According to TVLine's Megan Masters, Rob Lowe and Rashida Jones will be leaving Parks and Recreation in the 13th episode of the show's upcoming sixth season. Here's an excerpt from the article, which gives some details on Lowe and Jones' departure from the show:
“The news about Rob and Rashida is true — they will be leaving the show after the 13th episode of the upcoming season six,” Mike Schur says. ” We’ve been working on their storyline (on and off) for four seasons now, and heading into this year, with the two of them contemplating parenthood, it felt like a natural time to move them into the next phase.
“We absolutely love both Rashida and Rob, and will be sad to see them go. Rashida was one of the very first people we knew we wanted in the cast, and as important as Ann is to Leslie (and vice-versa), she’ll certainly never be far from Pawnee. Rob we initially thought we could only have for six or eight episodes, and we couldn’t be happier that he will have stuck around for 75.”
Schur continues, “They are wonderful, funny, committed actors, they’ve been a huge part of the Parks and Rec family, and we think we have a great Pawnee send-off in the works for them.”
This isn’t the first time Lowe has left a series before the end of its run. The actor famously walked away from The West Wing during Season 4, on the heels of a salary dispute/decreased airtime. (“It has been increasingly clear, for quite a while, that there was no longer a place for Sam Seaborn on The West Wing,” he said in a statement at the time.)
Jones has been part of Parks since its April 2009 debut, while Lowe came aboard the sitcom in the final leg of Season 2.
Parks and Recreation‘s London-set, hour-long premiere airs Sept. 26.
Link to the full article:Rob Lowe & Rashida Jones Leaving ‘Parks & Recreation’ In Season 6 - TVLine
On the other hand, the presence of the character Ann often felt rather forced to me during Parks and Recreation's first two seasons; although her presence on the show finally made sense to me in season three when she started working for the health department as the department's public relations director part-time. While I find the dynamic between Leslie and Ann rather funny for the most part, I've often found the way Leslie treats Ann and the way she talks to Ann or about Ann kind of creepy at times. I've often felt like she loves Ann in a romantic sense. If Leslie feels that way about Ann, I don't have problem with that, it's just the way she expresses herself that makes it seem creepy to me at times.
Leslie's behavior towards Ann actually kind of reminds me of Kurt's crush on Finn during Glee's first season and how Kurt handled it. I've always felt like the character Kurt gave the LGBT community a really bad reputation by perpetuating a lot of the stereotypes regarding gay men that exist in our society today. The main steoreotype that I feel like the writers of Glee perpetuated was making Kurt come across as someone who was rather predatory when it came to guys he had feelings for and the writers of Glee made it seem he like he was the type of gay guy who would aggressively pursue anyone who has a penis even if they were straight, namely Finn, but I digress. It'll definitely be interesting to see how Leslie will deal with Ann not being around any more once Rashida Jones leaves the show since Ann is her best friend.
As for my thoughts on Rob Lowe leaving the show, I'm actually probably more upset about him leaving the show than I am about Rashida Jones leaving. That honestly really surprises me considering the fact that I initially wasn't very happy about Rob Lowe joining the cast of Parks and Recreation. He was often one of my least favorite things about Brothers & Sisters, so I was actually really happy when he left the show. His character, Chris Traeger, and his performance on Parks and Recreation is definitely the first time I ever liked Rob Lowe as an actor. Chris ended up becoming one of my favorite characters on Parks and Recreation, so I'm really going to miss having Rob Lowe and the character Chris Traeger around once he leaves the show. Ultimately, my hope is that the writers will give Ann and Chris' storyline with them trying to have a baby together a nice resolution when Rob Lowe and Rashida Jones leave the show in the upcoming sixth season.
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