Road Trip
🎞️ S3 E14 🚫 Hard pass

Parks and Recreation

Is Parks and Recreation S3 E14 OK for kids?

Road Trip

When Chris sends Leslie and Ben on a trip to Indianapolis, Leslie is afraid she won't be able to deny her feelings for him. Ron teaches a young student about his views on government. Meanwhile, Andy gets his feelings hurt by April after playing Tom's new game.

📺 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

Skip for under 13

Parks and Recreation S3 E14, “Road Trip”, scores 1/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13. When Chris sends Leslie and Ben on a trip to Indianapolis, Leslie is afraid she won't be able to deny her feelings for him. Ron teaches a young student about his views on government. Meanwhile, Andy gets his feelings hurt by April after playing Tom's new game.

Across the episode we counted 9 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (4); Nudity & bodies (3); Porn / strippers / sex work (1); 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.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Sex & hookups 4 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in Parks and Recreation S3 E14:

  • Wow! That was the most sexual tension I have ever seen in a conversation about documents.
  • Ann, everything you have is too sexy.
  • He told me that he liked me, and I'm gonna go make out with him right now.
  • I care about him very much, and I've had two and a half glasses of red wine, and what that means is I'm gonna go make out with him right now, and it's gonna be awesome.

Nudity & bodies 3 moments

How Nudity & bodies shows up in Parks and Recreation S3 E14:

  • Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
  • Oh, I have a good idea! What? Why don't you ask him about his penis? Pawnee Zoo, monkey speaking.
  • Really? It's never too early to learn that the government is a greedy piglet that suckles on a taxpayer's teat until they have sore, chapped nipples.

Porn / strippers / sex work 1 moment

How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in Parks and Recreation S3 E14:

  • This is actually the dress that Julia Roberts wore as a prostitute in Pretty Woman.

Alcohol & drugs 1 moment

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Parks and Recreation S3 E14:

  • I'm gonna go see a man about some porcelain, you know what I mean? I'm not buying cocaine.

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