6. Ben's Parents
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Parks and Recreation

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6. Ben's Parents

After being warned about Ben's divorced parents, Leslie gets nervous as she prepares to meet them. With the help of Jean-Ralphio, Tom prepares to pitch his new business to Ron. Meanwhile, Chris rides an emotional rollercoaster.

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Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Preview first — about 10+

Parks and Recreation S5 E6, “6. Ben's Parents”, scores 1/5 for violence, 3/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 10+. After being warned about Ben's divorced parents, Leslie gets nervous as she prepares to meet them. With the help of Jean-Ralphio, Tom prepares to pitch his new business to Ron. Meanwhile, Chris rides an emotional rollercoaster.

Across the episode we counted 10 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (5); Nudity & bodies (1); 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 5 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in Parks and Recreation S5 E6:

  • But usually, we forgot what we were arguing about and just had sex.
  • Condoms with pictures on them.
  • And, out of respect, I did not include any images of the only other man in the world who's as sexy as you, Joe Biden.
  • Phase one of our new plan, you get in the backseat of this cab, and we hardcore make out for 15 minutes.
  • We're gonna make out so hard in the back of your cab.

Nudity & bodies 1 moment

How Nudity & bodies shows up in Parks and Recreation S5 E6:

  • See? You just googled, "Amanda Bynes side boob.

Violence & injury 1 moment

How Violence & injury shows up in Parks and Recreation S5 E6:

  • Okay, you and I go stargazing in Harvey James park, while my parents slowly strangle each other in the living room.

Alcohol & drugs 3 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Parks and Recreation S5 E6:

  • We hand her a glass of chilled white wine, and, oh, look, my mom is walking over, and they're both educators and mothers.
  • Frankly, after what he did at Geoffrey's graduation-- Oh, I have some white wine for you, some Chardonnay.
  • Look, champagne! Yeah, why don't we just forget about the quilt - and just raise a glass? - Yes! Toasts are fun.

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