[S2E4] Practice Date
"Practice Date" is the fourth episode of the second season of Parks and Recreation, and the tenth overall episode of the series. It originally aired on NBC in the United States on October 8, 2009. In the episode, Ann takes Leslie to dinner to help prepare for her first date, while the rest of the parks department tries to learn secrets about each other as part of a game.
[S2E4] Practice Date
The episode opens with Leslie (Amy Poehler) and the rest of the Parks department watching media coverage of Pawnee Councilman Bill Dexhart (Kevin Symons), a married man, admitting to having four-way sex in a Brazilian cave while pretending to be "building houses for the underprivileged". He tries to justify it by saying that it was his birthday on the day of the foursome, and that he "...really wanted to do it." Tom (Aziz Ansari) insists nobody could find any scandalous information about him, prompting the parks department employees to start a game to see who can get the most dirt on each other. Meanwhile, Leslie tells Ann (Rashida Jones) she is nervous about her first date with Pawnee police officer Dave Sanderson (Louis C.K.). Ann offers to take Leslie on a practice date to help Leslie prepare for the real date. During the practice date, Ann realizes that Leslie has a serious problem: Leslie brought note cards with "topics of conversation" and engages in fake-sounding "practice laughing."
Ann decides to use exposure therapy on Leslie to help her deal with the worst-case date scenario. She acts very mean to Leslie, who is initially horrified, but she eventually stands up to Ann. When Ann tells her she is now ready for anything, Leslie feels cheered up and very confident. They go to a bar later to celebrate, where Leslie gets very drunk. After leaving Ann, she visits Dave's house to tell him that she was nervous about their upcoming date, but now realizes he is lucky to have her because of how "awesome" she is. A seemingly annoyed Dave brings Leslie home. The next day, Leslie feels horrible for ruining her chances with Dave. He arrives at her office later and she starts to apologize, but he says she can make it up to them on their second date, thereby reassuring her the first date is already over. Leslie once again feels cheered up.
Within a week of the episode's original broadcast, three deleted scenes from "Practice Date" were made available on the official Parks and Recreation website. The first clip features approximately two minutes of extended scenes, including Leslie talking about her anxiety about the date, Ann offering her advice, a drunk Leslie complaining about the heat in Dave's apartment, which he secretly tells the camera is "freezing cold right now". The second 75-second clip features more of Pawnee City Councilman Bill Dexhart's press conference about the sex scandal. Dexhart refuses to promise he will not continue his transgressions, which he insists is a sign he is no longer lying to Pawnee residents. Reporters also discuss Dexhart's credit card bills, which include purchases Dong-O-Rama Sex Toy Company, Smut Doctors and a product called "vibrating raisins". In the third 75-second clip, Ron discusses in detail his "scientifically perfect ten-point scale of human beauty", the criteria for which he admits is "extremely misogynistic". It also included more footage of Ron's Duke Silver persona, along with interviews by older women who fantasize about him.[9]
Leslie worries she will bring up the genocide in the Sudanese country Darfur too much, or not enough, during her first date with Dave. While describing his scale of the attractiveness of women, Ron says tennis star Steffi Graf is a "perfect ten".[3] Ron believes Tom is wearing the robes of the Taliban, a Sunni Islamist political movement, in a photo he finds for the contest. The photo is actually of Tom wearing a Halloween costume of a Jedi from the Star Wars universe. Tom learns African American co-worker Donna donated money to David Duke, a white nationalist involved in the Ku Klux Klan, because "he promised to lower taxes".[10]
Alan Sepinwall of The Star-Ledger said the episode was "completely satisfying - funny when it needed to be, sweet when it wanted to be". Sepinwall said Jones was particularly funny during the fake date, as well as the "constant one-upsmanship" between Ron and Tom.[11] Matt Fowler of IGN said the episode had a "winning formula". He particularly praised Jones during the practice date, as well as Jerry's role during the contest, which Fowler said was a good way to allow the supporting cast to work together.[1] Steve Heisler of The A.V. Club said it seemed like the episode "took everything they were warming up to over the last few weeks, and hit them hard". Heisler particularly praised Poehler's performance, as well as the interactions between Ron and Tom.[3] In contrast, however, A.V. Club writer Leonard Pierce said "Practice Date" "was the first time all year I felt like P&R wasn't firing on all cylinders".[16]
Leslie: Do you have like a first-date outfit I could borrow? Like, I don't know, a pair of cargo pants?Ann: Yeah I wouldn't go with the cargo pant.Leslie: What about like a sexy hat?Ann: I don't even know what that is.Leslie: Helping already.
When a politician, Bill Dexhart, has sex scandal publicized, the Parks and Recreation department decides to have a contest to see who can dig up the most dirt on who. As a result, Ron finds out that Tom's marriage to Wendy is a fake one for a green card, and Tom finds out that Ron moonlights as a Jazz saxophonist, Duke Silver. Oh and Mark digs up that Jerry was adopted. Meanwhile, Leslie is so nervous about her first date with Dave that she has a practice one with Ann. After getting drunk with Ann, she goes over to Dave's to tell him how geat their first date is gonna be... the next night. She's so drunk he ends up having to drive her home, but he makes her less nervous by saying that was their first date and he's looking forward to their second. Cute.
Leslie is nervous about her first date with Dave, so Ann takes her on a practice date to help her prepare. Meanwhile, after a local councilman is caught up in a sex scandal, Tom, Ron, April and Mark decide to see who can uncover the worst dirt on each other.
In the initial legal meeting, however, it becomes clear that Morgan is not actually looking for $200,000 but just wants Mindy to make it up to him. She agrees to go on a fancy date with him to make the lawsuit to go away.
Mindy and Morgan go out on their romantic dinner date. Mindy tries to get away with ignoring Morgan but Morgan steals her phone and regales her with a story about a prostitute he met on Craigslist and visited in Montreal.
Since Morgan is way more awesome than the vast majority of bland dudes that Mindy dates, he takes Mindy to a really cool quarry after dinner. They stand at the top of a cliff and shout their frustrations into the echoing crevasse.
Tamra, Betsy and Beverly are becoming more and more like an actual Greek Chorus, to the point where I struggled to remember if they actually uttered any lines by themselves. They pop up in the background when Jeremy unveils the new practice sign in front of the entire staff and when Peter tries to swallow a spoonful of cinnamon in the break room.
Meanwhile, Leslie tells Ann she is nervous about her first date with Pawnee police officer Dave Sanderson. Ann offers to take Leslie on a practice date to help Leslie prepare for the real date. During the practice date, Ann realizes that Leslie has a serious problem. Leslie brought note cards with "topics of conversation" and engages in fake-sounding "practice laughing."
After leaving Ann, she visits Dave's house to tell him that she was nervous about their upcoming date, but now realizes he's lucky to have her because of how "awesome I am." A seemingly annoyed Dave brings Leslie home. The next day, Leslie feels horrible for ruining her chances with Dave. He arrives at her office later and she starts to apologize, but he says she can make it up to them on their second date, thereby reassuring her the first date is already over. Leslie once again feels cheered up.
This name is very apt as he has a terrible attitude and kicks Tristan extremely hard in the shin. Margot agrees to the date and Monkham agrees that Tristan suffered a bit but still completed the necessary horse dentistry.
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