Actress Natalie Morales (fresh off USA Network’s White Collar season finale) will be joining the Parks & Rec gang for at least two episodes this season. She will play Lucy, “a smart, funny, cute and spunky busgirl at a bar in Pawnee, Indiana.” She joins a couple of new faces in Pawnee this season–Step Brothers‘ Adam Scott and Brothers and Sisters‘ Rob Lowe also join the cast later this season. With so many new additions, it isn’t entirely surprising that at least one current player might be given the boot. According to the latest sources city planner Mark Brendanawicz (Paul Schneider) will be leaving the show at the end of this season; apparently he has film roles on his mind. Schneider plays one of the most dry and subtley humorous characters on the show and will be missed tremendously.
Parks & Rec airs Thursday nights at 8:30PM on NBC. (This week is the Andy Samberg episode!)