Since starting as Ron's assistant, April had managed to make her boss happy by halting all potential public interactions. Supplicants were scheduled for a day the secretary thought she'd invented through calender trickery. Unfortunately, that day is very real.

When Today's subject turned to guest Nick Offerman's penchant for woodworking (a talent he shares with on-screen Parks and Recreation persona Ron Swanson), Al Roker got feisty, blurting out all the penis jokes he could, making everyone a little uncomfortable.

While Leslie's Directors picnic was the central source of Parks and Recreation's comedy, the drama came from Andy and April, who, after falling for each other in their respective dumb-witted and detached ways all season, finally had a date... almost.

While Leslie Knope glimpsed the promised kingdom of the mayor's office, helping with a possum hunt that actually symbolized the ethical dilemmas of insiderism, Ron and Mark were caught in their own battle of friendship and favoritism versus workplace responsibility.