Time Capsule
- Episode aired Feb 3, 2011
- TV-PG
- 21m
A crackpot handcuffs himself to a pipe in Leslie's office and demands that "Twilight" be placed in the Pawnee Time Capsule, and Chris tries to help Andy woo April in spite of Ann's reservati... Read allA crackpot handcuffs himself to a pipe in Leslie's office and demands that "Twilight" be placed in the Pawnee Time Capsule, and Chris tries to help Andy woo April in spite of Ann's reservations.A crackpot handcuffs himself to a pipe in Leslie's office and demands that "Twilight" be placed in the Pawnee Time Capsule, and Chris tries to help Andy woo April in spite of Ann's reservations.
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- TriviaThe bench in Leslie's office that Kelly sits on is the same bench that Leslie and Mark sit on at the pit in the last episode of season 1 Rock Show (2009).
- GoofsAt around 17:36 Carlo Mendez (Eduardo) says in Spanish "Jugar música" (to play music), but "jugar" means play a game. "Tocar música" is the correct way. Also he says in Spanish "Andy good guy" instead of "Andy's a good guy".
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Leslie Knope: A complete list of every slogan we've ever had:
Leslie Knope: "Pawnee, the Paris of America"
Leslie Knope: "The Akron of Southwest Indiana"
Leslie Knope: "Welcome German Soldiers", after the Nazis took France our mayor kind of panicked
Leslie Knope: "Pawnee, the factory fire capital of America"
Leslie Knope: "Welcome Vietnamese Soldiers"
Leslie Knope: "Pawnee, Engage with Zorp". For a brief time in the 70's our town was taken over by a cult.
Leslie Knope: "Pawnee, Zorp is dead, long live Zorp"
Leslie Knope: "Pawnee, it's safe to be here now"
Leslie Knope: "Pawnee, birthplace of Julia Roberts", that was a lie, she sued so we had to change it.
Leslie Knope: "Pawnee, home of the world famous Julia Roberts lawsuit"
Leslie Knope: "Welcome Taliban Soldiers"
Leslie Knope: and our current slogan: "Pawnee, first in friendship, fourth in obesity"
- ConnectionsFeatures Twilight (2008)
- SoundtracksParks and Recreation Main Theme
Composed by Gaby Moreno and Vincent Jones
The episode centers around Leslie organizing the making of a time capsule for the town of Pawnee. The idea is for it to be opened in 50 years to present the spirit of the town and what it was like long ago. Now, since this IS Pawnee, there is some conflict that brews. A crazy man named Kelly (Will Forte) even demands to have Leslie put the Twilight books in the capsule despite them having nothing to do with Pawenee. When she declines his offer, he handcuffs himself in her office. It's a silly premise, and it might seem obvious where this episode will go, yet it goes a completely different direction with the story and the character.
The main storyline is so great that, in my opinion, it kind of overpowers the side-stories, which are good, but not nearly as good as the time capsule plot. We see Andy continue trying to win April back, but she is simply having none of it. It's an ok B-story, but I do love Andy and Eduardo's shared love for Dave Matthews Band. I also love Tom's new found love for the Twilight books. Any way in which the writers show Tom's feminine personality traits is the character at his funniest.
Overall, "Time Capsule" is a very entertaining and unpredictable episode with a funny guest appearance by Will Forte. The public form in this episode is one of my favorites in the entire series and is one of the main reasons why I think this is, while not being a perfect episode, still an above-average episode. I think after watching this, one can get a better idea of what is so great about the town of Pawnee, despite all the crazy lunatics.
- brenbella
- Aug 11, 2018
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