It’s not for the fans, it’s for the 100 million casual viewers still tuned in after the big sports game, expecting a broad spectacle. It’s more of a novelty special that tastes like the show but isn’t the show. “Operation: Broken Feather” (Season 1, Episode 15)Ī show’s Super Bowl episode is rarely its best episode. It blows up when it turns out to be the deputy commissioner’s shithead son, leading to a delicate, highly political situation. Herein, he shows up late to roll call and gets assigned a lame graffiti case. The first regular episode explores some dynamics that have long since been put to bed, particularly how Jake bristles at Captain Holt’s authority. That was part of a two-way crossover with that show, and if you haven’t seen that show’s contribution to the stunt, this cameo is bewildering. There’s a subplot involving Charles doting on his little son, with whom he obsesses over even more than food, and Jake has to commandeer a vehicle from a civilian, who is Jess Day, Zooey Deschanel’s character from New Girl. Jake is still trying to get back to normal after his horrific prison stint, and is thus the only member of the 99 who doesn’t mind the work when they all get assigned the night shift. They eventually get out, of course, but it’s sheer agony to endure watching these characters you love go through hell.Ĩ3. Jake and Gina take the fall, get railroaded by the legal system and wind up in the very scary world of prison. Jake and Rosa agree to help out a robbery-busting task force led by Gina Gershon … who, in a kind of obvious twist, is actually robbing the banks. Those are the problems with this five-episode saga, which spanned two seasons. On top of that, it has a tendency to stick with dramatic, high-stakes arcs for a little too long. (Hey, title of your sex tape! Noice.)īrooklyn Nine-Nine doesn’t work that well when the characters aren’t in Brooklyn, doing their jobs solving crimes. Every Nine-Nine is a lovingly crafted, airtight little package of goodness. (Note: Some episodes have been grouped together by theme or storyline, as you’ll see.) It was a tough task, as there are no terrible episodes of this show. It’s a style of comedy developed by Michael Schur, co-creator of Brooklyn Nine-Nine with Dan Goor, perfected by other Schur shows like Parks and Recreation and The Good Place.Īs Brooklyn Nine-Nine returns to the air, switching over to NBC after Fox canceled it after five seasons (its ratings were never blockbuster), here’s a list of every episode of the Nine-Nine. There’s almost never a false character moment, there’s a bounty of hilarious bits of physical and verbal comedy in every episode, and the characters are just nice - good people who are good at their jobs and genuinely care about each other. Photo: Maya Robinson/Vulture and Photos by Getty Imagesīrooklyn Nine-Nine isn’t only one of the funniest comedies on TV, it’s easily the most consistent.
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