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Recap / Parks And Recreation S 06 E 05

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The Committee to Recall Knope is relentless and has 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 effectively by suspending consideration of all her bills and ending meetings early so that 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 any more of his pointless hearings.

Meanwhile, Nadia, a doctor who works for Doctors Without Borders, comes to the Parks Department, hoping to set up a mobile hospital in one of Pawnee's parks to provide free vaccinations. Tom is immediately attracted to her and takes on the responsibility of setting up the reservation. Realizing she's way out of his league, Tom dons a British accent to make himself seem more sophisticated, but her only interest is to book a park and get out of there ASAP. Tom resorts to stalling her by providing incorrect paperwork and desperately tries to gain her attention by putting on different suits and subtly offering to take her out to lunch. Having had enough of Tom's charades, Nadia gives up on the park and leaves. This leads to Tom going to Indianapolis' Montesian Memorial Hospital, where Nadia works, and using April to ask her out. Nadia agrees but informs them that she's going to Rwanda in two weeks for her job.

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 to Ron that he has 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, Ron should not leave his family with nothing should he die unexpectedly. Ron heeds 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.

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