Content guide
Skip for under 13
Parks and Recreation S2 E3, “Beauty Pageant”, scores 1/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 1/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13.
Across the episode we counted 4 flagged moments in 2 themes: Porn / strippers / sex work (3); Alcohol & drugs (1). 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 13+Strip-club and porn references, drinking, strong sexual content in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that Parks and Recreation S2 E3, "Beauty Pageant", is a live-action sitcom episode. The series is known for gentler than most workplace sitcoms; innuendo is the main thing. Driven by porn / strippers / sex work (explicit, in dialogue), with alcohol & drugs alongside it. Sexual content is explicit — for example, Stripper or strip-club material shows up in the plot. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — $90? Yes, because I ordered a beautiful bouquet of daffodils, from a website, after a…. 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
Porn / strippers / sex work 3 moments
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in Parks and Recreation S2 E3:
- Stripper or strip-club material shows up in the plot.
It's the strip club by the VA hospital.
Is Mark the guy who's "fixing your shower"? I don't know about you, Mark, but I've seen a ton of porn.
Alcohol & drugs 1 moment
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Parks and Recreation S2 E3:
$90? Yes, because I ordered a beautiful bouquet of daffodils, from a website, after a few glasses of wine.
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