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02-27-2015, 02:29 AM
http://uproxx.com/tv/2015/02/the-story-of-challenge-day-the-parks-and-recreation-episode-that-never-happened/
One of the many episodes of Parks and Recreation that qualifies for the category of “The Best Episodes” is “The Fight,” the 13th episode of the third season. From Dennis Cooper’s hilarious public meltdown, which featured a number of offensive signs about his cheating wife’s STDs, to everyone getting wasted on Tom’s Snake Juice at the Snakehole Lounge, the episode had plenty of memorable moments and instant classic one-liners. Of course, the most important moment of them all was…
What was most notable about the episode was the fight between Leslie Knope and Ann Perkins, as it was the first time that the best friends got into it with each other. Leslie was disappointed in Ann for partying with the Douche instead of preparing for her city job interview, while Ann was pissed at Leslie because of her general bossiness and lofty expectations for everyone to live their lives according to her detailed master plans. In the end, though, the women made up with each other as they violently heaved a combination of Snake Juice and shame into the Pawnee City Hall toilets, and Ann would end up taking a part-time job as the new health department public relations director.
But that wasn’t supposed to be the story of a big fight between Leslie and Ann. As we learned from the creators and writers of Parks and Rec while putting together this week’s oral history of the series, the best friends were instead supposed to face off in an episode entitled “Challenge Day,” which would have been based on the middle and high school program that challenges kids to work together in understanding and accepting diversity. However, in Pawnee, that would have meant that Leslie and Ann, serving as the adult leaders, would have been at each other’s throats, presumably over something ridiculous.
One of the many episodes of Parks and Recreation that qualifies for the category of “The Best Episodes” is “The Fight,” the 13th episode of the third season. From Dennis Cooper’s hilarious public meltdown, which featured a number of offensive signs about his cheating wife’s STDs, to everyone getting wasted on Tom’s Snake Juice at the Snakehole Lounge, the episode had plenty of memorable moments and instant classic one-liners. Of course, the most important moment of them all was…
What was most notable about the episode was the fight between Leslie Knope and Ann Perkins, as it was the first time that the best friends got into it with each other. Leslie was disappointed in Ann for partying with the Douche instead of preparing for her city job interview, while Ann was pissed at Leslie because of her general bossiness and lofty expectations for everyone to live their lives according to her detailed master plans. In the end, though, the women made up with each other as they violently heaved a combination of Snake Juice and shame into the Pawnee City Hall toilets, and Ann would end up taking a part-time job as the new health department public relations director.
But that wasn’t supposed to be the story of a big fight between Leslie and Ann. As we learned from the creators and writers of Parks and Rec while putting together this week’s oral history of the series, the best friends were instead supposed to face off in an episode entitled “Challenge Day,” which would have been based on the middle and high school program that challenges kids to work together in understanding and accepting diversity. However, in Pawnee, that would have meant that Leslie and Ann, serving as the adult leaders, would have been at each other’s throats, presumably over something ridiculous.