History Recap / ParksAndRecreationS05E17

At the key giving ceremony, Leslie finds the whole operation was one big set-up to mock Ben again. The key was made of ice and has melted into water, and the city has in fact not forgotten or moved on from Ice Town. Leslie gives an angry speech to the assembled citizens. Later, Leslie and Ben meet with the current mayor of the city, who refuses to take back what happened.

* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: How Tom and April get Jamm to drop the suit against Ron. They assemble a file of the lies he told, threaten him with perjury charges, and top everything off by Tom faking an injury in Jamm's office. It may be the only time that Jamm actually admitted defeat.
-->'''Jamm:''' (On the phone) Yeah, it's me... We got Jammed.

* NotReallyABirthScene: This happens when Ben gets kidney stones. When Leslie and his sister ask what's wrong, he says that he's giving birth.

At the key giving ceremony, Leslie finds the whole operation was one big set-up to mock Ben again. The key was made of ice and has melted into water, and the city has in fact not forgotten or moved on from Ice Town. Leslie gives an angry speech to the assembled citizens. Later, Leslie and Ben meet with the mayor, who refuses to take back what happened.

* NeverLiveItDown: InUniverse, it's revealed the Partridge residents still bear a ''very'' intense grudge against Ben for bankrupting the town.

Leslie and Ben travel to Ben's hometown, Partridge, Minnesota. As a gesture of goodwill, the town is offering Ben the key to the city, a distinction given to all city mayors. Ben is pleased that the city has finally gotten over Ice Town and feels at home again. Before the ceremony, the pair visit Ben's sister, Stephanie, where Leslie asks her about stuff from Ben's childhood while Ben practices his acceptance speech. However, Ben suddenly falls down in pain and is taken to the hospital, where it is revealed he has kidney stones. The doctor insists Ben stay at the hospital all day, and Ben is loopy and out-of-it while dosed on morphine. Leslie thus has to go to the ceremony on Ben's behalf.

Ron receives a subpoena from Councilman Jamm who is suing him for punching him during Leslie and Ben's wedding ceremony. April, Andy, and Tom are called as witnesses for the deposition, and Tom and April lie about Ron, to which Ron does not agree. He makes them recant their testimony, and when they tell the truth it is pretty damning for Ron, as both tell of the many times when Ron outspokenly wished to punch Jamm in the face. When asked to make a statement of his own, Ron declares he regrets nothing.

Ann and Chris take an online compatibility quiz to make sure they'd be a good parenting match. Despite having once dated, they find out their score is a mere 58%, and the pair begin to question whether or not this is such a good idea.

Feeling that Ron's future punishment is on them due to their testimonies, Andy, April and Tom storm into Jamm's office and blackmail him into dropping the lawsuit as the trio found that Jamm's affidavit was not entirely accurate, and then set him up by pretending that he assaulted Tom. Jamm gives in and calls his lawyer to cancel the lawsuit.

As they sit at a park reflecting on the day's events, Ben bitterly realizes that the people of Partridge still see him as a failure despite all he's done to fix his mistakes and will never get over what happened. Leslie consoles him by revealing she stole the key to the city from the mayor's office. Ben however realizes he doesn't need this and throws the key into a lake, cutting Partridge out of his life for good.

* PersonaNonGrata: It's shown here that Ben's hometown have not gotten over the Ice Town debacle. Ben's sister runs as soon as a crowd points her out as a relative, and Leslie and Ben even get chased out of a local park when a ranger recognizes him.

* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Ben finds that the people of Partridge still hate him for the Ice Town debacle. Because of this, he forsakes Partridge and declares Pawnee his new home.

Leslie and Ben travel to Ben's hometown, Partridge, Minnesota. As a gesture of goodwill, the town is offering Ben the key to the city, a distinction given to all city mayors. Ben is pleased that the city has finally gotten over Ice Town and feels at home again. Before the ceremony, the pair visit Ben's sister, Stephanie, where Leslie asks her about stuff from Ben's childhood while Ben practices his acceptance speech. However, Ben suddenly falls down in pain and is taken to hospital, where it is revealed he has kidney stones. The doctor insists Ben stay at the hospital all day, and Ben is loopy and out-of-it while dosed on morphine. Leslie thus has to go to the ceremony on Ben's behalf.

Leslie and Ben travel to Ben's hometown, Partridge, Minnesota. As a gesture of goodwill, the town is offering Ben the key to the city, a distinction given to all city mayors. Ben is pleased that the city has finally gotten over Ice Town and feels at home again. Before the ceremony, the pair visit Ben's sister, Stephanie. At Stephanie's home, Leslie asks her about stuff from Ben's childhood while Ben practices his acceptance speech. However, Ben suddenly falls down in pain is taken to hospital where it is revealed he has kidney stones. The doctor insists Ben stay at the hospital all day, and Ben is loopy and out-of-it while dosed on morphine. Leslie thus has to go to the ceremony on Ben's behalf.

Ron receives a subpoena from Councilman Jamm who is suing him for punching him during Leslie and Ben's wedding ceremony. April, Andy, and Tom are called as witnesses for the deposition, and Tom and April about Ron, to which Ron does not agree. He makes them recant their testimony, and when they tell the truth it is pretty damning for Ron, as both tell of the many times when Ron outspokenly wished to punch Jamm in the face. When asked to make a statement of his own, Ron declares he regrets nothing.

Ann and Chris take an online compatibility quiz to make sure they'd be a good parenting match. Despite having once date, out their score is a mere 58%, and the pair begin to question whether or not this is such a good idea.

Ben's hometown of Partridge, Minnesota, wants to honor him at a ceremony giving him the key to the city. Leslie and Ben travel to Partridge, where Leslie meets Ben's sister Stephanie. Ben becomes ill with kidney stones and is forced to go to the hospital, so he can't attend the ceremony, and Leslie attends in his place. There, she realizes the ceremony was a set-up to humiliate Ben - the key was made of ice and has now melted into water. Leslie gives an angry speech to the assembled citizens. Later, Leslie and Ben meet with the mayor, and Leslie steals the key from his office. Ben however realizes he doesn't need this and throws the key into a lake, cutting the town out of his life for good.

Ron is being sued by Councilman Jamm for punching him during Leslie and Ben's wedding ceremony. April, Andy, and Tom are called as witnesses for the deposition, and Tom and April lie. Ron makes them recant their testimony, and when they tell the truth it is pretty damning for Ron. April, Andy, and Tom go to Jamm's office and set him up by pretending that he assaulted Tom. Jamm gives in and calls his lawyer to cancel the lawsuit.

Ann and Chris take compatibility tests to determine if they would make compatible parents. Despite the fact that they once dated, they fail the quizzes, but Chris points out that the only thing that is important is that they will love their child.

* NeverLiveItDown: InUniverse, the Partridge residents still bear a ''very'' intense grudge for Ben bankrupting the town.

-->Jamm: (On the phone) Yeah, it's me... We got Jammed.

* NeverLiveItDown: InUniverse, the Partridge residents still see Ben as a failure after all these years.

* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Ben finds that the people of Partridge still hate him for the Ice Town. Because of this, he forsakes Partridge and declares Pawnee his new home.

Ben's hometown of Partridge, Minnesota, wants to honor him at a ceremony giving him the key to the city. Leslie and Ben travel to Partridge, where Leslie meets Ben's sister Stephanie. Ben becomes ill with kidney stones and is forced to go to the hospital, so he can't attend the ceremony, so Leslie attends in his place. There, she realizes the ceremony was a set-up to make fun of Ben - the key was made of ice and has now melted into water. Leslie gives an angry speech to the assembled citizens. Later, Leslie and Ben meet with the mayor, and Leslie steals the key from his office. They throw it in the lake.

Ron is being sued by Councilman Jamm for punching him during Leslie and Ben's wedding ceremony. April, Andy, and Tom are called as witnesses for the deposition, and Tom and April lie. Ron makes them recant their testimony, and when they tell the truth it is pretty damning for Ron. April, Andy, and Tom go to Jamm's office and set him up by pretending that he assaulted Tom. Jamm gives in and calls his lawyer to remove the lawsuit.

** Councilman Jamm's law firm is Gately, Wayne, Kittenplan, & Troeltsch - and all of these are also characters in ''Infinite Jest''.