Parks & Rec: Why Lucy Lawless’ Diane Didn’t Appear In The Series Finale
Parks & Recreation’s finale gave viewers a glimpse at the futures of the main characters, but Ron’s wife, Diane, didn’t appear. Here’s why.
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Parks & Recreation’s finale showed the futures of the main characters and their families, but there was one character that was completely left out: Lucy Lawless’ Diane, Ron’s wife. Created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, Parks & Recreation debuted on NBC in 2009 and came to an end in 2015 after seven seasons. The series had a rough start, as its first season struggled to find the right tone, but subsequent seasons were better received, winning critics and viewers over with their sense of humor and unique characters.
Parks & Recreation followed the daily lives of the always optimistic Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) and her friends and colleagues from the Parks Department in the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana. Many of Leslie’s friends became main characters and fan-favorites, who the audience truly got to know and followed through many ups and downs in their personal and professional lives. Among those was Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman), Leslie’s boss and one of her closest friends, whose personal life was a roller coaster.
Fans of Parks & Recreation learned all about Ron and his eccentricities, such as his obsession with privacy, his beliefs about the government, and his chaotic personal life. Prior to the events of the series, Ron was married twice, both to women named Tammy, who had disastrous effects on him: Tammy 1 turned him into a submissive and gullible man, while Tammy 2 turned him into an out-of-control man who succumbed to her sexual temptations no matter where they were. Ron finally found balance in Diane (Lucy Lawless), whom he met in season 5. Diane was a single mother of two girls, and even though Ron initially struggled as he’s not the best with kids, he eventually bonded with them. After Diane got pregnant, they got married on the fourth floor of the City Council, and so they became a family. Of course, Diane became very important in Ron’s life, which is why it surprised viewers that she didn’t show up in the Parks & Recreation finale.
The final season of Parks & Recreation jumped three years into the future, and while Ron mentioned his family during lunch with Leslie (after they finally reconciled), Diane and the kids didn’t appear again. The flashforwards in the series finale didn’t include them either, which made many fans wonder if Ron got another divorce and was alone again by the time the series ended. However, the reason why Diane didn’t appear in the Parks & Recreation finale was that Lawless’ schedule didn’t line up with the series’, so she had to be left out. By the time the seventh season was in production, Lawless was working on the supernatural TV show Salem, where she played Countess Marburg and had also joined Ash vs. Evil Dead in a main role (that of Ruby Knowby). After Parks & Recreation came to an end, Lawless continued working on different TV projects, such as the movie The Changeover and the crime show My Life is Murder.
Diane’s absence from the Parks & Recreation finale and its flashforwards (and the final season in general) made way for many theories on what happened to her and her marriage to Ron, but it’s unlikely that their marriage came to an end between season 6 and 7, or even between the final episode and its flashforwards. Fans of Ron and his family can rest assured that Diane’s absence doesn’t mean Ron added another divorce to his list and was just the result of Lawless’ busy schedule.
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