S7 E12: One Last Ride

Score: 2 / 3

~30:40 at Joe Biden's party.

Leslie: Anyway, yes, the point is - I do like working at interior; I love it! But I'm always looking for new challenges. Why do you ask?
Janet (from the DNC): There's a rumor that the governor of Indiana isn't going to run again, and my friends at the DNC are very interested in you as a candidate.
Leslie: For governor of Indiana!? Somebody's been reading my Kindergarten dream journal!
Janet: What do you think? I'll call you next week so we can talk about it...?

More:
- April talks to Leslie about having children, but this exchange involves Andy and Ben too much to count.
- Leslie proposes "Still swinging! Parks gang reunites for one last bang!" as an article title, but this conversation doesn't go long enough.
- Ann advises Leslie about dying her hair.
- April inquires if Ann is the biological mother of her children.

[For an episode as long as this, I thought it would obliterate the Bechdel test but really it just squeaks through.]

S7 E11: Two Funerals

Score: 0 / 3

- April spends the episode with Ben and Jerry looking for a mayor. She interacts with Mona Lisa and Joan, but not for long enough.
- Donna spends the episode with Andy, consoling Ron.
- Leslie spends the episode with Tom, helping him propose to Lucy.

S7 E10: The Johnny Karate Super Awesome Musical Explosion Show

Score: 0 / 3

This entire episode is driven by Andy and is comprised almost entirely of interactions between him and other characters, both in and out of their own show-within-a-show characters.

S7 E9: Pie-Mary

Score: 3 / 3
~0:15 in Leslie & Ben's house. Jennifer Barclay has come by in a poncho.

Jennifer: Leslie, you ready?
Leslie: Me, Leslie?
Jennifer: Yeah.
Leslie: I was an actual candidate, so I feel like I can handle being a candidate's wife. I know all the issues inside and out!

[They go on, talking about the role of a wife in an election.]

More:
- Elise Yarktin from the Indiana Organization of Women confronts Leslie about her decision to join the Pie-Mary.
- Joan Callamezzo has Sasha Dunkirk, Marsha Langman, Brandi Maxxxx and Elise Yarktin on Pawnee Today; Marshall Langman and Kipp Bunthart also participate, but the conversation is mostly among the women and regards Leslie Knope, the Pie-Mary and feminism.

S7 E8: Ms. Ludgate-Dwyer Goes To Washington

Score: 3 / 3

0:00 on the third floor of City Hall.

Leslie: Okay, so the central question that these senators are gonna be asking is "Why should we invest in the National Parks Service?" April!
April: Well, it is simple Leslie. In today's fast-paced society, national parks are still the best place for a full-moon werewolf transformation.
Leslie: I know you're kidding, but I also know you're prepared. We are gonna do great! How psyched are you for this trip? April! Are you super-psyched!?
April: Yeah... also you have lipstick on your teeth.

More:
- Leslie asks April about her future during "unstructured chat time" at the airport; they talk about Washington, DC; Leslie apologizes to April; Leslie introduces April to Alyssa from the career center; they recap from April's conversation with Alyssa.
- Leslie and April have meetings with Senator Barbara Boxer and Kirsten Gillibrand.
- Leslie get lunch with Madeleine Albright and they discuss Leslie's habits as a friend.

S7 E7: Donna and Joe

Score: 3 / 3

~0:45 in the church.

Donna: April, walk with me. So, I chose you as my bridesmaid because you've become one of my best friends and I love you like a sister.
April: Ew.
Donna: ____ because you're tough. My family arrives tonight-
April: I know. And they're all set with their welcome bags [and I told your brother LeVondrious he is not welcome.

[They go on, and though April did refer to LeVondrious, this conversation is about preparing for the Meagle family.]

More:
- Donna describes each of her bridesmaids.
- Donna thanks April for keeping the wedding calm.

S7 E6: Save JJ's

Score: 1 / 3

~10:59 in Beverly Hills.

[Donna and Tom are lounging at a pool.]

Trish: So for a basic elbow-bedazzling, it's $140, custom art starts at $250.
Donna: I would like three big-ass diamonds, surrounded by their own set of tiny-ass diamonds.
Trish: That would fall under our "supreme selection". $600.
[Donna: Thomas, what do you suggest?
Tom: Uhhhh... treat yo' self.]
Donna: Trish, the gentleman is right. I'm gon' go ahead and treat myself.

S7 E5: GryzzlBox

Score: 2 / 3

~2:37 at City Hall, 3rd floor.

Donna: Knope, I need to talk to you.
Leslie: What's up?
Donna: I know I technically work for Gryzzl, but these fools have crossed a line. Have you gotten one of these GryzzlBoxes?
Leslie: Well, yeah, but I haven't opened it yet. I was going to send it back after I wrote a sternly-worded letter about how I cannot be bought with free gifts.

[This goes on as they search through their boxes.]

More:
- April meets Jen, the new intern, and they talk about Jen's motives in taking the Parks and Recreation internship; later, April discourages Jen from sticking with it.

S7 E4: Leslie and Ron

Score: 0 / 3

- Leslie spends the entire episode with Ron.
- April and Donna barely speak throughout the episode.

S7 E3: William Henry Harrison

Score: 0 / 3

- Leslie spends the episode with Bill from the Pawnee Historical Society; granted, April is there, but they don't speak to each other.
- Donna spends the episode with Ron; granted, they meet Annabel, but they don't speak to each other long enough.

S7 E2: Ron and Jammy

Score: 2 / 3

~2:30 outside city hall

April: Hi Joan. My name is April and I'm your biggest fan and I pretty much hate everyone. Will you sign your ninth memoir for me?
Joan: Well it would be my pleasure! You said your name is Glenn?
April: Yes, I did.
Joan: That's pretty.

More:
- Donna describes Saturn's return to April.

S7 E1: 2017

Score: 2 / 3

~4:30 in the hallway at city hall.

Leslie: Uhh Jessica! Hi! Glad I caught you before you left. Just between you and me, what do you think your land might sell for tomorrow?
Jessica: Trevor said it'll probably be for about 90 million dollars! Ah! Woo!
Leslie: Wow!
Jessica: I know! I'm just- I'm so happy for me!

[This goes on; Leslie asks if Jessica would sell it to the federal government for a discount.]

More:
- Donna and Leslie reconnect, though their conversation concerns Ron, Joe and Leslie's triplets (2 of whom are boys).
- Leslie makes a heartfelt plea to Jessica to donate the land.

S6 E20: Moving Up

Score: 3 / 3

~4:58 at brunch

[Grant: This is Rebecca-]
Leslie: -Peruvian, I know. I know who you are; I've read all of your papers, and I had your poster on my wall when I was a kid.
Rebecca: What poster?
Leslie: I made a poster of you by blowing up your picture from the National Parks newsletter. I cut out your face and made it look like you were dunking over Charles Barkley.
Rebecca: My god...

More:
- And perhaps most importantly, Michelle Obama helps persuade Leslie to take the National Parks job.
- An "Erica Weekstrong" laughs at Leslie's ambition when it comes to the Pawnee-Eagleton merger.

S6 E19: One in 8,000

Score: 0 / 3

- Leslie spends the episode with Ben, trying to keep calm about her being pregnant.
- April spends the episode with Andy, Craig and Jerry at a birthday party.
- Donna spends the episode with Ron and Joe volunteering at Ivy and Zoe's school.

S6 E18: Flu Season 2

Score: 3 / 3

~3:49 at the wine-tasting

April: Oh man... it takes two-hundred dollars to get certified. I wanted to make fun of stupid people while I get drunk: my two true passions.

Donna: You wanna futz with these fools, I will bankroll you.

April: Really?

Donna: Oh hell yeah, pimp. Sounds like fun!

More:
- Leslie tries to buy the "Mariah needs to sing tonight" medicine from a pharmacist whose name tag appears to say "Kitty". Her name is confirmed in the credits as "Kitty Goodbye". What?

S6 E17: Prom

Score: 3 / 3

~2:25 in the conference room.

Leslie: All right, Allison. You were in charge of choosing the prom theme. Now, it has to be perfect - and magical - and look like a million bucks but cost zero bucks. So whaddaya got?

Allison: I was thinking the theme could be Fairy Tale. The theatre department did Into the Woods last year and we still have the scenery. I laid out some preliminary plans in this binder.

Leslie: Wow! ...are those... Jen Strotter colored tabs? I thought those were discontinued...!

Allison: They were. *I had to order them through some Mexican back-channels.*

[They go on.]

More:
- Leslie tries to entice Allison into considering the April Ludgate Summer Solstice Druid Festival of Buffalo Wings Eating Contest (a summer internship April named); this conversation escalates onstage after the [internship] is assigned.
- Leslie instructs Allison on pulling the balloon drop rope.

S6 E16: Galentine's Day

~4:00 in the Parks office, Leslie is trying to get closer to Donna and April.

Leslie: Work! You can work whenever, except for now, cause now is lady time!
April: You sound like a tampon commercial.
Leslie: I'm setting up an impromptu Galentine's Day!
April: Really?

[They go on.]

More:
- At Galentine's Day (which includes Leslie, April, Donna, Evelyn, Shauna and Ethel Beavers) there are conversations about travel, television shows, assorted revelations and, eventually, Leslie's friendship rankings.
- Leslie confesses her ranking system to Ann.
- April and Donna give Leslie a stuffed bunny.

S6 E15: New Slogan

Score: 2 / 3

~5:50 at the press junket

Leslie: Joan, this slogan is a chance to give our newly-merged city a new identity; to really rebrand this town.
Joan: Yes, great question. I have been thinking of rebranding myself. What do you think about Juan Callamezzo?
Leslie: Isn't "Juan" a man's name?
Joan: No, it means "flower".

S6 E14: The Wall

Score: 2 / 3

~10:08 in the conference room, the youth commission regroups after the bee disaster.

April: No more press, okay? You just have to lay low for a while, I promise it'll all blow over.
Leslie: April, your confidence and your level-headedness is very moving to me, and I will follow your advice -- right after I go to the hospital and apologize to every victim in person.
April: Fine, but no cameras.
Leslie: Fine, I won't bring any.

More:
- April apologizes to Leslie on behalf of the merge-opposers.

S6 E13: Anniversaries

Score: 2 / 3

~16:52 at Donna's desk.

April: Donna... Kyle did not write those things, okay? I did.
Donna (fake gasp): I know.
April: You do?
Donna: I checked what else that user had written. It was a review of a funeral home that said, "Great first date spot". I dragged Kyle in here to see if you'd come clean.

[Even if you argue this is too much about Kyle, the conversation goes on and the pair reconcile.]

More:
- Joan and Leslie lead an interview with Rosie & Doug DeMarco about marriage - this probably doesn't pass because the exchanges usually end up including a quip about Doug.