Overview - Parks and Recreation

Overview

In an attempt to beautify her town — and advance her career — Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, takes on bureaucrats, cranky neighbors, and single-issue fanatics whose weapons are lawsuits, the jumble of city codes, and the democratic process she loves so much.

Seasons

• Name: Specials

  Episode: 11

  Date first aired: 2011-11-04

• Name: Season 1

  Episode: 6

  Date first aired: 2009-04-09

• Name: Season 2

  Episode: 24

  Date first aired: 2009-09-17

• Name: Season 3

  Episode: 16

  The third season consisted of several major story arcs, including a complete shutdown of the Pawnee government for budgetary reasons, inspired by the real-life global financial crisis. Other storylines included the parks department's organization of a harvest festival, a romance between Leslie and Ben, and the dating and eventual marriage of Andy Dwyer and April Ludgate.

  Date first aired: 2011-01-20

• Name: Season 4

  Episode: 22

  Date first aired: 2011-09-22

• Name: Season 5

  Episode: 22

  Date first aired: 2012-09-20

• Name: Season 6

  Episode: 20

  Does Pawnee have someone with the intelligence, popularity and political savvy to run for higher office? Knope.

  Date first aired: 2013-09-26

• Name: Season 7

  Episode: 12

  Date first aired: 2015-01-13