A Parks and Recreation Special Parks and Recreation Critics Consensus. Against all odds the delightful cast and crew of Parks and Recreation pull off a socially distant reunion that's warm, funny. The Parks and Recreation reunion really was something special: Review Amy Poehler and an all-star sitcom cast stage a moving act of charity.
We grew to admire Leslie Knope for her convictions and giggle anytime City Manager Ron Swanson opened up his mouth. NBC's A Parks and Recreation Special is a sweet treat that reunites us with all our favorite Pawnee residents. Check out our spoiler-filled review of the Parks and Rec reunion episode. [Editor's Note: The following review contains spoilers for "A Parks and Recreation Special."].
Listen, critics are used to being buzzkills, and, per creator Michael Schur, the much. This Parks and Rec review contains spoilers. If Parks and Recreation was returning just to help make people laugh during a global pandemic, that would certainly be. There, I got to see once again some of my favorite characters from one of my favorite shows ever. This half-hour reunion special is funny, clever, and informative. Thank you to NBC and the wonderful cast and crew of Parks and Recreation for doing this.
Trailer A Parks and Recreation Special
Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope in NBC's "Parks and Recreation." She and the rest of the cast returned Thursday for a one-night, socially distant special to benefit Feeding America. The special is a fun-with-characters piece, not quite the sitcom-Wire of yore. Still, I admire how Schur curls our pandemic reality back to the foundational Parks and Recreation saga of civil service in the face of overwhelming odds..
A Parks and Recreation Special is a genuine return from one of the best TV series ever made. The series was a masterpiece, probably my favorite series I've seen. The reunion was okay, about the quality you would expect from a show shot over Zoom. Written by Schur and many other Parks and Rec alums, and featuring virtually the entire cast(*), plus familiar friends who guest-starred in the original run, the special was designed and shot to.