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Year: 2009  |  2010

Season 1

"Parks and Recreation" (2009): Season 1: Episode 1 -- Proof that the Pit is a public and private nuisance.
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Season 1, Episode 1: Pilot

Original Air Date—9 April 2009
A new documentary following Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana as she attempts to advance her career and make her town more beautiful by helping local nurse Ann Perkins turn a construction pit into a park.
"Parks and Recreation" (2009): Season 1: Episode 2 -- Leslie and the gang canvass the neighborhoods to garner up support for their park project.

Season 1, Episode 2: Canvassing

Original Air Date—16 April 2009
Leslie gets a town hall meeting to discuss her park idea, but she finds out that public reception is less than receptive.
"Parks and Recreation" (2009): Season 1: Episode 3 -- Leslie fills Anne in on Mark's mistakes.

Season 1, Episode 3: The Reporter

Original Air Date—23 April 2009
Leslie gets a newspaper reporter to do a story about her and the park idea, but becomes upset when she finds out that the reporter slept with Mark.
"Parks and Recreation" (2009): Season 1: Episode 4 -- Leslie comes clean about getting double dirty.

Season 1, Episode 4: Boys' Club

Original Air Date—30 April 2009
"Parks and Recreation" (2009): Season 1: Episode 5 -- Leslie does her best to impress the Sister City delegates.
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Season 1, Episode 5: The Banquet

Original Air Date—7 May 2009
"Parks and Recreation" (2009): Season 1: Episode 6 -- Mark makes his move on Leslie, but will she reciprocate?

Season 1, Episode 6: Rock Show

Original Air Date—14 May 2009
Leslie doesn't realize that a dinner with a much older man from the zoning commission is actually a date set up by her mom. Andy gets his cast taken off, but Ann gets mad when he finds out it could have been off two weeks ago.

Season 2

"Parks and Recreation" (2009): Season 2: Episode 1 -- In order to get an increase of attendance at the zoo, Leslie marries two penguins. However, right after the ceremony it is made public that the two penguins are both male. Leslie is then declared an activist for gay marriage, which causes huge controversy
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Season 2, Episode 1: Pawnee Zoo

Original Air Date—17 September 2009
Leslie becomes a political lightning rod when the penguin wedding she sets up at the Pawnee Zoo turns out to be for two male penguins.
"Parks and Recreation" (2009): Season 2: Episode 2 -- During renovations of the pit's community garden, Leslie and Tom discover marijuana.
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Season 2, Episode 2: The Stakeout

Original Air Date—24 September 2009
Leslie sets up a stakeout with Tom to find out who's growing marijuana in the community garden she set up in the pit, but it also gives her an opportunity to scout out Ann and Mark's first date.
"Parks and Recreation" (2009): Season 2: Episode 3 -- Leslie serves as a judge for a local pageant in which April is a contestant.
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Season 2, Episode 3: Beauty Pageant

Original Air Date—1 October 2009
Leslie serves as a judge in the Miss Pawnee Beauty Pageant but is disappointed with the results, and Ann finds out that her ex-boyfriend Andy is living in the pit.
"Parks and Recreation" (2009): Season 2: Episode 4 -- Ann helps Leslie prepare for her first date with Dave. Meanwhile, the staff competes to find scandalous secrets about each other.
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Season 2, Episode 4: Practice Date

Original Air Date—8 October 2009
Ann helps a nervous Leslie get ready for her first date with Dave by giving her a "practice date," while everybody else at the office tries to dig up the juiciest dirt on each other.
"Parks and Recreation" (2009): Season 2: Episode 5 -- Leslie hosts members of the Parks and Recreation department from Pawnee's Venezuelan sister city.
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Season 2, Episode 5: Sister City

Original Air Date—15 October 2009
Leslie welcomes a delegation from Pawnee's sister city in Venezuela, whose goal is to humiliate their hosts.
"Parks and Recreation" (2009): Season 2: Episode 6 -- After building a playground in one day, Leslie gets tired of waiting for the pit to be filled in and takes matters in her own hands!
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Season 2, Episode 6: Kaboom

Original Air Date—22 October 2009
Andy is injured when Leslie goes out on her own to fill the hole, and he decides to sue Pawnee as a result.
"Parks and Recreation" (2009): Season 2: Episode 7 -- Leslie is tormented by a teenage nemesis and recruits Dave and Andy to help her catch the vandal.
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Season 2, Episode 7: Greg Pikitis

Original Air Date—29 October 2009
Leslie tries to stop a high school punk who vandalizes the park every Halloween, but will he get the last laugh? Meanwhile, Leslie's Halloween party is a bore until Tom saves the day.
"Parks and Recreation" (2009): Season 2: Episode 8 -- Leslie gets upset when she learns the library department wants to take over her lot.
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Season 2, Episode 8: Ron and Tammy

Original Air Date—5 November 2009
Ron's ex-wife uses sex to manipulate Ron and get Leslie's vacant lot to build a library, while Leslie gets Ron a job in the building as a shoe-shine man.
"Parks and Recreation" (2009): Season 2: Episode 9 -- After one of the murals in City Hall is defaced, Leslie and the parks department compete to come up with a new design.
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Season 2, Episode 9: The Camel

Original Air Date—12 November 2009
After one of the murals in City Hall is defaced, Leslie and the Parks Department compete to come up with a new design. Meanwhile, Andy and Ron share an uncomfortable moment at the shoeshine stand.
"Parks and Recreation" (2009): Season 2: Episode 10 -- Ron's annual hunting trip is ruined when someone from the Parks Department shoots him in the head.
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Season 2, Episode 10: Hunting Trip

Original Air Date—19 November 2009
Leslie tries to prove she can hang with the guys so she invites herself on Ron’s annual hunting trip, but things don’t go as planned. Meanwhile, April and Andy bond in the office while everyone is away.
"Parks and Recreation" (2009): Season 2: Episode 11 -- Leslie tries to cheer Tom up after his divorce from Wendy, but doesn't know that the marriage was a sham.
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Season 2, Episode 11: Tom's Divorce

Original Air Date—3 December 2009
Leslie accidentally finds out that Tom is getting a divorce and tries to lift his spirits by sending him to dinner and a strip club, but Tom doesn't tell her that it was just a sham Green Card marriage.
"Parks and Recreation" (2009): Season 2: Episode 12 -- The media spins a scandal when Leslie and Council Dexhart are seen out together.
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Season 2, Episode 12: Christmas Scandal

Original Air Date—10 December 2009
Leslie is falsely accused of having sexual relations with a sleazy Pawnee councilman. Meanwhile, the rest of the office takes on Leslie's work while she deals with the scandal, and officer Dave has more surprising news for Leslie.

Season 2, Episode 13: The Set Up

Original Air Date—14 January 2010

Season 2, Episode 14: Leslie's House

Original Air Date—2010

Season 2, Episode 15: Episode #2.15

Original Air Date—2010

Season 2, Episode 16: Episode #2.16

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Season 2, Episode 17: Episode #2.17

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Season 2, Episode 18: Episode #2.18

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Season 2, Episode 19: Episode #2.19

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Season 2, Episode 20: Episode #2.20

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Season 2, Episode 21: Episode #2.21

Original Air Date—2010

Season 2, Episode 22: Episode #2.22

Original Air Date—2010

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