On February 24, 2015, in the fictional small town of Pawnee, Indiana, the characters of Parks and Recreation said their final farewell. The show provides viewers with well-developed characters that give comedic moments through a small department in the government.

With April’s sarcasm and Andy’s immaturity, Donna’s sass and Tom’s confidence, Ann’s sincerity and Chris’ upbeat attitude, Ben and Leslie’s dorky nature, Ron’s lack of care, and of course, Jerry/Garry/Larry/Terry’s clumsiness, the show reaches hilarity throughout each episode.

“The season finale was bittersweet because they did such a good job with it, but I was also very sad because it was the end of seven seasons of an incredible show,” sophomore Alex Curtis said. “I honestly felt like I was a part of the show each and every time I watched it.”

The show primarily focused on Leslie Knope, played by actress Amy Poehler, who is a deputy director in the small town of Pawnee. She attempts to fix Pawnee’s many problems. Knope is a hardworking woman who fights for her belief in improving the community by living her life and serving the citizens of the small town.

The show is emphasized on Knope’s ambitions in her life and creates a sort of dry humor between her and the supporting characters. Her extreme enthusiasm creates comedy throughout each episode as her coworkers in the Parks Department tend to focus on other things, such as doing as little work as possible.

Ron Swanson, played by actor Nick Offerman, is the director of the Parks Department in Pawnee and supervises what the department accomplishes. Knope and Swanson are complete opposites. With Knope’s motivation to achieve a better government and community, and Ron’s desire to accomplish absolutely nothing in government, these two characters clash in all of the best ways. Though he favors his employees who do very little work at all, he respects Knope and her hardworking nature.

“My favorite character is probably Chris because he is the boss of all bosses,” senior David Kroll said.

If you need just a bit more from the finale, you can watch the cast of Parks and Recreation sing the tribute to Pawnee’s most beloved miniature pony, 5,000 Candles In the Wind (Bye Bye Little Sebastian), on Seth Meyers’ late-night talk show.

“[The season finale] was like having really great waffles with a ton of whipped cream from JJ’s Diner,” sophomore Jack Wetzel said.