The Bubble
🎞️ S3 E15 ✅ All clear

Parks and Recreation

Is Parks and Recreation S3 E15 OK for kids?

The Bubble

Everyone in the office is unhappy when Chris decides to make some big changes in the parks department -- especially Tom who starts to question his career choices. Leslie is caught off guard when Ben has a meeting with her mom.

📺 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

Mild — okay from about 10+

Parks and Recreation S3 E15, “The Bubble”, scores 2/5 for violence, 1/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 2/5 — Mild — okay from about 10+. Everyone in the office is unhappy when Chris decides to make some big changes in the parks department -- especially Tom who starts to question his career choices. Leslie is caught off guard when Ben has a meeting with her mom.

Across the episode we counted 6 flagged moments in 3 themes: Sex & hookups (2); Violence & injury (1); Alcohol & drugs (3). 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 S3 E15:

  • I think at some point, you and I should probably make out with each other.
  • You issue a government-wide memo about sexual harassment, and then you go to Mexico.

Violence & injury 1 moment

How Violence & injury shows up in Parks and Recreation S3 E15:

  • There's a whole room on the fourth floor where they store the knives they've confiscated from people who went to the fourth floor to stab someone.

Alcohol & drugs 3 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Parks and Recreation S3 E15:

  • No! I hate the fourth floor! Last time I was up there, I saw someone buy crystal meth out of a vending machine.
  • Just white wine, cuddling, and crazy amounts of History Channel documentaries.
  • Starting now, when life gives me lemons, I'm gonna slice them up into wedges and throw them into vodka tonics, which I will then sip in a burlesque nightclub that I co-own with actor Taye Diggs and two of the…

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