The Stakeout
🎞️ S2 E2 ✅ Mild

Parks and Recreation

Is Parks and Recreation S2 E2 OK for kids?

The Stakeout

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Netflix, HBO or Disney+ — catalogs differ by country.

🛒 Where to buy

Digital seasons or a box set to keep.

Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Mild — okay from about 10+

Parks and Recreation S2 E2, “The Stakeout”, scores 1/5 for violence, 2/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 2/5 — Mild — okay from about 10+.

Across the episode we counted 7 flagged moments in 2 themes: Sex & hookups (2); Alcohol & drugs (5). Every moment below is either a direct quote from the episode transcript or a short description of what happens on screen, so you can decide before you press play.

Parents need to know

Age 10+

Drinking, sex talk, mild language in live-action sitcom.

Parents need to know that Parks and Recreation S2 E2, "The Stakeout", is a live-action sitcom episode. The series is known for gentler than most workplace sitcoms; innuendo is the main thing. Scores low: the strongest thing we found is alcohol & drugs (moderate, in dialogue). Sexual content is mild but includes Who is this person? Who is this kingpin? It's a 13-year-old kid named Stevie, who likes…. Some mild language appears in the dialogue. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — I would like to be President someday, so, no, I have not smoked marijuana. Every flagged moment below is a direct quote from the transcript or a short description of what happens on screen.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Sex & hookups 2 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in Parks and Recreation S2 E2:

  • Mild
    Who is this person? Who is this kingpin? It's a 13-year-old kid named Stevie, who likes to get high, and make his Transformers look like they're having sex together.
  • Mild
    I was attracted to her in a sexual manner that was appropriate.

Alcohol & drugs 5 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Parks and Recreation S2 E2:

  • Caution
    I would like to be President someday, so, no, I have not smoked marijuana.
  • Caution
    Focus up right where the weed is Stop.
  • Caution
    Yeah, and someone planted a whole mess of weed next to the tomatoes.
  • Caution
    We were staking out the community garden, because somebody planted marijuana in it.
  • Mild
    We were drunk, and he tried to kiss me, and I said, "No, sir, Mark Brendanawicz.

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