EW.com just posted some more information about the second episode of season 5.

Season 5 will begin Sept. 20 on NBC. The D.C.-based episode will air on Sept. 27.

Knope we can, and yes, Parks and Recreation’s Leslie did!

After spending the majority of Season 4 fighting her way through a lopsided election against the biggest imbecile in Pawnee, Ind. — you’re so pretty, Bobby Newport (Paul Rudd) — Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) is finally a City Councilor. But just as her dreams finally came true, Leslie’s boyfriend Ben (Adam Scott) nabbed a job in Washington, D.C., which is where Ben will be stationed when the comedy returns this fall.

With executive producer Mike Schur and the brain trust behind NBC’s Thursday night staple back in the writers’ room, TVGuide.com has the scoop on what’s in store for Season 5, including how the series will change now that Leslie is in office, how close she came to losing the election and what the distance between Leslie and Ben will really mean next season. Plus: Tammys + The Avengers = Awesome? Get the scoop after the cut.

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A glimpse at what’s to come in season 5 of “Parks and Recreation” has been revealed by Mega Buzz!

Parks and Recreation, please! — Randy

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NATALIE: Leslie has always dreamed of being in office, but now that she’s there, it may not be what she hoped for. “The fun of it is seeing what the reality is,” executive producer Mike Schur tells us. “The reality is, her old job isn’t all wine and roses, it’s a lot of frustrating stuff and she has to press forward with her eternal optimism all the time just to do the kinds of things she wants to do. I don’t think that’s going to get any better as a City Councillor.”

Could a Pawnee proposal be in the cards for Parks and Recreation’s finale?

All season long, fans have watched as Ben and Leslie fought against the odds to get her elected to city council — and with every triumph further cementing their adorable relationship, I was curious if the May 10 finale would see Ben get down on one knee. So I cornered the cast backstage at Comedy Central’s Second Annual Comedy Awards (airing May 6 at 9 p.m.) to find out if weddings were in season.

“I can’t say, I can’t even give you a hint with my eyes or I will be sued for some crazy betrayal or network corporate secrets,” star Adam Scott told me, before teasing, “The finale is very exiting though. You get a lot of big answers and there are also some big questions.”

But would one of those questions be “Will you marry me?” To find out, I turned to Amy Poehler who claims that regardless of a Ben/Leslie proposal the finale has at least one Bachelor-esque moment. “A man does hand me a rose and ask me to marry him,” she said before cheekily adding, “but it’s not Ben.”

Engagements aside, it sounds like there is a lot to look forward to as Amy gushes, “I gotta tell you, these last two episodes are so exciting. Jam-packed and so thrilling. All of the characters together all the time, which is always our favorite and what makes me the most excited.”

The thing that made me the most excited came from scene-stealer — and Twitter diva — Retta. “We have one more big drinking scene at the election,” she reveals. And whether or not it will top Ron Swanson’s drunken hat dance, Retta promises that Donna’s drinking stays in check. “She keeps it together. She has to … she’s not going to mess up her car!”

Parks and Recreation airs Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. on NBC.

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There’s some new scoop about what’s coming up on “Parks and Recreation” from E! Online’s Spoiler Chat.

Kurt: Anything on the Parks and Rec campaign?

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Leslie’s campaign race takes quite a hit in “Bus Tour” because she inadvertently brings her ginormous campaign bus to the most inappropriate place ever: a memorial service. Oh, did we forget to mention that Pawnee will be rocked by a death?! Yeah, that’s happening. Don’t worry, Ron Swanson is safe. And that’s all that matters.

Check out some new spoilers about what’s coming up on “Parks and Recreation” from Ask Ausiello!

Question: My birthday’s coming up this week and so I thought I’d ask for a birthday-scoop on Parks and Recreation. Any chance Ben and Leslie will be moving in together anytime soon? –Anne

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Ausiello: Yes, but I’m going to have my fact-checkers vet your birthday claim. If you’re lying, I will Kerkovich the scoop from your mind and replace it with a Smash spoiler about Ellis. Regarding Ben and Les, exec producer Mike Schur neither confirmed nor denied that the lovebirds will shack up by season’s end when we caught up with him at PaleyFest 2012 last week. He did reveal that there’s trouble ahead though. “The campaign puts a little bit of a strain on their relationship, but not in a, ‘We’re gonna breakup’ kinda way,” he said. “We kept talking about if, realistically, we could cause tension between them, but then it was like, ‘Come on — look at them. They love each other too much.’ There are obviously consequences for the end of the year — regardless of whether Leslie wins or loses, there are huge ramifications for their relationship and that is something we’ll see.”

Check out some new scoop on what’s coming up on “Parks and Recreation” from Spoiler Chat!

Noa: What can you tell me about Louie C.K’s return to Parks and Recreation? Will there be a scene with Ben that’s worth watching over five times (the regular amount for the average Parks and Rec scene)?
We see your scene with Ben (Adam Scott) and Officer Dave (C.K.) and raise you a scene with Ben, Dave and Leslie (Amy Poehler). That’s awkward all on its own, but when you add the fact that Ben and Leslie have to ask Dave a favor…well, you’ll be rewinding that scene at least seven times. Plus, Leslie needs a campaign song and Andy’s writing it. Comedic. Gold.

Some new scoop about what’s coming up on “Parks and Recreation” has been revealed by E! Online’s Spoiler Chat!

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Leslie (Amy Poehler) and Ben’s (Adam Scott) relationship is going to be tested, y’all! We caught up with Scott, who tells us Leslie’s campaign will test their relationship “in a variety of ways.” “They’ve come up with a really great way of letting the relationship grow in ways you don’t see on half-hour comedies that often,” he says. “It’s really great.” One obstacle? The return of Louis C.K.! “It’s a very interesting episode for the three of us,” Scott teases.

Sierra in Nasville, Tenn: I’m loving Paul Rudd on Parks and Rec so much that it’s making me question my allegiance to Leslie!

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Li’l Sebastian is very disappointed in you right now, missy. So far we’ve been under the impression that you can either “Vote Knope” or vote for Rudd’s character Bobby Newport and eat a “Bobby Bar” (his Dad made them!) in the race for Pawnee’s 2012 City Council. But did you know that the fourth most obese city in America has more hidden candidates running in this election? In episode 20, titled “The Debate,” we’ll get to meet Fester Trim, a very stern man who owns the local Gun Emporium, as well as Manrico, a fella who loves animals (but hates children). You’ve still got our vote Leslie!

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What’s coming up for Leslie and Ben on Parks and Recreation? — Maggie

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NATALIE: “Ben is going to try to figure out what to do with his life,” executive producer Mike Schur tells us. “We’ll see him pursuing hobbies that he’s always wanted to pursue. He’s starting to grow a beard and wearing a Letters to Cleo concert T-shirt from 1996 and he’s in couch potato mode. Leslie and her new Bad News Bears team put together their first event to relaunch the campaign and those two stories will intersect in a way that will explain the rest of the season.” We vote for Ben as her campaign manager!

Some new scoop about what’s coming up on “Parks and Recreation” has been revealed by Matt’s Inside Line!

Parks and Recreation | Dipping into the reader mailbag, Nane begs, “Please give me anything on Parks and Recreation!” Well, as Leslie scales back her office hours to hit the campaign trail, there’ll be a need to hire an extra hand at the P&R Department, and you can imagine the two very different styles of job interviews offered by Chris versus Ron. (For one, a candidate named Tammy is promptly dismissed.) Meanwhile, as Leslie presses the flesh in her bid for a city council seat, the rival candidate’s campaign manager (to be played by Kathryn Hahn) will prove quite formidable — if not downright crafty/wily, especially when it comes to targeting Pawnee’s electoral sweet spot: the “gray vote” (aka old folks).