Content guide
Skip for under 13
Parks and Recreation S2 E4, “Practice Date”, scores 2/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13.
Across the episode we counted 22 flagged moments in 6 themes: Sex & hookups (6); Nudity & bodies (2); Porn / strippers / sex work (2); Violence & injury (2); Swearing (5); 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 13+Drinking, nudity, strip-club and porn references in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that Parks and Recreation S2 E4, "Practice Date", is a live-action sitcom episode. The series is known for gentler than most workplace sitcoms; innuendo is the main thing. Driven by alcohol & drugs (explicit, in dialogue), with nudity & bodies alongside it. Violence is mild but includes One time this guy rang my doorbell at midnight, to brag about getting laid when he was…. Sexual content is explicit — for example, When I was 16, I had sex with a married woman; And I can see your nipples through your dress. Language isn't constant, but you can expect swearing — for example, Both of them bitches. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — Not whether he was high on nitrous and cocaine during the cave sex. 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 6 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in Parks and Recreation S2 E4:
When I was 16, I had sex with a married woman.
You showed up at the guy's house in the middle of the night, drunk, and you didn't even sleep with him? Should I have? It never hurts.
All I can say is I wasn't just having sex, I was making love to a beautiful woman and her boyfriend, and a third person, whose name I never learned.
Furthermore, it was wrong of me to say I was building houses for the underprivileged, when I was actually having four-way sex in a cave in Brazil.
What about, like, a sexy hat? I don't know what that even is.
You're cool and you're sexy and you're funny and you're smart Yeah.
Nudity & bodies 2 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Parks and Recreation S2 E4:
And I can see your nipples through your dress.
You know I'm here, right? Did you see my bra? Mmm? Bee, boop.
Porn / strippers / sex work 2 moments
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in Parks and Recreation S2 E4:
It turns out Councilman Dexhart may have also had sex with a prostitute in the limousine on the way to and from the press conference where he apologized for having an affair.
Hey, do you wanna watch a porno after this with me and my wife? No, Dave.
Violence & injury 2 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Parks and Recreation S2 E4:
One time this guy rang my doorbell at midnight, to brag about getting laid when he was 16, so I shot him.
…spreads rapidly? What if instead of Tic Tacs, I accidentally pop a couple of Ambien and I have to keep punching my leg to stay awake?
Swearing 5 moments
How Swearing shows up in Parks and Recreation S2 E4:
Both of them bitches.
All right, let's do this, bitch! I'm not scared.
Damn, this just heated up quick! Ta-da! That looks great.
You coy bastard.
When I tell you what What the hell are you doing? What I'm doing is, I'm trying to tell you that I've done some stuff that I'm not very proud of.
Alcohol & drugs 5 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Parks and Recreation S2 E4:
Not whether he was high on nitrous and cocaine during the cave sex.
Well, that's funny, because a little birdie told me that your adoptive mother was arrested for marijuana possession.
Guys like girls that have kids, right? Whoa! What if I get drunk and I talk about Darfur too much? Or not enough? What if I don't bring up Darfur enough? Leslie, relax.
I thought it was terrible wine.
No fires, no ambulances, just good old-fashioned showing up drunk at a guy's house late at night.
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