S1.E5

The Banquet

Name: The Banquet
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2009-05-07
Duration: 21 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Amy Poehler, Rashida Jones, Paul Schneider

Episode aired May 7, 2009
TV-PG
21m

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

3.2K

YOUR RATING

Amy Poehler and Pamela Reed in Parks and Recreation (2009)

Comedy

At a banquet honouring her mother, Leslie tries to convince a local zoning official to support her park project. But sensing resistance, Lesie resorts to blackmail. Meanwhile, Tom and Mark d... Read allAt a banquet honouring her mother, Leslie tries to convince a local zoning official to support her park project. But sensing resistance, Lesie resorts to blackmail. Meanwhile, Tom and Mark ditch the festivities to hit the bars.At a banquet honouring her mother, Leslie tries to convince a local zoning official to support her park project. But sensing resistance, Lesie resorts to blackmail. Meanwhile, Tom and Mark ditch the festivities to hit the bars.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

3.2K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Ron Swanson's nickname for Leslie Knope's mother, Marlene Griggs-Knope, is The Iron Cock-Shredder of Pawnee. The name is bleeped out but you can read Ron's lips.

Quotes
Ann Perkins: This... is my evening. I'm Leslie's trophy wife.

Soundtracks
Parks and Recreation Main Theme
Composed by Gaby Moreno and Vincent Jones

User reviews3

Review

Featured review

7/10

The show is getting better and better with every episode

The show is finally doing what it needed to do, it's picking up, making every character quite likable, and having sub-plots other than the park being built on the lot where the pit is. The first few episodes only focused on that one thing, and I think it is what brought them down.

Not as funny as the previous episodes, but it is on about the same level. I would give this a six and a half, but you can not give half points on IMDB, so I have given this episode a seven.

Had some very great moments, and it was quite an enjoyable episode. The overall pacing of the show is getting a whole lot better, and it is starting to get good. It is becoming even more worthwhile and enjoyable.