Partridge
🎞️ S5 E17 🚫 Hard pass

Parks and Recreation

Is Parks and Recreation S5 E17 OK for kids?

Partridge

Leslie and Ben travel back to his hometown of Partridge, MN to accept the key to the city. Ron gets served a lawsuit from councilman Jamm, while Ann and Chris take a compatible parenting quiz.

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Netflix, HBO or Disney+ — catalogs differ by country.

🛒 Where to buy

Digital seasons or a box set to keep.

Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Skip for under 13

Parks and Recreation S5 E17, “Partridge”, 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 Ben travel back to his hometown of Partridge, MN to accept the key to the city. Ron gets served a lawsuit from councilman Jamm, while Ann and Chris take a compatible parenting quiz.

Across the episode we counted 10 flagged moments in 3 themes: Sex & hookups (2); Nudity & bodies (2); Violence & injury (6). 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 2 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in Parks and Recreation S5 E17:

  • The nurse still won't have sex with me, and she's not even queer.
  • You're so sexy when you talk about percentages.

Nudity & bodies 2 moments

How Nudity & bodies shows up in Parks and Recreation S5 E17:

  • Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
  • He has a calcified rock lodged in his penis! Frankly, Ben Wyatt is the best thing to ever come out of this crap town.

Violence & injury 6 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in Parks and Recreation S5 E17:

  • Apparently councilman Jeremy Jamm is not pleased that I punched him in the face on the night of Leslie's wedding.
  • Now Swansuck punches me in the mouth.
  • He looks like he could use a swift punch in the face though.
  • If it were me, I would have just punched him in the face.
  • What's up, Ron? Just daydreaming about punching Jamm in the face.
  • It is now quite clear that on innumerable occasions Ron Swanson said he intended to punch councilman Jamm in the face, and then he did.

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