Season 4 Episode 2 "Ron and Tammys"

So in this next episode of Parks and Rec, Ron becomes entangled with his heathen of an ex-wife Tammy 1. Who ends up bringing out a different side to Ron Swanson. Now I’ve know Ron since the beginning, and let me tell you he does not wear fluorescent colored polos, and have a clean shaved face. Also he hates interacting with people, so the caption above is very misleading about Ron’s personality.

I say Tammy 1, because Ron has had multiple ex-wives who are named Tammy. Even his own mother’s name is Tammy, which I find a little disturbing that he would marry two women with the same name as his own mother. Aside from that fact, these women can literally turn Ron into a completely different person.

Now Ron being one of Leslie’s friends, causes Leslie to ask Tammy 2 if she could help make Ron snap out of it. However, even Ron’s crazy ex-wife, Tammy 2, is afraid of Tammy 1, because Tammy 1 threw acid on Tammy 2. So, Leslie goes for the big guns and asks Ron’s mom, Tamara nicknamed “Tammy,” to come and persuade Ron to leave Tammy 1.

Ron’s mom, and Tammy 1, challenge each other to a drink-off, by drinking the highly alcoholic Swanson family liquor. However, if Ron’s mom wins she plans to bring Ron back to their family farm. Not wanting to see Ron go, Leslie enters in the drink-off to prevent Ron from leaving.

Once Leslie begins drinking though, she becomes inebriated right away and gets very sloppy. April joins in for a bit, however after one sip she spits out the drink and falls to the floor. Seeing what his friends are doing for him, Ron steps in and finishes the whole jar of the liquor. He then tells Tammy 1 to get lost and his mom that he can’t go back to the farm with her.

On the other spectrum, Ben looks over the finances for Tom and Jean-Ralphio’s business called Entertainment 720, and notices that the two are wasting large amounts of money despite having no income. With these facts, Ben predicts that the company will go bankrupt within the month. Tom and Jean-Ralphio however ignore Ben’s warnings. However, later on Tom goes to Ben’s office and apologizes to him realizing he was right about his prediction.

See this is why I don’t really care or talk about Tom or Jean-Ralphio that much. They’re both selfish, fake, and think they’re so great with the ladies. I don’t know how the people from the Parks department can stand them, but whenever I meet people like them I never usually get along with them.

Meanwhile, Chris and Ann are working on a PSA together, with Chris doing 50 takes all of which are exactly the same. Ann says they’re all great, but Chris thinks he could do better. Eventually, they shoot the final cut for the PSA after six hours.

There were a lot of events going on in this episode. Such as: the Tammie’s, Tom’s over-spending, and Ann getting tired of Chris trying to be perfect all the time. However, in the end everything works out for the best, and everyone comes together. Which is why I really love and enjoy watching this show, because seeing everyone come together like a family, makes me feel good inside and know that everything is going to be ok.