See Patricia Clarkson in 'Parks and Recreation’s' Tammy 1

[Brian Damage]

wenty-one days. That’s how long we’ll have to wait for the season premiere of Parks and Recreation. Meanwhile, NBC has created a wonderful, five-minute preview to tide us over until then — and it’s pretty promising. Although we hear a bit about Leslie Knope, the focus is firmly on the internet’s favorite TV character, Ron Swanson. We’ve known for a while that Season 4 will introduce Ron’s first wife, Tammy 1, played by one of our favorite actresses, Patricia Clarkson. But the clip gives us our first glimpse of Clarkson as a character Amy Poehler describes as “ice cold, dangerous, steely, and maternal.” In her presence, says Poehler, ”Ron gets neutered and basically turned into an infant.” If Tammy 1 and Tammy 2 weren’t enough, we also meet Tammy 0 — Ron’s hearty, dirty, hard-drinking mom, played by Paula Pell, an SNL writer you might recognize as 3o Rock‘s Paula Hornberger.



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