'Parks and Recreation' Exclusive: Watch the Cast Wrap the Series Finale
Warning: Fans who teared up during Parks and Recreation's supremely satisfying series finale will definitely get misty watching the seven-minute look at the making of the episode above.
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There are some laughs, of course: Retta leads a lunchtime dance party in the makeup trailer, Jim O’Heir gets dressed as the coffee pot (“This is fitting, yeah this is how this should end”), and Rob Lowe uses one last “literally.” But the overall mood is best expressed by Adam Scott: “I feel like it’s not particularly emotional yet, but everyone’s on the brink. It feels like an international incident is about to go down.”
It’ll likely happen for you when executive producer Michael Schur announces series wraps for the actors individually. (If you find yourself applauding along with the cast and crew, know you’re not the only one.)
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Also fun for trivia buffs: We see what Amy Poehler asked to keep from the set, a glimpse of Paul Rudd’s guest appearance (which was trimmed from the broadcast version for time), and that Poehler and Nick Offerman’s actual final scenes were sweatpants-clad ones filmed for an earlier episode.
