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Cast. Main. Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope, the deputy director of the Pawnee parks department, who has not let politics dampen her sense of optimism; her ultimate goal is to become President of the United States. She has a strong love for her home town of Pawnee, and desires to use her position to improve it.
The government is shut down and the parks are closed, but Leslie tries to skirt the rules to hold a children's concert in the vacant lot. Meanwhile, will April's jealousy of Ann keep her from getting together with Andy?
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"Pawnee Zoo""The Stakeout""Beauty Pageant""Practice Date"Ann breaks up with Andy and begins dating Mark, with Leslie's approval. It is revealed that Tom's marriage to the attractive surgeon Wendy Haverford is actually a green card marriage which, to his disappointment, eventually ends in divorce. Meanwhile, Ron is visited by his horrible ex-wife Tammy 2, a librarian who unsuccessfully tries seducing him ...
Cast
All of the principal cast members from the first season returned for the second season, including Amy Poehler, Rashida Jones, Aziz Ansari, Nick Offerman, Aubrey Plaza and Paul Schneider. Chris Pratt, who was billed as a guest star throughout the first season despite appearing in every episode, was promoted to the main cast in season two. Andy Dwyer, Pratt's character, was originally supposed to appear only in the first season, but the producers liked Pratt so much that almost immediately afte...
Writing
Following season one, Parks and Recreation was originally renewed for a half season-worth of episodes, but was picked up for a full season in late October 2009. Greg Daniels said since the Parks and Recreation characters had now been established in the second season, the writers were able to write more specifically for the actors. Daniels said he believed this allowed the characters to become more balanced, rather than simply an accumulation of flaws, as they sometimes appeared in the first s...
Reviews
The first season of Parks and Recreation received mixed to negative reviews, with many critics deeming it too similar to The Office, which shared the same mock documentary style as Parks and Recreation. In particular, several commentators said the naive and well-meaning Leslie Knope character too closely resembled The Office protagonist Michael Scott, a well-intentioned but dimwitted protagonist manager of a paper company sales office. However, most critics declared the second season a vast i...
Ratings
Despite the critical success, the second season of Parks and Recreation continued to suffer in the Nielsen ratings. By December 2009, the average episode viewership was 5.3 million households. The average was lower than the other NBC comedy shows that aired Thursday night along with Parks and Recreation: Community drew an average 6.5 million households, 30 Rock an average 7.3 million, and The Office an average 10.1 million. By February 2010, ratings had begun to improve all of NBC's Thursday...
Awards
Amy Poehler was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. The episode "Telethon", in which Leslie frantically stays awake for 36 hours to volunteer for a charity telethon, was her performance submitted for Emmy award consideration. This marked Poehler's third Primetime Emmy nomination, having previously received twice for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series during her time on Saturday Night Live. Poehler ultimately lost to Edie Falco f...
Parks and Recreation: Created by Greg Daniels, Michael Schur. With Amy Poehler, Aubrey Plaza, Nick Offerman, Jim O'Heir. The absurd antics of an Indiana town's public officials as they pursue sundry projects to make their city a better place.
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- 2009-04-09
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Season 2 – Parks and Recreation. 2009 Comedy. List. 96% Tomatometer 23 Reviews. 95% Audience Score 500+ Ratings. Leslie Knope, a midlevel bureaucrat in an Indiana Parks and Recreation...
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- April 9, 2009
- Amy Poehler
From Emmy Award-winning executive producers/writers Greg Daniels (The Office, King of the Hill) and Michael Schur (The Office, Saturday Night Live) comes a comedy about a place where nothing always gets done... small town government. 2,770 IMDb 8.6 2009 25 episodes. X-Ray TV-14. Comedy.
Watch Parks and Recreation Season 2. Armed with idea binders and the stalwart help of fellow employees, small-town civil servant Leslie Knope bushwhacks through bureaucracy to make her hometown a better place. Pawnee Zoo. Episode 1 - 21 mins. Leslie tries to promote the local zoo by arranging a penguin "wedding." The Stakeout. Episode 2 - 21 mins.
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