in another subplot, ben (adam scott) and april (aubrey plaza) decide to make a surprise trip to pawnee. however, they are unable to get out of the parking garage due to the presidential motorcade being nearby and security not letting any cars near the area. ben and april remain in the car for hours and grow increasingly annoyed with each other. when the motorcade finally departs the area, ben's car runs out of gas. they push it back into the parking spot and end up laughing about the experience, with ben offering to pay for plane tickets to pawnee the next weekend.