Spoiler Alert: Do not read on if you haven’t watched Tuesday’s series finale episode, “One Last Ride.”
It was an emotional night for the cast of “Parks and Recreation” as they said goodbye to Pawnee once and for all.
After the Season 7 finale aired on NBC Tuesday, Amy Poehler, Chris Pratt, Adam Scott and the rest of the crew visited “Late Night with Seth Meyers” to share their fondest memories of the show — and reveal how they wanted it to end.
With the last-ever episode revealing how they all ended up in 10, 20 and 50 years time, Meyers asked if there was anything that the actors had suggested “for where their characters ended up that didn’t get taken up by anyone.”
“I pitched that I would have sex with Joe Manganiello,” confessed Retta, but sadly “that never happened.”
Meanwhile showrunner Michael Schur spilled someone else’s secret when he revealed that Chris Pratt had sent him a text pitching that viewers would see how everyone died like in HBO’s “Six Feet Under” finale.
“When you saw April, it would be that she died of a broken heart,” Pratt explained.
“And then you would see that Andy died because he was left in a hot car with the windows drawn up,” he said, comparing his lovable character’s demise to that of a dog.
As TheWrap previously reported, what really happened to “Park and Rec’s” most adorable couple was that they took their time in deciding on starting a family, only to have their firstborn in the most April of fashions: on Halloween, her in full zombie makeup, as “Monster Mash” plays.
Among the other interesting, but less amusing, revelations was that Aziz Ansari was the first person to sign on even before he saw a script. “It really could have been anything,” he said.
'Parks and Recreation' Finale: A Look at Leslie Knope's Political Record (Photos)
Leslie Knope got her start in politics as the deputy director of the Pawnee Parks & Recreation Department, serving under the vehemently anti-government Ron Swanson.
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Her first major undertaking was trying to fill a dangerous hole in Pawnee, Indiana, after Andy Dwyer (Chris Pratt) had fallen into the pit and broke his legs.
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She was always trying to do good in her community. In Season 3, for instance, she brought a famous (for Pawnee) miniature horse to the Harvest Festival, hoping it would help her raise money for the town.
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Knope eventually ran for city councilor, running on a pro-government platform, as she believes her function as a government employee is to serve the people.
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She was elected city councilor on Season 4 by 21 votes, and her new mission was to make Pawnee healthier.
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Among her proposals was a soda tax, which she thought would help lower her town's obesity rate.
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Despite her own feelings toward her hometown's arch-rival, Leslie saved Eagleton from bankruptcy by merging the two towns together.
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She was also was a big fan of being prepared, as exhibited when she led her town through an emergency preparedness drill (launched, of course, by her arch-rival Jeremy Jamm).
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Throughout, she of course always stayed committed to cleaning up the parks.
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But the citizens didn't like her changes and in Season 5 she was voted out of office in a recall election. She would then rejoin her old friends in the Parks Department.
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But Knope was recruited by the federal government to serve a greater purpose -- to become deputy director of the Midwestern branch of the National Parks Service.
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Knope then set her mind on a new goal: to bring a national park to her beloved town of Pawnee, Indiana.
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But what's next for the hopelessly optomistic politician? How will it all end? She did always hope to become the first female president of the United States.
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As Amy Poehler’s iconic NBC character tries to tie a bow on her political career on Tuesday’s finale, we look back at the path she took to get here
Leslie Knope got her start in politics as the deputy director of the Pawnee Parks & Recreation Department, serving under the vehemently anti-government Ron Swanson.