Parks and Recreation: 204: Practice Date (2009) — Screenplay
Nervous Leslie preps for her first date with Dave via a practice run, while her coworkers dig for scandalous secrets on each other.
- Written by
- Harris Wittels
- Genre
- Comedy
- Studio
- NBC
- Length
- 36 pages
This episode is a masterclass in comedic pacing and ensemble dynamics. Wittels balances a sweet, intimate A-plot with a raucous office-wide game of one-upmanship, using sharp, rapid-fire dialogue to reveal character through petty rivalries. Study how the script builds escalating stakes from a simple premise while keeping every character's voice distinct.
Read the full Parks and Recreation: 204: Practice Date (2009) screenplay in PDF, page by page, right here on Laper — or download the original script to study Harris Wittels’s scene work, dialogue and structure at your own pace. A free resource for screenwriters and film students learning Hollywood script format.