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- NBC
- NBC
Summary Leslie Knope checks in with her friends while under self-isolating at home in this special episode that will raise money for Feeding America’s COVID-19 Response Fund.
Created By: Greg Daniels, Michael Schur
- NBC
- NBC
A Parks and Recreation Special
Season 1 Premiere: Apr 30, 2020
89
7.7
Summary Leslie Knope checks in with her friends while under self-isolating at home in this special episode that will raise money for Feeding America’s COVID-19 Response Fund.
Created By: Greg Daniels, Michael Schur
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
89
93% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
7% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
89
93% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
7% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
It was everything fans of the sweet, hopeful and hilarious series could have hoped for in this time of great need. ... The special captured the essence of the series and the mood of the current crisis perfectly, as the actors easily slipped back into old characters and offered each other (and viewers) support during tough times.
Absolutely spot on. Usually these kinds of reunion specials are a bit hackneyed or forced, but watching this Parks and Recreation special felt like home. Not a beat was missed.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 16 User Ratings
7.7
81% Positive
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
19% Mixed
3 Ratings
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0% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 16 User Ratings
7.7
81% Positive
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
19% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
0% Negative
0 Ratings
0 Ratings
Absolutamente incrível! É muito bom poder rever esses personagens tão especiais
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The episode manages to give us just enough of what we want in the way of catchup, while managing to, with a minimum of observable effort, deliver a very Leslie Knope-esque message about what do to when things seem the bleakest. With such a breakneck pace of pop-ins and jokes, it’s hard not to spoil the enjoyment in the telling, but everybody’s doing about as you’d have expected when the show left them.
The whole episode was well-executed, heartfelt fan service. ... But all the shout-outs didn’t feel like pandering so much as gifts from the team that worked on the series and wanted to do something nice for the people who love and miss it.
“A Parks and Recreation Special” was not the greatest episode of Parks and Rec there’s ever been. The cast and crew are mainly apt to just play the old favorites and make you smile rather than telling a brand new story with fresh material. ... Groundbreaking or not, we need that warmth and that hope now more than ever and, with a characteristically good cause, “A Parks and Recreation Special” more than delivered.
By Andrew Bloom
FULL REVIEW
The commercial parodies are funny (particularly a lonely Jean-Ralphio begging people to call him), and there are a few inspired jokes about life at a remove from one another. ... Mostly, though, Schur and company lean on what we already know about the characters.
This was a special that was lightly funny, technically splendid and made for a good cause (money raised, and then matched by a number of corporate sponsors, went to Feeding America’s Covid-19 fund). It was impossible to dislike – even if it was inescapably melancholy.
By Adam White
FULL REVIEW
This charity special was made in response to COVID-19. This was a generally entertaining special.
All the original main cast as well as most of the popular recurring characters are back and no one has dropped a beat when it comes to performances.
Overall, this special is fairly funny. There are a couple of great bits, particularly near the end, but the jokes as a whole are mostly just decent. One reason being that the script had to work with all the actors performing from their own homes. Another reason is that the story is a little heavy on reliving nostalgia from the original series
Overall, I recommend this if you're a big fan of the original Parks and Recreation, but this shouldn't be your start-off point.
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Production Company:
- 3 Arts Entertainment
- Deedle-Dee Productions
- Fremulon
- Universal Television
Initial Release Date: Apr 30, 2020
Number of seasons: 0 Seasons
Awards
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
• 1 Nomination