0:00:02 > 0:00:04Here's a good example of a plant that you can't eat.
0:00:04 > 0:00:07So, two things. One, it's poisonous. And two, it would hurt.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09'The Parks Department has so many programmes.'
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Jerry's in charge of our pre-teen nature hikes.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14For a while, it was a teenage nature hike,
0:00:14 > 0:00:17but then we changed it because a girl got pregnant.
0:00:17 > 0:00:21Look what we have here, country honeysuckle, Pawnee-style.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23- Yeah, take a look at that.- Wow.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25It's pretty and it smells good.
0:00:25 > 0:00:26Mmm. Smells great.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29- Yeah, it's really nice. - Mmm.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32- That's bitter. - Leslie, you don't eat it.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35- Oh! Why did you let me eat that? - I never told you to eat that.
0:00:35 > 0:00:36Oh! God.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Leslie, the animals know you don't eat the country honeysuckle.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42- My tongue is swelling up. - No, don't touch it! OK, now you'll have to throw that away.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44- Let's not scare the kids. - OK.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46- All right. - Well, there we go then.
0:00:46 > 0:00:47Let's see what else is here.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51But I have to say, there's a very sweet aftertaste though.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23So I have a piece of good news.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25I've invited a reporter to come do an article
0:01:25 > 0:01:27about the pit behind your house.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29She writes for the Pawnee Journal,
0:01:29 > 0:01:32which is kind of like our town's Washington Post.
0:01:34 > 0:01:35That sounds really good.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Thank you, Ann. It is a classic strategy.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42The press is a weapon and you can use it to kill people or to feed people.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44You know, the beginning of projects are very vulnerable,
0:01:44 > 0:01:47and you have to make sure that you get a lot of press,
0:01:47 > 0:01:50the momentum of that can kind of keep it alive, or else it'll die.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53I'm sure you remember the Tucker Park Graffiti Removal Project.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57The Tucker Park Graffiti Removal Project was a great idea
0:01:57 > 0:01:59that just ran out of steam.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02We had removed five cartoon penises, not even 10%,
0:02:02 > 0:02:05when we were shut down due to lack of funding.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08To this day, I am haunted by those remaining penises.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11One penis in particular.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Now, when the reporter gets here,
0:02:13 > 0:02:15it is vital that we all follow my rules
0:02:15 > 0:02:17about how to deal with the media.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Rule number one, stay on message. This is key.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23All we need to talk about is the pit,
0:02:23 > 0:02:26and the fact that we're going to turn it into a park.
0:02:26 > 0:02:27And that's it. OK?
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Number two...
0:02:29 > 0:02:31What? Stay on message again?
0:02:31 > 0:02:32Yes, it's that important.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36It's one and two. Stay on message and stay on message. Right?
0:02:36 > 0:02:38- Stay on what, Ann? - Message.- Great.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41'Leslie formed a committee to fill the pit in a week,'
0:02:41 > 0:02:43which is really impressive.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46I mean, until now, my only experience with government
0:02:46 > 0:02:48was trying to get a recycling bin.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Wait. Did I ever get it?
0:02:52 > 0:02:53- Bye, Leslie.- Bye, Ann.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56- Hey, Mark? - Yeah.
0:02:58 > 0:02:59Buy you a cup of coffee?
0:03:01 > 0:03:07This is JJ's Diner, the unofficial meeting place of Pawnee's political elite.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10The people who eat here basically run this town.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12So, listen, I was hoping maybe I could pick your brain
0:03:12 > 0:03:15about how to deal with the media. It's my first interview.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18What about that thing you did for the middle school newspaper last year?
0:03:18 > 0:03:21Oh. No. I don't count that. That was a smear job.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24So I put together some discussion topics. Can I run them by you?
0:03:24 > 0:03:26OK.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29What do you think her opening gambit is going to be?
0:03:29 > 0:03:30What will she ask me first?
0:03:30 > 0:03:34- How you spell your name. - Of course.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37- Because of the silent "K." You're so smart.- Yeah.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39OK, now should I give her a tour of the building...
0:03:39 > 0:03:41How many discussion questions do you have there?
0:03:41 > 0:03:42Um... Thirty.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Wow!
0:03:44 > 0:03:47- You're insane. - You're insane.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50SHE LAUGHS
0:03:50 > 0:03:52'Mark and I made love once.'
0:03:53 > 0:03:54And it was very intense.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Hi, I'm looking for Leslie Knope.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01- OK. - LESLIE:- Oh!
0:04:01 > 0:04:04- My ears are ringing. Hi.- Hi.
0:04:04 > 0:04:05- I'm Leslie Knope. - Hi.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08I'm the deputy director of Parks and Recreation.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10- Shauna.- Malwae-Tweep. Yes, I am familiar with your work.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12I've read everything you've ever written.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16You did an amazing in-depth article on the raccoon problem here in Pawnee.
0:04:16 > 0:04:17SHE GASPS
0:04:17 > 0:04:21Who left the door open? No! No! No!
0:04:21 > 0:04:25And I agree with you. They are nature's bandits.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Thanks. I was happy with that line.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30So, can I give you a quick tour before we get started?
0:04:30 > 0:04:33I've been here before. A few times.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36- Quick tour? - OK.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39So there are ten murals here in this hallway.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42And this is called "The trial of Chief Wamapo".
0:04:42 > 0:04:45It was painted in 1936 and this is Chief Wamapo
0:04:45 > 0:04:48and he was convicted of crimes against the soldiers.
0:04:48 > 0:04:53I am always amazed at his quiet dignity...
0:04:55 > 0:04:57..right before he's killed by a cannonball.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00I'm surprised no-one's complained about this.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03Oh, tons of people have. Yeah, we get letters every day.
0:05:03 > 0:05:04This is Ron Swanson, our boss.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07Ron, this is the reporter I was telling you about.
0:05:07 > 0:05:08- No comment.- About what?
0:05:08 > 0:05:12Hey, Haverford, maybe one day you'll figure out how to spell a three-letter word.
0:05:12 > 0:05:13- SIGHS:- Come on, Ron.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16I play a lot of online Scrabble with my boss, Ron Swanson,
0:05:16 > 0:05:20and, oh, my God, that guy is the best.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23He beats me every time. He kills me. He's awesome.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25I can't beat him. I should just close my account.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27HE GRUNTS
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Well, Shauna, this is our crack team.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34- Hi, everyone. - Tom Haverford, boy genius. Smooth like milk chocolate.
0:05:34 > 0:05:35That's a weird way to describe me.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37April Ludgate, 19.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41Cool enough to be invited anywhere and chooses to be here.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44And finally, we've got Ann Perkins and Andy Dwyer.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46They're the real heroes of this story.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Ann was the citizen who brought the pit to our attention.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51And Andy is the citizen who fell in it.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Great. It's cool if I record this, right?
0:05:57 > 0:06:02Yeah. Good. That way it's verbatim.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05So, Leslie, you're in charge of the committee.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11I'm sorry. It's actually called a subcommittee, not a committee, so.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14We can do all this on tape.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18Right. Sorry. Sure we can.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20And this is where you meet, generally?
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Really?
0:06:22 > 0:06:26We meet at a bunch of different places. We don't always meet here.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28So I didn't quite know how to answer that.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31OK, why don't I ask the rest of your team some questions
0:06:31 > 0:06:32and then we will come back to you later?
0:06:32 > 0:06:34OK, great. That's a good idea.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36Because these are the real heroes. I'll be in my office.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46So, Andy, tell me about the night you fell into the pit.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Oh. Yeah. That's actually a great story.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51I just finished up a gig with my band Three Skin,
0:06:51 > 0:06:55formerly Four Skin, but our bassist left for personal reasons.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57And I was taking a shortcut home,
0:06:57 > 0:07:00and I thought I saw a toaster lying in the pit.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03And I was like, "Maybe I should get that."
0:07:03 > 0:07:05And I fell in and broke my legs.
0:07:05 > 0:07:06Such a tragedy.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Why would you want a toaster that's lying at the bottom of the pit?
0:07:09 > 0:07:11I don't know. I was pretty wasted.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Wait. You were drunk?
0:07:13 > 0:07:16- Oh, yeah. Totally. You knew that. - I didn't know that, no.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18We gave you anaesthesia at the hospital.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22I was probably not thinking cos I had two broken femurs and I was blackout drunk.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24I can't believe I'm just finding this out right now.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28Like you're perfect. You're on the pill. You drink all the time.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30- You're allowed to do that. - Stay on message.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33Thank you so much for bringing that up in front of a reporter.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Leslie, it's not that bad, right?
0:07:36 > 0:07:40I mean, why don't we just go back in there and talk about the park?
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Oh, Ann. You're so sweet and innocent and pretty.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47The press are like sharks, and you guys just dumped a bucket of chum in the water.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Hey, I just got your 15 texts.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53Mark. Listen, thank you for coming.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57- I tried to stay on message. - Mmm-hmm.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59But then, Ann and Andy sandbagged me.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Andy was drunk when he fell in the pit.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04And it turns out that Ann is on birth-control pills.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06- OK.- Shauna is in the conference room,
0:08:06 > 0:08:09and she's writing a really bad article and it'll destroy us all.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11Please fix it.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14April, let me ask you something.
0:08:14 > 0:08:19Do you think I'm in the top five best-looking Indian guys in Pawnee?
0:08:19 > 0:08:21- No. - Who do you think's got me beat?
0:08:21 > 0:08:23That guy Hashish at City Planning?
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Tommy boy. Let me tell you something, Tom.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28- You suck at Scrabble. - I know. You're destroying me.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32You're worse than my ex-wife, and she's terrible at Scrabble.
0:08:32 > 0:08:33And she's a bitch.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36- Look out, man. I'll get you one of these days. I'm practising.- I doubt that.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Her name is Tammy Swanson and she's a serious bitch.
0:08:39 > 0:08:40KNOCK ON DOOR
0:08:40 > 0:08:43Hey, Leslie. I have to go.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47Let's do the interview tomorrow morning at the pit.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Yeah. Perfect.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Great. I'll have a photographer meet us there.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54- OK. Great. - See you then.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Disaster averted.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58- SHAUNA:- That was easy, right? - MARK: Yeah?
0:08:58 > 0:09:01- SHAUNA:- Can we go in your car? - Absolutely.
0:09:01 > 0:09:02Cos I hate driving.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05There's a beautiful view from over there.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09This is a great place to take a shot. Over there as well, so...
0:09:09 > 0:09:11CAR HORN I think you're fine.
0:09:17 > 0:09:18Hi!
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Hi. Sorry I'm late.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Oh, no problem.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Do you live near Mark?
0:09:25 > 0:09:27No, not at all.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29So he gave you a ride somehow?
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Yeah.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33You know, do you have a pen? Cos I don't...
0:09:33 > 0:09:35No, sorry.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38- Michael, do you have any paper I could borrow? - I might, yeah.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41I don't mean to complain, but I think Shauna is being a little unprofessional.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44She got here 15 minutes late.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46She's wearing the same dress she wore yesterday.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48And she had to get a ride from...
0:09:56 > 0:09:58So how big is this lot?
0:10:01 > 0:10:02- Leslie, how big is... - What?
0:10:02 > 0:10:05- How big is the lot? The lot? - How big is what?
0:10:05 > 0:10:07I don't know. You tell me. How big is the lot?
0:10:07 > 0:10:11A hundred or something. Give or take 100. I don't know.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13- A hundred what? - I don't know, Shauna Malwae-Tweep.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16I don't know. I don't... I guess I don't know anything.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19- Are you OK?- I have to get something from my car.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39- What are you doing? - Kicking Ron's butt at Scrabble.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42- I just played lexicons for a billion points.- No, no, no, no, no.- What?
0:10:42 > 0:10:44I was letting him win, dumbass.
0:10:44 > 0:10:49- Whatever.- Oh. Come on. "Lateral, communal, zonal"?
0:10:49 > 0:10:54You dropped a "Z" in there? April.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56So when did you start at the Parks Department?
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Well, it was a few years ago.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02My mother got me the job.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05I was qualified. It's not like it was nepotism.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09Crap on a stick. OK, technically, yes, it was nepotism.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12But... Oh, my God. No, it wasn't.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Sorry. It's not you. I just...
0:11:14 > 0:11:17- I'm exhausted. I got, like, zero sleep last night.- So...
0:11:17 > 0:11:18SHE SIGHS
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Oh.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29- Hey, Leslie. Hey!- You're home.
0:11:29 > 0:11:30Yeah, I'm home.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33I was doing an interview at the pit, and it was going really well.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36In fact, it was going perfect. But I decided to leave in the middle of it
0:11:36 > 0:11:39cos I figured I nailed it so why push it, right?
0:11:39 > 0:11:42- Yeah.- Can I come in?- Sure, yeah. - Great.- Come on in.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48So how'd it go? She didn't ask about Andy being drunk, did she?
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Oh. No. No, just your kind of standard questions.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53There was one annoying thing.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55She and Mark had sex with each other.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57You're kidding.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59I wish I was, but I'm not. They did it.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03Shauna Malwae-Tweep and Mark Brendanawicz
0:12:03 > 0:12:05had sex with each other last night.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07- Who had sex? - That guy Mark and the reporter.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Called it. I called that.
0:12:10 > 0:12:11- You remember that?- Yeah.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14He did, actually. He totally called that.
0:12:14 > 0:12:15Why do men have to behave like this?
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Why can't they be professionals?
0:12:17 > 0:12:21- Men are dogs.- You know, maybe they really like each other.
0:12:21 > 0:12:22He doesn't like her.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25He was probably thinking with the head of his wiener
0:12:25 > 0:12:27instead of the head of his brain.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30- Oh, God. Andy, come on. - Men do that. It's disgusting.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32Well, I should go talk to him.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36Make sure that he didn't say anything to hurt the project.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38Yeah. Definitely, you should talk to him.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40Yeah. Good idea, Ann.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43- I bet he didn't use a condom. - Andy, God!
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Hello, Mark. May I come into your office?
0:12:46 > 0:12:48I need to speak with you about something very sensitive.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Something's come to my attention that requires your attention.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54It has come to my attention that you had sex with Ms Malwae-Tweep.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56That's personal.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00It's unethical and it's irresponsible for a public servant to have sex
0:13:00 > 0:13:02with a member of the press corps.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Especially when you have sex with someone who is so skanky.
0:13:05 > 0:13:06I mean, have sex with her and...
0:13:06 > 0:13:10I'm going to say something. I don't want you to take it the wrong way.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12But you're being a huge dork.
0:13:17 > 0:13:22Well, I can't allow that kind of behaviour from someone serving on my sub-committee.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Well, then I resign from your sub-committee.
0:13:31 > 0:13:32'Shauna Malwae-Tweep.'
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Hi, this is deputy director of Parks and Recreation...
0:13:34 > 0:13:36- 'Leslie?' Hi.- Yes, hi.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39I accidentally ate an old burrito.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41'What?'
0:13:41 > 0:13:43I was acting strange at the pit
0:13:43 > 0:13:47and the reason is because I had food-poisoning
0:13:47 > 0:13:50from an old burrito.
0:13:50 > 0:13:55So, I was hoping we could have a do-over interview.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Maybe over lunch. I'm buying.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01'Yeah, I guess I'm free. I'm assuming not Mexican.'
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Why?
0:14:03 > 0:14:05'Because of the burrito.'
0:14:05 > 0:14:06- SHE LAUGHS:- Oh!
0:14:06 > 0:14:10Yeah, well, it wasn't a Mexican burrito.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Are you sure that's the best thing for you right now?
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Oh, it's the best thing on the menu.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18So, look, I feel like I may have
0:14:18 > 0:14:20gone a little off message at the pit.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24- Yeah, you seemed a little weird. - Well, I wouldn't say weird.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26It's just, we're trying to turn a dangerous eyesore
0:14:26 > 0:14:28into a beautiful community park
0:14:28 > 0:14:32and a positive article could go a long way towards making that happen.
0:14:32 > 0:14:33Great.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37So what do you think the odds are that this park will actually get made?
0:14:37 > 0:14:40Can I say over 100%?
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Because I would be lying if I said less.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45Wow. You seem a lot more confident than some of the other people I've spoken to.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Can I read you some of these quotes?
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Be my guest.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52"The Sullivan Street pit is always going to be a pit."
0:14:52 > 0:14:56Well, until it turns into a park.
0:14:56 > 0:14:57Yes, I agree.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03"Hey, you should write an article on unicorns,
0:15:03 > 0:15:05"because they're more likely to exist than this park."
0:15:05 > 0:15:08Oh, really? Tell that to a 14-year-old girl.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10"You should write an article on the Pope getting married,
0:15:10 > 0:15:12"because that's more likely to happen than this park."
0:15:12 > 0:15:14There are some countries where the Pope can be married.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16"You should write an article on talking monkeys."
0:15:16 > 0:15:18Really? Have you seen The Wizard of Oz?
0:15:18 > 0:15:20- "..an article about leprechauns." - Leprechauns exist.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23"You should write an article about the sun falling out of the sky."
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Why would you write an article about that? That's...
0:15:26 > 0:15:27This one is just "No."
0:15:27 > 0:15:32"This park is never, ever, ever, ever going to happen."
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Might I ask who said that?
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Mark Brendanawicz.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45KNOCK ON DOOR
0:15:45 > 0:15:47- Yeah.- Hey.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49- Hi.- Can I talk to you for a second?
0:15:49 > 0:15:50Yeah, what's up?
0:15:50 > 0:15:54You and I need to find a way to fix this reporter thing.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56Why is this a big deal to anybody?
0:15:56 > 0:16:01Well, apparently, the reporter is going to print everything you said to her.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03But I didn't say anything to her.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06"The park is never, ever, ever, ever getting built?"
0:16:06 > 0:16:10But that stuff was off the record.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Did you say it was off the record?
0:16:12 > 0:16:14- Do you have to say it's off the record?- Oh, God.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22Hey. Thank you so much for meeting us.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24Sure. Hey, Mark.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28Hey. Uh... I heard that you were going to print some of that stuff
0:16:28 > 0:16:31that I said in private about the park.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33Oh, yeah. My editor loves it.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37We'd appreciate it if you didn't print that stuff cos we're trying to build this park...
0:16:37 > 0:16:40I don't understand. You did say it, right?
0:16:40 > 0:16:43- Technically. - Technically?
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Well, you know,
0:16:45 > 0:16:48you got up because you had to write the article and I said,
0:16:48 > 0:16:49"Come on, stay in bed.
0:16:49 > 0:16:53"That park is never, ever, ever going to get made."
0:16:53 > 0:16:55Right. And then I came back to bed.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58Yeah, but the important part was, "Stay in bed."
0:16:58 > 0:17:01You know, I would've said anything at that point
0:17:01 > 0:17:03if I thought it would have made you stay in bed.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07OK, well, since we're, you know, romantically involved,
0:17:07 > 0:17:09I won't print any of it.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11- That's great. Thank you so much. - You're welcome.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14You know, I wouldn't say romantically involved.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17You know, going forward.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20- Oh, my God.- What?
0:17:25 > 0:17:28Ron Swanson.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Tom.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35Ron, I don't know what to tell you, man. April got on my computer.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39Password was saved. She played a couple of Scrabble words.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41It wasn't me. I don't even know what lexicons are.
0:17:41 > 0:17:42I thought that was a luxury automobile.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46You're the word king. She was probably cheating.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48I knew that couldn't have been you.
0:17:48 > 0:17:49You don't have the vocabulary.
0:17:49 > 0:17:50I know.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52You can't even spell vocabulary.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55Yeah. V-O-G-X...
0:17:55 > 0:17:57Was that right? No.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03We're cool.
0:18:03 > 0:18:08I'm not an idiot. I know Tom has been losing to me on purpose.
0:18:08 > 0:18:09But I like Tom.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11He doesn't do a lot of work around here.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13He shows zero initiative. He's not a team player.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16He's never one to go that extra mile.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Tom is exactly what I'm looking for in a government employee.
0:18:25 > 0:18:26Hey, you busy?
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Well, I'm writing an op-ed piece
0:18:28 > 0:18:31about media ethics for the Pawnee Journal, so, yeah, I'm a little busy.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34I wanted to apologize to you.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38- Really? - Yeah.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47I never should've done anything with that reporter.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Whoa! You nailed Malwae-Tweep? Nice.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Yes, but I'm not going to do it again.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55- It's over. - So she's available.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58I really did think that that stuff that I said was off the record.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01But you were right, and I should've listened to you.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05I tried to get her to pull some of those quotes and things got a little dicey.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08Well, I appreciate you trying.
0:19:08 > 0:19:14Would you like to be reinstated onto our subcommittee?
0:19:14 > 0:19:17- Absolutely.- You'll have my answer within the month.
0:19:17 > 0:19:18Mark, can I ask you a question?
0:19:18 > 0:19:23You didn't really believe it when you said that the park would never get made, right?
0:19:23 > 0:19:24Park's going to get done.
0:19:24 > 0:19:30Welcome back, subcommittee member Mark Brendanawicz.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35- Thanks. - Thank you.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38- Thank you.- Thank you.- Thanks, a lot. - Thank you a lot.
0:19:38 > 0:19:43Man, that dude has stuck it in some crazy chicks.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47Well, the article came out, and it was a mixed bag.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49"An abandoned lot on Sullivan Street
0:19:49 > 0:19:52"has been proposed as the site of a new park." That part's good.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56I think we stayed on message for that part. And then it gets a little unpleasant.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58"Pretty drunk, Ann's on the pill."
0:19:58 > 0:20:00I didn't "throw up," I spit up.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02JJ's Diner gets a nice mention.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Oh, and right here. At the end.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07She writes, and I quote, "We'll see."
0:20:09 > 0:20:12Ends on a hopeful note.