Type: Platonic Show: NBC’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine Featured Characters: Amy Santiago, Charles Boyle, Gina Linetti, Jake Peralta, Michael Hitchcock, Norm Scully, Terry Jeffords, and Raymond Holt

Eight years, 153 episodes, one astounding team. Brooklyn Nine-Nine is a series that’s hard to part from because the relationships established during its run have been so rewarding to watch as a TV viewer. Where there are far too many great moments to excavate and episodes to highlight just what the series has accomplished, it’s ultimately a sign of the series’ strength in fortifying something memorable.

The 99th Precinct weren’t always a family, and the fact that we were given the chance to see their progression from the Pilot is what says a lot about the show. From the moment Raymond Holt steps in and states that he wants them to wear a tie, it becomes clear that the series’ heart is always going to be the friendships.

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Cool cool cool cool, it’s the 99 day. September 9 will forever be remembered as so. Brooklyn Nine-Nine might be ending soon, but it’s the show that deserves celebrations yearly and that will likely be the case as its one of the most bingeable shows to exist. When a show has too many amazing episodes to choose from, it’s the ultimate showcase of excellence, and that is most certainly the case with Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

Season 5, Episode 9: “99”

While season five has a number of fantastic episodes like “Jake and Amy”, and “The Box”, the reality is, I don’t think I can write about their friendships enough. I’m not strong enough. And “99” beautifully encapsulates what makes the series so unique, and it does with raw, human moments that I firmly believe could melt even Scrooge’s heart.

When the team learns that Holt’s been the one sabotaging his own interview for commissioner, he finally reveals the deal he made to get Jake and Rosa out of prison, essentially solidifying that he is “Daptain.” In every sense of the word, “99” showcases that the precinct is home. It gives Amy the platform to show off her organizational skills fiercely under “The Final Countdown,” it gives Jake the platform to not only geek over Die Hard sets, but to learn how loved he truly is, it gives Rosa the platform to come out and feel good about it, it gives Terry mints, and it gives Holt hope in the fact that he wouldn’t deal with the aftermath of the deal alone. It reminds Holt that this is his family, his lifelong team. It’s a long, beautiful way from the Pilot. It does all this in an episode that had me laughing out loud from beginning to end. Jake’s “take my picture with it” is a mood. I think we’d all definitely do the same if someone ever let us near the Brooklyn Nine-Nine set.

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Brooklyn Nine-Nine has always been the show to take stands because it mattered, and never because it was performative. This show didn’t choose diversity to check off boxes and get brownie points, but because celebrating humanity in a way that was authentic was always its priority.

And thereby, Brooklyn Nine-Nine couldn’t ignore the atrocities against Black men and women in 2020 (along with the systemic racism long before that). It couldn’t ignore the fact that as police officers, they are part of the problem and needed to make their understanding clear. While there is very little I can speak on as a white woman,“The Good Ones” does an incredible job of revealing that the show cares about getting this right.

Sure, not at all police officers are part of the problem, but the corruption within the institution is everyone’s problem. The systemic racism in this country is on all of us. It starts from the ground up and it starts with having difficult conversations. It starts by looking within and that’s precisely what “The Good Ones” and “The Lake House” does.

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Brooklyn Nine-Nine at its core has always been about the friendships—you could spend pages just listing every incredible thing they’ve each done for each other, and the ways they’ve been there for one another. (And yes, someday I actually will.) But in “Show Me Going,” it’s not just about the lengths they’re willing to go forward each other, it’s about how they’re going to help themselves in the process too.

After learning that there’s an active shooter situation that Rosa is on call during, the squad panics at the thought of their losing their friend, and the helplessness the situation has ultimately put them in. And when Jake decides he can no longer standby doing nothing physically, Holt tells him to help his team emotionally, implying that it’s not something that comes easy to him otherwise he’d be the one to do so. But Jake initially refuses and states that he’s going in to physically help Rosa instead, only to show up with pizza later asking the team to share their emotions.

On any other show (except Ted Lasso), a moment like this might not have worked as well because it wouldn’t match the series’ tone. Except from day one Brooklyn Nine-Nine has made it clear that emotions matter and they matter tremendously.

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I’ve written and deleted this too many times because it never felts right. Brooklyn Nine-Nine is set to end after its eight season and I have way too many feelings about this.

This show is more than just a procedural comedy—it’s a celebration of humanity and inclusivity. For eight years, it has constantly gotten better. (Don’t even at me because we all know the last season is going to be downright perfect, too. Especially since writers have scrapped the material they previously had written in order to bring to light the police brutality against Black lives today.) This show has always gotten everything right, so we are trusting them in this, too.

Still, it’s never easy saying goodbye. And it’s especially never easy saying goodbye to shows that are as inclusive and as perfect as Brooklyn Nine-Nine. (I keep using the word perfect in this, and it’s not just an adjective. This show has reached a level no other comedy has, and we’ll keep saying it.) The series represented so many different people and it did so with incomparably memorable characters we’ll always carry with us. Holt, a gay Black man is Captain of the entire precinct. Rosa, a Latina woman is one of the toughest, most nuanced characters to ever grace our screens and canonically bisexual. Amy, another Latina woman represents so many nerds beautifully and with immeasurable kindness. Charles Boyle is our favorite meme-able (Is this a word? It should be.) shipper. Jake Peralta continues to learn and be so utterly relatable in his moods. Terry and his yogurt will always work. Hitchcock and Scully … well.

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January 27 – February 2 "Four Movements" | Brooklyn Nine-Nine

An eventful TV week kicked off with the emotionally packed Outlander season finale, and a solid episode of Madam Secretary. The Screen Actor’s Guild Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role went to Emily Blunt for A Quiet Place and I’ve been beaming since then. Riverdale wasn’t at its best, but it did give us some answers I wasn’t expecting this soon. And The Magicians not only reiterated that our sweet Julia Wicker is a goddess, but our favorites are one step closer to defeating the monster that’s governing Eliot’s body. However, it was unsurprisingly Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s heartfelt episode dedicated to Gina Linetti’s departure that takes the crown.

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October 1-7 “The Big House Part II” | Brooklyn Nine Nine

It’s been a week of stellar premieres and enthralling episodes starting with Sunday’s remarkably sweet Chesapeake Shores, Tuesday’s premiere of Black-ish, the debut of The Mayor, another emotional episode of This is Us, and Thursday’s incredible episode of Superstore. But it was Brooklyn Nine Nine’s second episode into the season that I can’t stop thinking about.

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Brooklyn Nine-Nine 2x01 "Undercover" Recap

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Brooklyn Nine-Nine's still got it, keeping the magnificent charm the world fell in love with, it's second season premiere was great. 

Episode Summary: Jake returns from his undercover job with the mafia. Captain Holt continuous to conduct drills where Terry must play a part in order for Diaz and Santiago to handle the situation. Boyle goes on a case with Jake and successfully keeps the secret that he and Gina have slept together. 

Review | Analyses: Brooklyn Nine-Nine is probably the funnest shows I'll be reviewing because most of the time, it'll just be me talking about how great everything is. 

Brooklyn Nine-Nine is literally the feel good show for everyone. It's not a show that's yet to irritate me in anyway. And often times, with comedies, the show gets better and better as the seasons progress. Such shows don't focus on heavy plot lines to pave the routes, but rather they establish characters so wonderfully, no matter how ravishing the plot may be, the characters alone provide the greatest form of entertainment.