Ron Swanson missing part of his mustache can mean only one thing, Tammy is back.
Tom sends Ron off on a Tammy bender when he brings her to a Pawnee PD appreciation party to get Ron back for dating his ex-wife Wendy. What Tom doesn't know is that Ron and Wendy had broken up earlier that day. Ron's reaction to Wendy's invitation to move back to Canada is classic and pure Swanson.
The next time we see Ron, he's in a Pawnee jail cell with cornrows, a kimono and the middle third of his mustache missing. He later explains that he lost it because of friction. No couple has a more passionately hate fueled relationship than Ron and Tammy Swanson. I'm sure the real life marriage between Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally. Their scenes together are filled with pure vitriolic gold. The ultimate payoff comes when Tammy kicks Tom's ass for trying to come between them.
Back at the office, the oddest of couples are thrown together when April has to fill in as Chris's assistant. You can imagine April's reaction to Chris's over the top positive attitude. The scene when he's asks her for "green and yellow post its but not orange because I have plenty of orange post its" is their best scene together. By the end of the episode Chris lets her know he can see through her attempts at sabotage and actually offers her a job working for him in Indianapolis. This of course is the writers attempt to build tension in the seemingly perfect relationship that has been forged between Anne and Chris.
The writers continued to lead us down the path of Ben falling for Leslie and Leslie being completely oblivious to this. So far this relationship just doesn't work for me. I thought Leslie's relationship with Officer Dave was the only attempt that really hit the mark. Their awkwardness and inability to hold a comfortable conversation fit perfectly with Leslie's character and the show in general. I don't see the same chemistry between her and Ben at this point.
Any episode with Ron and Tammy is going to be a winner but the rest of the subplots were mostly throw away.
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