Not the series best but very good.

The season begins with Leslie Knope starting in her role as City Councilwoman for Pawnee, Indiana. While she is no longer Deputy Director for the Parks Department, she does stay devoted and spends a majority of her time with her old co-workers. Though running a city might be harder than she expects it to be.

Leslie pushes for a lot of things to improve the city, and often does certain things to prove a point like showing that women can be equal to men. Now that they are no longer working at the same place, Leslie and Ben can freely date with no guilt. But their time will be split as Ben took a job in Washington D.C. to help the campaign of a congressman.

While it wasn’t as good as previous seasons, I liked the fifth season a lot. I’ve always enjoyed it as a super-funny comedy but I thought this season got a little too serious. Though we still liked all the characters as they all stayed funny.