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Parks and Recreation: season 2, episode 10
"Hunting Trip"
November 19, 2009 - 07:11p.m.
A few weeks back, Leonard Pierce was covering this show for TV Club and made note that the Fred Armisen episode lacked the strength of Parks & Rec's supporting cast. Tonight we saw the other end of the spectrum. Even ...
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Parks and Recreation: season 2, episode 9
"The Camel"
November 12, 2009 - 08:11p.m.
Good evening, Knopealytes! Steve Heisler is off getting drunk somewhere, so it's up to me to recap tonight's episode of Parks And Recreation. Last week was an absolute killer, so "The Camel" has a lot to live up ...
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Parks and Recreation: season 2, episode 8
"Ron And Tammy"
November 5, 2009 - 08:11p.m.
I was already pretty much in the can for Ron "Fucking" Swanson before tonight's episode (excuse me, that's Ron "Freakin'" Swanson), but "Ron And Tammy" definitely proved to me that Nick Offerman is the best guy for the ...
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Parks and Recreation: season 2, episode 7
"Greg Pikitis"
October 29, 2009 - 11:10p.m.
Leslie mentioned at the top of tonight's episode that her boyfriend was a cop. She was talking to Greg Pikitis, a punk teenager who apparently terrorizes the parks department every Halloween, and she showed up at his school to ...
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Parks and Recreation: season 2, episode 6
"Kaboom"
October 22, 2009 - 08:10p.m.
Right around the time Parks & Recreation returned for its stellar second season, I started thinking about the episode grading happening over here. Every episode was so much better than the one before it, so I was beginning to wonder what ...
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Parks and Recreation: season 2, episode 5
"Sister City"
October 15, 2009 - 08:10p.m.
Good evening, P&R people! Steve Heisler is down with the flu that's sweeping through the A.V. Club offices like Falcon Henne jokes through a Twitter feed, so he won't be able to provide your recap tonight ...
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Parks and Recreation: season 2, episode 4
"The Practice Date"
October 8, 2009 - 08:10p.m.
Forget Jim and Pam: This week is all about Leslie and Dave and the adorably awkward courtship ensuing. And, hey! No smugness here.
It actually seemed like this week's Parks & Rec took everything they were warming up to over ...
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Parks and Recreation: season 2, episode 3
"Miss Pawnee Pageant"
October 1, 2009 - 09:10p.m.
Hot diggity damn, that was a great episode. And not only does it continue the show's hot streak, but it does so in a way that bodes well for the rest of the season. Leslie's becoming less of ...
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Parks and Recreation: season 2, episode 2
"The Stakeout"
September 24, 2009 - 09:09p.m.
That's more like it!
The best Parks & Recreation episode by a long shot, "The Stakeout" finds Amy Poehler finally easing into the defeated, desperate loon Leslie Knope has become, and once again proves that P&R's strong supporting ...
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Parks and Recreation: season 2, episode 1
"Pawnee Zoo"
September 17, 2009 - 09:09p.m.
Welcome back to Pawnee, government drones. Keith Phipps has left to pursue a career in public service (albeit jail-mandated), so I'll be covering the show from here on out.
But first, let's talk about last season. Back when ...
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Parks and Recreation: season 1, episode 6
"Rock Show"
May 14, 2009 - 09:05p.m.
Okay, consider me back on board. This episode made me laugh for 2/3s of its running time then reminded me of the potential for depth I saw in the pilot in the last third. It ends abruptly and without ...
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Parks and Recreation: season 1, episode 5
"The Banquet"
May 7, 2009 - 09:05p.m.
Okay, here’s what I’ve been hoping from Parks And Recreation since last week: One classic, or just standout, episode before this season is through. This six-episode run mirrors The Office’s tryout of a first season, which brought ...
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Parks and Recreation: season 1, episode 4
"Boys' Club"
April 30, 2009 - 09:04p.m.
First off, thanks to Scott for filling in for me last week while I jet-setted. My heart swelled in appreciation as I toured the best of Rome and Tuscany. Well, not really. In fact, I’m not sure I thought ...
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Parks and Recreation: season 1, episode 3
"The Reporter"
April 23, 2009 - 10:04p.m.
A.V. Club editor Keith Phipps, your regular guide to the “not-an-Office-spin-off” Office spin-off, is vacationing in Italy this week, so he’s left me with the keys to Parks & Recreation kingdom. Before digging into this week’s ...
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Parks and Recreation: season 1, episode 2
"Canvassing"
April 16, 2009 - 08:04p.m.
Hmm… I spent a lot of time last week explaining why I liked Parks And Recreation and why I thought it had tremendous potential that could be developed in future weeks and then... this? This wasn’t a terrible half-hour ... -
Parks and Recreation: season 1, episode 1
"Pilot"
April 9, 2009 - 11:04a.m.
Parks And Recreation began its existence as a proposed, if vaguely conceptualized, spin-off of The Office. What’s made it to the screen has no direct connection to The Office, apart from sharing the creative team of Greg Daniels and ...
