Content guide
Skip for under 13
Parks and Recreation S4 E19, “Live Ammo”, scores 3/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13.
Across the episode we counted 13 flagged moments in 5 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Nudity & bodies (3); Violence & injury (4); Suicide & self-harm (1); Alcohol & drugs (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 13+Drinking, violence, nudity in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that Parks and Recreation S4 E19, "Live Ammo", is a live-action sitcom episode. The series is known for gentler than most workplace sitcoms; innuendo is the main thing. Driven by violence & injury (explicit, in dialogue), with alcohol & drugs alongside it. Suicide or self-harm is raised — for example, Ben, I'm going to commit political suicide. Violence includes Now I am not saying that Leslie Knope is a dog murderer, per se, I just think that her…. Sexual content is explicit — for example, It's just a regular beer, but we put it in a sexy-ass mug; Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue. Some mild language appears in the dialogue. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — No, I will not let you return to a life of shaving wieners and dodging knife attacks…. 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 1 moment
How Sex & hookups shows up in Parks and Recreation S4 E19:
It's just a regular beer, but we put it in a sexy-ass mug.
Nudity & bodies 3 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Parks and Recreation S4 E19:
- Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
hamster penis, but no, I don't.
Are you sure? Because you look like a hamster penis.
Violence & injury 4 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Parks and Recreation S4 E19:
Now I am not saying that Leslie Knope is a dog murderer, per se, I just think that her actions raise some questions.
Like, for example, is she a dog murderer? God.
Leslie, there is a woman on the phone that says her daughter's scared to go to sleep because Leslie Knope's going to come murder her kitty.
No, I will not let you return to a life of shaving wieners and dodging knife attacks from meth heads.
Suicide & self-harm 1 moment
How Suicide & self-harm shows up in Parks and Recreation S4 E19:
Ben, I'm going to commit political suicide.
Alcohol & drugs 4 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Parks and Recreation S4 E19:
No, I will not let you return to a life of shaving wieners and dodging knife attacks from meth heads.
The Beer-yonce Knowles.
Bye, pups! Bye, little piggies! I don't usually poison my body with dark alcohol, but this whiskey is excellent! Nectar of the gods.
What do you say, after work, you, me, whiskey, wheatgrass, Cranium? - Ron? - Chris? Sorry, he's meditating.
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