Warning: Full spoilers for the episode follow...
"We do humbly request thine permission to befix thus holes yonder."
So sharpen your pitchforks because, well, I didn't find "How a Bill Becomes a Law" to be one of Parks' best. Which is sad because I was hotly anticipating Lucy Lawless' (Xena, Spartacus) stint as a local woman in desperate need of help from the public works department. The good news is that it looks like she's sticking around for at least one more episode, so there still might be potential for her to have some better comedic moments with Ron.
The Leslie vs. Councilman "by kids, I mean turds" Jamm (comedian John Glaser) story could have also used a bit of punching up as it came off as the weakest part of the episode. Despite having Jamm deliver the great line "I don't mean to brag, but I've got irritable bowel syndrome." That was killer. Other than that, Jamm was just too much of a one dimensional creep who we all knew Leslie would triumph over somehow. He was so awful that Leslie even let blurt a line about how much she hated government. Still, while it mostly lacked laughs, it was fun to watch the Parks team all work, and bond, together. Leslie and Tom actually functioned as a schmoozing unit ("I'm not eating racist salad") to try and pass her "Fun in the Sun" act, Ron and Andy went out in the field and repaired a piece of road, and April and Ben got a bit closer during a hours-long, 40ft road trip. Which was nice to see since they still seemed a bit adversarial after Ben yelled at her at the end of last week's episode, "Soda Tax." Even if it sort of lit a fire under her ass.
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