Okay, open this one. Here I'll help you.
Whoa! Documents.
Yes.
This is your original intern application,
your original parking pass, this is your original photo ID.
Did you get that out of my purse? Doesn't matter.
And this is a copy of your very first paycheck.
Who's that from?
Me. It's from me.
Happy birthday! Thank you, Leslie.
Open mine. There it is. It's nice.
I mean, it can be a little sappy and sentimental to kind of frame things,
but it's always nice to remember the beginning of something.
You know, the start.
And when you have...
Donna: Oh, geez. Ron.
For god's sake.
Ron: She's an adult now.
She should know how to responsibly handle and discharge a weapon.
That there is a sig sauer .22 caliber mosquito.
Manufactured in Switzerland for their pussy police force.
This two tone, lightweight model is perfect
for a skinny little thing like you.
Gee, thanks, Ron.
I will hold on to this for you until we get you licensed up.
And then I'll take you for some target practice.
Goody.
Yeah. I do feel a little guilty.
I'm re-gifting.
That's great. I'd love to hear all about your family vacation.
Hey. Oh, thank god. Get out, Kyle.
Hello, birthday girl.
Did you like that? Yes.
That high-five was your birthday present.
Just kidding. That wasn't it. I got you something else.
I wrote you a song.
Really? Yeah. Yeah.
What's it called? Not telling.
But I'll give you a clue. It's named after a month out of the year.
So April?
That would have been way better.
Whatever. I can rewrite the lyrics.
Are you coming to my party?
Yeah, I wouldn't miss it for the world. Are you kidding me?
Okay. Okay, cool.
Well, we'll hang out then.
Okay.
It's going to be fun.
Yes, I am 21-years-old today.
Which is the age that pretty much
everyone agrees makes you an adult.
"In the words of the great 19th century outdoorsman Jack London,
"'you can't wait for inspiration.
"You have to go after it with a club.'
"with those words ringing in our ears, we proudly present
"our plans for a new park on municipal lot 48."
That's good. I know.
The yearly budget and planning proposal for a city is called the master plan.
Isn't that just so awesome you can't stand it?
It's mostly filled with boring, bureaucratic language,
so I tried to spice it up a little.
"So, I say the function of man is to live, not to exist.
"I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant Blaze,
"than it should be stifled by dry rot."
You wrote that? Jack London. Again.
Is there too many Jack London quotes?
No, no.
Yeah. I mean, you can never have enough.
That is easily the most exciting budget proposal I've ever heard.
Well, I'm presenting it today.
And if it flies, we are gonna get our money to build the park.
I mean, it only took us 15 months to do this.
I can't believe it.
Itwould've taken 13 months if you'd agreed to work on the weekends,
but still, it's great.
It's amazing.
Well, the meeting's at 10:00.
Come over to my office for champagne after.
I don't think I should do that.
Oh, right.
Mark. Awkward.
Iended things with Mark a couple of days ago.
And I'm not gonna talk about it.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is your final warning.
Do not miss tonight's April ludgate birthday bash.
9:00 pm. At the world-famous snakehole lounge,
the place the Pawnee journal has called
"the sexiest, most dangerous club in town."
That's not what they wrote.
Fine, I added the word "sexiest."
But we've hired better security.
Yes, I am a good friend for throwing the party.
I'm also a genius, because I'm using the occasion to stock
the club with every available hottie I know.
Call me a romantic, but I believe by the end of the night,
I will have between one and four new girlfriends.
I can't believe our little girl's all grown up.
Damn the wheel of the world. Why must it continually turn over?
Yeah. Jack London. Nice.
Okay. Let's go, boss. We have a meeting to goto.
Once a year, every branch of this government meets in a room
and announces what they intend to waste taxpayer money on.
For a libertarian such as myself,
it's philosophically horrifying.
They also really cheap out on the snacks.
"Hydrax" cookies.
Did you know there was an off brand hydrox?
I did not.
They're not bad.
Good morning, everybody. I know you all have your budget presentations ready,
but there's a change of plans.
Due to the crippling gridlock in city council,
we are postponing all planning and spending decisions indefinitely.
Until when? Indefinitely.
And when will that end? Later than now.
So this week, probably?
Look, we are bordering on a full-blown crisis, Leslie.
The state government is sending a team from Indianapolis
to try to solve this budget problem.
"In the event the master plan meeting is cut short,
"in the event I have laryngitis and I can't present the master plan,
"in the event the master plan meeting is moved onto a boat."
Look, I'm prepared for every situation.
Except for the one where there's no master plan.
Just calm down. You don't even know what they're going to do.
Ron, they're state auditors.
They're not gonna come and pat us on the back.
They're here to slash and burn.
Well, I'd be fine with that. This government is diseased.
It's like a big, fat, angry slob
spending money it doesn't have on crap it doesn't need.
"Me want more pointless social programs.
"Yummy, yummy, yum."
That's what government does, Ron. It provides services.
They're gonna try to eliminate everything we do.
We got to fight these guys.
They've been sent by the governor. They outrank everyone.
There's no fight to be had here.
Yeah, you're right. I'm not going to fight them.
Except that I am.
Okay, Leslie, what do we do when we get this angry?
We count backwards from 1,000 by sevens,
and we think of warm brownies.
Go do that in your office.
Go do it in your office.
And we'll wait for these guys to show up.
I'll wait for you to show up.
You don't need to bring anything but your gorgeous body.
And get this. Cover charge is normally $15.
Say my name at the door, it's $13.50.
Hey. Andy!
You coming out tonight, part owner of the club?
Yes, let me ask you a quick question.
What's the youngest a girl can be that if we go out, I'm not a total scumbag?
You know the old rule. Half your age plus seven.
Half my age plus seven. Okay.
Well, I'm 29, so half of29.
Add seven. That's only...
Twenty is...
Twenty-one... twenty-years-old.
Twenty-one... and a half.
Twenty-one-years old and a half.
Yeah.
We got the same thing with the equation on that one.
Here's the thing. What if she's slightly younger?
Can I go out with someone younger than that?
Please, you totally can.
Yeah.
Tom says it's okay.
That probably means it isn't okay.
Thank you for meeting with me again.
I don't even know really what I want to say.
Butlguess uustdontgetfl.
You know, our relationship was so great.
Mark, honestly, it was really nice.
But maybe you thought it was so amazing,
because you've never dated someone for so long before.
Well, but for example, we barely ever fought.
That's not a good sign. You're supposed to fight sometimes.
You're supposed to miss the other person
evenif they're only gone for 20 minutes.
And I just didn't feel that. Did you?
Man, I should have yelled at you way more.
Well, Paul just called. They're on their way.
Oh, god. They're going to fire people, aren't they?
Yeah, I am two years from my pension.
Relax, Jerry. We don't know that.
Maybe these people are very helpful and pleasant.
Hello?
Death!
Divorce filings?
Fourth floor.
Hello, hello. Hey, how are you?
Hello, there.
Chris traeger. This is Ben.
Hello, gents. Ron Swanson.
Ron Swanson.
Okay.
I'm deputy director Leslie knope.
It is fantastic to be here.
Would you gentlemen like a tour?
There is quite literally nothing I would rather have in the world
than a tour of the parks and recreation department of the great city of Pawnee
led by Ron Swanson and Leslie knope.
Okay.
Ben? Idonttmnk that's a great idea.
Let's do it! Great!
Chris is the most positive state budget auditing consuhant
I have ever met.
I mean, I made eye contact with him,
and it was like staring into the sun.
People, we are here from the state budget office from Indianapolis.
What does that mean?
Look, simply we are here to tinker with your budget.
Think of the government as a broken-down carousel.
We're going to slap on a new coat of paint,
we are going to fix that broken speaker system,
and we are going to get those happy kids
back up on the horses where they belong!
Okay? Yeah.
Okay? Okay.
Yeah, that's not bad.
Chris: There it is.
My partner, Ben, is going to stick around for a little bit,
and I will see you all later.
Do you have a second?
I really like your shirt.
So I'd like to talk about where you think
there's waste within your department.
Where do I start? There is none.
What exactly will you be cutting?
And how much of it? And can I watch you do it while eating pork cracklings?
Okay, let's start with personnel.
What can you tell me about Jerry gergich?
He is one of the best people on the planet. He's universally adored here.
If you fired him, there would be a revolt.
Okay, you need to understand that just to keep this town afloat,
we probably have to cut the budget of every department by 40 or 50%. Okay?
Well, but Chris said that you just had to, you know, tinker with things.
Yeah, he said that because that sounds a lot better than
"we're going to gut it with a machete." Okay?
You're a jerk. I'm sorry?
Easy. I'm sorry. These are real people
in a real town, working in a real building, with real feehngs.
This building has feelings?
Maybe. There's a lot of history in this one.
Maybe it does. How can you be so blasé about this?
Because I didn't cause these problems, Ms. Knope.
Your government did.
I'll get what I need from the spreadsheets. Thanks.
What's a not gay way to ask him to go camping with me?
Tom: Jean-ralphio. Looking hot, big t.
Throw them bows
what? Damn, girl, who are you trying to impress?
Just kidding. I know.
Walk away.
Yep, you got it.
Donna. Jean-ralphio.
Yeah.
Got you a birthday shot.
Thanks, but now that it's legal, I've kind of lost interest.
Suit yourself.
I guess our awesome new park is on hold.
You have any idea what they're going to cut?
Nope.
You know what? You shouldn't wait around.
You should come up with your own budget plan and just control your own destiny.
Yeah. I just don't know if I can play god like that.
Angry, vengeful god who just fires Jerry for no reason.
You'd fire Jerry? Not necessarily.
I don't know. It's just been a really crappy day.
Where were you earlier when I called?
Talking to Mark. Again?
Yeah. It has been a rough week.
You want to get super drunk? I really do.
Yeah. Where's our lady? Hey!
Hey.
I hope you all know I was instrumental
in getting Trish crowned miss Pawnee.
What was your talent again?
Oh, yeah. Looking amazing.
Hey, ladies, is there anything you desire at all, besides me?
So funny. You are so funny!
I'm serious, though. Are you into me?
What?
Chug that, bitch!
Rules are rules.
No, Ann, listen to me. Listen to me, Ann.
I know I had a master plan and it all blew up in my face,
but you... you came into a town hall meeting, and we met
and we became friends, and that is awesome.
It is so awesome. You are so awesome.
I love you. I love you, too.
But I need more beer. I'm gonna get you more beer.
Best friends of ever.
Hey, April.
Oh, my gosh. You look amazing.
Let me see you. No.
Give me a twirl. No.
This is beautiful.
Don't look at me.
No, look at me.
Happy birthday.
Thank you.
Can I get you a drink? Or wait.
Yeah, I can swing it. Can I get you a drink?
Whiskey. Neat.
Wow. You're not messing around.
No. I'm not.
Barkeep.
Andy dwyer! It's so awesome to see you.
Hey, you, too. How are you?
Let me ask you a question. Was I a good girlfriend?
Ann, you were an awesome girlfriend.
Yeah. Really?
I mean, I was the screw-up.
Yeah, you were.
We had a good relationship, right?
God, I think so. I mean, we fought a lot.
I know. I know. I know that. Let me ask you something.
I'm hot.
Is that a question?
When we were together... I can't see.
When we were together. Yes.
Were there times that you were like,
"if I don't see Ann in, like, 10 seconds, I'm going to die"?
Yes, all the time.
I loved Andy. Loved him. Loved Andy.
He was a totally helpless baby when we met.
I dated him for three years. Now, he's an adult with a job.
And some other girl is going to reap the rewards of my hard work?
That's bull.
And I'm reading this, and I'm like,
"how could they hurt those gorillas like that?"
They're such gentle, magnificent creatures, you know?
I'm an animal lover. I don't know.
Hey, I want you to keep this bottle cap.
So you always remember me and the first time we met.
Classic game. Plant the seed.
Harvest, like, a half hour later.
Here you go. Sorry that took forever. God.
Hey, baby, you miss me? Because I missed you.
Look at this. Jean-ralphio. Hey.
Hey. Andy.
Andy. That's an all right name. That's an all right name.
Thank you. Yeah.
Are you guys... are you guys hanging out together?
Yeah, maybe. Yep.
You know, he asked me out so many times. I guess he wore me down.
I'm very persistent.
Come over here. Come over here.
Icanhearyou icanhearyou comeon
one time, I waited outside a woman's house for five days
just to show her how serious I was about wanting to drill her.
Turns out it was the wrong house.
She loved the story, anyway. We got to third base. Over the pants.
That's so cute. Yeah, super cute.
Wow. Right?
Do you want a Remy Martin?
Probably good. Okay, I'll get you one.
Two rémy Martins! Here we go!
You can have my Remy Martin for your birthday.
I thought she liked me.
I guess I'm super bad at picking up signals.
That Ralph macchio guy is a total douche.
Did I give you a bottle cap?
Excuse me, did I give you a bottle cap? What?
Did I give any of you guys a bottle cap?
You sure?
Who the Did I give a bottle cap to?
This party sucks. Let's get out of here.
It's my birthday party.
It is? Yes.
I'm sorry, boo.
I'm not saying we're the best band in the universe,
but we are, I would say, honestly, the best band in the world.
I should write an article about you, another article about you.
Yeah. Okay. Hey, can I buy you a drink?
Sure. Yeah?
Do you have a tab I could put it on? Wait, how old are you?
Twenty-five.
Mark brendanawicz. Hey.
What's 25 divided by two, plus seven?
Nineteen and a half.
I'm older than that. We're good to go.
Hey, this my dear friend Mark brendanawicz.
We've actually met.
Yeah. You guys totally slept together.
I'll take that drink.
So, you're with Andy now?
No, it makes sense.
It's been a great week.
You know what's thirsty? What?
You know what's weird? How thirsty I get when I'm weird.
When I'm drunk.
Ben, thejerk, is here.
Who are? Thatone.
The one coming over here. Get ready.
Okay, Leslie, be professional.
Ben: Hi. Hello, Ben.
Look, I kind of feel like we got off on the wrong foot.
So I just wanted to stop by and...
Yeah. Well, save your breath. Okay?
Just get out of here.
Because this is a party with my friends,
and you're trying to fire all my friends.
Plus, I just talked to everybody in this bar, and nobody wants you here.
That must've taken a while.
Yeah, it did.
You're a cold, callous person,
and you wanna kill people with machetes.
And Ann is right.
I should just make my own plan so that you can't hurt us.
And that's what I'm gonna do.
Okay. Then I'll just see you tomorrow.
Sorry to bother you.
Get out of here.
Ann: Leslie?
That was so professional. I'm so proud of you.
Thank you.
You have to help me. Ow.
I know. Me, too.
But you have to help me.
I think I may have made out with someone last night.
Oh, no. Who?
I don't remember. I don't even know if it happened.
I just had this feeling when I woke up this morning
like I definitely kissed somebody.
Jerry: Hey, Ann.
Wow, that was a crazy night last night.
Yeah, crazy.
I mean, I left at 11:15, and you were still raging pretty hard.
I was. I was.
Yeah. Good.
So it's not Jerry.
Help me.
I'll keep my ear to the ground.
Knope! My office!
Ann: That's loud.
Why the yelling?
Have a good night last night?
Not really.
Did you enjoy your second loud conversation with Ben?
The state auditor who holds your very fate in his hands like a tiny bird.
You know what? He deserved it.
He's cold and unfeeling and I yelled at him. So what?
Believe me, I want this government out to the bone.
But I can't have you getting yourself fired
becausethen I'll have to do stuff.
Go apologize.
No! I don't have anything to apologize for. All I did was express myself.
Forcefully. Drunkenly.
And I spit on him a little bit. Okay, I'll go apologize.
Leshe, leshe. Welcome, welcome, welcome.
Wow. You have a lot of bottles there.
Yeah. Would you like a vitamin? B-12?
Evening primrose oil? Willow bark? Magnesium?
No, thank you.
You sure? Really good for hangovers.
Okay, I'll take one.
I take care of my body above all else.
Diet, exercise, supplements, and positive thinking.
Scientists believe that the first human being
who will live 150 years has already been born.
I believe I am that human being.
So what brings you here so early?
I'm here to speak to Ben, actually.
Great. I'm gonna listen to some ocean sounds and do some chin-ups.
So I'd like to apologize for yesterday.
Don't worry about it.
No, what I did was out of line. Twice.
And I was worked up,
because obviously, you represent a threat to my department.
Your city council and your mayor are the threats to your department.
We didn't do anything to get you into this situation, okay?
Okay. Look, Ben, I don't appreciate your callous attitude, okay?
Really? Yeah, really.
Okay.
You may hold my fate in your hands like a small bird,
but I still think you're an ass.
You want to get a beer?
It's like 10:30 inthernonflng. Yeah.
And you seem like you could use a beer. Let's get a beer.
Well...
Oh, oh, oh. Don't keep him too long.
I need someone to be here when I take my multivitamin.
There's a choking hazard.
Ben: Okay, can we go?
Oh, my god.
You don't remember anything that happened last night, do you?
Wow.
Foronce, it's Ann who blacked out drunk and not Andy.
Okay. Oh, mygosh
that's really dangerous.
Please tell me.
This is going to be so fun
letting you dangle until I finally reveal that we did not make out.
Oh
Damn it.
Good. See you.
All right.
Hey, I need to settle my bill from last night.
Tom Haverford.
Okay.
Wow. You had 47 drinks last night?
Ten cosmos, eight smirnoff ices,
and everything else starts with the word pomegranate.
Was it your bachelorette party?
No, I invited a bunch of girls here last night,
and they all put drinks on my tab.
And then I went home alone. I'm not sure what happened.
You invited a bunch of girls here,
and then you tried to hit on all of them.
Fair enough.
I mean, what were you expecting was gonna happen, a 43-way?
That would have been a little out of control. But awesome.
Yeah, the problem is I only have 15 penises, so...
There would have been 28 girls that were really upset with me.
Yeah.
All right, well, thanks.
Hey, would you wanna get a drink tomorrow night?
Does it have to be here?
Then, sure. I'm Lucy. Let me give you my phone number.
So, I don't know what you were thinking.
Just now? Nothing.
Well, I had a great time last night.
So, are you free this weekend?
Shauna, look, I think you are a super cute person.
And your newspaper articles are so cool
and they're probably very accurate.
But I don't think that we should go out romantically.
Why not?
Well, honestly,
because there's already a girl that I like.
And we kind of have a long back story, a history.
And I like her.
Okay. Well, good luck.
I can't even land the shoeshine guy.
Wow, that tastes really good.
How's your head?
Mushy.
I'm sorry that I yelled at you. All three times.
But I don't think you know anything about my department.
Have you ever been part of a government body before?
I have, yeah. Small town called partridge, Minnesota.
Why does that sound familiar?
You're Benji Wyatt?
I am.
When I was 18, I ran for mayor of my small town.
And won.
A little bit of anti-establishment voter rebellion, I guess.
Here's the thing, though, about 18 year-olds. They're idiots.
So I pretty much ran the place
into the ground after two months and got impeached.
The worst part was my parents grounded me.
Oh, my god. You were so cute.
Well, thank you.
What was that song you played at the swearing-in ceremony?
Whoomp! Yes.
That's what it was. Yeah.
God, I was so jealous of you.
You shouldn't have been. I mean, it ended up kind of ruining my life.
And now, I'm balancing budgets
so I can show people I'm responsible.
So I can run for office again someday
and not be laughed at, you know.
I mean, you want to run for office someday, right?
Yeah. How did you know?
Well, you have to be able to make decisions like this, Leslie.
You have to be harsh, you know?
No one's going to elect you to do anything
if you don't show that you're a responsible grown-up.
Yeah.
Oh, no. Please, Mr. Mayor, let me.
Whoomp there it is
okay.
Mmm.
Everything okay?
Mmm.
Leslie: You ready? Yeah.
Hey, Ron, did we make out last night?
Good god, woman. No.
Okay. Well, that's it. That's all the men that I know.
You guys just knocked it completely out of the park.
And I appreciate it, and we will see you later.
Hey, Ann Perkins.
Hey, well... hey.
April's party? April's party?
Yeah. Hey, man. How's it going?
Hey. Yeah, Tom.
Hey. Come here.
There's no reason not to love him, but I didn't.
Highway to the danger zone
I've called you a cab.
You know, I just...
Okay, let's get you in the cab. Come on.
Boo.
Fancy this.
Listen, I have meetings all day, but I'd love to chat with you.
Can I call you?
You have my phone number?
No, you couldn't remember your phone number, but you gave me your phone.
Terrific. That's great. We'll talk later.
Okay.
Danger zone
come on, guys.
We'll talk later. Yeah.
We should have a meeting, too, about things that happen...
This suggested plan reduces our overall budget by 35%.
And it contains very practical, deep cuts in many of our services.
Wow, Leslie. This is amazing.
But it's moot.
Our investigation has revealed
that things in Pawnee are much worse than we anticipated.
Meaning what?
Well, effective tomorrow morning,
the entire government will be shut down until further notice.
I'm sorry. I just started hearing really loud circus music in my head.
What did you say?
November, you're so beautiful
November, you're so serene
walk among your clouds and see
that you and me were meant to be
November, your bangs are cute
November, your voice is a flute
November, let's pretend the sky is for us
let's spread our wings and fly on a date
I want to go on a date with you, November
that song is about April.