast on TV. It is hilarious, heartfelt, original. In the coming seasons I hope it can keep its stride and sustain it's position as, arguably, the funniest show on television.
I can't tell if I'm becoming bored of parks & rec or if it actually is going downhill. At this point it's just an easy watch. I know what I'm going to get and it is decently entertaining - it never really pushes beyond its form or genre. It's average-to-good, funny but not fresh. Basically if you like parks you'll also enjoy this season and if you don't you want. Nothing has differed from the other seasons massively. Solid, nuff said.