Content guide
Skip for under 13
Parks and Recreation S5 E1, “Ms. Knope Goes To Washington”, scores 2/5 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 11 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Nudity & bodies (3); Violence & injury (3); 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+Nudity, violence, sex talk in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that Parks and Recreation S5 E1, "Ms. Knope Goes To Washington", is a live-action sitcom episode. The series is known for gentler than most workplace sitcoms; innuendo is the main thing. Driven by nudity & bodies (explicit, in dialogue), with violence & injury alongside it. Violence is mild but includes There will be no giant-soap-bubble guns. Sexual content is explicit — for example, We were thinking about maybe just-- uh, we-- maybe we were gonna go back to-- We're…; Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue. Some mild language appears in the dialogue. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — Shocking that our drunken plan to move in together wasn't a success. 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 S5 E1:
We were thinking about maybe just-- uh, we-- maybe we were gonna go back to-- We're gonna have sex.
Nudity & bodies 3 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Parks and Recreation S5 E1:
- Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
…of the way up, and it's when construction was actually halted on the monu-- Leslie, this is a really cool penis, but Ben and April are meeting us at the Smithsonian in 10 minutes.
That building looks like a boob.
Violence & injury 3 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Parks and Recreation S5 E1:
There will be no giant-soap-bubble guns.
Which one of you youngsters wants to help me drain the blood from this animal? If you do a good job, I'll give you the bladder.
And if you don't get out of here soon, I'm going to punch you in the face.
Alcohol & drugs 4 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Parks and Recreation S5 E1:
Shocking that our drunken plan to move in together wasn't a success.
Is there at least something to drink? There's beer in the cooler.
What about for the children? You can get water from that water fountain and use it to water down the beer.
Cocktail party at the Hay-Adams, and I got us all on the list.
Watch With The Kids · Your kids — your rules! · Informal parent guidance, not an official rating.