Road Trip (Parks and Recreation)

"Road Trip" is the fourteenth episode of the third season of the American comedy television series Parks and Recreation, and the 44th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on NBC in the United States on May 12, 2011. In the episode, Leslie and Ben are sent on a road trip together and struggle to keep their romantic feelings for each other at bay due to a policy that forbids office romances. Meanwhile, a Newlywed Game-style game show hosted by Tom leads to a fight between Andy and April.

Written by Harris Wittels and directed by Troy Miller, "Road Trip" originally aired back-to-back along with "The Fight". The two are stand-alone episodes not originally meant to run together, but because the third season premiered late, they had to be shown together so the series' season would conclude by the end of the television season. "Road Trip" marked the beginning of a romantic relationship between Leslie and Ben, which culminated a growing development between the two characters that began when Ben was first introduced at the end of the second season.

The episode featured several appearances by recurring guest stars, including Jay Jackson as Perd Hapley, Kirk Fox as Joe and Mark Rivers, Andrew Burlinson and Alan Yang as the members of Andy's band, Mouse Rat. "Road Trip" received generally positive reviews and, according to Nielsen Media Research, was seen by an estimated 3.5 million household viewers, a drop from both "The Fight" and the previous original episode, "Eagleton".