End of the World

"End of the World" is the sixth episode of the fourth season of the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation and the 52nd episode overall. It originally aired in the United States on November 3, 2011. "End of the World" was written by Michael Schur and was directed by Dean Holland. The episode features a doomsday cult, the Reasonabilists (also known derogatorily as "Zorpies"), who predict that the world is coming to an end. Plot A local Pawnee group, the Reasonabilists (aka "Zorpies"), members of a doomsday cult who follow "Zorp the Surveyor", predict that the end of the world is coming. Since they have been wrong in predicting the world's end in the past, they are not taken seriously, and Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) lets them hold an all-night vigil in the park, a Pawnee tradition. Chris Traeger (Rob Lowe) asks Leslie and Ben Wyatt (Adam Scott) to join him in monitoring the Reasonabilists during their vigil, which makes the two feel uncomfortable due to their recent break-up. As a precaution to the world's supposed demise, April Ludgate (Aubrey Plaza) decides to help Andy Dwyer (Chris Pratt) check off everything on his bucket list before the end of the day. Meanwhile, Entertainment 720, a company created by Tom Haverford (Aziz Ansari) and Jean-Ralphio Saperstein (Ben Schwartz), is nearing its end. The two decide to spend their last amount of money to hold an “end of the world” party in their office space since the lease is not up until the following day. Newspaper reporter Shauna Malwae-Tweep shows a romantic interest in Ben after interviewing Chris, Ben, and Leslie about the vigil at the park. Leslie panics and attempts to dissuade Shauna from pursuing Ben. Later, Shauna flirts with Ben and asks him to join her at the “end of the world” party. Tom is pleasantly surprised to find his ex-girlfriend Lucy at the party, whom Jean-Ralphio invited, though he wanted to hook up with her, forgetting that Tom and she had ever dated.