Content guide
Skip for under 13
Parks and Recreation S5 E5, “Halloween Surprise”, scores 3/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13.
Across the episode we counted 12 flagged moments in 5 themes: Sex & hookups (2); Nudity & bodies (2); Affairs / cheating (1); Violence & injury (2); Swearing (5). 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, language in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that Parks and Recreation S5 E5, "Halloween Surprise", 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 includes Tonight's film is the 1986 horror camp classic, - - Murder At Blood Lake. Sexual content is explicit — for example, An evening with sexy nurse Ann Perkins; Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue. Language isn't constant, but you can expect swearing — for example, Seriously? That's the best one! I hope no one minds if I live tweet this bitch. 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 2 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in Parks and Recreation S5 E5:
An evening with sexy nurse Ann Perkins.
Just dinner and dancing, nothing sexual.
Nudity & bodies 2 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Parks and Recreation S5 E5:
- Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
I went to SFU law school, I was working at a small firm in Orlando, and one day, bam, just like that, gator eats penis.
Affairs / cheating 1 moment
How Affairs / cheating shows up in Parks and Recreation S5 E5:
Guy cheats on his wife with Dan Marino's masseuse, one day she cuts his junk off, throws it in the Everglades.
Violence & injury 2 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Parks and Recreation S5 E5:
Tonight's film is the 1986 horror camp classic, - - Murder At Blood Lake.
Get your foot out the water, dumb-ass! It's blood lake.
Swearing 5 moments
How Swearing shows up in Parks and Recreation S5 E5:
Seriously? That's the best one! I hope no one minds if I live tweet this bitch.
Bye, guys! See you later, Ron! See you tonight! What the hell just happened? So, three bedrooms, two baths, nice big backyard.
Why not? - Damn alligator ate it.
All right, what the hell.
I mean, you had this whole plan for your retirement and your beach house and now you're future is just a huge pile of crap.
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