‘Pilot’
Season 1, Episode 1 - Aired April 9, 2009
After Ann attends a town meeting to ask for a construction pit which injured her boyfriend to be filled in, Leslie promises to build a park on the vacant lot.
Quote from Leslie Knope
Leslie Knope: [aside to camera] This is huge. I'm barely 34, and I've already landed a Parks Department exploratory subcommittee. I'm a rocket ship.
Quote from Leslie Knope
Leslie Knope: You know what? America is awesome. It's so full of hope and small towns and big cities and real people and delicious beverages and hot guys. You just never know when opportunity is gonna strike.
Ann: Yeah.
Leslie Knope: You gotta be ready for it.
Ann: Yeah.
Quote from Ann
Ann: I... You know they say that democracy or whatever only works when people get involved? Well, I'm getting involved. So I am gonna make a vow now that I will do whatever it takes to get this pit filled in. Even if it takes two months.
Quote from Leslie Knope
Leslie Knope: [sings] Soul sista, soul sista Gonna get your phone, sista Yeah. Sweet Lady Marmalard.