Parks and Recreation (season 1)
Episodes
† denotes an extended episode.

Parks and Recreation (season 1)

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)

1	1	"Pilot"	Greg Daniels	Greg Daniels & Michael Schur	April 9, 2009	6.77

Ann Perkins (Rashida Jones) attends a town meeting to ask that a construction pit be filled in after her boyfriend, Andy (Chris Pratt), fell into it and broke his legs.

2	2	"Canvassing"	Seth Gordon	Rachel Axler	April 16, 2009	5.92

Leslie and the pit subcommittee canvas neighborhood houses to generate support for her park project and enroll attendees for an upcoming town meeting.

3	3	"The Reporter"	Jeffrey Blitz	Dan Goor	April 23, 2009	5.24

Leslie invites a local reporter (Alison Becker) to write a story about the pit, but the interviews go badly. Fearful of a negative story, Leslie asks Mark to talk to the reporter, but is jealous after Mark sleeps with her.

4	4	"Boys' Club"	Michael McCullers	Alan Yang	April 30, 2009	5.29

As Andy cleans up the house to surprise Ann, Leslie tries to infiltrate the boys' club of politics by crashing an after-work gathering at Pawnee Town Hall.

5	5	"The Banquet"	Beth McCarthy-Miller	Tucker Cawley	May 7, 2009	4.64

During a banquet honoring her mother's public service, Leslie tries to convince a local zoning official to support her proposed park project.

6	6	"Rock Show"†	Michael Schur	Norm Hiscock	May 14, 2009	4.25

Leslie attends what she believes is a business meeting with an elderly local government bigwig, unaware that her mother has secretly set her up on a blind date.

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The premiere episode was watched by 6.77 million.

final_sentence: The premiere episode was watched by 6.77 million.