5. Sister City
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Parks and Recreation

Is Parks and Recreation S2 E5 OK for kids?

5. Sister City

Leslie plays host to the Parks and Recreation department from Pawnee's sister city, Boraqua, Venezuela, and is shocked at the cultural differences. Tom becomes an errand boy, and April plays hard to get.

📺 Where to watch

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

Preview first — about 10+

Parks and Recreation S2 E5, “5. Sister City”, scores 3/5 for violence, 2/5 for sex and 1/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 10+. Leslie plays host to the Parks and Recreation department from Pawnee's sister city, Boraqua, Venezuela, and is shocked at the cultural differences. Tom becomes an errand boy, and April plays hard to get.

Across the episode we counted 8 flagged moments in 3 themes: Sex & hookups (2); Nudity & bodies (2); Violence & injury (4). 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.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Sex & hookups 2 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in Parks and Recreation S2 E5:

  • What? Do you have some kind of book with photos of the women available to us? If not, I will also take the sexy black one.
  • When I said party, I meant one that did not include sex for pay.

Nudity & bodies 2 moments

How Nudity & bodies shows up in Parks and Recreation S2 E5:

  • And eight and a half dozen rubber baby bottle nipples, also made here in Pawnee.
  • Kernston's Rubber Nipples, tastes like the real thing.

Violence & injury 4 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in Parks and Recreation S2 E5:

  • This is a gold plated replica of the gun Hugo Chavez used in the 1992 Socialist revolution.
  • This gun truly symbolizes the blossoming peace between our two nations.
  • Holy cow! There's a lot of guys with guns here.
  • 'Cause, nobody takes a punch like her.

Watch With The Kids · You kids — your rules! · Informal parent guidance, not an official rating.