History Recap / ParksAndRecreationS05E09

* BigEater: Andy can eat up to eighty pieces of sushi before he throws up.

* ContinuityNod: To "Halloween Surprise" regarding Jerry's hospital bills after his heart attack.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Played straight with Andy, April, and Tom for their role in bullying Jerry, but inverted for Donna, who insists it would be wrong to exclude him from their Jerry Dinner after spending a year making fun of him and collecting money whenever he did anything stupid (often by them pranking him) and using it to treat themselves to a fancy dinner; Donna chose to drive to Jerry's house to pick him up for dinner against the others' protests, but while Ann refused to let Andy, Tom, and April into Jerry's Party for "being meanies", she let Donna in as a reward for driving over there for Jerry. Because Donna drove them there, they were left out in the cold with no way of leaving. As the cherry on top, it turns out they were invited after all, but because Tom put a filter on their emails to mark any emails they got from Jerry as spam, they missed their invitations, so they were left out in the cold for their own behavior.

* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Upon meeting Gayle for the first time, Ben is dumbfounded as to how she became [[UglyGuyHotWife Jerry's wife]]. Chris advises him to not dwell on it, as he himself realized a long time ago there is no logical explanation.

* SureLetsGoWithThat: When Jerry finally sees Tom, April, and Andy at the door, he assumes that they had just forgotten to give him their RSVPs to the party. The three of them don't correct him and instead give him the dinner fund as a gift.

Back at Jerry's, the cold foursome is huddled outside a window, peering in at the warm, lovely festivities going on inside. When they get Ann's attention, Ann lets Donna inside since she was the one who turned the car around but keeps the rest of them out. Chris introduces Ben to Jerry's wife Gayle, and Ben is taken aback by her beauty. Minutes later, Jerry and his family joyfully perform a Christmas tune for the guests. Outside, Tom, Andy, and April realize they never received Jerry's invitation due to Tom installing a filter on their email accounts that automatically filtered out all of Jerry's emails to them. Looking through their spam folders, they uncover three years' worth of nice messages from Jerry: wedding congratulations, birthday wishes, and, of course, their party invitations.

Back at Jerry's, the cold foursome is huddled outside a window, peering in at the warm, lovely festivities going on inside. When they get Ann's attention, Ann lets Donna inside since she was the one who turned the car around but keeps the rest of them out. Chris introduces Ben to Jerry's wife Gayle, and Ben is taken aback by her beauty. Minutes later, Jerry and his family joyfully perform a Christmas tune for the guests. Outside, Tom, Andy, and April realize they never received Jerry's invitation due to Tom installing a filter on their email accounts that automatically filtered out all of Jerry's emails to them. Looking through their spam folders, they uncover three years' worth of nice emails from Jerry: wedding congratulations, birthday messages, and, of course, their party invitations.

At the ceremony, Tammy plops herself down at Ron's table. When Ron goes up onstage to accept his award, Tammy distracts him from making his acceptance speech by flashing him. Later, as Diane and Leslie are both looking for Ron, Diane admits that she's not actually threatened by Tammy. Rather, she's concerned with Leslie, as she and Ron have a close relationship that Diane doesn't understand, and she's worried there may be no room for another woman in Ron's life. When Leslie finally finds Ron, she tells him about Diane's misconceptions. While Ron is anything but romantically interested in Leslie, he does finally admit that they're friends. Leslie hands him her car keys so that he can go find Diane, while she goes off to deal with the crazy Tammy hiding out in Ron's car.

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Tom, Andy, and April at least get some degree of payback for how they treat Jerry, being forced to wait outside in the cold while most of their friends spend a pleasant evening inside. Made even better by the fact that they did it to themselves, and they could have gone inside at any time.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Played straight with Andy, April, and Tom for their role in bullying Jerry, but inverted for Donna, who insists it would be wrong to exclude him from their Jerry Dinner after spending a year making fun of him for the Jerry Dinner Fund; Donna chose to drive to Jerry's house to pick him up for dinner against the others' protests, but while Ann refused to let the three of them into Jerry's Party for "being meanies", she let Donna in as a reward for driving over there for Jerry. Because Donna drove them there, they were left out in the cold with no way of leaving. As the cherry on top, it turns out they were invited after all, but Tom put a "Jerry filter" on their emails to mark them as spam, and they missed their invitations, so they were left out in the cold for their own behavior.

* PetTheDog: Donna is the one to get an attack of conscience and get the rest of the "Jerry Dinner" crew to Jerry's family's Christmas party. Ann also shows that while she's made fun of Jerry on occasions herself, she isn't going to let the people that are usually the biggest jerks to him into his party. And, to make up for all the times they made fun of him, Tom, April, and Andy give Jerry the money they would've used for the dinner.

* ShuttingUpNow: A subtle example. In the end, Tammy Two (who is under arrest) makes a lascivious comment to Ron about the handcuffs she's wearing. Diane requests that the officer takes the cuffs off... because "I want it to be a fair fight." Clearly taken aback by the threat, Tammy Two cringes, averts eye contact and stops talking.

* WhatTheHellHero: Ann is appalled at the how mean-spirited the "Jerry Dinner" is, and lays into Donna, April, Tom, and Andy for it. Donna realizes she has a point.

* UnseenNoMore: Jerry's wife Gayle was initially TheGhost until this episode.

Meanwhile, Tom, April, Andy and Donna are planning their annual, sacred event: the "Jerry Dinner". They explain to Ann that anytime Jerry does something stupid, they put a dollar bill in a box, and at the end of the year, they treat themselves to a fancy dinner with the money they accumulated, and this year, they've collected over $500. Ann doesn't approve of this sort of mockery, but her opinion is waived off by the group. While on their way to the restaurant, the group reminisces about some pranks they pulled on Jerry over the year, and Donna has a change of heart. She turns the car around and drives to Jerry's house to invite him to dinner. However, upon arriving at Jerry's house, they find he is throwing a big lavish Christmas party. The four of them are confused as to why they weren't invited, as they spot Ann, Chris, and Ben arriving at the front door. Inside, Ben is keeping a close eye on Chris, who has been struggling with depression over the last year and making sure he's fine.

Back at Jerry's, the cold foursome is huddled outside a window, peering in at the warm, lovely festivities going on inside. When they get Ann's attention, Ann lets Donna inside since she was the one who turned the car around but keeps the rest of them out. Chris introduces Ben to Jerry's wife Gayle, and Ben is taken aback by her beauty. Minutes later, Jerry and his family joyfully perform a Christmas tune for the guests. Outside, Tom, Andy, and April realize they never received Jerry's invitation due to Tom installing a filter on their email accounts that automatically filtered out all of Jerry's emails. Looking through their spam folders, they uncover three years' worth of nice emails from Jerry: wedding congratulations, birthday messages and, of course, their party invitations.

Working hard to keep Tammy off Ron's trail, Leslie drives the car to the middle of nowhere and tries to dispose of the keys, but Tammy's too quick for her. They spend the entire night fighting. At a quiet bar, Diane admits to Ron that she's worried that she'll never get as close to him as Leslie is. Ron then shows her something that not many people know about, especially not Leslie: his alter ego Duke Silver. They then get a call from the police informing them that Tammy is being arrested and had locked Leslie in the trunk of her car.

* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Tom, Andy, April, and Donna filtering their email accounts to exclude all of Jerry's emails caused them to miss their invitations to his incredibly lavish Christmas party.
* HypocriticalHumor: Tom, Andy, and April complain that Jerry didn't invite them to his really nice Christmas party, which they only discovered when Donna had an attack of conscience about their annual "Jerry Dinner" where they treat themselves to a lavish and fancy dinner while making fun of him behind his back. Moreover, they never received an invite to his really nice looking Christmas party due to ignoring all of his emails to them.

* InternalReveal: Ron lets Diane know about his alter ego Duke Silver.

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Tom, Andy and April at least get some degree of payback for how they treat Jerry, being forced to wait outside in the cold while most of their friends spend a pleasant evening inside. Made even better by the fact that they did it to themselves, and they could have gone inside at any time.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Played straight with Andy, April, and Tom for their role in bullying Jerry, but inverted for Donna, who insists it would be wrong to exclude him from Jerry Dinner after spending a year making fun of him for the Jerry Dinner Fund; Donna chose to drive to Jerry's house to pick him up for dinner against the others' protests, but while Ann refused to let the three of them into Jerry's Party for "being meanies", she let Donna in as a reward for driving over there for Jerry. Because Donna drove them there, they were left out in the cold with no way of leaving. As the cherry on top, it turns out they were invited after all; but Tom put a "Jerry filter" on their emails to mark them as spam, and they missed their invitations, so they were left out in the cold by their own karmic actions.

* PetTheDog: Donna is the one to get an attack of conscience and get the rest of the "Jerry Dinner" crew to Jerry's family's Christmas party. Ann also shows that while she too ribs on Jerry as much as the others, she isn't going to let the people that are usually the biggest jerks to him into his party. And, to make up for all the times they made fun of him, Tom, April, and Andy give Jerry the money they would've used for the dinner.

* ThrowTheDogABone: A bit one for Jerry, as it shows while he is the ButtMonkey at work, his home life is incredibly satisfying and fulfilling.

Meanwhile, Tom, April, Andy and Donna are planning their annual, sacred event: the "Jerry Dinner". They explain to Ann that anytime Jerry does something stupid, they put a dollar in a box, and at the end of the year, they treat themselves to a fancy dinner with the money they accumulated, and this year, they've collected over $500. Ann doesn't approve of this sort of mockery, but her opinion is waived off by the group. While on their way to the restaurant, the group reminisces about some pranks they pulled on Jerry over the year, and Donna has a change of heart. She turns the car around and drives to Jerry's house to invite him to dinner. However, upon arriving at Jerry's house, they find he is throwing a big lavish Christmas party. The four of them are confused as to why they weren't invited, as they spot Ann, Chris, and Ben arriving at the front door. Inside, Ben is keeping a close eye on Chris, who has been struggling with depression over the last year and making sure he's fine.

* ChristmasEpisode

* DistractedByTheSexy: Tammy flashes Ron just as he's accepting his award. He goes from speaking coherently to spouting gibberish.

* HypocriticalHumor: Tom, Andy, and April complain that Jerry didn't invite them to his Christmas party, which they only discovered when Donna had an attack of conscience about their annual "Jerry Dinner" where they make fun of him behind his back. Moreover, they never received an invite to his really nice looking Christmas party due to ignoring all of his emails to them.

* JerkassRealization: While driving to the dinner and listening to April, Andy, and Tom list all the pranks they pulled on Jerry over the past year, Donna realizes that they've all been unnecessarily mean to Jerry.

* TheGhost: Jerry's wife Gayle was initially one until this episode.

'''Chris:''' I've thought about it a lot. [[GivingUpOnLogic There is no logical explanation.]]

Meanwhile, Tom, April, Andy and Donna are planning their annual, sacred event: the "Jerry Dinner". They explain to Ann that anytime Jerry does something stupid, they put a dollar in a box, and at the end of the year, they treat themselves to a fancy dinner with the money they accumulated. Ann doesn't approve of this sort of mockery, but her opinion is waived off by the group. While on their way to the restaurant, the group reminisces about some pranks they pulled on Jerry over the year, and Donna has a change of heart. She turns the car around and drives to Jerry's house to invite him to dinner. However, upon arriving at Jerry's house, they find he is throwing a big lavish Christmas party. The four of them are confused as to why they weren't invited, as they spot Ann, Chris, and Ben arriving at the front door. Inside, Ben is keeping a close eye on Chris, who has been struggling with depression over the last year, and making sure he's fine.

Back at Jerry's, the cold foursome is huddled outside a window, peering in at the warm, lovely festivities going on inside. When they get Ann's attention, Ann lets Donna inside since she was to one who turned the car around but keeps the rest of them out. Chris introduces Ben to Jerry's wife Gayle, and Ben is taken aback by her beauty. Minutes later, Jerry and his family joyfully perform a Christmas tune for the guests. Outside, Tom, Andy, and April realize they never received Jerry's invitation due to Tom installing a filter on their email accounts that automatically filtered out all of Jerry's emails. Looking through their spam folders, they uncover three years' worth of nice emails from Jerry: wedding congratulations, birthday messages and, of course, their party invitations.

At the Christmas party, Millicent makes a surprise appearance, with a new boyfriend in tow. Much to the surprise of Ben, Chris takes it all in stride and is genuinely happy for her. Ann finally lets April, Andy, and Tom in after they hand over the $500 to Jerry as a gesture of goodwill, under the guise of having raised money for his hospital bills.

* ShuttingUpNow: A subtle example. At the end, Tammy Two (who is under arrest) makes a lascivious comment to Ron about the handcuffs she's wearing. Diane requests that the officer takes the cuffs off... because "I want it to be a fair fight." Clearly taken aback by the threat, Tammy Two cringes, averts eye contact and stops talking.

It's Christmastime in Pawnee. Leslie congratulates Ron on an award he won from the Indiana Fine Woodworking Association for a chair he recently constructed. Ron realizes this may be the first time he's ever actually wanted to attend an event, and plans on taking his girlfriend Diane with him. Leslie subsequently invites herself. Ron and Diane arrive at the awards ceremony and immediately run into Leslie, who's overjoyed at finally getting the chance to meet Diane. As a giddy Ron runs off to meet some other woodworkers he's admired, Leslie eagerly sits with Diane in an attempt to quickly get to know her.

Meanwhile, Tom, April, Andy and Donna are planning their annual, sacred event: the "Jerry Dinner". They explain to Ann that anytime Jerry does something stupid, they put a dollar in a box, and at the end of the year, they treat themselves to a fancy dinner with the money they accumulated. Ann doesn't approve of this sort of mockery, but her opinion is waived off by the group. While on their way to the restaurant, the group reminisces about some pranks they pulled on Jerry over the year, and Donna has a change of heart. She turns the car around and drives to Jerry's house to invite him to dinner. However, upon arriving at Jerry's house, they find he is throwing a big lavish Christmas party. The four of them are confused as to why they weren't invited, as they spot Ann, Chris and Ben arriving at the front door. Inside, Ben is keeping a close eye on Chris, who has been struggling with depression over the last year, and making sure he's fine.

Back at Jerry's, the cold foursome is huddled outside a window, peering in at the warm, lovely festivities going on inside. When they get Ann's attention, Ann lets Donna inside since she was to one who turned the car around, but keeps the rest of them out. Chris introduces Ben to Jerry's wife Gayle, and Ben taken aback by her beauty. Minutes later, Jerry and his family joyfully perform a Christmas tune for the guests. Outside, Tom, Andy and April realize they never received Jerry's invitation due to Tom installing a filter on their email accounts that automatically filtered all of Jerry's emails. Looking through their spam folders, they uncover three years worth of nice emails from Jerry: wedding congratulations, birthday messages and, of course, their party invitations.

At the Christmas party, Millicent makes a surprise appearance, with a new boyfriend in tow. Much to the surprise of Ben, Chris takes it all in stride and is genuinely happy for her. Ann finally lets April, Andy and Tom in after they hand over the $500 to Jerry as a gesture of good will, under the guise of having raised money for his hospital bills.

* HypocriticalHumor: Tom complains that Jerry didn't invite them to his Christmas party - which they only discovered when Donna had an attack of conscience about their annual "Jerry Dinner" where they make fun of him behind his back. Moreover, they never received an invite to his really nice looking Christmas party due to filtering his emails automatically.

* JerkassRealization: While driving to the dinner and listening to April, Andy, and Tom list all the pranks they pulled on Jerry this year, Donna realizes that they've all been unnecessarily mean to Jerry.

** A more amicable gender inverted example: Millicent makes a surprise appearance at the party, with a new boyfriend in tow. Chris takes it in stride though, and is happy for the two of them.

* PetTheDog: Donna is the one to get an attack of conscience and get the rest of the "Jerry Dinner" crew to Jerry's family's Christmas party. Ann also shows that while she too ribs on Jerry as much as the others, she isn't going to let the people that are usually the biggest jerks to him into his party. And, to make up for all the times they made fun of him, Tom, April and Andy give Jerry the money they would've used for the dinner.

* UglyGuyHotWife: Gayle Gergich is jaw-droppingly gorgeous (being played by former supermodel Christie Brinkley even). Ben is very weirded out by this, but Chris, who has already met Gayle, takes it in stride, and leaves Ben some advice:

Back at the awards event, Leslie is head-over-heels excited about how perfect of a fit Ron and Diane are. Though Ron neither wants nor needs her approval, Leslie keeps on giving it. Just as she's musing about how this just may turn out to be the best night of Ron's life, she hears a familiar voice from across the room: Tammy 2, Ron's ex-wife, has entered the building. Tammy beelines straight for Ron, ever eager to mess with him and potentially ruin his life. Leslie is quick to usher Tammy away and warn her not to mess with Ron's big night. Tammy does not heed to Leslie's warning.

Back at Jerry's, the cold foursome is huddled outside a window, peering in at the warm, lovely festivities going on inside. When they get Ann's attention, Ann lets Donna inside since she was to one who turned the car around, but keeps the rest of them out. Chris introduces Ben to Jerry's wife Gayle, and Ben taken aback by her beauty. Minutes later, Jerry and his family joyfully perform a Christmas tune for the guests. Outside, Tom and April realize they never received Jerry's invitation due to filtering all of Jerry's emails. Looking through their spam folders, they uncover three years worth of nice emails from Jerry: wedding congratulations, birthday messages and, of course, their party invitations.

At the ceremony, Tammy plops herself down at Ron's table. When Ron goes up onstage to accept his award, Tammy distracts him from making his acceptance speech by flashing him. Later, as Diane and Leslie are both looking for Ron, Diane admits that she's not actually threatened by Tammy. Rather, she's concerned with Leslie, as she and Ron have a close relationship that Diane doesn't understand, and she's worried there may be no room for another woman in Ron's life. When Leslie finally finds Ron, she tells him about Diane's misconceptions. While Ron is anything but romantically interested in Leslie, he does finally admit that they're friends. Leslie hands him her car keys so that he can go find Diane, while she goes off to deal with crazy Tammy hiding out in Ron's car.

* DistractedByTheSexy: Or rather, Ron being distracted by Tammy's naughty bits being flashed just as he was accepting his award. He goes from coherent to spouting gibberish.

Working hard to keep Tammy off Ron's trail, Leslie drives the car to the middle of nowhere and tries to dispose of the keys, but Tammy's too quick for her. They spend the entire night fighting. At a quiet bar, Diane admits to Ron that she's worried that she'll never get as close to him as Leslie is. Ron then shows her something that not many people know about, especially not Leslie: his alter ego Duke Silver.

Meanwhile, Tom, April, Andy and Donna are planning their annual, sacred event: the "Jerry Dinner". They explain to Ann that anytime Jerry does something stupid, they put a dollar in a box, and at the end of the year, they treat themselves to a fancy dinner with the money they accumulated. Ann doesn't approve of this sort of mockery, but her opinion is waived off by the group. While on their way to the restaurant, the group reminisces about some pranks they pulled on Jerry over the year, and Donna has a change of heart. She turns the car around and drives to Jerry's house to invite him to dinner. However, upon arriving at Jerry's house, they find he is throwing a large-scale Christmas party. The four of them are confused as to why they weren't invited, as they spot Ann, Chris and Ben arriving at the front door. Inside, Ben is keeping a close eye on Chris, who has been struggling with depression over the last year, and making sure he's fine.

Back at Jerry's, the cold foursome is huddled outside a window, peering in at the warm, lovely festivities going on inside. When they get Ann's attention, Ann lets Donna inside since she was to one who turned the car around, but keeps the rest of them out. Chris introduces Ben to Jerry's wife Gayle, and Ben taken back by her beauty. Minutes later, Jerry and his family joyfully perform a Christmas tune for the guests. Outside, Tom and April realize they never received Jerry's invitation due to filtering all of Jerry's emails. Looking through their spam folders, they uncover three years worth of nice emails from Jerry: wedding congratulations, birthday messages and, of course, their party invitations.

At the ceremony, Tammy plops herself down at Ron's table. When Ron goes up onstage to accept his award, Tammy distracts him from making his acceptance speech by flashing him. Later, as Diane and Leslie are both looking for Ron, Diane admits that she's not actually threatened by Tammy. Rather, she's concerned with Leslie, as she and Ron have a close relationship that Diane doesn't understand, and she worried there may be no room for another woman in Ron's life. When Leslie finally finds Ron, she tells him about Diane's misconceptions. While Ron is anything but romantically interested in Leslie, he does finally admit that they're friends. Leslie hands him her car keys so that he can go find Diane, while she goes off to deal with crazy Tammy hiding out in Ron's car.

* JerkassRealization: While driving to the dinner, April, Andy, and Tom list all the pranks they pulled on Jerry this year, and Donna realizes that they've all been unnecessarily mean to Jerry.

It's Christmastime in Pawnee. Leslie congratulates Ron on an award he won from the Indiana Fine Woodworking Association for a chair he recently constructed. Ron realizes this may be the first time he's ever actually wanted to attend an event, and plans on taking his girlfriend Diane with him. Leslie subsequently invites herself. Ron and Diane arrive at the awards ceremony. and immediately run into Leslie, who's overjoyed at finally getting the chance to meet Diane. As a giddy Ron runs off to meet some other woodworkers he's admired, Leslie eagerly sits with Diane in an attempt to quickly get to know her.

It's Christmas time. Ron receives an award from the Indiana Fine Woodworking Association. He invites Leslie and Diane to the ceremony. Tammy Two shows up, trying to cause trouble, but Diane is more concerned about ''Leslie'' and Ron's relationship, seeing it as a threat to her relationship with Ron. Leslie offers to take care of Tammy, and Ron takes Diane to hear him play as Duke Silver, a secret even Leslie doesn't know about.

Donna, Tom, April, and Andy plan to celebrate their annual "Jerry dinner". The premise is that every time Jerry does something stupid, one of them puts a dollar into a box. Then once a year they go out to dinner on the proceeds. Ann is appalled at the idea. While driving to dinner and listening to the other three, Donna comes to see Ann's point and decides they should bring Jerry on their "Jerry dinner". When they arrive at Jerry's house, however, they see that the Gergiches are giving a huge Christmas party. And Ann was invited!

Ben and Chris are also at the party. Chris is trying to be upbeat, and Ben keep himself from wondering how Jerry managed to get such a beautiful wife.

When the other four try to crash the party, Ann says she will only let them in if they do something nice for Jerry. Donna states that she wanted to invite Jerry to dinner, so Ann lets her in. The other three can only watch through the windows. Tom suddenly remembers that he had set everyone's phones to filter out messages from Jerry; he and April discover several years worth of nice messages from Jerry. They again plead for admittance to the party; they offer their "Jerry money" to help pay for his hospital bills, and Ann allows them in.

* TheMissusAndTheEx: Gender inverted example: Millicent makes a surprise appearance at the party, with a new boyfriend in tow. Chris takes it in stride though, and is happy for the two of them.
** Averted with Tammy 2 and Diane, with Tammy immediately trying to break them up to get Ron back for herself and Diane considering Tammy a psychotic nuisance at best.
* PetTheDog: Donna was the one to get an attack of conscience and get the rest of the "Jerry Dinner" crew to Jerry's family's Christmas party. Ann also shows that while she too ribs on Jerry as much as the others, she isn't going to let the people that are usually the biggest jerks to him into his party. And, to make up for all the times they made fun of him, Tom, April and Andy give Jerry the money they would've used for the dinner.

* UglyGuyHotWife: Gayle Gergich is jaw-droppingly gorgeous (being played by former supermodel Christie Brinkley even).

'''Chris:''' I've thought about it a lot. There is no logical explanation.

* TheGhost: Jerry's wife Gayle was initially this until this episode.

* TheMissusAndTheEx: Millicent makes a surprise appearance at the party, with a new boyfriend in tow. Chris takes it in stride though, and is happy for the two of them.

* TheMissusAndTheEx: Millicent makes a surprise appearance at the party, with a new boyfriend in tow.
* PetTheDog: Donna was to one to get an attack of conscience and get the rest of the "Jerry Dinner" crew to Jerry's family's Christmas party. Ann also shows that while she too ribs on Jerry as much as the others, she isn't going to let the people that are usually the biggest jerks to him into his party.

* CatFight: The brawl in a Dumpster between Leslie and Tammy 2.

* DistractedByTheSexy: Or rather, Ron being distracted by Tammy's naughty bits being flashed just as he was accepting his award. He goes from coherent to gibberish.

* HypocriticalHumor: Tom complains that Jerry didn't invite them to his Christmas party - which they only discovered when Donna had an attack of conscience about their annual "Jerry Dinner" where they make fun of him behind his back. Moreover, they never received an invite to his really nice looking Christmas party due to filtering his emails automatically.