The ParksAndRec special stayed true to the roots of the show while delivering a heartfelt message of hope at a time when much of the country is, like Leslie and her Parks Department crew, staying home
"[T]he main character is eternally optimistic and believes in the power of community to hold people together. She believes that incremental, small, little moments of connection and togetherness were crucial and vital to the social fabric.
Here's how things played out as the special offered an almost by the numbers approach to what life is like while adhering to government-mandated Safer at Home guidelines. , delivering a message to band together to fight COVID-19 together and for anyone sheltering in place alone to take care of themselves. A secondsegment featured one of Andy's beloved alter-egos, Johnny Karate, who encouraged kids to be nice to their parents and wash their hands.
Retta's Donna, who is married to a teacher, extolls the value of educators during her matching-Zoom-background chat with Ansari's Tom. The latter is going so stir crazy that he recognizes how awful all of his entrepreneurial ideas are. Tom wasn't the only one looking to cash in on the crisis as the brilliantly bad Jeremy Jamm — complete with an at-home mohawk haircut — pops in with a commercial for DIY dental care delivery boxes .
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