<Tr> <Td> ← Previous "I'm Leslie Knope" </Td> <Td> Next → "Born & Raised" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Parks and Recreation (season 4) List of Parks and Recreation episodes </Td> </Tr> <P> "Ron and Tammys" is the second episode of the fourth season of the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation . It originally aired on NBC on September 29, 2011 . In the episode, Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman) is confronted by his first ex-wife, Tammy 1 (Patricia Clarkson) who has a malevolent influence on him, and Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) becomes involved in Ron's personal life . This episode marks the first and only appearance of Ron's mother, Tamara (Paula Pell). It garnered 4.33 million viewers, an increase in viewers from the previous episode's 4.11 million . </P> <P> Leslie (Amy Poehler) is preparing for the "battle royale": a big meeting between all departments where they argue over funding . Ron's (Nick Offerman) intimidating presence and libertarian beliefs are pivotal for the parks department to succeed in getting more funds over other departments, but he is too busy preparing for his upcoming tax audit served to him by his first ex-wife, Tammy 1 (Patricia Clarkson). Leslie, Andy Dwyer (Chris Pratt), and April Ludgate (Aubrey Plaza) help Ron but discover he has few actual receipts, just notes of purchase that he wrote himself and photographs of gentlemen's agreements . He does, however, have large amounts of gold that he has buried all over Pawnee . Ron explains that Tammy I had been present throughout most of his young life: she delivered him as a baby, was his teacher, and she even took his virginity . However, she was cold and controlling, which forever turned Ron off to blonde women after their divorce . </P>

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