NBCBefore we're forced to say goodbye to Parks and Recreation for good when the series finale airs on Feb. 24 (sob!), one fan-favorite character will return for a last appearance.
A-list celeb Paul Rudd just booked a return ticket back to Pawnee to reprise his hilarious villain role of Sweetums heir Bobby Newport!
But here's the best news: Rudd will return for not just one, but two episodes during the final season!
"He's the world's nicest human being—and the funniest," executive producer Michael Schur tells EW, who first reported the casting news. "We made a list of all the people that we wanted to have back, and he was high on the list, so we managed to snag him."
As for what brings Bobby back into Leslie Knope's (Amy Poehler) life three years in the future after she defeated him in the campaign race for city council?
"Ben [Adam Scott] needs to fill a certain position in the town, and he thinks that Bobby might be a good candidate," Schur says.
When Parks and Rec returns for its seventh and final season in January, fans are in for quite a few changes as the NBC comedy jumped ahead three years in the season six finale. Leslie Knope is running a branch of the National Parks Service out of Pawnee while raising triplets, Jerry (Jim O'Heir) went from Larry to Terry, Ben is in a tuxedo for some mysterious reason, Jon Hamm is one of Leslie's new hapless employees, Tom (Aziz Ansari) is the mogul he's always wanted to be, Andy (Chris Pratt) has his own TV show and April's (Aubrey Plaza) got a badass tablet. Plus...drones!
Parks and Rec's final season begins Tuesday, Jan. 13, at 8 p.m. on NBC.
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