Parks and Recreation: Season Five

Parks and Recreation: Season Five, 2012-2013. An idealistic civil servant is a city council member.

Created by Greg Daniels, & Michael Schur. Directed by Dean Holland (6 episodes), Craig Zisk (4), Ken Whittingham (2), Kyle Newacheck (1), Wendey Stanzler (1), Morgan Sackett (1), Dan Goor (1), Norm Hiscock (1), Nick Offerman (1), Tristram Shapeero (1), Amy Poehler (1), Nicole Holofcener (1), & Alan Yang (1). Written by Aisha Muharrar (3 episodes), Hiscock (3), Yang (3), Schur (3), Joe Mande (3), Harris Wittels (2), Alexandra Rushfield (2), Megan Amram (2), Dave King (2), Goor (1), Greg Levine (1), Nate DiMeo (1), & Matt Murray (1). Starring Poehler, with Rashida Jones, Aziz Ansari, Offerman, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Pratt, Adam Scott, & Rob Lowe.

Concept: C
Story: C
Characters: B
Dialog: B
Pacing: B
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: C
Acting: B
Music: B
Enjoyment: There are some hilarious moments, mostly revolving around Chris Pratt. But it's also moved pretty well away from the goofier-than-reality world the show inhabited at its best. B

GPA: 2.6/4

Parks and Recreation: Season Four

Parks and Recration: Season Four, 2011-2012. An idealistic civil servant runs for office.

Created by Greg Daniels, & Michael Schur. Directed by Dean Holland (5 episodes), Troy Miller (2), Randall Einhorn (2), Schur (2), Charles McDougall (1), Wendey Stanzler (1), Jorma Taccone (1), Nicole Holofcener (1), Tucker Gates (1), Michael Trim (1), Morgan Sackett (1), Robert B. Weide (1), Dan Goor (1), Tristram Shapeero (1), & Amy Poehler (1). Written by Goor (3 episodes), Aisha Muharrar (3), Alan Yang (3), Schur (3), Norm Hiscock (2), Katie Dippold (2), Harris Wittels (2), Chelsea Peretti (2), Dave King (2), Mike Scully (1), Nick Offerman (1), & Poehler (1). Starring Poehler, with Rashida Jones, Aziz Ansari, Offerman, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Pratt, Adam Scott, & Rob Lowe.

Concept: C
Story: C
Characters: B
Dialog: B
Pacing: B
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: C
Acting: B
Music: B
Enjoyment: It's not as funny or charming as the previous two seasons, but it's still a very good show. B

GPA: 2.6/4

Parks and Recreation: Season Three

Parks and Recreation: Season Three, 2011. A city parks department copes with budget cuts.

Created by Greg Daniels, & Michael Schur. Directed by Dean Holland (4 episodes), Randall Einhorn (2), Wendey Stanzler (1), Schur (1), Tucker Gates (1), David Rogers (1), Rob Schrab (1), Michael Trim (1), Ken Whittingham (1), Nicole Holofcener (1), Troy Miller (1), & Matt Sohn (1). Written by Alan Yang (2 episodes), Norm Hiscock (2), Harris Wittels (2), Katie Dippold (2), Dan Goor (2), Schur (1), Emily Kapnek (1), Aisha Muharrar (1), Emily Spivey (1), Amy Poehler (1), Greg Levine (1), & Brian Rowe (1). Starring Poehler, with Rashida Jones, Aziz Ansari, Nick Offerman, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Pratt, Adam Scott, & Rob Lowe.

Concept: C
Story: B
Characters: B
Dialog: B
Pacing: A
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: C
Acting: B
Music: B
Enjoyment: Hilarious, and just an all-around nice place to be. A

GPA: 2.9/4

Parks and Recreation: Season Two

Parks and Recreation: Season Two, 2009-2010. An idealistic civil servant tries to get a park built.

Created by Greg Daniels, & Michael Schur. Directed by Troy Miller (4 episodes), Jason Woliner (3), Dean Holland (3), Alex Hardcastle (2), Tristram Shapeero (2), Paul Feig (1), Seth Gordon (1), Schur (1), Charles McDougall (1), Millicent Shelton (1), Daniels (1), Randall Einhorn (1), Ken Kwapis (1), Michael Trim (1), & Ken Whittingham (1). Written by Schur (4 episodes), Katie Dippold (3), Harris Wittels (3), Daniel J. Goor (3), Norm Hiscock (2), Rachel Axler (2), Alan Yang (2), Aisha Muharrar (2), Mike Scully (2), & Amy Poehler (1). Starring Poehler, with Rashida Jones, Paul Schneider, Aziz Ansari, Nick Offerman, Aubrey Plaza, & Chris Pratt.

Concept: C
Story: B
Characters: B
Dialog: B
Pacing: A
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: C
Acting: B
Music: B
Enjoyment: Unashamedly goofy. A

GPA: 2.9/4

Parks and Recreation: Season One

Parks and Recreation: Season One, 2009. An idiot civil servant tries to get a park built.

Created by Greg Daniels, & Michael Schur. Directed by Daniels (1 episode), Seth Gordon (1), Jeffrey Blitz (1), Michael McCullers (1), Beth McCarthy Miller (1), & Schur (1). Written by Daniels (1 episode), Schur (1), Rachel Axler (1), Daniel J. Goor (1), Alan Yang (1), Tucker Cawley (1), & Norm Hiscock (1). Starring Amy Poehler, with Rashida Jones, Paul Schneider, Aziz Ansari, Nick Offerman, Aubrey Plaza, & Chris Pratt.

Concept: C
Story: C
Characters: B
Dialog: B
Pacing: B
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: C
Acting: B
Music: B
Enjoyment: We've already started watching season two, so I know it gets a lot funnier. But these first few episodes aren't that great. It's just a copy of The Office, with about one laugh per episode. C

GPA: 2.5/4