The episode begins with Leslie giving Ron a “Congra-merry-christmas” for earning a nomination for the Indiana Fine Woodworking Award. Usually, Ron would try to dismiss Leslie from his office, but since this is an award almost tailor made to the Swanson sensibilities, Ron is actually quite excited. “This may be the first time I actually want to attend an event,” Ron says with a little smirk, the only kind of smile we ever see under that glorious mustache of his. Leslie, of course, is just as excited for Ron and makes it clear that she will be accompanying him to the event, but Ron says this isn’t necessary, for he will be bringing his new girlfriend Diane with him to the award ceremony. Leslie won’t take no for an answer and the three leave to attend the ceremony. The B-plot this week involves Tom, April, Andy and Donna planning their Jerry Dinner, a dinner that they attend every December and fund using cash attained from a box they put a dollar in every time they make fun of Jerry. On their way to dinner, Donna has a change of heart and decides they should invite Jerry. So they cruise over to Jerry’s house, only to find that he’s having an elegant Christmas Party. Ben, Chris and Ann are in attendance and the rest of the cast sits outside wondering why they weren’t invited. Turns out they were invited to the party, but just didn’t know it because of their “Jerry Filters,” filters on their email to screen out all of Jerry’s messages. They are invited inside the house and get to enjoy a fine little Gergich Christmas party. Any episode that combines a Ron-centric story with plenty of Jerry jokes is an A-plus in our book and this episode proved to be just the holiday treat that viewers were hoping to get out of Parks and Rec.
Jerry’s beautiful wife is finally seen, played by Christie Brinkley Ben decides to catch up with Chris and realizes that therapy is really helping him function much better.“I’ve had a Ron Swanson Google alert for seven years and it finally paid off!” – Leslie KnopeTammy II offers crotch-shots galore in pure Fatal Attraction fashion.The fund for the Jerry dinner totals $500.Leslie runs to alert Ron about Tammy, but he already knows, sniffing the air and asking, “she’s here, isn’t she?”It is revealed this week that April is very, very weak and may possibly have an iron deficiency. There are wood puns galore at the Indiana Fine Woodworking Awards.
