Parks and Recreation (season 3)
Episodes
† denotes an extended episode.

Parks and Recreation (season 3)

Section Title: Episodes
Table Section Text: † denotes an extended episode.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)

31	1	"Go Big or Go Home"	Dean Holland	Alan Yang	January 20, 2011	6.14

Leslie (Amy Poehler) and the parks department return to work after three months, only to be told by state auditors Chris (Rob Lowe) and Ben (Adam Scott) that the budget crisis still looms.

32	2	"Flu Season"	Wendey Stanzler	Norm Hiscock	January 27, 2011	5.83

Flu season strikes Pawnee, and Ann must care for the flu victims at the hospital, which include April, Leslie, and Chris.

33	3	"Time Capsule"	Michael Schur	Michael Schur	February 3, 2011	4.95

Leslie's plans to bury a time capsule in Pawnee are derailed when local man Kelly (Will Forte) chains himself to a pipe in Leslie's office because she refuses to include the Twilight novel in the capsule.

34	4	"Ron & Tammy: Part Two"	Tucker Gates	Emily Kapnek	February 10, 2011	5.03

Just as Ron and Wendy break up when Wendy decides to move back to Canada, Ron's ex-wife Tammy (Megan Mullally) returns to try to make Ron's life miserable.

35	5	"Media Blitz"	David Rogers	Harris Wittels	February 17, 2011	4.33

Leslie, Ben and Tom conduct a series of television, radio and newspaper interviews to promote the harvest festival. However, during one interview, Ben is confronted about his past as an 18-year-old mayor, during which he made his city go bankrupt.

36	6	"Indianapolis"	Randall Einhorn	Katie Dippold	February 24, 2011	4.59

Ron and Leslie head to Indianapolis to receive a commendation for reviving the harvest festival. Before they leave, Ann confides in Leslie that she thinks Chris might be cheating on her.

37	7	"Harvest Festival"†	Dean Holland	Dan Goor	March 17, 2011	4.08

The day of the harvest festival has arrived and everything seems to be going well. However, when a local Native American tribe leader (Jonathan Joss) gets angry the festival is over an Indian burial site, the local press becomes fixated on the story of a supposed Native American curse on the festival.

38	8	"Camping"	Rob Schrab	Aisha Muharrar	March 24, 2011	5.15

City manager Paul (Phil Reeves) suffers a massive heart attack, and Chris returns from Indianapolis to serve as acting city manager.

39	9	"Andy and April's Fancy Party"	Michael Trim	Katie Dippold	April 14, 2011	5.16

Andy and April invite all their friends and family to a dinner party, which turns out to be their secret wedding.

40	10	"Soulmates"	Ken Whittingham	Alan Yang	April 21, 2011	4.88

Leslie is disappointed when she asks Ben out on a date and he turns her down. Ann convinces her to sign up with an online dating service, but the website surprisingly matches Leslie up with Tom.

41	11	"Jerry's Painting"†	Dean Holland	Norm Hiscock	April 28, 2011	4.71

Feeling frustrated and powerless because of her situation with Ben, Leslie finds strength in a painting Jerry (Jim O'Heir) contributes to a community art show, which depicts her as a powerful and bare-chested Greek goddess.

42	12	"Eagleton"	Nicole Holofcener	Emily Spivey	May 5, 2011	5.06

Linsday Carlisle Shay (Parker Posey), the parks director from the prosperous neighboring city of Eagleton, antagonizes her former best friend Leslie by building a large fence to divide a park within both city limits.

43	13	"The Fight"†	Randall Einhorn	Amy Poehler	May 12, 2011	4.55

A job opens up with the health department and Leslie immediately recommends Ann, who is unenthusiastic about having to leave her nursing job and the amount of prep work there is for the interview the next day.

44	14	"Road Trip"	Troy Miller	Harris Wittels	May 12, 2011	3.54

Chris sends Leslie and Ben on an assignment to Indianapolis, and Leslie is unsure she can keep from acting on her feelings for Ben in such close quarters.

45	15	"The Bubble"	Matt Sohn	Greg Levine & Brian Rowe	May 19, 2011	4.27

Leslie and Ben are reveling in "the bubble", the beginning stage of a relationship when everything is simple and fun. That is threatened, however, when Leslie's notoriously tough mother Marlene (Pamela Reed), a Pawnee politician, meets with Ben to discuss a business request.

46	16	"Li'l Sebastian"†	Dean Holland	Dan Goor	May 19, 2011	3.72

Pawnee's favorite miniature horse, Li'l Sebastian, dies and the parks department organizes a memorial service. The extremely health-conscious Chris learns he has tendonitis and takes it very badly, but is comforted by Ann.

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