‘One Last Ride (Part 2)’
Season 7, Episode 13 - Aired February 25, 2015
Leslie and her former colleagues gather in Pawnee for one last job, fixing a swing in a local park.
Quote from Chris
[Pawnee, 2025:]
Leslie Knope: Ann, you rainbow-infused space unicorn. Ann, you beautiful, sassy mannequin come to life. Ann, you opalescent tree shark.
Chris: Leslie, you are the master of the metaphor.
Leslie Knope: Oh.
Chris: I recently compared her to a nutrient-rich chia seed.
Leslie Knope: What's that thing on your wrist?
Chris: Oh! [electronic beeps]
Male Voice: You are extremely healthy.
Chris: I do that literally 50 times a day.
Leslie Knope: Aren't you afraid that thing might give you cancer?
Chris: Well, I am now.
Quote from Tom
[Pawnee, 2025:]
Ron Swanson: Tom! I took the quiz in your book about what kind of person I am. I'm a "Ron."
Tom: Ha! I'm usually a "Tom," but sometimes I'm a "Donna."
Ben: Last time I took it, I was a "Tom."
Tom: What? No. No, no, no! Take it again! I got to go recalibrate the quiz.
Quote from Ben
[Pawnee, 2025:]
Leslie Knope: Okay, everybody, gather around. First of all, I just have to say that all of you in the same room at the same time with your children here, it's like it's the greatest thing that's ever happened in the history of America. And secondly, Ben and I have an announcement.
Ben: Leslie's running for governor of Indiana.
All: What?
Ron Swanson: Bully for you, Knope.
April: That's amazing.
Ben: Yeah, she got approached by the DNC, and they think she has a great shot to win. Indiana native, supremely qualified, and she wrote that she wanted to be governor in her kindergarten dream journal. Just makes sense.
Leslie Knope: So I'm running for governor.
All: Yeah!
Quote from Leslie Knope
[Pawnee, 2025:]
Leslie Knope: Ben is gonna be running my campaign because he's a super genius, and he's got a tight, compact, little body like an Italian sports car. But right now I'd like to make a toast. When we worked here together, we fought, scratched, and clawed to make people's lives a tiny bit better. That's what public service is all about... small, incremental change every day. Teddy Roosevelt once said, "Far and away, the best prize that life has to offer is a chance to work hard at work worth doing." And I would add that what makes work worth doing is getting to do it with people that you love.
Quote from Leslie Knope
[Indiana University, 2035:]
Leslie Knope: I started my career more than 30 years ago in the Parks and Recreation Department right here in Pawnee, Indiana. I've had a lot of different jobs including two terms as your governor, and soon a new, unknown challenge awaits me, which to me, even now, is thrilling because I love the work. Not to say that public service isn't sexy, because it definitely is, but that's not why we do it. We do it because we get the chance to work hard at work worth doing... alongside a team of people we love. So I thank those people who've walked with me, and I thank you for this honor. Now, go find your team, and get to work. [applause]
Josephina: In addition to Governor Knope's honorary doctorate from the School of Public Policy, in recognition of all she's done for the people of Indiana, the campus library will henceforth bear her name. [applause]
Leslie Knope: [under breath] A [bleep] library?
Quote from Tom
Tom: Oh, the lighting's all wrong. I'm gonna send you a glamour shot. Just Photoshop me in later.
Quote from April
April: I'm not gonna show up in that picture anyway because I'm a vampire.
Quote from Andy
Andy: Hey, babe, for this picture, should I be Burt Macklin, Johnny Karate, or my new character, Sergeant Thunderfist, MD?
April: Where did you get that?
Andy: I found it in the sandbox.
April: Ew!
Donna: Go Macklin. Macklin's the hottest.
Quote from Jean-Ralphio
Jean-Ralphio: Tommy-T and Sexy Lexy Knope. Ooh, what are you two bad larrys up to?
Leslie Knope: Well, this is our last day in Pawnee, and we have one last problem to fix.
Jean-Ralphio: Hold up. You're leaving? For truth? I am gonna miss you so much.
Leslie Knope: What's going on? You're not injured?
Jean-Ralphio: Uh, yeah, I'm injured. I got a terminal case of "Get me to the front of the line at Six Flags"!
Both: Shaaa-boosh!
Jean-Ralphio: It's a winter wonderland. I'm gonna be so sad to see you go. Will you do me one final kindness? Will you pretend to be my wife for an insurance scam, but then we fall in love for real? Also, can I have a pair of your gym socks? No, wait, it's not for anything weird. It's just a fetish I have.
Leslie Knope: Jean-Ralphio... Although I truly hope that I never see you again, I do wish you a long and happy life.
Quote from Leslie Knope
Leslie Knope: Okay. How's this for a headline? "Still Swinging: Parks Gang Reunites for One Last Bang."
Shauna Malwae-Tweep: That's a little dirty.
Leslie Knope: Well, it's a headline, Shauna. Sex sells.