
Bird-Poop Gag: A pigeon did its business on Mark while he was indoors.Big Damn Kiss: April and Andy have their first kiss.Tom's ex-wife Wendy then appears and kisses Ron and the two leave together, shocking Tom. As Tom and his new girlfriend Lucy are clearing out his office, he notices Ron is wearing a red shirt and black pants, the "Tiger Woods" outfit he always wears the day after having sex. The next day, Ron withdraws from the budget task force and appoints Leslie in his place. Mark tells her that he wouldn't be leaving if more people like her worked in local government and gives her plans he drew up for a park at Lot 48 before giving her a goodbye kiss on the cheek and leaving for new horizons. That night, Leslie sits on a bench in the empty Lot 48 and Mark joins her. April angrily storms out, taking back her decision to go out with him. After they kiss, Andy decides to be honest and tells her about the earlier kiss with Ann. Later, April, also relieved to see Andy is fine, finally agrees to go out with him. While tending to Andy in the hospital, Ann suddenly kisses him, but immediately stops and guiltily walks out.

Leslie advises he just enjoy the fact that he did a good thing by making the public happy. Ben explains he is not a bad person, but the budget still has to be slashed.

Just as the concert begins, Freddy Spaghetti surprisingly arrives, having been paid by Ben to perform at Leslie's concert. She asks Andy to play instead, but he is hit by a car while driving his new motorcycle home to retrieve his guitar, breaking his right arm. However, Leslie learns Freddy Spaghetti has booked another gig in Eagleton. In explaining her dedication, Ron accidentally alerts them about the Freddy Spaghetti concert.Ĭhris and Ben arrive to the concert to shut it down, but Leslie tells them everything has been donated and nothing is on the taxpayer's dime. A small government advocate, Ron is delighted at the prospect of deep municipal cuts, gloating and chanting cheers at the cuts Chris and Ben propose, but when he learns the auditors plan to fire Leslie, Ron refuses and offers his job instead. Meanwhile, Ron has been assigned to a task force to help fix the city's budget problem. While April and Andy are doing their part in setting things up, they finally admit their feelings for each other, but April still rejects him, as she worries that Andy still has feelings for Ann. Leslie jumps on the idea and gets the rest of the department to help out. Leslie vents about this to Ann, who comes up with the idea to hold the concert at Lot 48, as it is not a park and therefore not shut down. When Leslie goes to Mark to vent about her situation and seek advice, she is stunned to learn that he has taken a buyout and plans to take a new job offer at a construction company, partially in response to Ann having broken up with him. Leslie visits Chris and Ben, wanting to find a way to keep the concert, but Ben insists there is simply no money for it.

When Leslie explains at a town meeting that a family concert featuring children's entertainer Freddy Spaghetti must be canceled due to the shutdown, the citizens are disappointed. The Pawnee government has shut down due to the budget crisis. No other department has one to begin with. Ben: Every department's losing a Leslie Knope.
