Aww! Well that was fun! Let's briefly go through the plot, although really this episode wasn't so much plot-oriented as it was... joke oriented. In a good way.
The entire episode takes place during Andy's very last Johnny Karate show. He and April are getting ready to move to DC, so it's time to say goodbye. The show involves all sorts of fun segments, such as April teaching the kids about animals, Ron teaching everybody how to build something, Ben teaching the kids something, and Leslie encouraging everybody to try something new, even if it's scary.
Leslie and April surprise Andy by turning the rest of the show into a tribute to Andy and all of his wonderful years in Pawnee. They take him through his journey from a loser with two broken legs, a shoe shiner, a candidate for a police officer, a member of the band Mouse Rat, and finally a beloved children's entertainer.
April is upset because she sees how much Andy loves this job, and she doesn't want to take him away to DC and ruin his dreams. Andy says that he loves April more than anything, and that he wants to move to be with her. They'll discover the next part of their adventure together!
I don't think I have anything to really complain about, here. I suppose the continued lack of Tom is a bit disconcerting. That's three episodes in a row without him. He could have been a funny addition to the Johnny Karate show. Also, wouldn't it have been fun to have the triplets be there to cause havoc? Andy would probably be so great with those guys. That's just my obsession with the kids, though. I want more of them!
Other than things I sort of wish I could have had, everything was wonderful in this episode. There were so many little jokes and references, I'm not sure I can remember them all.
The fake commercials were excellent. Ron has one for his construction company, there's one for the casino, one for Paunch Burger, and one for Verizon Chipotle Exxon, "proud to be one of America's eight companies!" That last one was throwing shade, let me tell ya!
Then there was the "boring buzzer" in Ben's little segment of the show, the fact that Andy accidentally lost a tarantula on the set, Garry as a mail man who gets beat up by little kids, Andy playing Burt Macklin, and so much more.
I actually thought the formula for this children's show was pretty great. Andy sings about how every day you're supposed to build something, learn something, karate chop something, do something new even though it's scary, and do something nice for someone else. Andy's "something nice" was to reassure April that moving to DC was going to be the right thing for both of them. How sweet!
This review is sort of short... I don't really know what else to say. Everything was awesome! (My accidental reference to The Lego Movie is oddly appropriate, actually). I loved this episode, and I've loved this season so far. I can't believe we're so close to the end.
9.5/10
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