The Parks and Rec Open Thread

"Are you talking about this one? This one right here? Yes, that is a pig."
OMG. Thank Maude for the return of Parks and Recreation! That was the longest hiatus EVER! (No it wasn't.) (But it felt like it.)

[Spoilers are Voting Knope herein...]

Okay, I could not even stop laughing when Leslie adopted all the animals. (Ben: "What's your game plan here, m'dear?" LOL FOREVER!) Mainly because Iain, upon the reveal, said with a raised brow: "That's exactly what you would do in that situation." Me, snickering: "What on earth would make you say that?" Iain, giving a great, heaving sigh: "Long experience." Ahhhhhahahahahaha!!!

There was A LOT I loved about this episode, and I'll get to the Swansonpoints in a moment, but I also have to give a special highlight to Tom giving April the picture of the little girl with her adopted puhhhhhhhhhppy. "If Leslie taught me anything, it's that, yes, 98% of the time this job is frustrating and you hit brick walls. But the other 2%? It's stuff like this kid and that puppy." Blub.

I bet that kid and her puppy are jumping for life.

Amenities! True Fact: Rolling around with scATX in impossibly soft blankets on Tom Haverford's bed is now on my bucket list. Yes, I know Tom is a fictional character, but whatever, I don't even have a bucket list!

"Hey, honey! Good morning! How did you sleep? I adopted 32 cats and dogs. Do you want pancakes?"

"I'll stand."

"What—this cat was in Boogie Nights?!" (Also: Donna's reaction shot to that? PRICELESS.)

"My one reservation about you as a coworker was that you seem inflexible, and merely by agreeing to an activity you're not interested in, you showed flexibility." (I kind of love Chris Traeger.)

"In a week, we have a debate. And your guy, Bobby Newport, is gonna have to show up, and he's gonna have to open his mouth. And I'm gonna kick his ass." HIGH FIVES!

Everything else. Five-cat record. A bigger bottle would break the rules. Enticing the dogs to play poker. Gyro. Whiskey. All of it.

Discuss.