Parks & Recreation’s series finale gave viewers a glimpse at the futures of the main characters, but the producer’s cut also included the futures of three recurrent characters. Created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, Parks & Recreation debuted on NBC in 2009 and came to an end in 2015 after seven seasons, but not without its ups and downs. Season 1 is considered the worst of all, but thankfully, the writers found the characters’ voices and the series’ style by the end of that not-so-good season.
Parks & Recreation follows the daily lives of eternal optimist Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) and her friends and coworkers from the Parks Department in the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana. Over the course of seven seasons, viewers got to know characters like Ann Perkins (Rashida Jones), Ben Wyatt (Adam Scott), Tom Haverford (Aziz Ansari), Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman), and more. Parks & Recreation also had a number of recurring characters who won the hearts of the audience, most notably Jean-Ralphio (Ben Schwartz) and his twin sister Mona-Lisa (Jenny Slate).
There were other characters that appeared mostly to shake things up at the Parks Department and Leslie’s life, as was the case of Shauna, Bobby Newport, and Jeremy Jamm. Though they were never main characters, viewers could have learned what their futures hold in the producer’s cut of the series finale.
Parks & Recreation Series Finale Cut Shauna, Bobby, and Jamm’s Futures
Parks & Recreation’s final episode is appropriately titled “One Last Ride”, and features many flash forwards to show the futures of the main characters. It all begins in 2017 with the group inside the Parks Department reminiscing their time together and joining forces one last time to help Pawnee – from then on, the episode cuts to 2019, 2022, 2023, 2025, 2035, and 2048. Some of the highlights of those futures are a reunion at the Parks Department in 2025, Garry living until the age of 100, and Leslie quite possibly becoming the President of the United States. However, there’s a producer’s cut of the episode that includes the futures of three more characters: Shauna, Bobby, and Jeremy.
Shauna Malwae-Tweep (Alison Becker) was a reporter for the Pawnee Journal, and interviewed Leslie multiple times (with Leslie telling her what headlines she should use). In the producer’s cut, in 2018, Shauna’s fiancé leaves her at the altar, and Bobby Newport (Paul Rudd) sees her crying on a park bench. Bobby was the heir to the Sweetums fortune and Leslie’s opponent during the city council election. Bobby wasn’t the most intelligent citizen in Pawnee, and Shauna was constantly looking for a sentimental partner, so the series finale saw them getting married… five hours after they met and after Shauna was stood up. Jeremy Jamm (Jon Glaser) was an orthodontist and councilman on the City Council, always shooting down any proposal by Leslie. He also claimed to love everything Chinese, yet he was seen preparing sushi and had a Japanese sign hanging at home. The series finale also cut his future, in which he ended up working in a hibachi restaurant in Florida. Unfortunately, the producer’s cut is no longer available online, but it can be found on the Parks & Recreation DVD as an extra feature.
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