Not that he's vanishing or that the remaining three episodes won't have something else in store for him, but this final season has been about setting suns. So even though this episode got delightfully weird, as if we spent 22 minutes inside Andy's brain, this was the perfect goodbye for the character. Likewise, the fact hat April cried over the fact that she was taking Andy away from the one thing that he'd made for himself - the one thing that combined everything he loved - was equally outstanding. And he's so damned kind that there's not a single part of him that mourns the loss of his show. He's letting her take the reins in their relationship and, like a loyal dog, he'll follow her to the ends of the Earth. And that's basically what the sweet message was here.
Always funny, but only really ever defined by anything except being April's husband. From being Ann's slacker boyfriend, to wooing April, to working for Leslie, to working for Ben, to wanting to be a cop, Andy's journey, like the man-child himself, was hyperactive and fidgety. Goofball Andy has never had a tried and true course over the series. For a show that, unbeknownst to us, had come to incorporate Ron Ben, Leslie, Donna, and Perd (!) as recurring characters.
There was a story, though slight, involving April feeling guilty over taking Andy away from his Johnny Karate show, but we never left the taping of the final episode itself. One that felt, at times, like a cross between a Tim & Eric sketch on Adult Swim and something that might pop up on the Blu-ray for Parks' final season as a bonus. This is a review for Tuesday's first episode of Parks and Rec, "The Johnny Karate Super Awesome Musical Explosion Show." To read the review for the second episode, "Two Funerals," head over here.
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