In fact, is it too soon to give Brown the Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Emmy just for his scene saying the victim's name in different ways?   | 

"[3] Daniel Kurland of Vulture wrote, "'The Box' gets far with a simple, but effective, structural approach to its interrogation. Charles plans out an overly-elaborate scavenger hunt for Jake's Bachelor Party. For an enhanced browsing experience, get the IMDb app on your smartphone or tablet. However, an unexpected injury causes both sets of parents to reexamine their feelings towards each other, and fulfill Jake’s wish of a big family Thanksgiving. "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" returns Thursday at 9 p.m. When they hear this, the squad, unable to go themselves, desperately fears for her safety. While he is happy for them, Captain Holt is slightly upset by the fact that no one technically won the heist, since Jake changed the belt. On the fifth annual Halloween heist, all members of the squad try to capture the champion cummerbund. Kevin is forced to remain in a safe house with Jake for two months to avoid detection from Murphy. "[6] Caroline Framke of Vox wrote, "This sounds easy enough, but make no mistake: The timing of each of these moments is very carefully chosen, by Scanlon during shooting and by Reuben after. This angers Davidson, who confesses that he killed his partner and had planned the perfect crime, and wasn’t just an incapable amateur who just “got lucky”. The show has featured a number of guest stars so far. She and the bridesmaids try to cancel the band's appearance. When the operation fails, Holt secretly obtains the information from Murphy, resulting in Jake and Rosa's freedom at the cost of a favor Holt will owe Murphy in the future. After their release, Jake realizes he's not ready to be back out in the field right away and Rosa breaks up with Adrian. When a member of the Police Commissioner selection committee decides to interview Hitchcock about Holt's qualities, Holt and Terry train him to be less disgusting and more professional. Jake and Charles go undercover and befriend Seamus' dimwitted nephew, Kyle, to find out what the Murphys are planning and stop it. Actors including Pete Davidson and Eva Longoria have appeared. View production, box office, & company info Share. It aired on Fox in the United States on April 1, 2018. Fox canceled "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" in 2018, but NBC saved it less than 24 hours later, so now there's even more opportunity for cameos. However, after being touched by Amy and Charles' good-byes, she decides to return to the Nine-Nine while continuing to work on her side business. List of Brooklyn Nine-Nine episodes The show revolves around the fictitious 99th precinct of the New York Police Department in Brooklyn and the officers and detectives that work in the precinct. For even more, visit our Family Entertainment Guide. Terry, Rosa, Hitchcock, and Scully debate over who should get the new Detective car.

Jake ends up being put in the general population after smuggling "street soups" to a feared gang led by Romero, and Holt and Terry struggle to fill a very long list of requests for help by Rosa after she realizes they're not going to stop trying to help her. The Nine-Nine try to track down Murphy. Rosa and Amy team up to take down their "white whale" suspect - a ruthless killer who has managed to elude them for seven years - while Terry helps Jake tackle his wedding planning chores, such as picking out the proper napkin color. Jake and Amy attempt to get their parents to bond over Thanksgiving dinner, but their first holiday together as a family does not go well. Terry tries to find Gina time and space to use her breast pump for her baby. I run in there screaming, throw a chair through the two-sided mirror, glass goes everywhere. TV-14 The episode received critical acclaim from critics, who praised Samberg's, Braugher's and Brown's performances, the writing, tension and homage to Homicide: Life on the Street, with some deeming it as one of the best episodes of the show and one of the best episodes of 2018. Jake and Rosa have been in prison for a couple of months, with Jake having to deal with his amiable mass-murdering cannibal cellmate, and Rosa doing whatever it takes to establish herself as someone not to be messed with. With these ratings, Brooklyn Nine-Nine was the third highest rated show on FOX for the night, beating The Last Man on Earth, and Bob's Burgers but behind Family Guy and The Simpsons, fourth on its timeslot and tenth for the night, behind a rerun of Roseanne, Deception, Dateline NBC, NCIS: Los Angeles, Family Guy, The Simpsons, American Idol, and Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert. When Vin joins them on the case and impresses Amy with his intellect and looks, Jake becomes jealous.

Sterling K. Brown was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance in this episode. Pimento returns as an insurance claims investigator to help Jake and Charles find out who burned down Charles' food truck. Amy, Terry, and Scully search through a room full of shredded documents to pin down Murphy's location. Back at the precinct, Holt, Amy, and Charles take a forensics course and things go south when their tactic to keep Charles' mouth shut fails. The fifth season of the television sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine premiered September 26, 2017 on Fox. As the two authors accuse each other of stealing their work, Terry reveals to Jake that he's been writing a fantasy novel of his own. Philip Davidson.

Amy accepts Jake's proposal and the two become engaged. Phillip Davidson (Sterling K. Brown), a successful dentist, is called to the precinct in order to be questioned about his business partner's death, of which he is deemed the prime suspect. I convince him I'm unstable. Rosa goes to a hair salon and is forced to make small talk and change her hair to get info out of Murphy's girlfriend. Even when Brown has to make those crazy faces in the rapid-fire back-and-forth, he gives it just enough of a difference to show that this is a character who enjoys acting almost as much as Brown seems to. A lot of the first act has Jake and Raymond sequestered together as they formulate theories and bounce off of each other before they let Davidson into the equation. "The Box" received critical acclaim from critics. The website's consensus reads, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine's final year with Fox pops with such joyous affection that it could have been a satisfying closer for the series, but the ensemble's unflappable chemistry continues to gel so well that viewers will be glad that these cops will live to fight crime again. Amy and Rosa try to request a permit for the block party, but when they are rejected, they try to find holes in the bureaucratic system Amy's grown to adore.

Terry injures himself after performing yoga with Charles and gets stuck in Hitchcock and Scully’s nap room. Though she initially pretends she's dating Jake during dinner, she comes out and invites Jake to join her family for Game Night, where she finds out how much her parents are willing to accept the change. Amy passes the Sergeant's Exam. While at a funeral in Los Angeles for their former police chief, Captain Holt finds out he is in the running to be commissioner. Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg) informs Raymond Holt (Andre Braugher) about the case, prompting Holt to cancel his plans in order to interrogate him. Jake and Terry who have bonded over their love for Parlov’s book, go to a convention along with Rosa to investigate and find out that Parlov's rival, Landon Lawson, also had his manuscript stolen.