NBCDepending on where you're at in your grieving process, you may or may not have accepted that Parks and Recreation's series finale aired Tuesday night. If you are still in denial, then we'll let you stay there a little longer by confirming that yes, Parks and Rec has 100 more episodes to air and all that series finale talk was just a horrible nightmare.
For those of you who have moved on to begrudging acceptance, you're probably ready to talk about the final episode for the Pawnee crew. But our question is: Did you catch the little nod to the show's connection to Marvel?
And by "connection," we mean Chris Pratt, who plays the lovable oaf that is Andy Dwyer, is also the sexy lead of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy. There have been sly little references to his role as Star-Lord on the show in the past (his sudden improved physique was from cutting out beer), but this Easter Egg is definitely our favorite.
In 2022, April (Aubrey Plaza) and Andy are celebrating Halloween as Janet Snakehole and Bert Macklin, but their role-playing is interrupted by trick-or-treaters. Andy goes to open the door to greet the group of kids, and who is standing in the front of the pack, awaiting candy?
A kid in a Star-Lord costume! Yep, Andy Dwyer meets a mini Peter Quill in a blink-and-miss-it moment, which is a cute little wink to Chris Pratt's Marvel gig.
The Guardians of the Galaxy sequel is coming out in 2017, which means in the Parks and Rec world it was such a huge success that Marvel bestowed upon it the trilogy treatment. That's probably also what will happen in real life, but it's nice to see in the Pawnee future that Chris Pratt will continue to be the superhero of our dreams.
Also, if Captain Jack Sparrow can be on Game of Thrones and Kevin James can be Jason Bourne in the Parks and Rec future, then Star-Lord better still be around.