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The best way to figure out what kind of spice that is... is roll it up into a joint and smoke it.
Tom Haverford

"The Stakeout" is the second episode in the second season of the NBC television series Parks and Recreation. It originally aired on September 24, 2009 to 4.22 million viewers.

Synopsis[]

Leslie sets up a stakeout with Tom to find out who's growing marijuana in the community garden she set up in the pit, but it also gives her an opportunity to scout out Ann and Mark's first date.

Storyline[]

Ann is preparing for her first date with Mark and worriedly asks Leslie if she has any reservations, since Leslie previously had feelings for him. Leslie insists she is fine. Later, Leslie and Tom visit the community garden that she established in the pit. The pair discover someone has planted what appears to be marijuana. Hoping to keep their discovery out of the papers, Leslie and Tom don black and watch the pit from a van in order to hopefully catch the culprit. Leslie eventually spots Ann and Mark leaving for their date, and starts snapping photos of them. Later, Leslie and Tom see Ann's ex-boyfriend Andy in the pit. They assume he is the one who planted the marijuana, but he insists he is innocent, actually living in the pit and subsisting on the vegetables from the garden.

Back at city hall, Ron is suffering from a hernia that he had previously ignored but has now worsened to the point it causes excruciating pain if he moves, rendering him immobile in his chair all day. April figures something is wrong but Ron doesn't want get out of the office where everyone can see him. Ron stays in the building well after it closes. April returns and wheels Ron out to the car on his office chair to take him to the hospital.

Back at the pit, Leslie takes Andy to get burgers to get his mind off seeing Ann and Mark's date and Tom gets locked out of his van. Ann and Mark return from their date and call the police after they see Tom, assuming him to be a prowler trying to break into the van. Officer Dave Sanderson arrives and confronts Tom, who mouths off at Dave until he places him under arrest. When Leslie and Andy return, Andy ducks out so Ann won't see him. Ann and Mark proudly tell Leslie they stopped a criminal, but when Leslie informs them of the truth, they go to the police station to retrieve Tom. There, Leslie reluctantly explains why she and Tom were staking out the pit and insists they were trying to catch the person planting marijuana in the garden. Dave releases Tom, who thanks Leslie for sticking up for him. The next day, Leslie and Dave go to the garden, but they find no marijuana. Dave wonders if Leslie orchestrated the whole thing to spy on Ann and Mark. Later, Dave privately admits he is attracted to Leslie.

Cast[]

Main Cast[]

  • Amy Poehler
  • Rashida Jones
  • Paul Schneider
  • Aziz Ansari
  • Nick Offerman
  • Aubrey Plaza
  • Chris Pratt

Guest Stars[]

Animals seen[]

  • various pigeons in courtyard

Quotes[]

Leslie: Ron! Did you get my text?
Ron: No.
Leslie: Did you get my emails?
Ron: Mmm.
Leslie: Did you see that I paged you??
Ron: I-I did not.
Leslie: Did you get my voicemail?
Ron: I didn't.

Leslie: We have a criminal emergency on our hands. Someone planted a gateway drug in the community garden.
Ron: Okay. Call the cops.
Leslie: That will lead to the press. Then there will be an investigation, and they will find my fingerprints on the manure, and then we will lose our funding.

Ron: I have a hernia. I've had it for a while. And I have been ignoring it... successfully... but, uh, this morning, I made the mistake of sneezing. [Ron sneezes, then groans in pain] But as long as I sit still and don't move my head or torso... I'm good, I've got this.

Ron: April!
April: Yeah?
Ron: Get my lunch for me, please?
April: Okay, can I order you something?
Ron: No, get it. From there. [points to his meal that's at the end of his desk]
April: Is this some kind of weird power trip?
Ron: Please. [April hands the meal over to him] Thank you. That will be all.
April: You're welcome. [Ron then attempts to eat his burger by tossing it toward his mouth, but misses]

Leslie: What kind of spice is this?
Tom: The best way to figure out what kind of spice THAT is ... is roll it up into a joint and smoke it.

Leslie: I want to be president someday, so I have not smoked marijuana. I ate a brownie once. At a party in college. It was kind of indescribable really. I felt like I was floating. It turns out that there wasn't any marijuana in it, it was just an insanely good brownie.

Janitor: [noticing Ron is still in his office] Working late?
Ron: [lying] Yep.
[They both continue staring at each other until the Janitor leaves]

Ron: [after the lights in his office automatically turn off] Motion sensors.

April: Do you live here?
Ron: April?
April: Yeah. Do you live here?
Ron: No.
April: Catch. [throws a highlighter at Ron's face; he doesn't move as it hits him] Yeah, I thought so. I went home, but I had this strange feeling there was something wrong with you so I came back.
Ron: It's just a minor medical issue.
April: AIDS?
Ron: No, I'm safe.
April: Blindness?
Ron: No.
April: Is it, like, a parasite or a virus or something that you get from a bee?
Ron: I have a hernia.
April: Do you have syphilis?
Ron: I said it's a hernia.
April: I know. It's possible to have two things.

April: Do you need a ride to the hospital?
Ron: Yes, please.
April: Okay. But I rode my bike here, so I have to go home to get my dad's station wagon.
Ron: Thank you.
April: Bye. [pretends to leave]
Ron: You still here?
April: Yeah. Just wanted to see if you could tell. [turns and leaves]
Ron: ...Are you still here?

April: Yo! I had to wait 'til my dad fell asleep so I could steal his keys. [she holds them up] You ready?
Ron: I was born ready. I'm Ron f***ing Swanson. [April looks at the camera]

Ron: [April is wheeling him down the hall in his chair] Easy. Careful. [groans] Careful!

Officer Dave Sanderson: Ma'am, as I told you, this is a police matter.
Leslie: Well, it doesn't seem to MATTER. To the POLICE!
Officer Dave Sanderson: Okay, nice job with that.

Ann: When Andy and I used to go the movies, he would always try to guess the ending of the movie. And he would always guess that the main character had been dead the whole time. Even when we saw Ratatouille.

Trivia[]

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