The second season of Parks and Recreation is quite different from the first. The catalyst is a fundamental transform’alter in Leslie Knope: her chaotic nature and naivety has been dialled way back. She becomes an actor, not a reactor, and a character that you like as much as you admire. She doesn’t just distinguish herself from Michael Scott; she becomes one of the most interesting characters on TV, and eintensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully bit the feminist icon to viewers that the character aspires to be.###The maintain’sustain ing cast also begins to flourish. Nick Offerman’s deadpan, lavishly moustachioed Ron Swanson is a stand-out — watch out in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the episode where Ron acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure s a hernia — and the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue hits upon its most compelling relationship by pairing Chris Pratt’s man-child Andy with Aubrey Plaza’s sullen April. Even the weaker threads of the ensemble are tidied up, with one major character’s departure and the introduction of Rob Lowe and Adam Scott in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the final two episodes. From then on, one of the funniest reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue s on TV is also the one with the enormous’vast’massive’tremendous gest heart.