You guys, this is the big one. SO MUCH HAPPENS!!!! Cut scenes, replaced scenes, BTS from the cast themselves, Michelle Obama?! AND the Department of the Interior's Resident Bad Boy stops by, I mean..... this is truly a Parks and Rec DREAM. Thank you, writers, cast and crew, for this gift of an episode. :)

Thank you to Joe Souza for sending in WONDERFUL voice memos, no one knew you were sick, and you were perfect! ahhh!!!

SOURCES:

Vanity Fair Article: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/04/parks-and-recreation-finale#:~:text=a%20coy%20hint%20about%20the,Ed%20was%20hired%20or%20something.

Alcatraz: https://www.bop.gov/about/history/alcatraz.jsp

Thomas Hucker (Ron's woodworker mention): https://furnsoc.org/fs22/speakers/tom-hucker

Joe Souza! (Liam Bonneville, Resident Bad Boy): https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1318675/

LET'S MOVE! (MICHELLE OBAMA QUEEN): https://letsmove.obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/

Michelle Obama on Good Hang with Amy Poehler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMmCb2hq1OA

Michelle Obama Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/imo-with-michelle-obama-and-craig-robinson/id1532956108

Merging Towns (Virginia): https://virginiamercury.com/2018/07/18/with-annexation-off-the-table-officials-studying-ways-to-prod-struggling-cities-to-merge-with-counties/#:~:text=Martinsville%20might%20be%20further%20along,than%20the%20cities%20they%20contain.

Shana Hagan (Cam Op for Parks! and Cinematographer Queen): https://parkpalspodcast.buzzsprout.com/1663456/episodes/9915666-our-conversation-with-shana-hagan-aka-camera-operator-tweep

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