‘Parks and Recreation’ finale recap:

Leslie and Ben discussing their future. (Steve Jennings/NBC)

Well, if NBC hadn’t confirmed that “Parks and Recreation” was already renewed for a seventh season, we would have sworn that Thursday night’s season finale was the end.

Actually, seriously, NBC: Did anyone tell the producers the show was renewed? Because that really felt like a series finale.

Could things have been wrapped up in a bow any more perfectly? The show even jumped three years into the future to show how all the characters were doing down the line. Going through the list!

* Not only is Leslie pregnant with triplets, but she landed her dream job running the National Parks Service Midwest bureau, and she somehow finagled her way into staying in Pawnee — instead of moving to Chicago as the job required, a decision she had been stressing about all season. Cop out? Sure, but can you imagine a world (end of the series or not) that Leslie didn’t stay in Pawnee forever? With the help of her friends, she convinced the National Parks rep that it made a lot more financial and logistical sense to stay in Indiana. Luckily, Ron had just spent the past few months renovating the entire third floor of city hall instead of doing his job, so she had the perfect office space. And it sure helped make the new Pawnee statue’s plaque less awkward, since it was engraved with a quote: ” ‘Only a moron would ever live anywhere other than Pawnee, Indiana,’ – Leslie Knope, multiple occasions.”