Amy Poehler Debuts Long-Awaited Trailer for Spoof Spinoff Philly Justice

Published: May 20, 2025

Amy Poehler has finally given fans what they've been waiting for - the trailer for Philly Justice, a spoof spinoff that originated as an inside joke on the set of Parks and Recreation.

The Trailer Premiere

On the May 20 episode of her podcast Good Hang, Poehler premiered the trailer, which also features Adam Scott, Rashida Jones, and Kathryn Hahn. The trailer was met with excitement and applause from Poehler and Jones.

"We heard you loud and clear. We're giving it to you. We don't like to tease around here. We like to please," Poehler said.

The Philly Justice Concept

Philly Justice is a fake TV show that Poehler and her co-stars made up on the set of Parks and Recreation. The idea was born out of a photo they took on set, which sparked a fantasy of being in a Nineties, David Kelley-style procedural show where they played law clerks in Philadelphia. The spinoff idea really took hold with the cast and crew, and eventually, they wrote 20 pages of script and filmed one episode.

"That small inside joke onset laugh grew into a beast that is still discussed today," Poehler said.

The Trailer

The trailer features Poehler, Jones, Scott, and Hahn starring as attorneys at a Philadelphia law firm. When Dylan McDermott joins the fun, things get chaotic.

There's tension between McDermott's character and Scott's, as Scott asks when McDermott walks into the office, "What the hell are you doing here?" McDermott repeats his question back to him, and Scott says, "I work here now," to which McDermott again repeats, "I work here now."

"Well, we'll see about that," McDermott says.

There's also a romance between Hahn and Scott's characters. At one point, Scott asks Hahn in the middle of the courtroom, "Permission to treat the witness as beautiful?"

"Granted," she says, and then they make out.

But later, when Scott proposes to Hahn, Poehler's character reminds Hahn that she "can't" marry him. "She's already married — to her job."

In another particularly dramatic moment, Scott tells McDermott, "You're a playboy and a social climber. I'm a rebel and an outlaw who plays by his own rules, of course, they're never gonna let me in their little club."

Nick Offerman also makes an appearance in the trailer as a judge, who Scott at one point tries to call to the stand, and the trailer ends with McDermott — who just impassionately declared, "Let there be justice in Philadelphia once again" — seemingly overthrowing him.

"I'm a judge now. And you're guilty, your honor," McDermott tells Offerman.

After watching the trailer, Poehler gave a round of applause and Jones was excited as she repeated, "Yes!"

Still, Poehler admitted, "It really is shorter and less exciting than we really built it up to be."

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