Afterward, Leslie leaves, and Ann tells the documentary crew, "She's a little doofy, but she's sweet". Afterward, Leslie and Ann visit the pit, which Leslie accidentally falls into as Tom and April make fun of her. Leslie, Tom and uninterested intern April Ludgate ( Aubrey Plaza) visit Ann and meet Andy, a lazy and demanding musician whom she is forced to wait on and support financially. Leslie later fondly tells the documentary crew that she and Mark made love five years ago, but Mark only vaguely recalls the encounter. Leslie seeks advice from city planner Mark Brendanawicz ( Paul Schneider), who feels the project would prove practically impossible due to the logistics and bureaucratic red tape, but Leslie is undeterred. Leslie is inspired by the challenge and makes a " pinky promise" that she will fill in the pit and build a park on the land. Ann says that her boyfriend Andy Dwyer ( Chris Pratt) broke both his legs after falling into the pit, and she demands something be done about it. Local nurse Ann Perkins ( Rashida Jones) complains about a giant pit near her house, which was dug out by a condominium developer that went bankrupt in the middle of the construction project. Leslie is enthusiastic despite the low turnout and angry complaints, which she describes as "people caring loudly at me". Later, Leslie hosts a community outreach public forum at an elementary school along with her jaded colleague Tom Haverford ( Aziz Ansari). The episode opens with Leslie Knope ( Amy Poehler), the deputy director of the Department of Parks and Recreation with six years of experience in the town of Pawnee, Indiana, discussing with a documentary crew her strong belief in the power of government to help other people. The pilot, along with the rest of the first season of Parks and Recreation, was released on DVD in the United States on September 8, 2009. Although it received lower ratings than the two Office episodes it aired between, television critics pointed out it achieved an identical rating to the NBC show 30 Rock, which was broadcast the same night. According to Nielsen Media Research, "Pilot" was watched by 6.77 million households in its original airing. "Pilot" received generally mixed reviews, although Poehler herself was widely praised by most television critics. The pilot episode featured a number of cultural references to such people as Bob Knight, Larry Bird and Laura Linney, as well as female political figures to whom Leslie compares herself, such as Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, and Nancy Pelosi. About one month before the pilot aired, a focus group report discussing several perceived problems with the episode was leaked to the media, which led to speculation that Parks and Recreation was not ready for prime-time television.
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Like the rest of the series, the pilot was filmed in the same mockumentary style as The Office, the NBC comedy series also directed by Daniels. Her anti-government boss Ron Swanson (Offerman) reluctantly allows her to form an exploratory committee after her friend and colleague Mark Brendanawicz (Schneider) secretly intervenes on her behalf.ĭaniels and Schur first started writing the script in the summer of 2008, when they were in the early stages of conceiving the series. In "Pilot", Knope sets out to turn a construction pit into a park after local nurse Ann Perkins (Jones) complains about the dangerous pit during a town meeting. Knope is a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation department in the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana. The episode introduces the protagonist Leslie Knope, played by Amy Poehler, as well as the other regular characters played by cast members Rashida Jones, Paul Schneider, Aziz Ansari, Aubrey Plaza and Nick Offerman. The episode was written by series creators Michael Schur and Greg Daniels, and directed by Daniels. It originally aired on NBC in the United States on April 9, 2009. " Pilot" is the pilot episode of the American comedy television series Parks and Recreation. 1st episode of the 1st season of Parks and Recreation " Pilot"
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