![]() And Leslie has an event that she’s planning for - which is sort of like a correspondents’ dinner type of event where the media and politicians roast each other and stuff.Īnd so I think you’ll see right away that there’s a sort of blueprint going forward where, you know, yes they’re married now but, you know, they also have other aspects of their lives that are very important to them. Ben is starting a new job and it’s his first day at work and it’s like he’s sort of thrown into this new challenge of his new job. And that episode - the cold open of that episode - is Leslie and Ben coming back from their honeymoon and just sort of talking about how much fun they had on their honeymoon.īut the episode is just a regular episode of Parks and Rec and Leslie and Ben aren’t in the same story. The wedding episode is at 8:30 and at 9:00 it’s just another episode. ![]() In fact in the second episode - there’s two episodes airing on Thursday. Mike Schur: I would say that part of the joy of the two characters and their relationship is that they have three-dimensional lives and they’re both very committed not only to each other but their careers and to their friends and to the just, you know, living a sort of full life.Īnd it’s, you know, I think that maybe if there’s a trap that you can fall into it’s that you have to just tell the story repeatedly just about the relationship and that can get kind of boring. And so then I would pass that over to Mike as to what’s next. So that part is satisfying because I know that Mike and the writers always kind of write and then just try to figure what’s going to happen later. Just speaking quickly to the fact what I love about Parks is that, you know, if you care about this couple, you’ve got to see over the past couple years so much change happen with them and it’s really satisfying the show hasn’t killed us with low expectation and will they/won’t they - which I love.Īnd I love that Parks continues to like let characters change and like actually have things happen, like life goes on in the world, like the world, like what happens in the real world. So, in the case of Leslie and Ben, could you all talk a little bit about what challenges are still ahead for them? How do you maintain the comic tension once they become husband and wife?Īmy Poehler: Well that’s a great question. TV has a lot of examples of will they or won’t they couples who then took the plunge in one way or another and often that made it very challenging for the shows going forward in some way, some of the magic was lost. We let her pick which aria she wanted to perform, so that was fun.Īnd it just what’s really nice about it is basically in the opening moments of the episode in order to pull this thing off in sort of claustrophobic Parks and Rec fashion everyone has to sort of chip in. Mike Schur: Yes which it’s very beautiful. So everybody kind of has a role to play and Tom Haverford becomes the officiant and has to get like ordained online in like an hour and Donna plays a role and that we’re for the first time are going to feature beautiful and professionally trained singing voice on the show a couple times… So they basically have two hours to throw it together. Part of the fun of the episode is that the wedding was originally planned for May and at this black tie gala that happened in last week’s episode they decide to do it that night. But I’ll say that everybody has a job to fill of the main cast. It’s kind of an interesting – it’s kind of a big episode. Mike Schur: There are a lot of details about the wedding. Parks and Recreation airs on Thursdays at 8:30 on NBCĪre there any details that you can reveal, like the dress, who’s going to be there, who gives a horrible speech, the first song that they dance to, a theme, anything like that? I talked to both Amy, Adam and Executive Producer Mike Schur in a Q & A about the upcoming nuptials, guest stars, the future of Leslie and Ben and their thoughts on what might happen next season. ![]() Much of that success can be credited to stars Amy Poehler and Adam Scott, who, in tonight’s episode, get married in full-on Parks and Rec fashion. With one of the best casts on TV, fantastic writing and characters that you can’t get enough of, NBC’s Parks and Recreation is easily one of the best shows around. ![]()
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