The Reporter
Original Air Date: 04/23/2009
Director: Jeffrey Blitz
Writers: Greg Daniels, Michael Schur, and Daniel J. Goor
On a nature hike, led by Jerry, Leslie eats a plant that Jerry explicitly says not to eat- country honeysuckle. Her mouth goes numb. Hah!
Leslie gets a reporter to write an article about the pit by Ann's house.
Leslie gives her subcommittee a debriefing on what to talk about while the reporter is around. She pretty much just tells them to stay on message. After they leave, Ann takes Mark out to J.J.'s Diner. She thinks she is flirting with Mark, but I'm pretty sure he doesn't get it.
The reporter, Shauna Malwae-Tweep, arrives. When Shauna turns on a voice recorder, Leslie freaks out and continuously turns it off. The reporter interviews other people on the subcommittee. As she interviews Andy, he reveals he was drunk at the time. Ann is upset because at the hospital that night they gave him anesthesia that could have been dangerous in conjunction with the alcohol. Andy points out that it's totally safe, as she herself drinks all the time and is on birth control. What?! LOL Leslie reminds them to stay on message, thank goodness!
Leslie calls Mark to fix the situation and he takes Shauna out to wine and dine. Leslie learns of this the next morning when Shauna arrives at the pit in the same dress she wore yesterday. Shauna also gets a ride from Mark in the morning and shows up with no paper or pencil- how professional. Leslie realizes Shauna slept with Mark...after awhile LOL, and freaks out. She goes to her car, winds up the window and reclines the chair! Hilarious!
Afterwards, Leslie goes to Ann's house to talk and tells her about Shauna and Mark. She tries to talk to Mark about his unethical actions, but Mark resigns from the subcommittee! Leslie schedules another interview with Shauna. At J.J.'s Diner, Shauna reveals that Mark told her he thought the park would never be built, among other things.
Ann convinces Mark to ask Shauna not to publish what he said. Shauna agrees since they are 'romantically involved' but Mark screws it up by telling her they AREN'T romantically involved- Hah! Classy move Mark!
Tom has been playing Ron in Scrabble and letting him win. One day, April gets on Tom's computer and beats Ron solidly. When Tom explains to Ron that it was April, Ron pretends not to know Tom is letting him win. Hah!
Mark comes by and apologizes to Leslie. It's surprising because usually Mark is too okay with being a jerk. Leslie asks if he really believed the park would never get made. When he answers that the park will get done, she reinstates him on the subcommittee.
The newspaper article turns out to be mixed. Apparently Shauna mentions that Andy was drunk and that Ann is on birth control, but at the very end she wrote, "We'll see."
Great episode! Classic!
Quotes
Leslie: "The Parks Department has so many programs. Jerry's in charge of our pre-teen nature hikes. For awhile, it was a teenage nature hike, but then we changed it because a girl got pregnant."
Leslie: "It is a classic strategy. The press is a weapon and you can use it to kill people or to feed people. You know the beginnings of projects are very vulnerable and you have to make sure that you get a lot of press cause the momentum of that can kinda keep it alive. Or else it will die. I'm sure you remember the Tucker Park Graffiti Removal Project?"
Leslie: "This is J.J.'s Diner, the unofficial meeting place of Pawnee's political elite. The people who eat here basically run this town."
Leslie: "Well, Shauna, this is our crack team. Tom Haverford, boy genius, smooth like milk chocolate."
Tom: "That's a weird way to describe me."
Leslie: "April Ludgate, nineteen, cool enough to be invited anywhere, and chooses to be here. And finally, we got Ann Perkins and Andy Dwyer. They're the real heroes of this story."
Andy: "Oh yeah, that's, uh, actually a great story. Um, I just finished up a gig with my band, Three Skin, formerly Four Skin, but our bassist left for personal reasons. And I was taking a shortcut home and I thought I saw a toaster lying in the pit and I was like 'maybe I should get that' and I fell in and broke my legs."
Tom: "April, let me ask you something. Do you think I'm in the top five best looking Indian guys in Pawnee?"
Andy: "Men are dawgs!...He was probably thinking with the head of his wiener instead of the head of his brain. Men do that, it's disgusting."
Ron: "I'm not an idiot. I know Tom has been losing to me on purpose, but I like Tom. He doesn't do a lot of work around here. He shows zero initiative, he's not a team player, he's never one to go that extra mile. Tom is exactly what I'm looking for in a government employee."
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Season 1 Episode 2
Canvassing
Original Air Date: 04/16/2009
Director: Seth Gordon
Writers: Greg Daniels, Michael Schur, and Rachel Axler
Tom Haverford fails to hide the Easter eggs for the Parks Department Easter egg hunt! Leslie thinks he must have hid them "exceptionally well"- Hah!
Leslie's mother, Marlene Knope, is introduced for the first time. She clearly does not think highly of Leslie, who brags to her about having her own subcommittee. Later, at her first subcommittee meeting, Mark tells her he thinks she's going to the public a little too soon with a public town meeting. Leslie reveals her secret weapon is canvassing! She even has binders created with precise dialogue.
While canvassing, Leslie and Ann scare people off while Mark, April and Tom get scared by people. Tom takes off running and Mark and April go back to Ann's where they play Rock Band 2 with Andy.
Leslie and Ann, after working hard all afternoon, go back to see the other committee members playing video games and they are frustrated!
Leslie attempts to cancel the public forum, but Ron won't let her because the park project has been fast-tracked.
At the public forum, Leslie gets very nervous and considers pulling the fire alarm when she thinks about her mother being in the audience. She blows it pretty bad.
Not only does she sound stupid at first, she ends up filibustering her own meeting and reading from 'The Phantom Tollbooth'. She calls on April, her plant in the audience, but Lawrence recognizes her as a kid who came to his door canvassing. Hah!
Leslie avoids a vote and saves the park! Barely. This episode was great! It showed Leslie's bravery and it made clear her feelings regarding her mother. Well written and hilarious as usual!
Quotes
Leslie: "I'm going to see my mom. She's a big Mucky-muck in the county school system. She's my hero. How do I explain her? She's as respected as Mother Teresa, she's as powerful as Stalin, and she's as beautiful as Margaret Thatcher."
Marlene: "In or out Leslie, doorway is creepy."
Leslie: "I'm not above using my expertise to change hearts and minds, if the cause is just. When I was in sixth grade, I was voted 'best dressed' by 87 votes and there were only 63 people in my class."
Leslie: "This is a little something I learned from Karl Rove. If you want to guarantee the results of the survey, you design the question to give you the answer that you want."
Ron: "There's a new wind blowing in government and I don't like it. All of a sudden there's all this federal money coming in and Paul, the city manager, is telling us to build parks, start new community programs- it's horrifying."
Leslie: "Why do I want to build this park so bad? Maybe because a pit filled with garbage isn't the best that we can do in America. You know, in Russia they could pretend that pit was a park. Bring their kids down there, 'Hey Vlad, uh, look at these rocks. Let's pretend their potatoes. Nikolai, do you want to swim in the dirt?' but not here. Okay? Cause we're a nation of dreamers and it is my dream to build a park that I one day visit with my White House staff on my birthday. And they say, 'President Knope, this park is awesome. Now we understand why you are the first female President of the United States.'"
Leslie: "I'll push anything through anything, you know me."
Marlene: "I want my daughter to be successful, which is why I always tell her there's nothing wrong with being a wife and mother."
Leslie: "It was tough, but you know, that's Pawnee- that's democracy. There are a lot of people here who want this park. You just gotta get past the negative people, but guess what? My subcommittee held its' first town hall meeting tonight. God, I loved it! I loved every minute of it!...Hear that? Called me park lady!"
Soundtrack
My Own Worst Enemy -Chris Pratt
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Original Air Date: 04/16/2009
Director: Seth Gordon
Writers: Greg Daniels, Michael Schur, and Rachel Axler
Tom Haverford fails to hide the Easter eggs for the Parks Department Easter egg hunt! Leslie thinks he must have hid them "exceptionally well"- Hah!
Leslie's mother, Marlene Knope, is introduced for the first time. She clearly does not think highly of Leslie, who brags to her about having her own subcommittee. Later, at her first subcommittee meeting, Mark tells her he thinks she's going to the public a little too soon with a public town meeting. Leslie reveals her secret weapon is canvassing! She even has binders created with precise dialogue.
While canvassing, Leslie and Ann scare people off while Mark, April and Tom get scared by people. Tom takes off running and Mark and April go back to Ann's where they play Rock Band 2 with Andy.
Leslie and Ann, after working hard all afternoon, go back to see the other committee members playing video games and they are frustrated!
Leslie attempts to cancel the public forum, but Ron won't let her because the park project has been fast-tracked.
At the public forum, Leslie gets very nervous and considers pulling the fire alarm when she thinks about her mother being in the audience. She blows it pretty bad.
Not only does she sound stupid at first, she ends up filibustering her own meeting and reading from 'The Phantom Tollbooth'. She calls on April, her plant in the audience, but Lawrence recognizes her as a kid who came to his door canvassing. Hah!
Leslie avoids a vote and saves the park! Barely. This episode was great! It showed Leslie's bravery and it made clear her feelings regarding her mother. Well written and hilarious as usual!
Quotes
Leslie: "I'm going to see my mom. She's a big Mucky-muck in the county school system. She's my hero. How do I explain her? She's as respected as Mother Teresa, she's as powerful as Stalin, and she's as beautiful as Margaret Thatcher."
Marlene: "In or out Leslie, doorway is creepy."
Leslie: "I'm not above using my expertise to change hearts and minds, if the cause is just. When I was in sixth grade, I was voted 'best dressed' by 87 votes and there were only 63 people in my class."
Leslie: "This is a little something I learned from Karl Rove. If you want to guarantee the results of the survey, you design the question to give you the answer that you want."
Ron: "There's a new wind blowing in government and I don't like it. All of a sudden there's all this federal money coming in and Paul, the city manager, is telling us to build parks, start new community programs- it's horrifying."
Leslie: "Why do I want to build this park so bad? Maybe because a pit filled with garbage isn't the best that we can do in America. You know, in Russia they could pretend that pit was a park. Bring their kids down there, 'Hey Vlad, uh, look at these rocks. Let's pretend their potatoes. Nikolai, do you want to swim in the dirt?' but not here. Okay? Cause we're a nation of dreamers and it is my dream to build a park that I one day visit with my White House staff on my birthday. And they say, 'President Knope, this park is awesome. Now we understand why you are the first female President of the United States.'"
Leslie: "I'll push anything through anything, you know me."
Marlene: "I want my daughter to be successful, which is why I always tell her there's nothing wrong with being a wife and mother."
Leslie: "It was tough, but you know, that's Pawnee- that's democracy. There are a lot of people here who want this park. You just gotta get past the negative people, but guess what? My subcommittee held its' first town hall meeting tonight. God, I loved it! I loved every minute of it!...Hear that? Called me park lady!"
Soundtrack
My Own Worst Enemy -Chris Pratt
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Season 1 Episode 1
Pilot
Original Air Date: 04/09/2009
Director: Greg Daniels
Writers: Greg Daniels and Michael Schur
Leslie hosts a town hall meeting. When she first arrives, the doors are locked. Later, in the school theater, Leslie begins to speak, but the lights are turned off. The meeting is moved to a classroom.
The residents of Pawnee are ridiculous! What are they even talking about? Who is Laura Liney? Ugh.
Ann (Rashida Jones) tells Leslie about a pit next to her house. Apparently some condo builders bought it and dug out the pit for the basement. Then, they went bankrupt and ended up leaving the lot as a pit. Tom Haverford, Leslie's aide and fellow parks and recreation co-worker hosts the meeting with her and heavily hits on Ann.
After hearing Ann's complaint about the pit next her house, Leslie vows to fix it and put a park where the pit is currently.
Leslie decides to form a committee to turn the pit into a park. She meets up with Ann and they survey the pit. Leslie vows to get the pit filled in, but that doesn't stop Mark, her co-worker/ex-lover, from falling into the pit as well!!!
Ann, the nurse, rushes to his side, while Andy goes back into Ann's house and watches some television.
I LOVE this show! It is officially my new favorite show! The comedy is just right, the characters act in just the right way...love it! I know nothing about politics and it still made me laugh OUT LOUD multiple times.
Quotes
Leslie "You know when I first tell people I work for the government, they say 'oh the government the government stinks. The lines are too long at the DMV', but now things have changed. People need our help and it feels good to be needed."
Leslie "Government isn't just a boys club anymore. Women are everywhere. It's a great time to be a woman in politics. Hilary Clinton, Sarah Palin, me, Nancy Pelosi. You know, I like to tell people: get on board and buckle up 'cuz my ride's gonna be a big one. And if you get motion sickness, put your head between your knees 'cuz Leslie Knopes stopping for no one."
Leslie "This is where the rubber of government meets the road of actual human beings."
Tom "Ann let me speak with you for a minute. So, your boyfriend fell down into this pit right? And, um, this guy, is it pretty serious? You guys living together?...Wow, I'm sure this must be pretty tough for you, ya know. This guy sounds like he didn't have much going on for him to start with and now both legs broken. He's just weak, you have to take care of him. You probably feel like you have to move on. Just become more adventurous in relationships with your body...I feel like we might be taking up too much of the forums time. Maybe we should just exchange numbers. You know, maybe go away one weekend and kind of talk about this. I'd love to do it."
Ann "The bottom line is, I've been trying to get this thing fixed for months and nobody's done anything. And it's ugly and it's dangerous and it's government owned. And you need to do something about it."
Leslie "It's more than a promise! It's a pinky promise!"
Leslie "But this pit- the chance to build a whole new park from scratch-- this could be my Hoover Dam."
Tom "No, that sounds great! But, the problem is, anything over $25, I have to report. So, uh, maybe give my wife a call and give her the suits. And then, if they don't fit her, maybe she'll give them to me."
Leslie "I need more firepower...I need bigger guns. Committees are the lifeblood of our democratic system."
Tom "Committees cover our democracy in blood."
Leslie "Well if you want something done in this town, you call Mark Brendanawicz because he's a city planner. Well, he's kind of more than that, he's kind of a fixer. He fixes things. He's a smart, capable guy. He just...he knows where the bodies are buried."
Leslie "City hall is like a locker room. You gotta get in there. You gotta snap towels at people."
Leslie "Dream with me for a second, Ann. Doesn't this neighborhood deserve a first class park? Imagine a shiny, new playground with jungle gyms and swings, a pool, tennis courts, a volleyball court, raquetball courts, basketball court, regulation football field, an amphitheater over there with Shakespeare in the park... We could do some of those things."
Soundtrack
Lady Marmalade (as made famous by Christina Aguilera, Lil Kim, Mya & Pink)
-Amy Poehler
Original Air Date: 04/09/2009
Director: Greg Daniels
Writers: Greg Daniels and Michael Schur
Leslie hosts a town hall meeting. When she first arrives, the doors are locked. Later, in the school theater, Leslie begins to speak, but the lights are turned off. The meeting is moved to a classroom.
The residents of Pawnee are ridiculous! What are they even talking about? Who is Laura Liney? Ugh.
Ann (Rashida Jones) tells Leslie about a pit next to her house. Apparently some condo builders bought it and dug out the pit for the basement. Then, they went bankrupt and ended up leaving the lot as a pit. Tom Haverford, Leslie's aide and fellow parks and recreation co-worker hosts the meeting with her and heavily hits on Ann.
After hearing Ann's complaint about the pit next her house, Leslie vows to fix it and put a park where the pit is currently.
Leslie decides to form a committee to turn the pit into a park. She meets up with Ann and they survey the pit. Leslie vows to get the pit filled in, but that doesn't stop Mark, her co-worker/ex-lover, from falling into the pit as well!!!
Ann, the nurse, rushes to his side, while Andy goes back into Ann's house and watches some television.
I LOVE this show! It is officially my new favorite show! The comedy is just right, the characters act in just the right way...love it! I know nothing about politics and it still made me laugh OUT LOUD multiple times.
Quotes
Leslie "You know when I first tell people I work for the government, they say 'oh the government the government stinks. The lines are too long at the DMV', but now things have changed. People need our help and it feels good to be needed."
Leslie "Government isn't just a boys club anymore. Women are everywhere. It's a great time to be a woman in politics. Hilary Clinton, Sarah Palin, me, Nancy Pelosi. You know, I like to tell people: get on board and buckle up 'cuz my ride's gonna be a big one. And if you get motion sickness, put your head between your knees 'cuz Leslie Knopes stopping for no one."
Leslie "This is where the rubber of government meets the road of actual human beings."
Tom "Ann let me speak with you for a minute. So, your boyfriend fell down into this pit right? And, um, this guy, is it pretty serious? You guys living together?...Wow, I'm sure this must be pretty tough for you, ya know. This guy sounds like he didn't have much going on for him to start with and now both legs broken. He's just weak, you have to take care of him. You probably feel like you have to move on. Just become more adventurous in relationships with your body...I feel like we might be taking up too much of the forums time. Maybe we should just exchange numbers. You know, maybe go away one weekend and kind of talk about this. I'd love to do it."
Ann "The bottom line is, I've been trying to get this thing fixed for months and nobody's done anything. And it's ugly and it's dangerous and it's government owned. And you need to do something about it."
Leslie "It's more than a promise! It's a pinky promise!"
Leslie "But this pit- the chance to build a whole new park from scratch-- this could be my Hoover Dam."
Tom "No, that sounds great! But, the problem is, anything over $25, I have to report. So, uh, maybe give my wife a call and give her the suits. And then, if they don't fit her, maybe she'll give them to me."
Leslie "I need more firepower...I need bigger guns. Committees are the lifeblood of our democratic system."
Tom "Committees cover our democracy in blood."
Leslie "Well if you want something done in this town, you call Mark Brendanawicz because he's a city planner. Well, he's kind of more than that, he's kind of a fixer. He fixes things. He's a smart, capable guy. He just...he knows where the bodies are buried."
Leslie "City hall is like a locker room. You gotta get in there. You gotta snap towels at people."
Leslie "Dream with me for a second, Ann. Doesn't this neighborhood deserve a first class park? Imagine a shiny, new playground with jungle gyms and swings, a pool, tennis courts, a volleyball court, raquetball courts, basketball court, regulation football field, an amphitheater over there with Shakespeare in the park... We could do some of those things."
Soundtrack
Lady Marmalade (as made famous by Christina Aguilera, Lil Kim, Mya & Pink)
-Amy Poehler
Why?
So all my friends are talking about Parks and Recreation. It seems to be the new HOT show around here and I love love love Amy Poehler, so I'm going to give it a shot. I bought seasons 1 and 2 to add to my DVD collection, but I can't seem to find when season 3 will be released...does anyone know?!
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