“Parks and Recreation” charges out of the gate for its seventh and final season Tuesday with a pair of back-to-back episodes, the latter filmed partly in Chicago.
A portion of the Pawnee gang came to Chicago in early September to shoot scenes for “Ron and Jammy,” the second installment of the 13-episode farewell season.
On what started out to be a drizzly day for filming, Andy Dwyer (“Guardians of the Galaxy” star Chris Pratt) and Tom Haverford (Aziz Ansari) rolled up in front of Trib Tower on Michigan Avenue in a cab from the fictional Indiana town where the NBC comedy is set.
They were spotted by the Bean in Millennium Park and on a bridge over the Chicago River with Tom’s former flame Lucy, played by Natalie Morales — who tweeted that one onlooker mistook her for Amanda Peet.
Andy and Tom also hit the beach — North Avenue Beach, to be exact — before heading to Wrigley Field.
The network’s log lines for the episode describe it like this: “Leslie (Amy Poehler) and Ron (Nick Offerman) briefly put aside their feud to help old foe Jeremy Jamm (Jon Glaser) escape the clutches of the diabolical Tammy 2 (Nick Offerman’s real-life wife, Megan Mullally). Ben (Adam Scott) vows to help April (Aubrey Plaza) discover her true passion in life, while Andy and Tom travel to Chicago.”
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“Parks and Recreation” capped off season six last spring with a time jump three years into the future.
NBC will air back-to-back episodes at 8 p.m. every Tuesday leading up to the hourlong finale Feb. 24.
