History Recap / CentralParkS1E2SkatersCircle

[[caption-width-right:350:"We gotta do it while we can!"]]

'''Season Two''': [[Recap/CentralParkS2E01CentralDark 1]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E02MothersDaze 2]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E03FistaPuffsMetsOutJustice 3]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS2E04OfCourseYouRealizeThisMeansWard 4]] -]]]]]

-->'''Lyrics by:''' Music/SaraBareilles & Brent Knopf
-->'''Music by:''' Music/SaraBareilles

-->'''Molly:''' So many parents body parts on display right now.

* IgnoredEpiphany: Bitsy brings up her poor childhood and how we was treated and thinks about forgiving those who wronged her. But she laughs evilly and sings "Make 'em Pay".

'''Season One''': [[Recap/CentralParkS1E1EpisodeOne 1]] | '''2''' | [[Recap/CentralParkS1E3HatLuncheon 3]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS1E4GarbageBallet 4]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS1E5DogSprayAfternoon 5]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS1E6RivalBusker 6]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS1E7SquirrelInterrupted 7]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS1E8HotOven 8]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS1E9LiveItUpTonight 9]] | [[Recap/CentralParkS1E10AFishCalledSnakehead 10]] -]]]]]

* RealityEnsues: Paige initially dismisses the City Council meeting as a boring filler job, until a single no vote threatens the funding for Central Park. As it turns out, being an IntrepidReporter ''does'' often mean paying attention to boring bureaucracy and how it affects the community.

* ChekhovsGun: Paige is tasked to report the City Counsel Contract Committee Meeting which she finds boring, but Birdie reveals this meeting will have an important impact later on.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Owen goes to see Gary, he's singing a song to himself with the lyrics "Do it while we can". It turns out he's singing the last song of the episode.
* FreudianExcuse: In Bitsy's Song "Make 'Em Pay", she expresses that she came from an abusive family, and was not popular with the other children.
* FreudianSlip: "Hello, everymoney... body."

* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Molly has the unfortunate luck to see her father pantless and her mother shirtless and seeing her mother telling her father to "[[InnocentInnuendo Do me!]]"[[note]]Owen is ironing his shorts and Paige realizes her blouse is wrinkly so she takes it off and asks Owen to quickly iron her it.[[/note]].

->'''Written by:''' Halsted Sullivan

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Birdie points out Owen usually never leaves the park unless it's for official business reasons, but when he needs Glorious Gary to come back to Skater's Circle, we leaves and doesn't change out of his park uniform.

->Written by: Halsted Sullivan

* InnocentlyInsensitive: After saying the city from Sewer Pipe Mike, one citizen thanks Fista-Puffs and tells her she's not awkward at all. Fista-Puffs questions why would she specifically tell her she's not awkward because it implies she did think she's awkward.

* WealthyPhilanthropist: Birdie explains the Park League are a group of nice rich people from the 70s who provide 90% of the Central Park money to improve the park.

* Foil: Bitsy appears to show signs of being this to Molly, with Bitsy expressing that she was an outcast in her youth. However, while Molly aspires to be a Superhero, singing about how Weirdos Make Great Superheroes, Bitsy's plan to byu the Park is part of a plot to take her rage out on the rest of the World.

* FreudianExcuse: In Bitsy's Song "Make Them Pay", she expresses that she came from an abusive family, and was nt populr with the other childrn.

* IWantSong: Molly, along with Cole, sings "Weirdos Make Great Superheroes", with Molly singing she wants to be a superhero while Cole sings about wanting to reunite with Champagne.