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With Amy Poehler, Nick Offerman, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Pratt. A traditional pie-baking competition causes problems for Ben's campaign, Ron goes on a scavenger hunt to find one of his house keys that April lost, and Gary loses his wedding ring in a drain outside the building.
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"Pie-Mary" is the ninth episode in the seventh season of the NBC television series Parks and Recreation, and the 121st episode overall. It premiered on February 10, 2015 to 2.47 million viewers.
Leslie and Ben are criticized for taking part in a Pawnee tradition; Ron and April go on a scavenger hunt; Donna and Garry reminisce.
Leslie's refusal to take part in the "Pie Mary", a pie baking contest for the state's political candidates' wives, becomes a point of controversy. While she originally declines to participate due to its retrogressive nature, Mike Patterson's yellow journalism successfully convince Leslie to reverse herself and participate. However, upon being boycotted by the Indiana Organization of Women, Leslie decides to switch with Ben to refocus attention on his congressional campaign. Ben, of course, instantly fixates on the idea of redefining pie-making by making a dessert calzone (while humming Highway to the Calzone-zone). At the contest, they find themselves being heckled by a men's rights group called "The Male Men", who accuse Leslie of being a controlling wife that domineers Ben, and the contest is ruined.
April informs Ron that she is about to move to Washington DC with Andy to start her new job. Ron tells her that she has to return him the key to his house. April realizes that she has changed the hiding place of the key, and that she left a trail of clues, the first being four human teeth and a ticket stub for the Twilight movie. She and Andy tell Ron, who is very excited to solve this mystery. They first visit Donna, who informs them that she and April watched that movie together years ago, when April had her wisdom teeth removed. Donna also informs them that April also visited the shoeshine stand that day. The trio runs to the shoeshine stand, only to find that it was removed during the remodeling of the city hall. They visit the basement and they find Harris and Brett there, who tells them that a ghost took it. Ron realizes that the ghost is actually Councilman Milton, and they find him in his office getting his shoes polished. They locate a note written by April to Andy, which ends with 'woof woof', which seems to be a dead end. Back at Ron's office, April feels guilty, but Ron reveals that he changes his locks every 16 days anyway, so the keys that April has no longer work. April suddenly remembers where she hid the keys: she buried under a large oak tree that reminded her of Ron. Ron highly approves of this hiding place, because he too had buried some gold there years earlier.
Donna discovers Garry trying to fish something from the drain, and learns that Garry had dropped his wedding ring in there again. The two of them talk and reminisce about the old days. The next day, Donna shows up at Garry's house, telling him that she managed to get workers to open up the drain and remove all the things that Garry had dropped in it over the years. She also gives Garry some oranges to thank him for his time and being a good buddy.
Ben and Leslie discuss things with Jen, who tells them their best option at this point would be to apologize. They reluctantly set up a press conference, but before Leslie can give out her apology, Ben stops her, stating he can't let her do this to herself even if it might cost him his chances of winning. They proceed to call out the press for the way they've scrutinized Leslie and the double standards and limiting boxes they put on the candidates' wives. They earn equal amounts of applause and boos from the audience.
Oct 29, 2020 · Parks and Recreation is streaming now on Peacock: https://pck.tv/3XjpSJy From Season 7, Episode 9 "Pie Mary" Leslie and Ben are criticized for taking part in a Pawnee tradition; Ron and...
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'Parks and Recreation' recap: 'Pie-Mary' Leslie's refusal to bake a pie throws Pawnee into a tizzy. By. Kat Ward. Published on February 11, 2015 05:12AM EST. Photo: Chris Haston/NBC....
Feb 18, 2015 · Enter season seven, episode nine titled “Pie-Mary” — the most feminist episode in “Parks and Recreation” history. The premise of the episode is that each congressional candidate’s wife must compete in a pie-making contest.
Feb 11, 2015 · Parks and Rec pulled a lot of old aces out of its sleeve this week in "Pie-Mary," but it fit because the episode itself, given all the campaign nonsense Leslie and Ben had to deal with,...
Feb 10, 2015 · Where to watch Parks and Recreation · Season 7 Episode 9 · Pie-Mary starring Amy Poehler, Aziz Ansari, Nick Offerman and directed by Greg Daniels.
