History Recap / ParksAndRecreationS06E05

The Committee to Recall Knope is relentless and have been going all out in their attempts to shine as much negatively on Leslie's name as possible. While they have the resources and money to run negative ads and open public stalls around town with defamatory content, Leslie can't afford to fight back on a big scale. To make matters worse, her fellow councilmen do their best to ensure Leslie can't do her job effective, by suspending consideration of all her bills and ending meetings early so as nothing can get done. Councilman Jamm and Councilman Dexhart openly admit they don't like Leslie and are just waiting for the day when she is recalled.

After an inappropriate tweet is made by the Parks and Recreation Department Twitter account, Jamm jumps on this situation immediately and uses it as another means in which to ruin Leslie's reputation. It turns out Donna sent the tweet thinking it was her own personal account. Jamm holds what he plans to be the first of many hearings to determine just how the offensive tweet came to be sent, while also using it as a way to turn the situation into a media circus. Jamm requests the employee who made the tweet step forward and provide a statement about what happened. Donna insists she never meant to embarrass the Parks Department and admits her personal account is set to private, so usually, her tweets are only seen by a handful of people. Having obtained access to Donna's account and looking to drive a wedge into Leslie's reputation as a respectable manager, Jamm reveals a number of Donna's personal tweets that slam Leslie and her overbearing managerial attitude. Peeved at Donna for thinking she is an annoying boss, Chris comforts Leslie by reading a few more of Donna's tweets which actually support her. Leslie and Donna apologize to each other, and both stand up to Jamm by informing him they will not attend anymore of his pointless hearings.

Ben discovers that Ron does not have a will, only a piece of paper in his wallet that says that all of his belongings will go to whoever kills him (with strange symbols underneath). However, now that he has a wife and kids, Ben insists Ron have a proper will written up. Ron is resistant to the idea and only agrees to it after Ben informs him that if he dies without a real will, most of what he owns will go right to the government. Upon meeting with Ben's lawyer, Trevor Nelson, Ron is at first reluctant to disclose any information but ultimately agrees to give Trevor a ballpark figure of how much money he has. Ben wonders if Ron is avoiding writing up a will because he's afraid of death, but in reality, Ron doesn't want to spoil his children and he doesn't want them to be the kind of people who never work. Ben asserts that while he understands and respects that line of reasoning, he still insists Ron should not leave his family with nothing should he die unexpectedly. Ron heeds to Ben's advice and finally writes up a will that leaves his children with 5% of his fortune, which is still a large sum of money.

* InsultBackfire: On leaving the parks department Nadia tells April she's weird to, she thanks her.

* AbsenteeActor: Chris Pratt and Rashida Jones don't appear in this episode.

Councilmen Dexhart and Jamm are doing everything in their power to prevent Leslie from accomplishing anything before the recall vote. When one of Donna's personal (inappropriate) tweets gets accidentally posted, Jamm turns the hearing into a chance to ruin Leslie. While Leslie supports and defends Donna, she is shocked when Jamm releases a series of tweets by Donna in which she criticizes Leslie. Chris shows Leslie some of Donna's more supportive tweets, and Donna explains to Leslie that the negative tweets are her way of blowing off steam. The two confront Jamm, refusing to attend his hearing.

When a doctor named Nadia shows up at the Parks Department requesting a permit, Tom is smitten with her and does everything he can to impress her, including faking a British accent. He uses several tactics to stall her, trying to keep her around as long as possible. Nadia gives up her request, but after April lectures Tom, he goes to the hospital, accompanied by April. He tries to place the blame on April, but April tells Nadia that Tom likes her and that going out with him would be no risk, as she is way out of his league. Though Nadia is leaving for Rwanda in two weeks, she agrees to a date with Tom.

When Ben learns that Ron does not have a will, he convinces him to go to a lawyer. Ben thinks that Ron has a fear of death, but actually, Ron is reluctant to leave any money to his children because he wants them to learn the value of hard work. He compromises by leaving them a small portion of his fortune, which is still a great amount.

* AnythingButThat: Ron only agrees to work with a lawyer on making a real will after Ben tells him everything will go to the government otherwise.
* ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount: While it's not revealed just how much money Ron has in his account, 5% of it each would be enough for his son and stepdaughters to never work a day in their lives.
* ContinuityNod: Apparently, Tom is still using [[Recap/ParksAndRecreationS05E01 the moisturiser that Ann put glitter in]].

* CallBack: Apparently, Tom is still using [[Recap/ParksAndRecreationS05E01 the moisturiser that Ann put glitter in]].

When Ben learns that Ron does not have a will, he convinces him to go to a lawyer. Ben thinks that Ron has a fear of death, but actually Ron is reluctant to leave any money to his children because he wants them to learn the value of hard work. He compromises by leaving them a small portion of his fortune, which is still a great amount.

* AbsenteeActor: Chris Pratt as Andy and Rashida Jones as Ann do not appear in this episode.
* ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount: While it’s unrevealed just how much money Ron has in his account, 5% of it each would be enough for his stepdaughters to never work a day in their lives.

* AbsenteeActor: Chris Pratt as Andy does not appear in this episode.

* AbsurdlyLargeBankAccount: While it’s unrevealed just how much money Ron has in his account, 5% of it each would be enough for his stepdaughters to never work a day in their lives.