#RON PARKS AND REC FRICTION SERIES#

What should be a simple chore, however, has April waiting on hold at the phone for hours. Leslie asks April ( Aubrey Plaza) to check on a budgeting request while they are gone.

Determined to prove she can be just like one of the guys around the office, Leslie insists the ladies of the parks department attend the trip this year, as well as Tom ( Aziz Ansari), who has also never been invited. Later, Ron ( Nick Offerman), Jerry ( Jim O'Heir) and Mark ( Paul Schneider) look forward to their annual 'trail survey', which is actually a yearly secret hunting trip. The episode opens with Andy ( Chris Pratt) giving piggyback rides to everyone in the parks department. The episode received generally positive reviews, with commentators particularly praising the Andy and April subplot, as well as the continued development of Leslie Knope's character.

#RON PARKS AND REC FRICTION SERIES#

Series co-creator Michael Schur said the pairing was not previously planned but grew when it was discovered actors Aubrey Plaza and Chris Pratt had strong comedic chemistry together.Īccording to Nielsen Media Research, 'Hunting Trip' was seen by 4.61 million viewers, a slight drop from the previous week's episode, ' The Camel'. It also introduced a romantic subplot between the characters Andy and April which continued throughout the second season and into the third.

Goor and was directed by series co-creator Greg Daniels. In the episode, Leslie tries to prove she can hang out with the guys by attending Ron's annual hunting trip, where Ron is accidentally shot. It originally aired on NBC in the United States on November 19, 2009. ' Hunting Trip' is the tenth episode of the second season of American comedy television series Parks and Recreation, and the sixteenth overall episode of the series. Yvans Jourdain as Councilman Douglass Howser.'But Amy and Nick are just so good,' he continued, 'and the relationship between Leslie and Ron is deep enough, and broad enough, where we can write something like that and they just perform the hell out of it.10th episode of the 2nd season of Parks and Recreation ' Hunting Trip' 'It's just very risky do stuff like that sometimes because if you haven't earned it, and the audience doesn't think you've earned it, then it just comes off as a cloying ploy for sentimentality.' Schur called it his favorite scene of the season - and a real coup for the comedy to pull off. 'I loved finding out that Leslie wanted to work with Ron, and that it was a big part of why she stayed,' Poehler added. Rashida Jones, who plays Ann, was also moved: 'There have been times in our read-throughs where I've been legitimately teary in the end. It's just as important as the job itself,' she said. 'It's really sweet and it's just an example of how it's important to Leslie who she works with. The moment resonated with star Amy Poehler. And I said that you'll get a lot of job offers in your life but you only have one hometown. Ron: I believe I said that I thought we worked well together, and that I might disagree with your philosophy but I respected you. Leslie: Right, but then after, when I pressed you, what did you say? Leslie: Do you remember what you said to me five years ago when Eagleton offered me that job and I asked you for your advice? Why? Turns out Leslie was offered Lindsay's ( Parker Posey) job in fancy Eagleton years ago, and it was Ron who wound up convincing her - in his own Ron way - to stay. In the end, however, Leslie had secretly put together the ultimate Ron Swanson affair: a meat-ful evening alone. Also, what about your neon gangster fedora hats?') Do those come in different sizes? I'm gonna need about 40 dozen of those. (April on the phone in front of Ron: 'I have a question about your inflatable saxophones. Parks and Recreation's Parker Posey on playing Leslie's fremeny: Dreams do come true!Īnd in Thursday's episode, Leslie put Ron ( Nick Offerman) through the wringer by enlisting April ( Aubrey Plaza) to pretend she was planning an elaborate Pawnee rager. 'That led to the idea that Leslie would find out about it and try to throw him a surprise birthday party.' 'We had the idea for a long time that Ron had his birth date redacted from all government documents,' executive producer Mike Schur told. Planning Ron Swanson's surprise birthday party - steak dinner for one, a bottle of scotch and The Bridge on the River Kwai - had been long in the making on Parks and Recreation.

Ron parks and rec friction