Content guide
Preview first — about 10+
Parks and Recreation S2 E18, “The Possum”, scores 3/5 for violence, 3/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 10+.
Across the episode we counted 9 flagged moments in 3 themes: Sex & hookups (3); Violence & injury (2); Swearing (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.
Parents need to know
Age 10+Violence, language, sex talk in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that Parks and Recreation S2 E18, "The Possum", is a live-action sitcom episode. The series is known for gentler than most workplace sitcoms; innuendo is the main thing. Sits in the gray area mainly on violence & injury (explicit, in dialogue). Violence includes The point is, if I kill the first whale, am I technically a murderer? I don't know what…. Sexual content includes And then afterwards, had sex with Mark and everyone talked about it. Language isn't constant, but you can expect swearing — for example, Fairway Frank You're gonna die You're gonna fry, oh, yeah You guilty son of a bitch…. 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 3 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in Parks and Recreation S2 E18:
And then afterwards, had sex with Mark and everyone talked about it.
Does he want to have sex with a dead possum? No! No.
But after that sex scandal? The man is a god! Hey, Mark.
Violence & injury 2 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Parks and Recreation S2 E18:
The point is, if I kill the first whale, am I technically a murderer? I don't know what you're talking about.
That's a lot of blood.
Swearing 4 moments
How Swearing shows up in Parks and Recreation S2 E18:
Fairway Frank You're gonna die You're gonna fry, oh, yeah You guilty son of a bitch You're gonna fry When they flip that switch Hey, April, can I talk to you about this situation with the possum? No.
See you in hell, buddy.
Not because I'm pissed at Andy, which I'm not.
No, please don't, okay? He's gonna be pissed at me.
Watch With The Kids · Your kids — your rules! · Informal parent guidance, not an official rating.