John Larroquette Cast on Parks and Recreation

[Brian Damage]

Will Parks and Recreation's Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) be getting a step-daddy for Valentine's Day?

Emmy winning Night Court and Boston Legal alum John Larroquette has just been cast as Thomas Beckerson, a former flame of Leslie's mother, Marlene (Pamela Reed).

"He's the one who got away," series creator Greg Daniels tells me. "Leslie's trying to find that guy and bring him to her mom."

"Leslie and Justin Theroux's character go on a road trip to Illinois to grab this guy and bring him back," adds co-creator Michael Schur.

Leslie's going to be quite busy in this episode, as Daniels says she will also be "running a Valentine's Day dinner dance at the Senior Center."

By the way, whatever happened to Leslie's daddy? "The only thing we know is that she said - 'He's living in Florida at the cemetery,'" reminds Daniels. "So I think he's dead, but we don't know quite what the means, and one day might exploit that possible misunderstanding."

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