Episode
Parks and Recreation: Correspondents' Lunch
Overview
Leslie's speech she prepared for a special event is stolen. Ben begins his new job at the Sweetums Charity Foundation. Ann summons the courage to ask an important question.
Details
- Series
- Parks and Recreation
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 2013-02-21
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Correspondents' Lunch is Episode 15 in Season 5 of Parks and Recreation. It aired on 2013-02-21. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 14: Leslie and Ben
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Episode 16: Bailout
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