author_by_night | Parks and Rec Finale

Spoilers, obviously.

I was actually a little disappointed.

I don't like future plots, so the whole 2017 thing was already pushing it a little for me. But fine. I just didn't love the constant flash forwards.

Also, April as a mother... I just can't see it. I kind of liked the idea of her being Leslie and Ben's kids weird aunt. I think I would've liked it more if it hadn't felt like she was mostly doing it for Andy - if they'd at least shown her changing enough as a person to want them, maybe I could see it.

Mostly, there just wasn't a hurrah. Last season's finale was a huge hurrah, and felt more like a finale. In a way, I still think of it as a finale, and season seven as sort of an epic epilogue. I've been wondering all season whether that was the intention, and now I think it kind of was.

HOWEVER. There's still things I liked a lot.

- Ron's new job suits him. Ron himself said the National Parks was the "only branch of government worth a damn", so.

- Seeing Ann and Chris again. Not enough, but we got them. And I totally ship Ann's son/Leslie's daughter. Although it'd be weird to have a sister-in-law named after your mother....

- Tom writing a bestseller about failure. That seemed fitting.

- Leslie as governor of Indiana. Actually, now I wish we'd had a seventh season about that. Seriously. I want fanfic.

- Jean Ralphio faking his death for scam purposes. Though why wouldn't Tom and his father be at his funeral? Maybe they were in on it. Or they felt it would be going too far to show characters who were actually close to him sad. Probably both.

So I liked it as far as finales go, but I think last season will stand out, to me, as the true finale. Not that this season didn't really happen in my mind, just... this was just a nice tying of loose ends. :)

I hope my reaction hasn't been a downer to anyone! I'd love to hear everyone else's thoughts.