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The Knope 2012 team capitalizes on the momentum Leslie?s campaign has gained and holds a focus group, whose irrelevant and petty criticisms frustrate Leslie. When one citizen states that he doesn?t think Leslie is the kind of person he?d go bowling with, Leslie can?t let it go, so she convinces Ben that organizing a free bowling night with Pawnee voters will be a good way of showing the public that she can be laid-back and fun. But of course, Leslie can?t help but ensure that the citizen who first made the bowling comment attends, and she can?t help but strive desperately toward convincing him that she is the right candidate for city council.
At Ben, April and Andy?s house, the rest of the gang gathers to make cold calls and try to fundraise. In an attempt to liven things up, Jerry offers two tickets to the megaplex as a reward for whomever raises the most money for Leslie?s campaign. Chris is irritatingly enthusiastic about winning, causing April to try in earnest to beat him (and her ability to read her caller?s personality and respond accordingly is astonishingly keen). Chris also discusses his elation over his imminent move-in with his girlfriend and Jerry?s daughter, Millicent.
But then, when Chris leaves the room for a probiotic tea break, Jerry reveals that Millie is planning to break up with Chris soon. Millie arrives later to go on a walk with Chris, intending to break up with him. Andy leaves the room for fear of the awkwardness. Donna tries to give Chris veiled warnings. April, at first, feels like ?a wizard? for having her wish that Chris cease to be so irritatingly happy come true, but ends up feeling guilty when she wins the tickets and Chris returns dejected.
In an unusually compassionate turn, April buys an extra ticket and offers it to Chris so that he can go to the movies with her and Andy. She even gives him a hug. Despite his sadness, the gesture touches him.
At the bowling alley, Ron, Tom, and Ann play their own game. Ron is disgusted when Tom gets strike after strike by rolling the bowling ball like a child. He ends up accidentally squishing Tom?s finger, causing Tom to squawk about it like ?Tweety.?
Later, Ron, returns to the bowling alley incognito and tests Tom?s theory that this is the perfect way to bowl. He bowls a 300. He swears the owner to silence.
Meanwhile, Ben continually tries, to no avail, to remind Leslie that she shouldn?t be focusing on just one voter, Derek. She can?t understand it when she lets Derek win and has a good time with him only to discover that he still inexplicably doesn?t like her. Infuriated, she declares that she intentionally lost, prompting Derek to challenge her to a rematch.
Leslie wins handily and expects Derek to follow through on his word and change his mind about her, but, of course, he doesn?t. Quite the opposite ? he says that on the ballot he?ll write in ?Bitch.? After all this, the tables turn, and it?s Ben who can?t control his feelings. He throws a clumsy punch to Derek?s nose, which Leslie finds to be ?totally awesome.? They make out a lot, just in time for the photo op.
At the ensuing press junket, Leslie refuses to fire Ben or let him resign (despite his attempts to persuade her otherwise). Instead, she starts out on-script, but changes her mind. She admits that she doesn?t feel sorry for what happened because Derek was drunk, aggressive, rude, and foul-mouthed, calling her a completely inappropriate and offensive term, and that when Ben punched him, she thought it was awesome. And they made out a lot. Should she have said it? No. But it was the truth.
Then the team has a follow-up focus group and, interestingly, everyone now likes Leslie ? she comes across as honest, tough, loyal, and relatable. Gotta love Leslie/Ben ? their contagious warmth and witty chemistry helped to make this one of the best installments of the season.
Source: http://www.idsnews.com/blogs/weekendwatchers/?p=10312
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