Who both wrote and directed the season four episode "The Debate"?

Amy Poehler both wrote and directed the season four episode “The Debate” of Parks and Recreation.

“The Debate” is the 20th episode of season four and the 66th episode overall. It aired on NBC on April 26, 2012, focusing on Leslie Knope’s city-council debate against Bobby Newport, played by Paul Rudd.

Poehler was already the show’s lead actor and played Leslie, but she also contributed behind the scenes. She wrote several episodes, including “Telethon,” “The Fight,” and “The Debate,” and later co-wrote the series finale, “One Last Ride,” with Michael Schur.

A common mix-up is confusing Poehler’s work on “The Debate” with the episode’s other credited writers or directors elsewhere in the series. The episode’s credits specifically list Poehler as both writer and director, and her writing earned a Primetime Emmy nomination.