

He fences off Andy's juvenile insults and attempts to mess with his and Ann's relationship, but also contends with some jealousy when Ann tries to "save" her close friend Justin as a potential future mate. They start dating only after Leslie assures Ann she is fine with the pairing and appears to have moved on from her long-standing infatuation with Mark. He and Ann develop a romantic interest in each other after she nurses him back to health at the hospital while his legs healed. Season two įollowing the accident at the pit, Mark becomes less jaded and abandons his promiscuous lifestyle. Not wishing to reconnect with Mark in his drunken state, Leslie rejects his advances, and Mark accidentally falls into the pit and injures his legs. Later that night, Mark and Leslie spend time together at the pit and an intoxicated Mark attempts to kiss her. Mark's advances are quickly and harshly rejected by an irritated Ann as a result. One night, while feeling particularly disillusioned and unhappy with the insignificance of his career, Mark makes a halfhearted attempt to flirt with Ann, unaware of Ann's anger over problems with her boyfriend Andy.

This angers Leslie, particularly after Mark tells the reporter in confidence that the pit project will never be successful, only to later learn she plans to use that it in the story. When Leslie seeks his help in dealing with newspaper reporter Shauna Malwae-Tweep, who is planning to write a negative story, Mark makes the situation worse by having sex with her. Mark agrees to help Leslie in her quest to turn a large construction pit into a park, but he is pragmatic about her chances of success, and warns it has little chance of succeeding. Leslie continues to harbor a crush on Mark, but Mark is not interested in her romantically, and spends a long time muddling around before becoming impressed by Leslie's fighting spirit and beginning to help her work on the park project for that reason. In season two, he enters a committed relationship with Ann and even considers marriage before the breakup. Mark and Leslie had sex on one occasion and Leslie harbored romantic feelings for the next six years, although Mark does not return the feelings, and in fact did not recollect their night together for several years afterward.

Mark has a self-absorbed personality and engages in romantic flings with multiple women without any sign of seeking a commitment. As a result, Mark grew jaded and disillusioned with the career, and became critical of government processes in general. However, since graduation, Mark learned most of the career largely involved mundane technical issues, such as regulating the sizes of garages and proposed construction additions to houses. When he studied city planning in college, Mark was optimistic about the field and dreamed of designing huge and impressive cities. Mark Brendanawicz was a city planner of Polish descent with the Pawnee municipal government. He is portrayed by Paul Schneider, who left Parks and Recreation at the end of the second season despite the producers' plans to the contrary, Schneider did not reprise the role in any later seasons, and the show made no references to the character after his departure. He is the city planner for Pawnee, Indiana, as well as Leslie Knope's colleague and one of Ann Perkins' ex-boyfriends.
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Mark Brendanawicz / b r ɛ n ˈ d æ n ə w ɪ t s/ is a fictional character in the NBC comedy series Parks and Recreation. Architect For Norton Construction (current)
