"The place the Pawnee general 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." "Oh, that's great." "I'd love to hear all about your family vacations." " Hey." " Oh, thank God." "Get out, Kyle." "Hello, birthday girl." "Got you a birthday present." " Really?" " Yeah." "I, uh, I wrote you a song." "Score." "What's it called?" "I'm not telling, but I'll give you a clue." "It's named after a month out of the year." "So April?" "No." "That would have been way better." "Um..." "Well, whatever." "I can rewrite the lyrics." "Um, are you coming to my party?" "Yeah, I wouldn't miss it for the world." "Are you kidding me?" " Okay, cool." " Okay." "Um, well, we'll hang out then." "Okay." "It's gonna be fun." "Yes, I am 21 years old today." "Which is the age that pretty much everyone agrees" "Makes you an adult." "[triumphant music]" "♪ ♪" "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?" "Oh, I shall now reveal to you my master plan." "Mwah-ha-ha-ha" "Ee-ah-ah-ah-ah... [groans]" "Kind of sounded like a chimp there at the end." "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 counsel," "We are postponing" "All planning and spending decisions indefinitely." "Um, 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." "Just calm down." "You don't even know what they're gonna do." "Ron, they're state auditors." "They're here to slash and burn." "We gotta 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 gonna 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." "Andy!" "You coming out tonight, part owner of the club?" "Uh, yes." "Let me ask you a quick question." "What's the youngest a girl can be" "That if, uh, we go out, I'm not a total scumbag?" "You know the old rule." "Half your age, plus seven." "Half my age plus seven." "Oh, okay." "Well, I'm 29 so half of... 29..." "Add seven," "That's only 20..." "Is-  21-  20 years old." " 21." " And a half." "21 years old and a half." " Yup." " Yup." "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 wanna say." "But I guess I just don't get it." "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" "Even if they're only gone for 20 minutes." "And I just didn't feel that." "Did you?" "Man, I, uh..." "I should have yelled at you way more." "Well, Paul just called." "They're on their way." "Oh, God, they're gonna 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." " Ha!" "Death!" " Divorce filings?" " Fourth floor." " Hello, hello?" " Oh." "Hey." "How are you?" "Hello there." "Hi." "Chris Traeger." "This is Ben." "Hello, gents." "Ron Swanson." "Ron..." "Swanson." "Okay." "I'm deputy director, Leslie Knope." "Leslie..." "Knope." "It is fantastic to be here." "Would you gentlemen like a tour?" "Oh, 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?" "I don't think that's a great idea." " Let's do it." " Okay." "Chris is the most positive state budget" "Auditing consultant I've 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." "Ooh!" "What does that mean?" "Well, simply, we are here to tinker with your budget." "Think of the government as a broken down carousel." "We're gonna slap on a new coat of paint," "We're gonna fix that broken speaker system," "And we are gonna get those happy kids" "Back up on the horses where they belong!" "Okay?" "Yeah." "Okay?" "[all exclaim in agreement]" "There it is." "My, uh, partner Ben is gonna stick around for a little bit." "And I will see you all later." "Adios." "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." "[both snorting]" " There is none." " Where do I start?" "What exactly will you be cutting?" "And how much of it," "And can I watch you doing it while eating pork cracklins?" "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?" " [Laughs violently]" " 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 feelings." "This building has feelings?" "Maybe." "There's a lot of history in this one, maybe it does." "How can you be so blase about it?" "Because I didn't cause these problems, miss 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?" " John-Ralphio." " Lookin' hot, big t." "Both: ♪ throw them bones ♪" "What?" "Damn, girl, who you tryin' to impress?" "Just kidding, I know." " Walk away." " Yep, you got it." "Got your birthday shot." "Oh, thanks." "But now that it's legal, I've kind of lost interest." "Suit yourself." "I guess our awesome new park is on hold." "Do you have any idea what they're gonna cut?" "No." "I don't know, this has been a really crappy day." "Where were you earlier when I called?" "Talking to mark." " Again?" " Yeah." " You wanna 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." "[feigns laughter]" "Hey, ladies." "Is there anything you desire at all besides me?" "[girls laugh]" "So funny." "You are so funny." " I--I'm serious, though." "Um, are you into me?" "What?" "[hip-hop music]" " Oh!" " [Laughs loudly]" "Chug that bitch!" "Oh, rules are rules." "♪ ♪" "Hey." "April." "Oh, my gosh." "You look amazing." " Oh." " Let me see." " No." " Do a twirl." " No." " This is beautiful." "No, don't look at me." "No, look." "Look at me." "Happy Birthday." "Thank you." "Uh, 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 is 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." " Really?" " Yeah." " Aw." " Yeah." "I mean, I was the screwup." "Yeah, you were." "[laughs nervously]" "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." " Mm-hmm." " I'm hot." "Is that a question?" " Um, when we were together-- I can't see." "Here." " When we were together" " Yes." "Were there times that you were like," ""if I don't see Ann in, like, ten seconds," "I'm gonna 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 gonna reap the rewards" "Of my hard work?" "That's bull[bleep]." "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, um, want you to keep this bottlecap." "So you'll 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?" "'cause I missed you." "Oh, look at this." "John-Ralphio." "Oh, 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, uh, maybe." "You know, he asked me out so many times." "I guess he wore me down." "[chuckles] I'm very persistent." "Come over here." "Come over here." " I can hear you." "I can" " Come over here." "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 Remy 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." "But that Ralph Macchio guy's a total douche." "Did I give you a bottlecap?" "Excuse me." "Did I give you a bottlecap?" " What?" " Ugh!" "Did I give any of you guys a bottlecap?" "You sure?" "Who the [bleep] did I give a bottlecap to?" "♪ fast money, fast cars ♪" "♪ fast women ♪ ♪ That's how I'm livin' ♪" "♪ fast money, fast cars ♪" "♪ fast women ♪ ♪ That's how I'm livin' ♪" "This party sucks." "Let's get out of here." " It's my birthday party." " It is?" " Yes." " I'm sorry, boo." " You know what's thirsty?" " What?" "You know what's weird?" "How thirsty I get when I'm weird." " Mm-hmm." " When I'm drunk." "Ben the jerk is here." " Who are?" " That one." "The one coming over here." "Get ready." "Okay, Leslie, be professional." "Hi." "Hello, Ben." "Um, look, uh," "I kind of feel like we got off on the wrong foot." "G" "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." " I" " Plus I just talked to everybody in this bar" "And nobody wants you here." " Um, okay, then I'll-- I'll just see you tomorrow." " Mm-hmm." " Sorry to bother you." "Get out of here." "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." "[laughs] 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." " No" " Hey." "Ann." "Hmm." "Oh, that was a crazy night last night." "[chuckles]" "Yeah, crazy." "I mean, I left at 11:15" "And you were still raging pretty hard." "Oh, I was." "I was." "[laughs] good." "Yeah." "So it's not Jerry." "Help me." "I'll keep an ear to the ground." "But right now, I have to go swallow my pride." "Mm, mm." "Leslie, Leslie." "Welcome, welcome, welcome." "Hi, you have a lot of bottles there." "Oh, yeah, would you like a vitamin?" "B12?" "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, 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 so some chin-ups." "So I'd like to apologize for yesterday." "Don't worry about it." "Now what I did was out of line." "Twice." "And I was worked up because obviously," "You represent a threat to my department." "Your city counsel 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 wanna get a beer?" "It's, like, 10:30 in the morning." "Yeah." "You seem like you could use a beer." "Let's get a beer." " Well" " Oh, 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." "Okay, can we go?" "Oh, my God." "You don't remember anything" "That happened last night, do you?" " No." " Wow." "For once, it's Ann who blacked out drunk" "And not Andy." " Okay." " Oh, my gosh." "This is-- 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, [bleep]." "Damn it." "Good." "See ya." "All right." "Hey, I need to settle my bill from last night." "Tom Haverford." "Okay." "[clears throat]" "Wow, you had 47 drinks last night?" "Ten cosmos, eight Smirnoff ices," "And everything else starts with the word pomegranate." "Aw." "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 there" "That were really upset with me." "[both chuckle]" "All right, well, thanks." "[clears throat]" "Hey, uh, would you wanna get a drink tomorrow night?" " Does it have to be here?" " No." "Then sure." "I'm Lucy." "Let you give me my phone number." "Mm." "Wow, that tastes really good." "Mm." "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?" "Uh, I have." "Yeah." "In a 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." "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." "Worst part was, my parents grounded me." "Oh, my God, you were so cute." "Oh, well, thank you." "What was that song you played" "At the swearing-in ceremony?" "Whoomp!" "There it is is 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." "I mean, now I'm balancing budgets" "So I can show people I'm responsible." "And so I can run for office again someday" "And not be laughed at, you know?" "I mean, you wanna run for office someday, right?" "Yeah." "How'd you know?" "Well, you have to be able to make decisions" "Like this, Leslie." "You have to be harsh." "You know?" "No one's gonna elect you to do anything" "If you don't show that you're a responsible grown-up." "Yeah." "Well." "Oh, no, please, Mr. Mayor." "Let me." "♪ whoomp!" "There it is ♪" "Okay." "Mm." "Mm." " Everything okay?" " Hmm?" "Mm." "No." " 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." "[laughs] hey." "Ann Perkins." " Hey." " Hey." "Well." "Uh, April's party?" "April's party?" "Yeah, hey, man." "How's it going?" " Hey." " Hey." "Come here." "There's no reason not to love him," "But I--I didn't." "♪ highway to the danger zone ♪" "I'm calling you a cab." " You know what, I just" " Mm." "Mm-mm-mm, mm-mm-mm." "Mm." "Okay, let's get in the cab." "Go ahead." "Boo." "Fancy this." "Um, 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." "This suggested plan reduces our overall budget by 35%." "And it contains very practical deep cuts" "In many of our services." "Uh, Leslie, this is amazing." "But it's moot." "Why?" "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, 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 wanna go on a date with you ♪" "♪ November ♪" "That song is about April."