Parks and Recreation (Seasons 1–7)

Parks and Recreation (2009) is NBC's beloved comedy series you can watch online on iFILM. Created by Michael Schur and Greg Daniels, it drops mid-level bureaucrat Leslie Knope — played by Amy Poehler — into the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana, where she attempts to turn an abandoned construction pit into a public park. Nobody asked for this. She does it anyway.

Seven seasons follow Leslie's collision with city hall red tape, combative residents, and a department of coworkers who range from passively unhelpful to actively opposed to effort. Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman) is a libertarian who runs a government office while believing government should not exist. Andy Dwyer, played by a pre-stardom Chris Pratt, starts as a shiftless pit-dweller and becomes something else entirely. Aubrey Plaza, Adam Scott, Aziz Ansari, and Rob Lowe round out a cast that turns a small-town satire into one of television's warmest ensemble comedies.

The show began as a spin-off of The Office and outlasted it in cultural impact — Leslie's waffles-and-friendship speeches became memes, and Pawnee became a reference point for anyone who works in an office and has ever tried to care. Stream all seasons of Parks and Recreation online on iFILM.