parks and recreation

 

parks and recreation is a political satire mockumentary sitcom television series created by Greg Daniel and  Michael Schur. The series aired over seven seven seasons.   the series starts Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope, a perky, mid-level bureaucrat in the parks department of Pawnee, a fictional town in Indiana. The ensemble and supporting cast features Rashida Jones as Ann Perkins, Paul Schneider as Mark Brendanawicz, Aziz Ansari as Tom Haverford, Nick Offerman as Ron Swanson, Aubrey Plaza as April Ludgate, Chris Pratt as Andy Dwyer, Adam Scott as Ben Wyatt, Rob Lowe as Chris Traeger,  Jim O'heir as Garry" jerry" Gergich and Retta as donna Meagle. the first season focuses on Leslie Knope, the deputy director of the Parks and Recreation department in the town of Pawnee Indian. local nurse Ann Perkins demands the construction pit beside her house created by an abandoned condo development be filled in after her boyfriend Andy Dwyer, fell in broke both his legs. Leslie promises to turn the pit into a park. Despite resistance from the parks director Ron Swanson, an anti-government. City planner Mark Brendanawick for whom Leslie harbors romantic feelings. he insist the project is unrealistic due to government red tape, but nevertheless secretly convinces Ron to approve the project. Leslie and her staff including her assistant Tom Haverford and intern April Ludgate, try encouraging community interest in the pit project, but meet resistance. In the second season, the pit is eventually filled in because Leslie takes it upon herself to fill in the pit without permission, not realizing Andy was in the pit. Andy became injured and works with Leslie to threaten to sue the city of Pawnee unless the pit was filled. Mark leaves his leaves his city hall career for a private sector job and is never seen, heard from, or even referenced on the show ever again. meanwhile, a crippling budget deficit leads state auditors Chris Traeger and Ben Wyatt to shut down the pawnee government temporarily.