My only complaint was I don't quite get Tom and Ann. Don't get me wrong, I like them together because Rashida Jones is hilarious when she's annoyed.. but they haven't shown enough of the good reasons to be together. They agreed their fighting was dumb, which it was, but Tom needs to be more genuine (no pun intended) and Ann needs to relax.. at least a little bit so we can see
why it might be working.
Other than that.. just awesome, as usual. I always like when the show will focus on Leslie's "do-it-all" attitude, especially when it's a problem. Ron getting to play foil to her as she tried to multitask was a great sight, Ron's joy at all the screwups was really funny.
Chris and Andy also got some nice moments. Andy gets to be the idiot manchild, but he has his moments of awareness and letting Chris play with Champion was a good move. Same with Chris.. I was annoyed at how "perfect" he was, and obviously that was part of his character, but it got a little too unbelievable for me. So seeing him get to bond with Champion and then telling Andy to sing to him, then using the dog whistle
was hilarious.
April getting to help out event though she claims she didn't want to was smart, her character has gotten more kind and considerate, while still keeping her edge.
Favorite moments... Tom's thread count issue (which I assume was taken directly from Aziz's standup), Andy's shock when Chris appeared "what the !+!% dude, where did you come from?", Ginuwine being Donna's cousin
, Ron's story about how he tried to keep both jobs
and finish middle school
, and a lot more.
I've mentioned the similarities between Pawnee and Springfield, and the sign store reminded me of that as well.. same with the lollipop being stuck to Leslie.. that could easily happen to Homer too.
