Parks and Recreation: Season 5
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 9, 2009
  • Season #: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5
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8.6 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 46 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 43 out of 46
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 46
  3. Negative: 3 out of 46

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  1. ashkan89
    May 28, 2013
    10
    TV's funniest ensemble cast anchored by Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman delivers... SURPRISE: The best show on television. What more can you say? Unfortunately, Parks and Rec has struggled in the ratings like most NBC sitcoms. However, adding insult to injury, it has been consistently denied countless honors that were once given to and equally funny 30 Rock. Unlike 30 Rock and The Office, Parks and Recreation is still at the top of its game as it heads into its sixth season. I expect that audiences and academy members alike will finally realize that Parks and Rec is one of the best shows on TV and give it its due recognition before it says goodbye in...2091. (please.)… Expand
  2. Zanemorrowusa
    Mar 11, 2013
    10
    Parks and Recreation is one of the best comedy's on NBC, along with a great cast. Each season gets better and better. This season is gonna get some more Emmy award nominations.
  3. DaBryceDeVaughn
    Feb 7, 2013
    10
    This show has to have the funniest cast on TV. It is hilarious, heartfelt, original. In the coming seasons I hope it can keep its stride and sustain it's position as, arguably, the funniest show on television.
  4. arman200
    Nov 2, 2012
    9
    After being underwhelmed in Season one, I grew to really love this show. The characters are somewhat predictable, and most of them have certain catch-phrases or quirks, but somehow it's done in a way that is fresh and lovable. The series I feel just keeps getting better, where other shows fall, or limp on. This season has interesting relationship issues, very funny scenes and dialogue, and leaves me wanting more.… Expand
  5. BlakeP
    Nov 1, 2012
    9
    One of the best shows on TV. I know many people gave up after the first season, but season 5 proves time and time again why it should be watched. The writing is wickedly funny and Amy Poehler consistently makes me laugh. Great show!
  6. TomasAG
    Oct 16, 2012
    10
    Parks and Recreation keeps it AMAZINGLY FUNNY! I love this TV show, it has become my favorite sitcom. It is smart, creative and, most important, funny!! Please watch this piece of art, you won't regret it!

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  1. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Daniel Goldberg
    Nov 1, 2012
    75
    While it's impossible not to love the competent and principled new Leslie, the character is at her funniest when she breaks from the show's easygoing pace and frenetically attempts to discharge her own anxieties by talking at the camera and protesting too much that her idealism is intact.
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  2. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    Reviewed by: Gail Pennington
    Sep 21, 2012
    100
    Parks and Recreation is a rare gem--a TV comedy that's sweet, good-hearted and even inspirational, but also completely hilarious.
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  3. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    Sep 19, 2012
    91
    Parks and Rec remains funny, sharp and inventive.
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