Saying goodbye to your favorite TV show isn’t easy. But a perfect ending sure does help. Here is Brooklyn Nine-Nine bowing its last with one final Halloween Heist.
Okay, scratch that. It’s not a Halloween heist or even a “Non-holiday associated heist,” as Jake labels it. It is, in fact, a goodbye heist for Jake to break the news that he is leaving the NYPD.
The goal is to get everyone to the Brooklyn Bridge so that Jake can give them their parting gifts.
Jakes aims to “control” the whole heist, partnering himself with Boyle, Rosa with Amy, and Holt with Scully (plus FaceTime Hitchcock and Donkey Scully — no, don’t ask me about that last one).
Jeffords, who is gearing up for his interview to be Captain of the Nine-Nine, will only play referee.
This may be the series finale, but the heist is not about tear-jerking moments at all.
It includes several elaborate betrayals, red herrings, and of course, Jake spending way too much money on useless things like hiring actors, magnet suits, and industrial-strength fireworks.
We are treated to several guest appearances too: Fan favorite Gina (Chelsea Peretti) jumps into the heist many times with her ridiculous jibes and even more ridiculous sweaters.
Then we have Adrian Pimento, Charles lookalike Bill, Amy’s ex-boyfriend Teddy, Mlepnos, cannibal Caleb, and even show creator Dan Goor as janitor Dan.
In the end, nothing goes according to plan, and the Nine-Nine squad is stuck in a warehouse. It turns out everyone wanted to throw the perfect goodbye heist.
The cataclysmic mess has Jeffords break a wall with his bare body to help the squad escape, which leads to a very pleased Hitchcock being crowned as the heist’s ultimate winner.
Like Amy, who is first privy to Jake’s surprise reveal, we too are shocked at the retirement decision.
This last season heavily involved elements of the real world — Covid-19, police brutality, a re-examination of established institutes, and even hopelessness that things may not change, or at least not soon enough.
These are plenty of reasons for Jake to retire from his dream job. But ultimately, it is his past with his father that drives him to quit and be a good dad to Mac.
At the end of the episode, Jake and Holt share a heartfelt moment where the Captain expresses that he would be lucky and proud to have a son like Jake. (I’m not crying, you are).
The finale delivered great fan service with Jake being content with his retirement, Amy and Holt moving forward with their promotion, Rosa carving her own path, Captain Jeffords leading the Nine-Nine, and Boyle’s familiar quirkiness keeping everything afloat.
This was indeed the perfect heist to end all heists. And, of course, the eight-season long series.
Sorry, I fibbed — this was not the last heist. The epilogue of a year later has the squad back again, surprising (and coercing) Captain Jeffords into yet another Halloween heist. After all, we can’t leave Hitchcock as the crowned winner.
This Nine-Nine tradition is going to live on as long as the show is in our hearts.
About Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Brooklyn Nine-Nine is an American police procedural comedy television series created by Dan Goor and Michael Schur.
The show stars Andy Samberg as Jake Peralta, Stephanie Beatriz as Rosa Diaz, Terry Crews as Terry Jeffords, Melissa Fumero as Amy Santiago, Joe Lo Truglio as Charles Boyle, Chelsea Peretti as Gina Linetti, Andre Braugher as Captain Holt, Dirk Blocker as Michael Hitchcock, and Joel McKinnon Miller as Norm Scully.
Braugher has been nominated four times for the Primetime Emmy Award and has twice won the Critics’ Choice Television Award. The show has also received a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comedy Series portrayal of LGBTQ+ people.
The series revolves around Jake Peralta, a talented but immature NYPD detective in Brooklyn’s fictional 99th Precinct, who often comes into conflict with his commanding officer, the serious and stern Captain Raymond Holt.
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