Season 2 Breakdown

Normal Episodes: 24
TV Specials: 0
TV Movies: 0

Parks and Recreation Season 2 (2009-2010)

Parks and Recreation Pawnee Zoo 2x01 Pawnee Zoo
Leslie decides to marry two penguins in order to promote the local zoo, but inadvertently causes a debate when both penguins turn out to be male. Meanwhile, Mark asks Ann to go see ...
Sep. 17, 2009
Parks and Recreation The Stakeout 2x02 The Stakeout
After discovering marijuana being grown in the pit, Leslie becomes determined to find out whose crop she had stumbled across.
Sep. 24, 2009
Parks and Recreation Beauty Pageant 2x03 Beauty Pageant
Leslie find herself on the judging panel of the Miss Pawnee Beauty Pageant, but has severe differences of opinion with the other panelists when it comes to selecting a winner.
Oct. 01, 2009
Parks and Recreation The Practice Date 2x04 The Practice Date
Ann helps Leslie work through her nervousness over her first date with Dave while the folks in the P&R office try to dig up dirt on each other.
Oct. 08, 2009
Parks and Recreation Sister City 2x05 Sister City
Leslie welcomes the Parks and Recreation department from Pawnee's sister city, Boraqua, Venezuela, and is stunned by the cultural differences.
Oct. 15, 2009
Parks and Recreation Kaboom 2x06 Kaboom
Insipred by the idea of "National Service Week", Leslie and the Parks Department volunteer to help build a playground alongside a community group called "KaBOOM".
Oct. 22, 2009
Parks and Recreation Greg Pikitis 2x07 Greg Pikitis
Dave and Andy are asked by Leslie to help her catch a teenage vandal. Elsewhere, Ann makes plans to throw a Halloween party.
Oct. 29, 2009
Parks and Recreation Ron and Tammy 2x08 Ron and Tammy
Leslie is stunned to find out that Ron's ex-wife, Tammy, wants to appropriate Leslie's now-filled pit for the town library.
Nov. 05, 2009
Parks and Recreation The Camel 2x09 The Camel
Leslie and the Park & Recreation crew try to come up with a new mural after one the older ones had been vandalized.
Nov. 12, 2009
Parks and Recreation Hunting Trip 2x10 Hunting Trip
Leslie invites herself on Ron's annual hunting trip to prove that she can be "one of the guys."
Nov. 19, 2009
Parks and Recreation Tom's Divorce 2x11 Tom's Divorce
Ron sends Leslie up to the DMV and she happens to see Tom and Wendy at divorce court. Leslie enlists the help of everyone in the department to take Tom out on the town so he can forget ...
Dec. 03, 2009
Parks and Recreation Christmas Scandal 2x12 Christmas Scandal
Leslie designs the Pawnee Winter Wonderland Festival, but has to hide from the press when a meeting with a disgraced Councilman lands her in the middle of a sex scandal. Meanwhile, ...
Dec. 10, 2009
Parks and Recreation The Set-Up 2x13 The Set-Up
Ann sets Leslie up on a blind date with a co-worker (Guest Star Will Arnett), which does not go as well as Leslie hoped. An old friend of Ann's (guest star Justin Theroux) makes Mark ...
Dec. 17, 2009
Parks and Recreation Leslie's House 2x14 Leslie's House
QuantcastAfter an amazing date with Justin (guest star Justin Theroux) in Indianapolis, Leslie tries to impress him with a dinner party at her house
Jan. 21, 2010
Parks and Recreation Sweetums 2x15 Sweetums
The Parks Department forms a partnership with a local company to sell energy bars at the parks in Pawnee, but Leslie tries to stop the deal when she discovers how unhealthy the snacks ...
Feb. 04, 2010
Parks and Recreation Galentine's Day 2x16 Galentine's Day
Leslie and Justin try to track down one of Leslie's mom's old boyfriends for Valentine's Day.
Feb. 11, 2010
Parks and Recreation Woman of the Year 2x17 Woman of the Year
Leslie is outraged when Ron wins a "Woman of the Year" award for a project she started. Meanwhile, Tom is desperate to find some money to invest in a local Pawnee club, The Snakehole ...
Mar. 04, 2010
Parks and Recreation The Possum 2x18 The Possum
When a possum bites the mayor's dog on a golf course, Leslie is asked to form a task force to catch the pesky animal. Meanwhile, Ron is upset when Mark refuses to bend the rules for ...
Mar. 11, 2010
Parks and Recreation Park Safety 2x19 Park Safety
After Jerry is mugged by a bunch of kids in the park, Leslie tries to improve public safety.
Mar. 18, 2010
Parks and Recreation Summer Catalog 2x20 Summer Catalog
Preparing the Summer Events Catalog, Leslie decides to take Ron and the past directors of the Parks Department out for a picnic lunch. Tom enlists the help of Ann (Rashida Jones) and ...
Mar. 25, 2010
Parks and Recreation 94 Meetings 2x21 94 Meetings
Ron is furious when April mistakenly schedules a ton of meetings for him. Meanwhile, Leslie fights to preserve a historical landmark.
Apr. 29, 2010
Parks and Recreation Telethon 2x22 Telethon
Leslie hosts a late-night shift for a local telethon, and lands former Indiana Pacer Detlef Schrempf as a celebrity guest. Meanwhile, Mark has big plans for his relationship with A ...
May. 06, 2010
Parks and Recreation The Master Plan 2x23 The Master Plan
Leslie is disappointed when her new park plans are put on hold by a visit from two state auditors. April has plans for Andy at her birthday party, and Ann tries to piece together a ...
May. 13, 2010
Parks and Recreation Freddy Spaghetti 2x24 Freddy Spaghetti
When Ben prevents Leslie from holding a children’s concert, she takes matters into her own hands. Mark makes some big decisions about his life, and Andy gets some unexpected romantic ...
May. 20, 2010
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Season 2 Characters

Leslie Knope played by Amy Poehler
Ann Perkins played by Rashida Jones
Mark Brendanawicz played by Paul Schneider (IV)
Tom Haverford played by Aziz Ansari
Ron Swanson played by Nick Offerman
April Ludgate played by Aubrey Plaza
Andy Dwyer played by Chris Pratt
Jerry Gergich played by Jim O'Heir
Donna Meagle played by Retta
Wendy Haverford played by Jama Williamson
Dave Sanderson played by Louis C.K.
Derek played by Blake Lee
Paul Iaresco played by Phil Reeves
Kyle played by Andy Forrest
Ben played by Josh Duvendeck
Justin Anderson played by Justin Theroux
Joan Callamezzo played by Mo Collins
Perd Hapley played by Jay Jackson (VI)
Jean-Ralphio played by Ben Schwartz (III)
Bass Player played by Alan Yang
Drummer played by Mark Rivers
Shauna Malwae-Tweep played by Alison Becker
Freddy played by Andy Milder

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Season 2 Videos

Ka-Screwed
Ka-Screwed (00:54)

Gateway Drug
Gateway Drug (01:45)

Make Your Face Better
Make Your Face Better (00:58)

Shoot Me
Shoot Me (01:06)

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Season 2 Quotes

02x03 - Beauty Pageant Season 2 / Episode 3: - Beauty Pageant

April Ludgate: Um, this is an impression of my sister. Hi, I'm Natalie. I love Ritalin and have low self-esteem.
02x02 - The Stakeout Season 2 / Episode 2: - The Stakeout

Ann Perkins: I just wanna check one last time that you're okay about this date with Mark. [Pours coffee for Leslie, who is putting chocolate syrup in her cup at the same time]
Leslie Knope: Oh my God, I am so fine with it, Ann, seriously. It's so fine! As long as you and I are cool. You know my code: hoes before bros. Uteruses before duderuses. [Leslie puts whipped cream atop her coffee]
Ann Perkins: Got it.
Leslie Knope: Ovaries before brovaries. [Eats whipped cream] You make such good coffee.
Ann Perkins: Look, I know you're saying you're okay with it, but I've been in this position before, and I had a friend who dated an ex, and I said I was okay, but I wasn't actually. It was kind of weird.
Leslie Knope: The thing is, Mark isn't my ex. You know, we slept together six years ago. Anyway, I 'm over it. Or am I? Just kidding.
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Season 2 Trivia

  • Episode 24 - Goof (continuity error): When Chris Traeger is jogging through the hospital and runs into Ann, he takes off his ear buds and puts them around his neck onto his shoulders. In the next shot, his ear buds are completely off his shoulders and neck, hanging off his neck strap on his back.
  • Episode 08 - Ron's ex-wife Tammy is played by Megan Mullally who happens to be 'Nick Offerman''s wife in real life.
  • Episode 05 - Goof (factual errors): The uniforms that the Venezuelans wear are US Army uniforms with US Military medals and badges arranged randomly.
  • Episode 13 - Goof (continuity error): When the parks department are celebrating April's appointment as Ron's assistant they are drinking champagne, except for April who appears to have coke in her champagne glass. For one shot however, April's glass has champagne in it, before returning to coke for the next and sub
  • Episode 18 - Nick Offerman, who plays Ron Swanson, has a woodworking business on the side of his acting career. Offerman's real woodshop was dressed up and used as Ron's fictional woodshop.

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