Content guide
Preview first — about 10+
Parks and Recreation S2 E20, “Summer Catalog”, scores 3/5 for violence, 3/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 10+.
Across the episode we counted 13 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (4); Nudity & bodies (1); Violence & injury (2); Alcohol & drugs (6). 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, drinking, sex talk in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that Parks and Recreation S2 E20, "Summer Catalog", 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 I'm not gonna stab you in the back or anything, so Maybe I should go somewhere. Sexual content includes Step three, have sex with a model; Now, I didn't want to have to do this, but we may have to go nude. Some mild language appears in the dialogue. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — What? He smoked pot. 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 4 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in Parks and Recreation S2 E20:
Step three, have sex with a model.
So, if you had to sleep with one of the old guys, who would it be? The super-old one.
Guys, I don't know if I made it clear, but I don't want any sex offenders in our Parks catalog.
I wanna make out with him and chew his eyebrows off.
Nudity & bodies 1 moment
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Parks and Recreation S2 E20:
Now, I didn't want to have to do this, but we may have to go nude.
Violence & injury 2 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Parks and Recreation S2 E20:
I'm not gonna stab you in the back or anything, so Maybe I should go somewhere.
Women need a lot of blood to flow through to their baby centers, which leaves less to the brain, you see.
Alcohol & drugs 6 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Parks and Recreation S2 E20:
What? He smoked pot.
But also, it's ridiculous that marijuana is illegal.
It grows in the ground! I've planted marijuana in community gardens all over the city, and it hasn't hurt anyone! What? You know, Michael? You are one pot-loving mother pain in the rectum.
I once saw him smoke pot out of a 20-foot length of garden hose and a milk jug.
He made a bong out of a taxidermied raccoon? I caught him smoking pot out of it not three feet from where we're standing.
Three picnic baskets, assorted cheeses, grapes, wine.
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