1. Ms. Knope Goes To Washington
🎞️ S5 E1 🚫 Hard pass

Parks and Recreation

Is Parks and Recreation S5 E1 OK for kids?

1. Ms. Knope Goes To Washington

Leslie and Andy visit Ben and April at their new jobs in Washington D.C., and Leslie feels overwhelmed by the city -- especially after meeting two of her idols. Meanwhile, Ron throws a "thank you" barbeque for the entire Parks and Recreation staff.

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Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Skip for under 13

Parks and Recreation S5 E1, “1. 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. Leslie and Andy visit Ben and April at their new jobs in Washington D.C., and Leslie feels overwhelmed by the city -- especially after meeting two of her idols. Meanwhile, Ron throws a "thank you" barbeque for the entire Parks and Recreation staff.

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.

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.

What to watch in Parks and Recreation · Season 5 guide

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