Brooklyn Nine–Nine Episode Guide

Transcription

Episodes 001–071
c www.fox.com
Last episode aired Tuesday October 4, 2016
c 2016 www.tv.com
c 2016 www.fox.com
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c 2016
www.hiddenremote.com
The summaries and recaps of all the Brooklyn Nine–Nine episodes were downloaded from http://www.tv.com and http:
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com and processed through a perl program to transform them in a LATEX file, for pretty printing. So, do not blame me for
errors in the text ^
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This booklet was LATEXed on October 6, 2016 by footstep11 with create_eps_guide v0.55
Contents
Season 1
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
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20
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Pilot . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Tagger . . . . . . . . .
The Slump . . . . . . . . .
M.E. Time . . . . . . . . . .
The Vulture . . . . . . . . .
Halloween . . . . . . . . . .
48 Hours . . . . . . . . . .
Old School . . . . . . . . .
Sal’s Pizza . . . . . . . . . .
Thanksgiving . . . . . . . .
Christmas . . . . . . . . . .
Pontiac Bandit . . . . . . .
The Bet . . . . . . . . . . .
The Ebony Falcon . . . . .
Operation: Broken Feather
The Party . . . . . . . . . .
Full Boyle . . . . . . . . . .
The Apartment . . . . . . .
Tactical Village . . . . . . .
Fancy Brugdom . . . . . .
Unsolvable . . . . . . . . .
Charges and Specs . . . .
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Undercover . . . . . . . . . .
Chocolate Milk . . . . . . . .
The Jimmy Jab Games . . .
Halloween II . . . . . . . . . .
The Mole . . . . . . . . . . .
Jake and Sophia . . . . . . .
Lockdown . . . . . . . . . . .
USPIS . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Road Trip . . . . . . . .
The Pontiac Bandit Returns
Stakeout . . . . . . . . . . . .
Beach House . . . . . . . . .
Payback . . . . . . . . . . . .
Defense Rests . . . . . . . . .
Windbreaker City . . . . . .
The Wednesday Incident . .
Boyle-Linetti Wedding . . . .
Captain Peralta . . . . . . . .
Sabotage . . . . . . . . . . .
AC/DC . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Season 2
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4
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6
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20
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Det. Dave Majors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
The Chopper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Johnny and Dora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Season 3
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New Captain . . . .
The Funeral . . . . .
Boyle’s Hunch . . .
The Oolong Slayer .
Halloween III . . . .
Into the Woods . . .
The Mattress . . . .
Ava . . . . . . . . . .
The Swedes . . . . .
Yippie Kayak . . . .
Hostage Situation .
9 Days . . . . . . . .
The Cruise . . . . .
Karen Peralta . . . .
The 9-8 . . . . . . .
House Mouses . . .
Adrian Pimento . . .
Cheddar . . . . . . .
Terry Kitties . . . . .
Paranoia . . . . . . .
Maximum Security .
Bureau . . . . . . .
Greg and Larry . . .
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Season 4
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II
Season One
Pilot
Season 1
Episode Number: 1
Season Episode: 1
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Tuesday September 17, 2013
Michael Schur, Dan Goor
Phil Lord
Andre Braugher (Ray Holt), Andy Samberg (Jake Peralta), Joe
LoTruglio (Charles), Melissa Fumero (Amy Santiago), Stephanie Beatriz (Rose Diaz), Terry Crews (Terry Jeffords), Chelsea Peretti (Gina
Linetti)
Joel McKinnon Miller (Scully), Michael G. Hagerty (Captain McGintley),
Fred Armisen (Mlepnos), Anthony Azizi (Ahmed), Dirk Blocker (Hitchcock), Joe Jefferson (Old Man), Nick Gracer (Ratko), Rob Kerkovich
(Bunder), Nathan Clarkson (Robber), Sarah Spears (Disco Strangler’s
Victim)
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Tightly-wound captain Ray Holt takes over Brooklyn’s 99th precinct,
which includes Jake Peralta, a talented but carefree detective who’s
used to doing whatever he wants. The phrase ”I want to buy 2 movie
tickets for a girl who doesn’t like me” that Gina tells Boyle to search
does not give any results.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s cold open features
an undercover operative who’s been in
too deep, too long. Same old story, we’ve
all heard it before. Of course, this one’s
just a fuzzy cuddle bear nanny cam, and
its security footage is the key to solving an electronic store robbery. And with
that, Brooklyn Nine-Nine is off.
With the new captain’s arrival imminent, it’s clear that the detectives are
hoping for different things. Jake Peralta
just wants someone who is laid back like
the last captain; who doesn’t mind if they
have fire extinguisher races. His partner Amy Santiago would prefer a mentor, someone to be her rabbi and who will
hopefully train her to become a captain. What they get is Captain Ray Holt; a little stiff, very
by-the-book, and with strong opinions on ties and manscaping.
Sergeant Jeffords, aka former Terry Titties, gives new Captain Holt the lowdown on the detectives in the precinct. There’s Charles Boyle, a clumsy detective who knows his way around an
expensive ham; Rosa Diaz, a tough detective with lightning quick temper; Amy Santiago, Jake’s
partner who is always trying to prove herself; Jake Peralta, a detective who has learned everything but how to grow up. In addition to these characters there is Terry himself, a former badass
cop who lost his edge after having kids, and shot up a store mannequin, and administrator Gina
Linetti, who has no reverence for anyone in the precinct, and seems to like to mess with them all
equally.
The pilot sets up a few relationships to watch going forward. Dopey Detective Charles clearly
has the hots for loose cannon Rosa, and tries to figure out how to ask her out. While he manages
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to wrangle a movie date with her, mentioning her opinionated nature leads to a brisk cancellation.
She does, however, reimburse him for the plethora of movie tickets he purchased, and admit she
likes his company. Jake and Amy have a back and forth as partners, and everything becomes a
competition - especially their crime-solving competition, which Jake is currently winning. Jake
also has an interesting relationship with Captain Holt, first ignoring his authority, then gradually
coming to respect him more, especially as he learns the challenges he’s put up with as a gay
police officer. And then of course, there’s Gina vs. everyone else.
Door duty serves as a brief glimpse into the quirky characters that inhabit the city, including
a young weed-smoker pretending that someone broke into his apartment and left both the weed
smell and a bong, Fred Armisen as an accented man who spells his name with the letter ”clay,”
and an old man whom Amy bet was going to be a bachelor. Another victory for Jake.
Although Jake is clearly one of the best at his job, he still has room to grow emotionally. And
that he does as he’s standing face to face with a murderer in a storage unit, realizing that the
reason Holt demanded a tie was as part of a uniform, because they’re a ”team.” And then together
as a team, they all take down the bad guy.
But rarely can a comedy just end on such a straight note, and following the arrest of the ham
thief/murderer, Jake informs Holt that the Speedo is now inside of him. Note to all you detectives
out there: remove the speedo BEFORE going to catch the bad guy. Alright, now that’s all sorted.
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The Tagger
Season 1
Episode Number: 2
Season Episode: 2
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Norm Hiscock
Craig Zisk
Andre Braugher (Ray Holt), Andy Samberg (Jake Peralta), Joe
LoTruglio (Charles), Melissa Fumero (Amy Santiago), Stephanie Beatriz (Rose Diaz), Terry Crews (Terry Jeffords), Chelsea Peretti (Gina
Linetti)
Dirk Blocker (Hitchcock), Joel McKinnon Miller (Scully), Michael G.
Hagerty (Captain McGintley), James Michael Connor (Deputy Commissioner Podolski), Artemis Pebdani (Carlene), Michael Grant (Trevor),
Darlene Kardon (Grammy Nona Boyle)
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Jake shows up late for roll call, so Holt assigns him to a graffiti case
that Jake thinks is below him. The case becomes a problem when the
suspect happens to be the Deputy Commissioner’s son. In the meantime, Gina’s psychic friend visits the precinct and gets into Charles’
head.
Captain Holt tells Peralta he is late as he
comes in. Peralta says he had a plumbing
problem — he threw his phone alarm into
the toilet.
Captain Holt calls Peralta out in front
of everyone — for more than just being
late. He has a big folder of mistakes Peralta has made, including mislabeling evidence.
At their meeting, Sergeant Terry asks
about a drug bust and finds out 12 kilos
of coke are unaccounted for.
Peralta briefs everyone on a graffiti
artist who is painting penises on squad
cars. Captain Holt says he will go to
babysit him.
Gina brings in her friend, a psychic, to help them find the missing drugs. Charles tells the
psychic he believes in her, and she rewards him by telling him that the woman he loves (Rosa)
will never love him back.
Captain Holt is not thrilled that Peralta shows up for surveillance late. Holt tells him he will
be babysat until Peralta can prove that he will do his job correctly. As they argue, the graffiti kid
is spray painting their van. They chase him down and catch him.
Peralta tries to bribe the captain into laying off him, but when that fails, he promises to do
everything perfectly. Terry tells him he’s going to end up fired.
At the apartment of the drug perp, Charles panics. The psychic predicted finding the drugs in
something blue, and the cabinets are blue. If she was right about that, she might be right about
Rosa. He’s relieved when Amy finds them in the baseboard of the bathroom.
He goes to tell Gina she was incorrect.
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Peralta runs the prints on the graffiti artist and finds out he is the son of the Deputy Commissioner. He pleads with Holt to let it go, but Holt insists he must see it through. Peralta briefs
the other officers on it and debates his options. He tries to get a vote.
The Deputy Commissioner arrives and asks for his son. He orders Peralta to let it slide and
takes his son away.
Rosa finds Charles in a chair, which he won’t leave because the psychic said he would be hurt
if he left it. Rosa punches him and tells him to make his own destiny.
Peralta shows his report to Holt, frustrated that he can’t touch this kid, who has a long, long
record. Holt says his father is doing no favors letting him get away with everything, and Peralta
understands suddenly why he is being so hard on him.
They go to arrest him. The Commissioner threatens him, and Holt, as they take his son away.
Holt begins the next briefing — and Peralta is right on time, since he slept in a tent in the
room.
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The Slump
Season 1
Episode Number: 3
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Tuesday October 1, 2013
Prentice Penny
Julie Anne Robinson
Andre Braugher (Bob Holt), Andy Samberg (Jake Peralta), Joe
LoTruglio (Charles), Melissa Fumero (Amy Santiago), Stephanie Beatriz (Meghan), Terry Crews (Terry Jeffords)
Scott ”Kid Cudi” Mescudi (Dustin Whitman), Dirk Blocker (Hitchcock),
Joel McKinnon Miller (Scully), Oliver Carter (8-Year-Old Charles), Scott
Michael Morgan (Judd Sterrino), Pete Davidson (Steven), Cleo Fraser
(Charles’s Sister), Lindsey Sims-Lewis (Kari), Spice Williams (Prostitute), Helen Slayton-Hughes (Helen), Jack Walsh (George)
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Jake has a lot of unsolved cases on hand and the other detectives
are unwilling to let his losing streak rub off on them. Meanwhile, Amy
recruits Rosa and Gina for help when Holt asks her to run lead on the
Junior Policeman Program for at-risk youth and Boyle helps Jeffords
with a special case he’s unable to solve.
The gang debates the best cop movie of
all time. Peralta shows them a video of
Hitchcock getting kicked and then robbed
by a hooker.
Captain Holt asks Peralta about several of his cases at briefing, but Peralta
has nothing solved. His employees accuse
him of being in a slump.
Later, Peralta has one case he is about
to close: a missing grandma named Helen who went out for bagels and never
came back. An old lady was picked up
that morning matching her description.
Holt brings Amy Santiago into his office and asks her if she will head a community outreach program for him. She goes to Rosa and tells her she signed her up for the Junior
Police Program.
Peralta brings in the family of the old woman they found... but it’s not Helen. No one recognizes
her. Charles pulls an ID card from her back pocket and finds she out who she is. Peralta realizes
he is, indeed, in a slump.
He brings his friends into the break room and asks for suggestions on how to get out of a
”hypothetical” slump. Holt comes in and tells him that closing cases is usually the best way to
end one.
Amy begins the Junior Police Program. Gina comes to listen, offended that her help has been
rejected, and riles up the at-risk kids, turning them against Amy. Rosa takes over, thinking she
will appeal to them more. The kids make a quick autotune of her speech, and laugh at her.
Charles finds Terry building a doll house for his daughter, but struggling, and offers to help.
Peralta tries to switch cases with Hitchcock, who has an easy case to solve. Peralta notes that
will mean lots of paperwork, and gets the swap. He heads off to catch a drug dealer.
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Peralta busts into the dealer’s apartment, but it’s just an old man playing the flute surrounded
by parrots.
Hitchcock comes in. A criminal came up to confess to him while he was on the street, and
turned in all his accomplices!
Peralta is peeing at the urinal when Gina comes in to tell him that evidence was mishandled,
and his last two cases were dismissed. She tells him he seems to be cursed, and the urinal sprays
him with water. He goes to speak with Holt, telling him he believes he is cursed. Holt pulls him
from casework until the superstition blows over, remembering a friend in the force who had a
similar problem.
Amy and Rosa debate over how to get the kids to listen to them. They settle on asking Gina
for help.
Peralta snores over paperwork, and tries to get himself onto Hitchcock’s murder case, but
Hitchcock won’t let him touch the folder. Holt brings over a rabbit’s foot that his friend who also
believed he was cursed had recommended.
Terry has been defeated by the princess castle for his daughter. It doesn’t help that Peralta
ran into it and knocked it over.
As Peralta types in data, he gets an idea. He’s not allowed to work on cases, so he makes
Charles meet him in the bathroom. He asks him to make calls for him.
Gina talks to the at-risk children and tells them they just need to find their passion. She
found hers. Gina dances for them, but it doesn’t reach. She tells them they never have to stop
at a red light and they can carry a gun. Eight kids sign up. Gina tells the ladies she took the
program as a kid and it doesn’t work.
Peralta brings the family of Helen into the bathroom. He accuses them of lying for insurance
fraud, and notes they’ve done the same thing in five different states. There is no Helen.
Holt praises Amy and Rosa, but Amy admits it was Gina. Holt makes her his personal assistant. Gina isn’t thrilled by Holt’s praise, but Amy is clearly longing for it.
Peralta is pleased to have broken his slump, and realizes that sitting and letting his mind rest
rebooted it, and that was Holt’s plan all along.
Charles builds the castle for Terry, and tells him not to put so much pressure on himself. He’s
a good dad.
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M.E. Time
Season 1
Episode Number: 4
Season Episode: 4
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Gil Ozeri
Troy Miller
Andre Braugher (Bob Holt), Andy Samberg (Jake Peralta), Joe
LoTruglio (Charles), Melissa Fumero (Amy Santiago), Stephanie Beatriz (Meghan), Terry Crews (Terry Jeffords)
Dirk Blocker (Hitchcock), Joel McKinnon Miller (Scully), Mary Elizabeth Ellis (Dr. Rossi), Becky Thyre (Mrs. Patterson), Wayne Lopez
(Uniformed Cop), Houston Rhines (Gabe), Martinez (Purse Snatcher),
Amanda Reed (Sue)
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Jake flirts with an attractive medical examiner at a crime scene and
delays the autopsy report, only to learn that she’s more than he bargained for. In the meantime, the sketch artist is out sick when Amy
takes on a purse-snatching case, but she discovers that Jeffords has
hidden artistic talents. Amy tries to determine why Holt is in a bad
mood.
Amy is on a date when her phone rings.
Peralta calls her and needs her back at
work... they have a lead on the Nightingale Strangler. He describes Amy’s date.
He is sitting in the back of the restaurant, pranking her. He comes over and
his own date leaves, not interested in the
game.
At work, Peralta pulls ahead in their
bet by solving five felonies in one week.
Holt comes in to briefing to announce
that monthly crime stats are due, and all
paperwork on closed cases is due ASAP.
Charles gets assigned Peralta and
Rosa Diaz as his seconds on a case. Amy
warns him it can be rough.
Amy goes to Holt with a question, but he dimisses her sharply. She bows, making it worse.
Diaz asks Amy what her problem is, and reminds her that Holt is just impossible to read. Amy
is determined to connect with Holt, who she thinks is like her, and believes is bothered by
something.
The trio (Charles, Rosa and Peralta) go to the scene, where the fat victim is quite dead. Peralta
struggles not to take charge, but he cuts off Charles and calls it a natural cause death, running
over Charles.
Amy asks Terry to draw a perp for her, since their sketch artist is out sick. She wants to get
the case solved to suck up to Holt. The victim of the purse snatching comes in to try to describe
the man who took her stuff, but Terry isn’t doing well, stuck by details.
Rosa takes Peralta aside and tells him to hang back so Charles can do his job. Charles talks
to the victim’s wife.
A pretty blonde woman, Dr. Rossi, the medical examiner, comes in to look at the body, and
Peralta hones in on her.
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He takes her on a date.
Charles wonders why the M.E. hasn’t dropped off the information from the case yet, and
Peralta admits to Rosa and Amy that he slept with her, and what happend between them was
weird... or sexy. Basically, she treated him like a corpse. He asks for their call and they say weird.
Rosa is annoyed at him for having sex while Charles does paperwork.
Terry is becoming a perfectionist with his perp sketches. Amy is determined to figure out
what’s bothering Holt.
Holt finds it unacceptable that the autopsy report isn’t in for the DOA yet, and goes to call the
M.E. but Peralta jumps in and volunteers to go pick it up.
Charles goes to Rosa with a problem. The DOA’s wife had said that the two were going on a
cruise, but Charles found she bought only one ticket. He tells her that Peralta went to get the
autopsy report, and she insists they go and pick it up.
They find Peralta in a freezer, half naked. He apologizes for slowing down the autopsy reports,
but it’s just a natural cause death. Charles says it may be a homicide now, but the M.E. hasn’t
gotten around to looking at the corpse. She says she can’t, since she gave her assistant the day
off when Jake showed up, but he volunteers to help her. It’s disgusting.
Amy has gotten her purse snatcher, who looks just like Terry’s sketch. Amy asks Terry to do
one more drawing... a flattering picture of the Captain. She presents the gorgeous oil painting to
Holt, but he’s annoyed. He didn’t like the picture of himself because it’s ostentatious, and now
she has wasted time doing that when she could have been putting paperwork in the system to
count toward their crime stats.
She tells him she already has it in the system, and he is pleased.
The M.E. tells Peralta that the cause of death is poison. Charles was right.
Amy thinks she has figured out why Holt has been so tense. He’s worried about their crime
stat numbers. She tells him they’ve stayed the same... a good sign, since they almost always get
worse when leadership switches. He thanks her.
Charles brings in the wife of the victim and arrest her for murdering her husband.
Terry agonizes over the painting of Holt, but Holt asks if he can bring it home for his husband,
a clear sign he likes it.
Rosa, Charles, and Jake go out for drinks, when Charles gets a text that he needs to send in
the paperwork for the crime. Peralta volunteers to go and do it, for once.
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The Vulture
Season 1
Episode Number: 5
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Laura McCreary
Jason Ensler
Andre Braugher (Captain Ray Holt), Andy Samberg (Detective Jake
Peralta), Joe LoTruglio (Detective Charles Boyle), Melissa Fumero (Detective Amy Santiago), Stephanie Beatriz (Detective Rosa Diaz), Terry
Crews (Sergeant Terry Jeffords), Chelsea Peretti (Administrator Gina
Linetti)
Joel McKinnon Miller (Scully), Dirk Blocker (Hitchcock)
Dean Winters (Det. Pembroke), Andy Richter (Doorman), Jacquie
Barnbrook (Martha), Jerome Ro Brooks (Uniformed Cop), Makeda Declet (Calista), Annie Korzen (Estelle)
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A detective from Special Crimes known as ”The Vulture” takes over a
murder case that Jake is close to solving and steals his thunder, so
Jake enlists the precinct to get revenge and find the murder weapon
before ”The Vulture” does. Meanwhile, Holt and Gina help Terry regain
his rights to carry a gun.
The group discusses the oldest arrests
they’ve ever made. Charles doesn’t understand the game and says he had sex
with a 68-year-old in his 20’s.
Briefing time. Peralta goes to tell everyone about a murder. He is convinced
the wife did it, though he has yet to find a
murder weapon. Holt reminds him it’s an
important case and to take all the help he
needs.
Rosa and Amy go to offer assistance,
but he turns them down in favor of
Charles, who will not steal his thunder.
Holt asks Terry to come to a gun
range with him. He needs some pointers,
though Terry has still not fired a weapon
since the ”mannequin incident.” Terry admits there was also a pinata incident. He used to be the
champion marksman, but has lost it. Gina wants to come along to get certified.
Peralta and Charles go to the apartment building of where the man died, and make the
rounds. Rosa calls - the marks on the victim look similar to a case she had a while back. She
doesn’t think it’s from a knife, it was a corkscrew in her case. She tells him he’d better get back
immediately, and he goes back to the precinct to find ”The Vulture,” an officer from Major Crimes
who swoops in and solves cases that are almost solved. Holt blames it on Peralta for not involving
everyone else sooner in an attempt to steal the glory. He tells him to turn over the files.
The gang goes out for a drink, mourning how Major Crimes unit tends to sweep in at the last
moment and steal the show. Peralta decides they need to come up with a revenge plan.
Terry struggles to assist Holt and Gina with their gun training. Finally, frustrated, he takes
the gun and fires shots. Gina counts them. Terry realizes they’re trying to sneakily have him
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recertified to carry a gun. If he makes 8/10 shots he can once more. He has shot seven times.
He tries to calm himself to take his final shot, but panics and forgets how to breathe.
The winning idea for the revenge plan is to cover The Vulture’s motorcycle with plastic wrap
and then melt it with a hair dryer. They go to his house and wrap the bike, but Peralta is surprised
to find the girls don’t just carry hair dryers around with them. Jake calls Gina, who does have
one.
Holt overhears, and tells Perlata it’s his fault. If he’s upset, next time solve the case. Peralta
decides that is the perfect revenge plan. They need to band together and go solve the case before
The Vulture can.
Since they’re drunk, they take the bus. Peralta goes over the facts - the husband was having
affairs, it was clearly the wife who killed him. Peralta admits he wanted to be the best, and he
should have involved the rest of the team.
Terry still can’t take a shot.
Peralta goes over the apartment and explains what happened for the murder, and they look
for the corkscrew murder weapon. They role-play trying to decide where the corkscrew went. Amy
wonders if the corkscrew was magnetic... and stuck when it was thrown down the trash shoot.
They try to lower Charles down, but another police team comes in.
Holt gets the call for that little fiasco. He tells Terry he has to get the team straightened out.
Holt is taking heat, and Terry goes to step in, but Peralta admits it was his fault and goes to talk
to The Vulture.
Luckily... Charles has the corkscrew. Peralta takes it in to the detective and pretends that The
Vulture solved the case... thereby making him stop chewing everyone out.
Holt writes up everyone on the team... except Peralta says he was the only one there. Holt is
at least pleased that Jake is starting to be part of the team.
Terry has been recertified... Gina inspired him with her talk of staying in the office all day and
being her bestie.
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Halloween
Season 1
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Season Episode: 6
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Lesley Arfin
Dean Holland
Linetti)
John Ross Bowie (Sister Steve), Phil Abrams (Uncle Bob), Christina
Brown (II) (Sexy Robot), Kanin Howell (Banana Perp), Justin McCully
(Tarzan), Nick Nicotera (Royal Baby 3), Kat Palardy (Raggedy Ann),
Miles Platt (Young Jake), Jimmy Smagula (John Perpton), Nick Drago
(Royal Baby)
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On Halloween night, a busy time of the year for any precinct, Amy,
who hates the holiday, is not happy that she has to wear a costume to
go undercover on the street with Charles. Meanwhile, at the precinct,
Jake bets Holt that he can steal his Medal of Valor before midnight,
which leads to him bringing out his own costumes.
Amy hates Halloween - drunk people with
fake guns, and slutty girls in revealing
costumes.
The holding cells are full. Holt sends
out Charles and Amy to go undercover at
a party.
Jake has his first arrest of Halloween.
He marvels at the stupidity of perps. He
speculates if he were to commit crimes,
no one would catch him. They challenge
him. Holt’s medal of valor, his most valuable item in his office, goes on the line.
Peralta vows to steal it by midnight. Terms are drawn, and Holt shakes on it.
Rosa brings in a man in a nun costume who was mugged. Terry talks with her, and decides
she’s really a big softy underneath her hard exterior. He finds out she didn’t graduate Catholic
high school, but she won’t tell him why and he becomes determined to find out.
Peralta goes to suck up to Gina to find out when the Captain won’t be in his office.
In costume, Amy and Charles go to a party to spy, but Amy draws her badge out early and
alerts everyone.
Peralta climbs into the ceiling of Holt’s office, waiting, but Holt is onto him. He locks his medal
in his safe and goes to a meeting. Peralta falls through the tiles.
Amy and Charles return to the station, having been egged. Everyone teases Peralta about how
he is going to lose the bet. He dons a janitor costume and tries to get close to the safe, but again
Holt catches him.
At another big party, Charles is having a good time dancing, but Amy still hates Halloween.
They notice a drug deal go down, and chase. The man ditches the drugs, and Amy has to crawl
on the disgusting floor to find them.
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Holt calls someone to fix his ceiling, and notices feathers coming in through his vent. He finds
Peralta trying to shove pigeons into his air conditioning vent.
Amy pays Hitchcock to hide in her costume and replace her for the rest of the night. Charles
confronts her, upset that she wanted to get out of working with him. He wanted this opportunity
to get closer to her as a friend.
Peralta tries a confusion tactic to get Holt’s keys, and manages to get them, but Holt finds
him in the office and demands them back.
Terry calls Rosa’s school and finds out Rosa transferred on her own violation. She admits she
went to ballet school; she was a classical dancer. She got kicked out, however, for beating up
other ballerinas.
Amy comes in and tells Holt that Peralta has been arrested, he was spotted scaling the side of
the building with a blowtorch. Holt goes to talk to him in the interrogation room. He is disgusted
by Peralta’s failure... or is it?
Peralta rewinds back through the day’s events, revealing that his team was on his side the
entire time, and assisted him in an elaborate crime to steal the medal. Holt opens the door to
find Charles holding the medal, with twenty seconds to spare.
Jake admits that he bribed his friends, with a promise to do all of their paperwork... because
in losing the bet, the Captain now has to do all Perlata’s paperwork.
Charles is called into one of the rooms, where everyone is in costume, including Amy, who
apologizes for being terrible to him. They’re going to the bar to celebrate Halloween. Holt reluctantly fulfills the rest of his bet, and announces to the room that Jake is an amazing detective.
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48 Hours
Season 1
Episode Number: 7
Season Episode: 7
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Tuesday November 5, 2013
Luke Del Tredici
Peter Lauer
Linetti)
Dirk Blocker (Hitchcock), Joel McKinnon Miller (Scully)
Scott ”Kid Cudi” Mescudi (Dustin Whitman), Andrew Friedman (Gil),
Jamal Duff (Zeke), Paul Mabon (Officer Lou)
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Jake has 48 hours to collect evidence on an arrest he made without much proof, or the ”perp” Dustin Whitman will go scott-free. After
an unsuccessful interrogation, Jake forces his co-workers to spend
the weekend helping him solve the case. With the team stuck at the
precinct, Charles judges a pie contest between Gina and Rosa, while
Holt helps Terry look better for his in-laws.
Jake goes to talk to the Captain. He
thinks he knows who hit a jewelry store someone he put away a few years back recently got out, and the break-in matches
his M.O. exactly.
Unfortunately, he has already arrested the man, Dustin Whitman, without sufficient evidence. Now he only has
48 hours to find the evidence to put him
away or he has to be released.
Amy comes into briefing, all made up
for a date later. Holt tells them what Peralta has done, and that they need to find
evidence or they’re opening the department up to a lawsuit. They all have to stay
and figure things out, effectively ruining their weekend plans.
Holt asks Terry if he’s unusually tired. Possibly because Terry fell asleep while going pull-ups.
Terry won’t go home, however.
Gina and Rosa debate visciously over who has better pie in the city. They consult Charles but
he refuses to take sides.
Whitman gets to have a chat with Peralta. He insists he is innocent. Peralta pretends he has
all the time in the world, but Whitman is aware he has 48 hours only.
The crew is stuck overnight, and everyone is exhausted. Peralta goes over what little break in
the case he has - not much, and everyone is still angry at him.
He goes to Holt and asks him to let the others go home. Holt asks if he is sure Whitman did
it, and Peralta insists he did. So everyone must stay.
Amy is mad that she’s still there and missing her date. Jake tells her to schedule for that
evening, he’ll get her to her stupid date. Everyone buckles down, trying to get the case solved.
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Gina comes in with a pie from each place she and Rosa debated, for Charles to test. Terry
joins.
Making fun of Amy for her thick glasses, Peralta suddenly thinks he has the key to solving the
case. He points out that Whitman’s debit card was used right near the jewelry store right before
the robbery. Whitman says it was his wife on their joint account.
Dressed back up for her date, Amy finds out it won’t be happening. Then she sits in pie.
Holt cannot get Terry to go home, so he orders that he take a nap. Terry confesses his giant
brother-in-law is staying with them and makes him feel small and weak.
The lawyer has been called in, and is also furious to be called in on a weekend. He tells Peralta
that Whitman has an alibi - he was in a night club in Jersey all evening.
Charles admits to Gina that her pie is better, but he wants Rosa to like him. Amy and Peralta
go over video footage from the scene, but can only find a random guy with a soul patch. Peralta
decides that’s Amy’s future husband.
Scully returns from the nightclub in Jersey, with proof that Whitman was there all night.
The deadline is closer, and nothing is going well. Holt admits they’re on their way to a lawsuit.
Feeling bad, Jake calls Amy’s date and convinces him to go out with her again. Amy says
something about being locked in together for 48 hours, and Peralta runs into the office where
Whitman is threatening a lawsuit.
Peralta remembered the face of a guy walking past the jewelry store on footage as the cellmate
of Whitman. He and his cellmate planned the heist while in prison.
Charles brings in the best pie in NYC after finally admitting to Rosa that he lied. She and Gina
try the pie and admit is is amazing.
Case solved, Peralta offers drinks on everyone but they want to go home. He offers instead to
pick up one shift for each of them.
As Terry is insulted by his brother-in-law, Holt overhears and makes up an excuse for him to
get away that leaves the huge man in awe. Terry, grateful, goes to sleep on Holt’s couch.
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Old School
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Gabe Liedman
Beth McCarthy-Miller
Crews (Sergeant Terry Jeffords)
Stacy Keach (Jimmy Brogan), Jerry Minor (Jeremy Grundhaven),
Anthony L. Fernandez (Perp), Destiny Fernandez (Kid), Joyce Guy
(Judge), Doug Morency (Sergeant), Miles Platt (Young Jake), K. T.
Thangavelu (Mrs. Stratton)
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Jake spends a day with a former crime-reporter whom he respects,
but finds out that remarks about the precinct were considered on the
record. Terry and Charles work with Rosa to help her appearance on
the witness stand.
The group works out ways to remove
Scully’s smelly shoes as he naps. They
manage to snatch them, and blow them
up outside.
Jake is excited because a reporter,
Jimmy Brogan, is there speaking to Holt.
He is the author of ”The Squad,” a book
that inspired Peralta to be a detective.
Peralta and Amy go in to talk to him.
Holt explains he is doing research, and
will be following the two as they look into
an Internet ID thief.
Terry runs a seminar on courtroom
demeanor for Charles and Rosa. She is
due on the stand for an important case
and they’re worried she will blow it for them.
Peralta goes in to meet with Amy and the reporter, as she explains how they’re planning
to catch the ID thief. He has rubbed ash tray residue all over himself in an effort to be more
interesting. The reporter naps through their boring case work.
Charles explains to Rosa they need the jury to like her. He and Terry go through what she can
do to be more appealing. They pick her an outfit.
Peralta goes to Holt and asks for a more interesting case so the reporter would be more
involved with him. Holt reminds him that the story, written in the 1970’s, is riddled with sexism
and racism and most of the stories are written about Brogan’s drinking buddies.
From this Peralta takes that he should go drinking with Brogan.
He’s hungover the next morning. Amy reads off the texts he sent her last night. Brogan comes
in, perfectly fine after drinking two bottle of Scotch. Holt notices he is violently hung over, despite
having been warned he couldn’t let Brogan distract him from his work. He makes Jake drink the
entire glass of egg yolks Amy brings him.
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Feeling moderately better, Peralta manages to track the stolen card numbers. They go to
the man, who leaps out the window. Amy chases him down and takes him out. Peralta is too
hungover to do much. Brogan notes he is ”old school,” and he has lots of quotes about Holt to
put in his article.
Santiago wonders what he has done.
Diaz goes on the stand. Charles and Terry try to coach her, but it doesn’t end well.
Peralta gets e-mailed the list of quotes he said, and he realizes he said terrible things about
Holt. Amy tells him to fix it. He goes to find Brogan and asks him not to print it. Brogan refuses.
Peralta goes back to Amy and says he punched Brogan and made it much worse.
Rosa is being destroyed on the stand. She finally takes Terry and Charles’ advice to not be
nervous - go to her ”happy place.”
Holt calls Santiago in to congratulate her on catching the ID perp, but she admits Peralta
figured it out. She ends up telling him what happened between Brogan and Peralta. She reveals
Peralta asked Brogan nicely, and he agreed to not print the quotes. However, then he insulted
the ”homo” Holt, and that is how he got punched.
Rosa has done well on the stand. She reveals her happy place - a cabin, where she can beat
the crap out of the D.A. She invites Charles to a thank you dinner... and mentions her boyfriend
is coming as well.
Santiago reads the article that Brogan wrote about Peralta. Holt tells him to ignore that
garbage. He is a good cop.
They blow up a copy of ”The Squad” outside.
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Sal’s Pizza
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Lakshmi Sundaram
Craig Zisk
Andy Samberg (Detective Jake Peralta), Stephanie Beatriz (Detective
Rosa Diaz), Terry Crews (Sergeant Terry Jeffords), Melissa Fumero
(Detective Amy Santiago), Joe LoTruglio (Detective Charles Boyle),
Chelsea Peretti (Administrator Gina Linetti), Andre Braugher (Captain
Ray Holt)
Patton Oswalt (Fire Marshal Boone), Joey Diaz (Sal), Bruno Amato
(Mario), Allen Evangelista (Savant / Corey Park), Christian Ford (II)
(Lance Legweak), Andy Forrest (Sergeant Crawley), Landall Goolsby
(Thomas), Ron Haralson (Lorenzo), Timothy Hornor (Simon), Patrick
Robert Smith (Gino), Ayo Sorrells (Uniformed Cop), Mary Stein
(Melanie), Wayne Temple (Scott), Tim Trobec (Kevin)
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Jake tries to catch an arsonist who destroyed his favorite pizzeria while
feuding with the stubborn Fire Marshall Boone. Amy gets jealous when
she learns Rosa was asked to be the new police captain at another
precinct. Terry and Gina hold interviews for a new IT worker when a
hacker leaks everyone’s internet searches out to the entire precinct.
A virus on the computer printed out everyone’s search histories.
Peralta gets a call from his friend Sal.
He gathers up Boyle, and they go to find
that Sal’s Pizza Place has burned down.
Fire Marshall Boone shows up, an old
enemy (Patton Oswalt). He refuses to let
the police onto his scene to check for arson.
Amy and Rosa compare searches. Amy
finds out Rosa was offered a job as a police captain.
Back at the station, Peralta plots how
to get onto the scene of Sal’s. Two fireman
come in saying Boone reconsidered, and
giving Jake the file - but it’s a squashed donut.
Terry brings in the kid who hacked their system. Holt tells Terry to use Gina and find an IT
guy to beef up their computers.
Peralta talks to Sal. He tells them that the fire department thinks he set fire to his own
restaurant.
Amy fights with her jealousy of Rosa for being considered and contacted for a captain position.
Peralta and Charles go to a competing pizza joints to interview them. Dead ends. Peralta is
determined to check out the crime scene.
Terry and Gina interview IT specialists. Of course, Gina complicates the interview process.
Fed up with Amy’s attitude, Rosa drags her into her car.
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To distract the firefighters, Charles goes tell the men guarding the pizza joint and tells them
his cat is up a tree. Peralta breaks in and finds Boone awaiting him. Boone tells him Sal did it,
and the two argue about it. A fight breaks out between police and firefighters.
Holt has to go and apologize to the department. Boone demands he fire Peralta. Jake won’t
give up on Sal’s. He admits that when he was a kid, his father used to take him to Sal’s after
little league, and then when he left the family, he couldn’t go there with his father anymore.
Boone starts crying, also having been abandoned by his dad. He hugs Peralta and insists
they’ll solve it all together.
Rosa takes Amy to Ropesburg, the city that offered her the captainship. She introduces her
to the department. It turns out Ropesburg is the most boring place on Earth. Amy admits she is
competitive. She and Rosa agree to have each other’s backs.
Terry brings IT suggestions to Holt, but Gina reveals her bad behavior was a test and all
applicants failed. She tells him to hire the kid, Savant, who hacked into the system originally.
Charles, Jake and Boone go through the files on Sal’s. Peralta notes a cabinet was opened
with a crowbar. He says he knows who did it.
They go to confront one of the pizza joint owners, whose pizza is much improved lately, according to the discerning palate of foodie Charles. He burned down the restaurant and stole Sal’s
secret sauce recipe.
The competition between police and fire goes back to normal.
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Thanksgiving
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Luke Del Tredici
Jorma Taccone
Ray Holt)
Kevin Dorff (Bartender), Michael Marc Friedman (Donny), Frank Cappello (Louie), Catherine Carlen (Andrea), Barry Cullison (George), Isabella Day (Rosa’s Niece), Esther Kwan (Woman at Mahjong), Cici Lau
(Woman at Mahjong), Alice Lo (Woman at Mahjong), Arianna Ortiz
(Rosa’s Sister), Robert Paul Taylor (Richmond), Phoenix Wong (Lookout Fred), Marc Abbink (Bar Patron)
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Amy hosts a Thanksgiving dinner at her apartment for everyone at the
precinct, with the primary purpose of asking Holt to be her mentor,
but he and Jake leave early to catch a perp who stole money out of
the evidence locker. Everyone else detests Amy’s cooking and end up
in one mishap after another, leaving Terry in a hunger-induced rage,
Rosa to relish the chaos, and Boyle scrambling to save the night.
Charles come in and tells everyone
”Happy turkey day!” They explain to him
that they’re playing Boyle Bingo, and they
can cross that one off.
Amy tells Jake to dress up for her
Thanksgiving party, but he resists. She
nervously approaches Holt and invites
him as well, and he says he will be there.
Gina and Rosa realize Amy is throwing
the party purely to impress Holt.
Terry is mad at Charles for leaving the
fridge open and ruining all of his food. He
asks Sully where his secret stash of food
is, but Sully won’t break. Terry says he
needs 10,000 calories a day.
Jake struggles to find a case to distract him, but Holt tells him he needs to be at Amy’s dinner.
Everyone makes fun of Amy’s apartment while they wait for Holt to arrive. He shows, and Amy
makes everyone say what they’re thankful for. Amy starts to read her speech, but Holt gets a call
and has to go back to the station, someone stole money from evidence. Jake decides to join him.
They review the tape and see someone with a hoodie grab the cash. Jake decides they need to
talk to all the perps released that day.
Terry gets impatient and begins eating. Amy is a terrible cook. Scully overflows the toilet...
flash to everyone dumping their food in the toilet.
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Holt and Peralta go to each of the perps to have them sign a form, since the perp on the video
was left-handed.
They find him - a brother who came to pick up his brother from jail that day, who threw a
roll left-handed. He admits his bookie has all the cash. They go to find the bookie at a Chinese
restaurant.
The squad group goes to the bar. Amy is told to act out, so she throws her shot glass, and
breaks all the bottles at the bar. They get kicked out.
Terry is getting desperately hungry. Scully finally admits he has a secret stash of food, and
they open a ceiling time to find it. Rats fall out.
Charles is determined to save Thanksgiving.
Holt and Jake break into a back room and fight with the bookies. Case solved. Holt says they
can go back to Amy’s, but Jake refuses. He hates Thanksgiving, his parents left him alone and
he only would watch the football game. Holt says as adults they can make new family.
Amy tries to talk to Holt, but fails. He, however, has a copy of Amy’s speech, given to him by
Gina. She is thrilled by his mild mentorship. She thanks Gina for helping.
Charles brings in Ethiopian food, and everyone sits and eats. Jake comes in, dressed nicely.
He toasts to his family. Charles cries and Jake gets bingo.
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Christmas
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Tuesday December 3, 2013
Dan Goor
Jake Szymanski
Ray Holt)
Jamie Denbo (Hillary), Liz Benoit (Elaine), Mark Berry (Deputy Chief
Gerber), Kirk Bovill (Paul Haimes), Will McLaughlin (Big Santa), Brendan Norman (Young Haimes), Ric Sarabia (Little Santa)
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When Holt receives a number of death threats, Jake is elated when he
is assigned by the chief to be Holt’s protection detail, allowing Jake
to monitor Holt and boss him around. Amy tries to make the perfect
Christmas card to give to Holt with Gina’s help. Terry sees a therapist
for a psych evaluation so he can go back into the field.
Jake and Charles break up a fight between corner Santas, collecting donations on each others’ turf. It turns into a
big fight when one pulls a knife. Children
watch in horror as the two take down the
Santas.
At the station, Amy has six presents
wrapped for Holt — one for each lesson he
has taught her. Holt comes out of his office and announces no gifts for him under
any circumstances. He calls Jake into his
office. Holt has gotten numerous death
threats. He needs to have a security detail with him at all times, and he chose
Peralta.
Charles talks to Gina. He’s going on a
single’s cruise, even though he loves Rosa. Rosa, however, has made it very clear that she’s not
interested in him.
Amy pulls together the group. She wants everyone to dress up and do a Christmas card for
Holt. They refuse.
Terry has his psych evaluation to determine if he is ready to get back out there. It’s not going
well.
Holt tries to escape the hovering Peralta, but he finds him and chases him down. Holt says he
chose Peralta because the threat is not real, and he didn’t expect Jake to take it seriously. Jake
says he will, however. He offers to take him to his mom’s apartment so he can work quietly.
He brings him to his ”mom’s apartment,” which is actually a safe house. When Holt tries to
flee, Jake handcuffs himself to him.
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Gina helps Amy make a Christmas card on the computer, putting everyone’s face on ornaments on the tree. The only problem is they don’t have a picture of Rosa smiling. Hitchcock tries
to help by tickling her, but gets damaged.
Jake makes Holt hang out with him, but there is a knock on the door. It’s Charles. Holt texted
him requesting him to bring him to his old precinct. Jake realizes he was planning to investigate
the threats on his own. Charles panics and handcuffs himself to Holt’s other hand.
The go over the threats. Jake gets a theme of swimming from the threats, and Holt realizes it
is the Freestyle Killer, who once killed a whole swim team. Holt insists he finds this guy, Haims,
alone. He was a brash, rude detective back in the day, and he taunted the Killer. He doesn’t want
anyone else to get hurt for his foolishness.
Rosa realizes that Amy and Gina are trying to get a picture of her smiling.
Everyone gets involved in the Haims case. They track him to the rail yard. They go there, and
flush out the killer, Charles missing his flight. There are gun shots heard, and Jake and Holt run
toward them.
The Killer corners Holt and Peralta, but is tackled by Terry.
They get a call on the radio. Charles is down; he took a shot in the butt to save Rosa.
At the hospital, the nurse lets them know Charles will be fine. Amy says she’s so glad Terry
was cleared, but he admits that Gina pulled him out of the room before he was cleared, and he
went off to help Holt. Holt thanks everyone for saving him.
Charles tells everyone he’s happy to spend Christmas with them, and Amy gets a photo of
Rosa smiling.
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Pontiac Bandit
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Tuesday January 7, 2014
Norm Hiscock, Lakshmi Sundaram
Craig Zisk
Ray Holt)
Armelia McQueen (Diane), Craig Robinson (Doug Judy), Andre L.
Walker (Mechanic), David Terrell (Eyewitness with Hat), Jake Lockett
(Jeff), Jose Chavez (Tattoo Guy), London Kim (Norman ”The Barber”
Lee)
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Jake and Rosa try to catch an infamous car thief with the help of a
perp and supposed witness, Doug Judy. Holt tries to find a home for
two puppies. The rest of the precinct struggles to accommodate an
injured Charles when he returns from being wounded in action.
Charles has been released from the hospital.
Rosa has picked up a man named
Doug Judy on counts of identity theft.
Doug wants to speak to Peralta about the
Pontiac Bandit, Jake’s nemesis. Doug describes him, and he matches the composite Jake has as an Asian man. He agrees
to help them catch the Bandit for a deal.
Holt has two puppies he is trying to
find homes for. Amy offers to take one,
even though she is violently allergic. She
needs her epi pen.
Rosa and Jake debate over making
the deal with Doug. Jake promises to do
1,000 push-ups if he’s wrong. They go to Doug’s mom’s house so he can get the phone he used
to contact the Pontiac Bandit. They text him and set up a meeting.
Everyone gives Charles special treatment, even letting him order terrible food for lunch, but
he’s abusing their assistance.
Jake, Rosa, and Doug wait. The Bandit, Bill, doesn’t come, instead sending someone else.
He is suspicious. They wait, and Peralta gets a text with a new location. He and Rosa fight over
whether this is a good idea. Jake wants to send Doug in with a wire, alone, since the Bandit is
clearly spooked. Jake ups his push-up stakes to 2,000.
After Amy has to stick her hand down Charles’ butt to get a lot pen, she retreats to a closet
Gina has set up as a Boyle-free zone.
Doug goes in with his wire, but nothing happens except that Doug talks about cars. Finally
they go in, and find the Bandit... only it’s not the Bandit, he’s a barber. Doug has fled out the
back... because he is actually the Pontiac Bandit.
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Holt finds everyone hiding in the Boyle-free zone and yells at them. They decide to give Charles
the puppies since he’s been so lonely.
Jake asks Rosa to join the case against Doug Judy, and does his push-ups. They find him at
901 the next morning.
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The Bet
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Laura McCreary
Julian Farino
Ray Holt)
Joel McKinnon Miller (Scully), Dirk Blocker (Hitchcock), Mark Berry
(Deputy Chief Gerber)
Merrin Dungey (Sharon), Jess Allen (Delivery Guy), Mel Cowan (Doctor
Nash), Matthew Isaac Harris (Perp), Armand Vasquez (Photographer)
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Jake plans the ”worst date ever” for Amy after pulling a last minute victory over her to settle their bet, but when they are called to a stakeout
during their date, he reevaluates his relationship with her. After injuring himself further during his Medal of Valor ceremony, an increased
dose of pain medication causes Charles to drop painfully honest ”truth
bombs” about his co-workers. Holt tries to save face with Terry’s wife
regarding Terry going back in the field only to have his foot in his
mouth.
Charles is receiving a Medal of Valor for
getting shot in the butt. He accepts his
medal alongside another officer... a horse
named Peanut Butter.
Jake and Amy’s bet ends. The one
with more felony arrests wins the stakes:
Jake’s car vs. a date with Amy. The score
is currently tied up.
Holt announces to everyone that he
is going for drinks afterward to celebrate
Charles. Jake corners Holt and asks for
more cases to try and win, but Holt
knows about the bet and won’t give him
any extra assignments.
Charles has had to up his pain meds
after falling off the stage (so Peanut Butter could get a better photo). His filter is gone and he’s
saying weird things to everyone. Holt tells Gina to babysit Charles so he doesn’t offend anyone
and get punched.
Amy comes in with an arrest, thrilled she won... except that Jake busted a prostitution sting,
and is up ten. Jake wins the bet. He prepares to take her on the worst date ever.
He picks her up in a suit top and cargo pant bottoms. Amy is wearing a terrible 80’s prom
dress, as per request.
At the bar to celebrate Charles, he is still blurting out truths to everyone. Gina steps in and
takes him aside. Holt meets Terry’s wife, and tells her Terry is also a hero, and she finds out he
is back in the field... something she did not know. She’s not happy.
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Jake comes in to announce his date. Amy goes to the bathroom and Jake explains his plan to
Charles — the absolute worst date ever. Charles tells him that this elaborate teasing is because
he likes Amy. He suggests he sit down and have a conversation with her.
Gina finds Rosa avoiding Charles. She’s trying to get away from his truth bombs, but she
knows she has to be nice to him since he took a bullet for her.
Jake makes Amy do an unprepared jig with her. Holt calls him aside... he got a call and he
needs Jake to go on stake out. Not negotiable. Jake says he’ll have to bring Amy.
Terry tries to placate his wife and tells her it was an impulse... as Holt comes up and tells her
he’s sorry, but it wasn’t a spur-of-the-moment decision. She storms off. Charles comes in and
manages to smooth things out with his truths.
Jake and Amy change back into normal clothes and go on the stake-out. Jake wants to get
their bust done soon so they can get back to their terrible date. The two go on a roof to watch
their mark, and Jake explains that the reason he loves the car so much was that it was the car
he caught his first perp against. They talk bad dates, and throw snack nuts at each other.
Holt calls and tells Jake he is relieved, but Jake decides to stay. The truck they’re waiting for
pulls up and they go down to the street. They pretend to be a disgruntled couple to get close, pull
guns, and manage to get their perps.
Charles finally corners Rosa and tells her he didn’t know who he was protecting when he took
the bullet. He only saw a fellow officer. So stop being so nice to him.
Amy gets praised by Holt for turning down the relief team... which she did not realize. A
stripper Jake forgot to cancel comes to ”thank” Amy for the date.
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The Ebony Falcon
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Prentice Penny
Michael Blieden
Ray Holt)
Eddie Pepitone (Leo Sporm), Matthew Willig (Brandon Jacoby), Joseph
Aviel (Vladimir), Ron Gilbert (Spencer)
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While investigating a steroid traffic operation in a gym, Peralta and
Boyle recruit Sergeant Jeffords, formerly nicknamed ”The Ebony Falcon,” in order to infiltrate the organization and detain the responsibles.
Meanwhile, Captain Holt orders Santiago and Diaz to research about
a theft his assistant, Gina Linetti, suffered at her home.
Peralta briefs Holt on their gym infiltration, where their mark, Brandon Jacobi,
can possibly link them to a black market
steroid operation. Jacobi will only speak
with trainers, so they want to bring Terry
in on the investigation.
Holt worries about Terry panicking in
the field, but Jake assures him everything will be fine. Terry is on board with
the plan, reminding them of his old nickname: The Ebony Falcon. They agree to
meet at Terry’s house to brief later.
Gina asks Holt for help - her apartment was broken into and some items
stolen. She doesn’t want her co-workers
on the case, she wants it to go higher, though Holt keeps it local. Amy and Rosa go with Holt to
Gina’s apartment to investigate.
Jake and Charles go to Terry’s house, where he puts his girls to sleep. Jake watches the
touching scene and becomes paranoid that something bad will happen to Terry. He suddenly
gets why Terry had his breakdown. He knows he can’t let Terry see his fear or it will get into his
head.
Once the girls are down, Terry reassures them that he’s ready to be there despite the danger,
causing Jake serious anxiety.
Amy and Rosa have hit a wall in looking for the suspect in Gina’s break-in. Gina wants to file
a complaint against them.
Charles acts as an employee at the gym, while Terry pretends to train Jake. He goes to fill in
as Brandon’s trainer. Jake tries to find a good vantage point to watch Terry and Brandon but
stirs up an older client. He loses sight of Terry.
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Terry is fine, however. Brandon comes into the locker room to talk with Terry, asking about
his regular gym and wondering why he hasn’t seen him there before. Jake jumps the gun and
pulls a gun on Brandon.
Gina hires a private investigator, Leo Sporm, to solve her case. Terry comes into the precinct
furious at Jake. They arrested Brandon with no evidence, and the likelihood of him turning on
his cohorts is now very low.
Jake and Charles use Charles’ new organization system from the gym to pinpoint a suspicious
trainer who trains Brandon late at night at random times.
Holt informs Rosa and Amy the reason Gina hired a P.I. is because she is scared. They feel
bad about how they’ve been handling the case. They find her working late and apologize for
not having found her guy. They take her home and install extra locks and timed lights in her
apartment.
Jake and Charles go to perform a sting at the gym, without informing Terry. Terry finds out
about it and shows up, yelling at Jake for leaving him out. He and Jake box in the ring while he
demands to know why he was left out. Jake admits he was worried about Terry getting hurt.
The criminals come in to talk to Terry. Jake changes his nickname to the Ebony Antelope...
brave enough to drink at the lake but wise enough to run from the lions. Terry makes the deal
and busts the guys.
Jake tells Holt how well Terry did, and Terry gives him a card the girls made Jake for keeping
their dad safe... which has him in frantic tears.
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Operation: Broken Feather
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Sunday February 2, 2014
Dan Goor, Mike Schur
Julie Anne Robinson
Ray Holt)
Patton Oswalt (Fire Marshall Boone), Fred Armisen (Melipnos), Dean
Winters (Det. Pembroke (The Vulture)), Adam Sandler (Himself), Joe
Theismann (Himself), Danny Belrose (Gus Wimbledon), Steve Brown
(Irwin), Nate Bynum (Dante), Jason Parham (Perp), Nicole Pulliam (Angela D’Beverly), Sean Whalen (Bill Voss)
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Jake and Amy investigate hotel robberies. There, Jake is upset to discover Amy might leave to join the special crimes unit. Meanwhile, Holt
and Terry conduct experiments to reduce inefficiencies in the precinct
in order to reach their CompStat deadline.
NYPD destroys FDNY in a football game.
Peralta has a murder suspect he has
been chasing for months stewing in interrogation. However, Major Crimes is sending The Vulture over to take the case.
Amy, Terry, Charles and Rosa prepare to
commence Operation Broken Feather to
stall the Vulture so Jake can get a confession.
Charles starts it off by spilling coffee
on The Vulture. It doesn’t stop him. Rosa
tries to seduce him... again, no go. In
an unplanned attack Scully releases tear
gas, but nothing can stop him. He bursts
in, but Jake has managed to convince his
murderer to sign a full confession.
A week later, Jake shows off a picture he framed of himself and Amy with the confession. Amy
and Jake talk to Holt about their next case - break-ins and theft at a hotel. They go to the hotel
to watch security tapes.
Holt tells the rest of the group their numbers are due the following day, so they need to get
as many arrests in the books as possible. An hour later, there aren’t many filed. Terry goes to
Holt with a system he has designed to identify weak areas in the office. He wants to perform
experiements on co-workers to increase their efficiency.
At the hotel, Amy admits to Jake that she was asked to interview for the Major Crimes Division. She could be promoted to working with The Vulture... in Data Analysis. Jake is no longer
worried, sure she will reject a desk job.
Terry consults with Holt on his plan. He wants to start by moving the toaster out of sight of
Charles (who will turn into a chef if he sees someone using it) and make Rosa ”erupt” at her desk
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near the bathroom, thus keeping those afraid of her from taking as many bathroom breaks. They
sabotage her computer and she flips out, scaring everyone off.
Jake tries to make Amy enjoy her field work, which unfortunately takes them dumpster diving.
However he tells her she’s free to do whatever she wants, when she asks why he wants her to
stay. They find the coat of someone impersonating a bellhop and speak with hotel staff, realizing
that he is scouting a silent auction for targets.
Terry goes over more problems. Charles has ”thin skin” and gets cold, and will wear clothing
from the lost and found. Gina will then make fun of him and basically become useless. Terry
empties lost and found, but Charles has still found a ridiculous coat. Terry uses a mirror to
distract Gina with her own reflection.
Jake borrows a suit and goes up as the auctioneer of the antiquities auction.
The office is becoming more efficient. The arrest files should be completed on time... but Holt
is unsatisfied. Terry urges him to quit but Holt wants more.
Jake annoys the guests at the auction so much that Adam Sandler goes on stage and auctions
off a chance to put a sock in Jake’s mouth. Jake tackles their suspect and inadvertantly, Joe
Theissman, breaking Theissman’s leg.
Amy and Jake have their perp, at least. Amy tells Jake she is still interviewing for the job,
angering him. He calls her a bad partner.
Jake goes back to the office and finds Scully in his desk, forced to move. Jake tells Holt to
stop Amy, but Holt knows Amy wants to make Captain one day and he supports her decisions.
Scully, moved to the breakroom, manages to set the toaster on fire. Charles attempts to put it
out and sets his fringe jacket on fire. Terry puts him out. Holt wants to keep going and try again,
but Gina catches them. She points out that Terry and Holt have been the least productive.
Before her interview, Jake tells Amy that he is sorry and that he supports her. She tells him
she already turned down the job. The Vulture comes out to scold Amy, and Jake pulls teargas
on him as he and Amy run.
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The Party
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Tuesday February 4, 2014
Gil Ozeri, Gabe Liedman
Michael Engler
Ray Holt)
Joel McKinnon Miller (Scully), Dirk Blocker (Hitchcock), Patton Oswalt
(Fire Marshal Boone)
Marilu Henner (Vivian), Grace Rowe (Nancy), Harvey J. Alperin
(Joseph), Jim Hoffmaster (Lawrence), Marc Evan Jackson (Kevin), Peter Spruyt (Gerard), Andy Kreiss (Eric),
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The entire squad is invited to Captain Holt’s birthday party, where
Terry struggles to keep everyone in line. Jake tries to make a great
first impression with Holt’s husband Kevin, as does Amy with Holt,
but with disastrous results. Boyle’s love of food leads him to make a
new romantic connection with an older woman named Vivian, while
Rosa unleashes Gina onto a group of abnormal psychologists who find
her fascinating.
The gang has been invited to Holt’s birthday party. They find out Kevin, his husband, invited them, and Jake notes that
means Holt doesn’t want them there.
Jake tells Holt he’s excited to meet
Kevin, but Holt notes Kevin and Jake
will probably not get along. Jake decides
it’s his duty to make Kevin his new best
friend.
He brings out a box of crimes so they
can all brush up on great stories. Terry
calls an emergency meeting to teach them
how to behave properly. He reminds them
all to pick up a bottle of wine.
They congregate outside Holt’s house
and compare wines - everyone bought the same cheap bottle. They go inside of Holt’s lovely
home, and meet Kevin. Jake gives him the ”wine drink” and tries to tell him a grisly cop story,
but Kevin informs him their house has a no ”shop talk” rule.
As they chat, Kevin, a professor at Columbia, tells them how he met Holt via phone interview
for a story. Jake continues to embarrass himself and so Holt and Kevin go to mingle. Charles
spills on his shirt and Hitchcock almost takes his off, so Terry intervenes to make them behave
themselves. He calls a party huddle and tells everyone to play on their strengths and coaches
them on how to act. Jake gets the same treatment as HItchcock - don’t talk.
Jake approaches Kevin and suggests a conversation regarding an article in The New Yorker.
Kevin is interested, but Holt hustles him out. Jake admits to Terry he can only remember the
title of the article.
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Charles approaches a woman at the food table and strikes up a clever conversation. He finds
out she is a well-known food author.
Terry finds Amy in the kitchen taking notes with her phone and comparing her items to Holt’s,
doing recon work to get to know him better.
Rosa approaches a group of professors and asks them what they study. She finds out one
studies Abnormal Psych, and brings over Gina, who she has been charged with watching. He
finds Gina fascinating.
Jake goes to the library seeking out a copy of the magazine so he can read the article. Holt
catches him. He tells him not to try so hard to impress Kevin.
Scully sings opera, his one strength, and Hitchcock accidentally speaks as if they are a gay
couple.
Terry finds Jake still panicking about the magazine. He tells him the first two paragraphs are
on the free site, and he can look them up but that’s all.
Jake finds Kevin and attempts to talk to him about the article on human trafficking, and Jake
flubs it and excuses himself.
Charles continues to do well with the food lady, and she asks if he’s single. He says yes, and
they make out in the closet. Gina, meanwhile, is stunning a collections of psychologists and
Rosa can stand quietly alone as she would prefer. Amy attempts to connect with Holt over the
things she noticed in his house but as usually cannot bond with him. She decides she needs to
go deeper.
Terry notices Amy and Jake sneak upstairs, which has been marked off. He finds them rifling
through Holt’s bedroom. They hear Holt coming, and hide in the bathroom.
Holt takes Kevin to task for being snobby and rude to his guests. In the bathroom, they find
Holt’s dog, which begins to set off Amy’s terrible allergies as Holt is telling Kevin that he likes his
guests. He finds them.
They get kicked out. At work, Amy and Jake mourn their failure. Amy notes Kevin is probably
just sick of hearing cop stories, and Jake rushes to Columbia. He has solved the case of why
Kevin hates cop talk. He hates cops. Kevin agrees that Holt has been put through hell for being
gay by all the police they’ve known. Jake wants to make it up to them.
They bring Holt to a restaurant and sit him down with Kevin, making a perfect dinner for him.
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Full Boyle
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Norm Hiscock
Craig Zisk
Ray Holt)
Joel McKinnon Miller (Scully), Dirk Blocker (Hitchcock), Marilu Henner
(Vivian Ludley)
Nate Torrence (Super Dan), Amanda Lund (Bernice), Marque Richardson (Brian Jensen), Felipe Alejandro (Hector), Leslie Simms (Gloria)
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Boyle’s tendency to go way overboard and become extremely clingy
with his love interests (which Peralta calls ”Full Boyle”) has him calling on Jake to act as a buffer on his next date with Vivian. Little does
he know that Vivian is about to go Full Boyle on him. Sargeant Jeffords pulls a drug case from Rosa and Amy and gives it to Scully and
Hitchcock, because the ladies chose to dismiss a geeky, wannabe superhero named Super Dan who nonetheless had useful information.
Meanwhile, Holt faces a challenge for his position as president of a
gay/lesbian cop organization that he started 25 years ago.
Charles is strangely happy and confident,
now that he’s dating someone. He even
takes over briefing for a case - a cab driver
picks up tourists and robs them at gun
point. He and Jake will go undercover
and try to get picked up.
Gina brings in an officer to meet Holt.
He attends Holt’s organization (black gay
and lesbians in the police force), and he
is planning to run against Holt for president. Holt decides he needs to be destroyed.
Charles tells Jake that he’s planning
a big night for Vivian. Jake reminds him
he gets too intense too fast and gets
dumped. He decides to help him out. He makes Charles call her up and push back their date
one day... but he can’t do it. Charles begins to run on about how he loves her, going ”Full Boyle.”
Luckily Jake hung up.
A man in a homemade super hero costume comes in to report a crime. He calls himself Super
Dan. Rosa and Amy get away from him. As punishment, Terry reassigns one of the cases they
have been working on.
Jake and Charles prepare to go undercover. Jake has Charles’ phone and won’t let him have
it back. Charles says he was in love with Rosa so long, that now all these tamped down feelings
are all over the place. They go get cab rides to try and find the criminal. Jake preps Charles on
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what he can and cannot discuss on his date. Later, they meet Vivian and her friend for Jake,
who is surprisingly attractive.
Gina gets information on Brian, the man running against Holt and they work out a game
plan. Gina wants to dazzle it up with dancing, but Holt wants to stick to a dry speech.
On the date, Jake is increasingly distracted by how much he likes the girl he has been set
up with. He is losing hold of keeping Charles constrained. Charles panics and leaves, with Jake
to make an excuse. Jake lies and starts to hustle the girls out, but finds Charles, who has now
bought an engagement ring. Jake grabs it and there’s a showdown, ending in both getting pepper
sprayed.
Gina and Holt listen to Brian’s speech, and Gina notes he has good points and could bring
a lot to the organization Holt built. Holt goes up and withdraws his name from consideration,
giving Brian the presidency.
Rosa and Amy bring in Super Dan and take a statement from him regarding a drug dealer he
saw. It cements the arrest they made and Amy admits they were wrong.
Jake and Charles discuss what to do about Vivian, and find their cab driver. They bring him
in.
Jake brings Charles into the interrogation room, which is set up in a romantic fashion. He
admits he checked Charles’ phone and found that Vivian is just as obsessive as Charles is. He
gives Charles the engagement ring back.
He proposes to Vivian, who says yes.
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The Apartment
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David Quandt
Tucker Gates
Ray Holt)
Matt Walsh (Detective Lohank), Brian Huskey (Mr. Henders), Bob McCracken (Frank Spond), Chuck McCollum (Loan Officer), Dave Theune
(Hank Berlusconi), Eltony Williams (Clancy Thomas), Michael Donovan (Martin Lipstunk)
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Peralta learns that his grandmother’s apartment where he has been
living is going ”co-op”, and he would have to pay nearly a half million
dollars to keep living there. He goes to a loan shark for a down payment, before Gina convinces him to search for a new apartment instead. Holt starts collecting self-evaluations from the detectives, leading to much stress among the department, especially for Santiago.
Boyle and Rosa take revenge on an un-hygienic co-worker who uses
Rosa’s desk on a different shift.
Peralta asks Holt if he saw a report on
a murder he turned in, and Holt informs
him he did, and that Peralta did a good
job. Jake says ”Thanks, Dad.”
Everyone hears it except him, apparently. He insists he said ”man,” and gets
upset about it, although Holt sees it as a
compliment.
At briefing, Holt tells everyone to complete their self-evaluations, and to stay
out of the way of the weekend squad.
Jake goes in for his evaluation, explains he is doing well, and asks to borrow money to buy his apartment. His
apartment, once his nana’s, is going coop and he has to secure it by the end of the day. The bank laughed in his face. Gina, who grew
up with Jake, feels his pain, even though Holt won’t lend him the money. She wants to go with
him to figure out how he can save the apartment they played in as children.
The weekend crew comes in to take over everyone’s desk. Rosa hates her desk buddy, who
shaves there.
Gina and Jake hang out at the apartment and try to come up with a way to save it. Gina goes
through his bank statements and tells Jake he is bankrupt.
Jake mourns that his building has sprung this whole situation on him, and wonders if maybe
he missed a letter. He goes to check the bathtub, where he throws all his mail and is brimming
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with letters, but can’t seem to locate it. He decides his only option is to go speak with a loan
shark he knows.
Amy goes in for her evaluation, kissing butt as always, and Holt asks her what she thinks her
biggest flaw is. She’s thrown.
Charles and Rosa catch her desk buddy shaving. Boyle decides they need to teach him a
lesson. They fill his locker with shaving cream and a bag of hair.
Gina and Jake go to the loan shark, who won’t give Jake the full amount, but gives him
$20,000 as a downpayment. Gina tries to talk Jake out of signing but is not successful.
Jake brings the money, but is too late. He needs to be out by Friday. Gina offers to help him
look for a new place, but can’t find anything fitting.
Amy, having given considerable thought to her flaws, goes back to Holt with a list. It doesn’t
seem to be what Holt is looking for, and Amy runs off to try again.
Charles and Rosa go to her desk buddy to find out when he will go to his locker, and he begins
to talk about his major marital issues and tragic life. They feel terrible. They go to the locker to
try to clean it out, but are found by Holt and Terry who yell at them.
Jake enjoys his last few moments in the apartment, but Gina has an idea. She offers to buy
the place and then rent it to him. Jake is actually horrified by the idea and kicks her out. He
talks to Amy about it and realizes that Gina is only trying to help.
Charles and Rosa get the locker cleaned up, and she invites him out for a drink. He has plans
with his fiancee, but apologizes for not being fun since he had been in love with Rosa. Rosa
admits he’s fun to hang out with now that he’s in love with someone else.
Terry goes to yell at Holt for being too hard on his team. Holt admits that Terry is a good
leader and that his team has improved.
Jake goes to apologize to Gina for taking it out on her that she is more responsible than him.
He has an idea — he suggests Gina take Nana’s apartment, and he can sublease Gina’s. She’ll
have a nicer place and make a profit.
After speaking to Jake, Amy has realized that her biggest flaw is caring too much what Holt
thinks of her. She goes to tell him this.
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Tactical Village
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Tuesday March 4, 2014
Luke Del Tredici
Fred Goss
Ray Holt)
Marilu Henner (Vivian Ludley), Kyle Bornheimer (Teddy Wells), Charlie
Sanders (Ronnie), Rolando Boyce (Steve Millerbund), Malcolm Devine
(Mitch Lorth), Anthony Molinari (Perp #1)
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The squad heads to the ”Tactical Village” where they and other
precincts run paintball simulations and test new equipment. Peralta
gets jealous when Santiago runs into her old boyfriend Teddy, Rosa
gets angry when Boyle doesn’t invite her to his wedding, and Gina and
Holt struggle with ”Kwazy Cupcakes”.
Charles hands out ”STD’s” (Save the
Dates) for his wedding.
Jakes is strangely excited for departmentally mandated training, Tactical Village Day. Everyone enjoys it and has a
good time blowing off steam.
Holt finds Gina playing a game on her
phone and ignoring her work. He tells her
to stop. Later, she brings in her work, and
finds him playing the same game on his
phone.
Jake is thrilled for the training situation. They take the bus to their location.
Terry speaks with Rosa and finds out she
didn’t get a save the date. Amy runs into
a male friend from code training, sparking everyone’s interest. Amy admits she went on a few
dates with Teddy but he was stationed far away. Jake is jealous.
When Amy and Teddy try to reconnect, Jake swoops in and involves himself. Rosa plays with
a new sound-based weapon, and uses it on Boyle.
Gina finds Holt hiding in the bathroom stall, playing the game on his phone, unable to quit.
Gina brings him to Hitchcock, who also plays, and Holt realizes how ridiculous he has been.
Terry has to speak with Rosa, who has been ”accidentally” shooting Charles all day. Rosa
understands if Vivian doesn’t want her at the wedding, but she considers herself a friend of
Charles and is upset he didn’t invite her.
Teddy’s team wins the course record, so Jake decides they need to beat him. They prepare to
go in for their paintball-based training situation and Jake gives up his usual goofing.
The team goes in. Rosa admits to Charles that she’s angry at him, and her feelings are hurt.
Jake and Amy are doing well, and go after the hostage. Jake breaks the record and saves the
hostages.
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Jake wants to take everyone out for drinks, but Amy has a date with Teddy.
On the bus home, Charles talks to Vivian and gets Rosa invited to the wedding. At the bar,
Charles speaks with Jake, who is upset that Amy is out with Teddy. Charles tells Jake the reason
Amy went out with Teddy and not Jake is because Teddy actually asked her out. Rosa thanks
Vivian for inviting her, and finds out that Charles was the one who didn’t want her to come in
the first place.
Jake goes to Amy to ask her something, but realizes she is wearing lipstick and is planning
to go out with Teddy again. He holds off on asking her out.
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Fancy Brugdom
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Laura McCreary
Victor Nelli Jr.
Ray Holt)
(Vivian)
Kevin Bigley (Officer Deetmore), Beth Dover (Janice), Barry Squitieri
(Ugo)
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Boyle makes Peralta his best man, which means cake tasting, picking
stationery, and helping Charles not move to Canada. Meanwhile Gina,
Amy, and the Sergeant attempt a team diet plan, and Holt makes Rosa
apologize to a patrol officer who she humiliated.
Charles has asked Jake to be his best
man. The two go off to participate in wedding planning.
Rosa is called in to talk to Holt. She
humiliated an officer in front of his peers
and he filed a complaint. If she apologizes, he will drop it.
Terry, Amy, and Gina are participating in an extremely strict diet plan. Gina
gives up on it.
Charles reveals he is retiring and moving to Ottawa with Vivian, who got a new
job offer. He admits he doesn’t want to
quit. Jake encourages him to tell her how
he feels.
Amy sucks on her lunch almond, and Hitchcock knocks it out of her mouth on accident. He
steps on it. Amy has an enormous fit and Terry has to carry her out.
At lunch time, Amy has disappeared. Terry finds her crouched in a corner eating her fourth
burger.
Rosa goes and apologizes, but he wants her to apologize like she means it. She verbally attacks
him.
The next day at lunch, Charles admits he hasn’t talked to Vivian yet, who joins them. He
wants Jake to talk to her for him.
Amy and Gina tell Terry he needs to stop the extreme diet and eat. He insists he is fine and
strong, and lifts a car. However, the diet has messed up his system, and can’t stop farting.
Jake broaches the idea of Canada with Vivian, but Charles panics, and stands with Vivian.
Jake gives up being his best man.
Holt tells Rosa that helping people see their mistakes rather than insulting them is the better
way to do things. Rosa goes and honestly apologizes. She offers to show him how to fix the
mistake he made.
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Jake tracks down Charles, encouraged by Amy, and tells him he can’t hand in retirement
papers until he tells Vivian how he feels. He brings him to Vivian. Charles does talk to her, for
hours, and says they have a lot to still work out, but she didn’t dump him.
Terry admits that he is doing the diet because his wife is, and he hasn’t been there to support
her lately. As he reaches for a milkshake, Amy and Gina handcuff him to the desk to keep him
away from food.
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Unsolvable
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Prentice Penny
Ken Whittingham
Ray Holt)
Kyle Bornheimer (Teddy Wells), Dan Donohue (Dr. Martin Cozner),
Heather Olt (Sophia Bunsen), Richard Lee Burch (Old Mobster), Robert
Michael Lee (Abel), Jack Harding (Frank), Peter A. Hulne (Nate Borgio), Ingo Neuhaus (Alfonso), William Watterson (Sinister Con), Timothy Paul Perez (Tattooed Con), Big Spence (Muscular Con)
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When Jake is allowed the weekend off because of a hot streak in solving cases, he decides to take on a 8-year old cold case that everyone
believes is unsolvable. With the help of Sgt. Terry, the two try to crack
the case once and for all. Meanwhile, Amy plans a romantic trip with
new boyfriend Teddy, but a unexpected event with Captain Holt turns
the tables and Gina and Rosa let Charles in on one of the best-kept
secrets of the precinct.
Captain Holt sprained his wrist but won’t
tell anyone how. Jake speculates. Holt
tells everyone he tripped on a sidewalk
— and then reveals to Jake that he hurt
himself at a Hula Hoop class. No one will
believe him.
Jake comes in with another arrest, a
new record. Holt tells him to take the
weekend off.
Amy walks by with a large bag, and
she tells Jake she’s going on a romatic
getaway with her man Teddy. However
Gina reminds her that she volunteered
to help Holt with a community outreach
program.
Rosa finds Charles talking to Vivian on the phone, hidden in the storage room. They still
haven’t worked out whether or not they’re moving to Canada.
Rather than taking the weekend off, Jake has now decided he wants to work all weekend, on
an unsolvable case from eight years ago. A man was murdered in a boat explosion, and the case
was never solved. Jake convinces Terry to help him.
Rosa tells Gina they need to let Charles know about ”Babylon,” a secret place where Charles
can speak to Vivian. They take him to the basement and show him their secret bathroom, which
has great cell service. They make him promise not to tell anyone about their secret spot.
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Amy goes to speak with Holt about the weekend, and tells him she’ll be unable to help out.
She panics and lies about a dental emergency. His brother-in-law of course is a dental surgeon,
and calls in a favor. Amy is trapped in her lie.
Terry and Jake go to the prison to interrogate the suspects from the case, and speak with
someone who was shanked. They offer him a better cell for information, and get their first break
in the case in eight years.
Hitchcock and Scully confront Charles and demand to know where the secret bathroom is.
Terry and Jake put one of the suspect’s wives under the lie detector. She passes when she
says she hasn’t seen her husband in eight years but she knows he didn’t kill the victim. Jake
insists on taking the polygraph to see if it’s working correctly.
Amy goes to her dental exam and finally confesses that she lied to Holt.
Gina finds Scully and Hitchcock ruining their nice bathroom. Gina declares she will have her
vengeance. Finally, she negotiates with the men to keep them out of bathroom.
The next morning Terry finds a sleep-deprived Jake, who thinks he is onto something. He
brings Terry to the interogation room, where the ”victim,” Nate Dexter, is alive and well. Jake
realized that the wife was not lying about certain things... but he hadn’t been asking the right
questions. They murdered her husband and made the body look like Nate Dexter.
At the bar, Amy and Teddy congratulate Jake for solving the unsolvable case. Amy apologizes
to Holt, and gets the next weekend off to go to the cabin with Teddy.
Terry tells Jake he needs to deal with whatever is bothering him, rather than solving cases.
Terry realizes Jake has feelings for Amy.
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Charges and Specs
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Gabe Liedman, Gil Ozeri
Akiva Schaffer
Ray Holt)
(Vivian Ludley)
James Michael Connor (Deputy Commissioner Podolski), Joe Mande
(Isaac), Ian Roberts (Lucas Wint), Stella Angelova (Dancer With
Holt), Edward Finlay (George), Exie Booker (Murray), Alton Clemente
(Johnny Ianucci), Judith Scarpone (Judge Mindel), Denell Johnson
(Allen - Tough Guy), Benjamin Steinberg (Young Jake), Chris Flanders (Emcee - Gilbert), Adam Lieberman (Agent Nathan Clarke), Tiffany
Martin (Jenny Gildenhorn), Amy Okuda (Chiaki)
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Jake’s investigation of philanthropic civic leader Lucas Wint is shut
down by Commissioner Podolski, resulting in a likely suspension for
Jake. Still determined to crack the case, Jake enlists Amy and a reluctant Captain Holt to help him uncover more evidence, but Holt uncovers a larger conspiracy that will require a greater sacrifice from Jake in
order to solve the case. Meanwhile, Charles is devastated over breaking up with Vivian, and Rosa and Gina know just how to cheer him
up.
Jake is wandering a bar, wasted. He tells
a customer he was just fired from the
NYPD.
One week earlier. Charles comes into
work, dressed like Neo. He tells everyone
he and Vivian broke up.
Commissioner Podolsky takes Jake
aside and tells him to stop harrassing an
important man named Wint, who Jake
suspects is a participant in a drug ring.
Holt tells him to drop his suspicions.
Gina thinks Charles needs some
break-up nookie. Rosa is determined to
cheer him up (in another way). Jake, in
a car with Amy, gets a text from Charles,
and the two discuss break-ups. She says she never hopes to go through another one. Amy realizes they are staking out Wint, and they get caught. Holt reprimands Jake, but Amy stands up
for him. Holt puts Jake on administrative leave.
Jake brings in a drug pusher who has evidence of money laundering he thinks is tied to Wint.
Jake asks Holt to support him, and he agrees. They prepare for Jake’s hearing.
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Rosa tries to help Charles by having him burn Vivian’s things, but Charles just burns himself.
Terry tries to get him to break plates but he hits himself in the balls with a plate.
Jake, Holt, and Amy stake out the charitable location where they think the drug laundering is
going on, and note a ballroom competition is going on. They hit the thrift store for outfits. They’re
cutting it close with time, since Peralta has to be at his hearing.
Terry, Charles, and Gina go to the trial and try to stall as much as possible.
Jake and Amy dance (she’s terrible) as they stake out a door they need to get upstairs. Jake
shows Amy how to actually dance. She distracts the guard by pretending to hurt her ankle and
Jake runs upstairs to take pictures of the account books. He goes off to present the evidence,
but Holt asks him to do something that will sound strange.
Jake goes to his trial. He says he has no evidence on his behalf. Jake gets rowdy and gets
fired.
Holt explains that the FBI has been after Wint, and they needed to fire Jake for real so he
could go undercover. It’s a 6-month assignment. He pretends to storm out. As he gets his stuff
and loads it up, he talks to Amy. He tells her he would like something to happen between them.
He leaves before she can say anything.
After a night of drinking, Charles wakes up next to Gina.
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Season Two
Undercover
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Sunday September 28, 2014
Luke Del Tredici
Dean Holland
Ray Holt), Joel McKinnon Miller (Scully), Dirk Blocker (Hitchcock)
Jenny Slate (Bianca), Derick Alexander (Airport Official), Ray Campbell
(Special Agent Marx), Amato D’Apolito (Mafia Thug #1), Nick DeMauro
(Tony), Sari Lennick (Bev), Paul Mabon (Officer Lou), Joe Sabatino
(Benny), Dominic Paolo Testa (Mafia Thug #2), Mark DeSalvo (Wedding Guest)
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Jake’s undercover FBI operation ends in a successful sting, until he
learns one mobster has gotten away. As Jake enlists Charles’ help to
track him down, Holt tests the squad’s patience with practice drills.
The episode begins with highlights from
Jake’s time undercover, according to him:
”fixed a boxing match, smoked a whole
cigar without vomiting, was once in a
room with 12 guys named Sal, and
missed you all so very much.”
After ingratiating himself to the mob
through some key use of Billy Joel
karaoke, Jake’s rocking the slicked hair
and Fredo-kissing all the old men (though
Vito’s the best kisser). He knocks off a police sweep at a wedding, nabbing a bunch
of high-level perps, and returning to the
loving arms of Captain Holt—someone
please make a gif of Andre Braugher’s
deadpan hug face—and the even more loving arms of Charles Boyle. Though, Charles is more
than little jealous of Jake’s mafia buddy, Derrick.
So when Jake hears that Freddie, one of the mobsters, has gotten away, he jumps back into
the operation, bringing Boyle along to play the part of the jilted ex-buddy cop. The easy Andy
Samberg-Joe Lo Truglio chemistry is enough to make ”Undercover” feel like a happy return to
Nine-Nine’s strengths, but the real selling point comes with Jenny Slate’s turn as Freddie’s jilted
mistress Bianca.
”Are you Jakey lady hands, or Jakey the jew?” Bianca asks in a drawl that’s somewhere
between Tina Tina Cheneuse and Mona Lisa Saperstein. Before long, she’s threatening Jake
(confirmed: lady hands) with a gun, being taken down by Boyle—who rushes to the rescue—and
then spilling the beans on Freddie, who’s also sleeping with her younger sister, Valerie.
Jake and Boyle rush off to the Teterboro airport, leaving Bianca in the land of underutilized
minor characters. When they get there, Freddie’s already left for Barbados, which leaves Jake
itching over the mobster who got away and Boyle wondering if he can use his dopey sun hat.
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The case of the romantic and sexual cliffhangers: As Nine-Nine’s way too on the nose camera
points out during Jake’s conversation with Captain Holt, he’s not really worried about Freddie.
He’s doesn’t like being told that (ZOOM ON: Amy shuffling through files in the background),
”some things are just out of control.” Season 1, after all, ended with Jake admitting to Amy that
he had feelings for her.
”Undercover” continues to dodge the typical romantic arc, where we’d expect a few more
sparks in the reunion. Season 2 begins with Amy telling Jake she’s still with Teddy. Jake covers
his tracks and tries to play his confession off as pre-undercover jitters, but after chasing Freddie,
he’s back to telling Amy he’s got some romantic feelings for her. ”As long as we’re clear that I’m
with someone,” Amy responds, and Melissa Fumero sells the rare TV rejection that feels like an
honest attempt to be friends. ”Nothing’s going to happen.”
In other news, Boyle and Gina are caught in a sexual Groundhog Day. Okay, we don’t realize
that until the end of the episode, where the two wake up in bed, screaming, just as they did
in the first season finale. Until then, it’s all about not letting anyone know about their tryst.
Gina wants to maintain her standard of ”bike messengers and above.” Boyle can’t be known as
the office slut. But just as Boyle can’t tell a lie, the two can’t avoid jumping back in bed. Their
sputtering sexual fireworks play great counterpoint to Jake and Amy’s slow-burn friendship. But
mostly, can we see Chelsea Peretti wear more naked mole rat clothing?
The case of the too-good supporting cast: Highlights from Jake’s time undercover, according
to Diaz: Terry chipped a tooth, Amy and Boyle showed up in the same outfit (which weirdly does
look better on Boyle), and Gina once zoned out on her headphones in the middle of a brawl.
Like Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn Nine-Nine suffers from a supporting cast so strong, it’s
hard for its B-plots not to pull attention. This week, Terry got to be a confused old woman,
an unattended backpack, an angry prostitute, and a 7-year-old boy as scripted by Captain Holt
(roles ranked in order of believability), while Diaz was relegated to playing with him in her generic
deadpan. Amy built a stunning Lego castle and was nearly buried in a bounce house. Hitchcock
and Scully briefly chatted with Gina, who’s now a perspective member of their massage chain.
The plot itself circles around Captain Holt’s new obsession with running drills, which stems
from the news that the NYPD has appointed a new commissioner. He doesn’t know what’s going
on at headquarters, he tells Terry, and the Nine-Nine are going to be under a lot more scrutiny.
Terry convinces Holt to let everyone know about the changes, and the captain thanks him, ”you
helped me find my smile.” Andre Braugher, never stop.
Like all of life, ”Undercover” could’ve used more Stephanie Beatriz, and it’s a pity that Amy
was mostly defined by her (lack of) relationship to Jake. But Nine-Nine proved, once again, that
it has more potential than it can manage to use each week.
Other investigations:
• The case of Joe Uterus: Killed a bunch of stray dogs.
• The case of how to spell the word ”awesome”: Jake thinks it’s with an O.
• The case of what Boyle’s been fermenting in his desk: ”Beans?” ”Beans.”
• The case of Terry, the confused old lady: She confessed to a 40-year-old murder in Rhode
Island.
• The case of when Kyra Sedgwick will show up: She is Holt’s nemesis, so it better be soon.
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Chocolate Milk
Season 2
Episode Number: 24
Season Episode: 2
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Sunday October 5, 2014
Gabe Liedman
Fred Goss
Kyra Sedgwick (Deputy Chief Madeline Wuntch), Moshe Kasher (Duncan Traub), Jerry Lambert (Dr. Martins), Brent Morin (Gregory
Phillips), Rebecca Berman (Fran), Emily Spivey (Dr. Gertrude Mindel),
Carlos Antonio (Ernesto), Stacey Bender (Detective), Peter Janov (Uniformed Cop)
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Holt is taken by surprise when his longtime nemesis, Deputy Chief
Madeline Wuntch arrives for an inspection of his precinct. Meanwhile, Jake and Terry test the boundaries of ”work friends” vs. ”friend
friends” as they investigate a stabbing at a hipster chocolate milk bar.
Deputy Chief Wuntch arrives as part
of the complete reorganization, sparked
by the appointment of a NYPD commissioner. Every precinct’s getting an evaluation, and Wuntch has been assigned
to the Nine-Nine. Amy freaks out at the
possibility Wuntch will give the NineNine a bad grade, meaning Holt will be
reassigned (she also hates getting bad
grades). But Holt’s more interested in
sparring with an old rival. Both dramatic
actors by training, the two clearly revel
in comedic free, sharing an almost electric glee when Sedgwick gets to accost
Braugher for trying to sweet talk her, and
he responds with a snap and ”I gave it my best shot.”
Of course, as Holt reveals to Amy in a delightfully retro flashback, the two have a storied
history. She had promised to write him a letter of recommendation, and on the night before the
due date, Wuntch showed up at his doorway. Holt had planned to come out to her. She had
planned on sex. The result? ”She sabotaged my career because I refused to BED her,” Holt says,
eyes popping. Amy stares at the camera in terror. She takes it upon herself to resolve Wuntch
and Holt’s relationship and to save the precinct’s grade.
To its credit, Brooklyn Nine-Nine has always avoided convention when it comes to Captain
Holt’s sexual history, so it came as no surprise when (surprise!) it turned out that Wuntch
wasn’t really in it for the sex. ”Your sexual identity is the one thing I respect about you,” she tells
him when Amy reveals that her recommendation was, in fact, glowing. And that’s a line I was so
happy to hear on prime time TV, right before the onslaught of Family Guy.
Anyway, it turns out that, between a run-in with Derek Jeter and a whole host of other
encounters, Wuntch and Holt never really saw eye-to-eye. He tries to cajole her. She rebuffs
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him. ”I’m not a man of unlimited cajoling,” Holt admits. But Amy, dreading a bad grade and the
possibility of losing her captain, turns the tables on Holt and demands he grovel. So, to the tune
of sexy background music, Captain Holt admits to Wuntch that the Derek Jeter incident was on
him and begs for her to take pity. The precinct gets a mediocre grade, but passes.
The case of the tube tying: Not to go for cheap puns, but this plot wasn’t as potent as it
could have been. Part of that comes from Nine-Nine’s attempt to run two stories at once: Terry’s
vasectomy, and Jake and Terry’s investigation into a stabbing at the haute-hipster DRK MLK
(pronounced ”dark milk”).
Terry’s first attempt at a vasectomy (there wasn’t enough anesthetic to knock him out) provides its mass of sperm jokes and reveals his drugged thoughts on Captain Holt, ”he needs to
smoke some weed.” Still, it doesn’t reveal much about Jake and Terry’s relationship. Terry thinks
of Jake as a work friend, Jake thinks of himself as any kind of friend—from Rachel to Phoebe
to ”the dinosaur guy.” But by the end of the episode, they realize they might be friend friends.
Given the way Terry Crews brings darkness and even pain to his portrayal of the Sarge, having
such a simple, even superficial, story (sober Terry wants to tie his tubes, drugged Terry doesn’t;
we switch between the two, until end of episode Terry decides he has to talk it over with his wife)
felt like wasted space.
This is especially true as the other half of Jake and Terry’s case featured Nine-Nine’s first
foray into hipster Brooklyn. The map on the precinct wall covers Park Slope, which is pretty
much stroller and yoga central in real life, but unlike, say, Parks and Rec’s Pawnee or The
Simpsons’s Springfield, Nine-Nine hasn’t developed much a personality for its precinct. So even
if tonight’s trip to a milk bar felt like skimming, it was a good first step: We meet an insufferable
flannel-wearing hipster owner and a douchey yuppie business partner. We’re just a struggling
writer away from an episode of Girls. Nine-Nine doesn’t need to go full Brooklyn, but it’s great
to know that there are quirky people out on its streets, and that Nine-Nine can go back to mine
them for comedy.
The case of the wedding invitation: Boyle needs a plus one for his ex-fiancé’s Jamaican-themed
engagement party. He asks Diaz; she has a date. He asks Gina (via a terrifying pop-up message);
she points out that ”just because we have secret, shameful sex does not mean we are friends.”
She also slaps him for saying ”bone bros.” Boyle gets cornrows in a last-ditch attempt to get a
date. It looks like he’s going to have to wear his Jamaican flag suit all alone. And then Diaz shows
up in a tropical dress. She’s canceled her date and will go to the party with him. The whole story
wants to celebrate Diaz and Boyle’s friendship, but it veers dangerously close to romance. Diaz
hasn’t appeared in enough scenes this season, and it’d be terrible if she had to spend the rest as
the object of Boyle’s affections.
Other open investigations:
• The case of Amy Santiago’s second grade gym class grade (”teachers need breaks, too”)
• The case of Jake’s dad (the couples counselor tells Jake that Terry’s walking out, ”just like
your father did”)
• The case of what Boyle means by ”trunk to skunk” (that whole area was numb after his
vasectomy)
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The Jimmy Jab Games
Season 2
Episode Number: 25
Season Episode: 3
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Lakshmi Sundaram
Rebecca Asher
Kyra Sedgwick (Deputy Chief Madeline Wuntch), Christopher Michael
(Desk Sergeant Hank), S.E. Perry (Chief Fisker)
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The precinct members play the annual ”Jimmy Jab Games” while
awaiting the arrival of the Serbian president’s motorcade. Elsewhere,
Terry and Capt. Holt take on a drug task force.
Named for King of Iraq (President of
Iran) Armand Jibby Jab (Ahmadinejad),
the Jimmy Jab games appear whenever
the precinct needs to waste time without supervision. In this case, it’s because
they’re waiting to run a motorcade for
the president of Syria. What began as a
simple bagel toss, has grown into a fullfledged spectacle with rewards, Scully in
a Viking Helmet, and a whole lot of intrigue.
Jake, Amy, Diaz, Boyle, Hitchock, and
Scully all enter. In each round, one player
is eliminated. Let’s break down the playby-play:
At stake: a Winchester 3000, the one chair in the office with minimal staining, good lumbar
support, and no broken wheels. Also at stake: If Jake beats Diaz, she’ll give him her friend
Katie’s number (Diaz hates mixing work and pleasure); if Diaz wins, Jake has to give her $200
and promise not to ask for one of her friend’s numbers again. The last thing at stake: Amy’s pride
(she always loses).
The Mouthathon
The goal: eat as much month-old Chinese food as you can stomach Highlight: Scully downing
the takeout happily, ”you guys know this is free right?”
Eliminated: Boyle, who ”can’t do this to my mouth, she’s the love of my life,” and Scully, who
gets food poisoning Gina’s starting shout: On your mark, get set, Wahlberg!
The Bulky-Bulk Run Run
The goal: race around the building in bomb suits
Highlight: Jake attempting to trash talk Diaz while simultaneously proving he’ll be respectful to
her friend—he has to loosen up his flower-buying fingers, ”I’m going to go nuts on the daisies”
Eliminated: Hitchcock, who goes down with the cry ”I’m doing it, Charles! I look cool.”
Gina’s starting shout: On you mark, get set, Ruffalo!
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Keep Your Cover
The goal: talk to as many people as possible without them realizing you’re a cop
Highlight: Amy accidentally moves her fake baby bump: ”My baby! It’s on the side!”
Eliminated: Diaz, whose blonde wig and sunglasses hide her, but whose hatred of being called
”sweetheart” makes her break cover
Gina’s starting shout: On your mark, get set, Paul Gosselaar!
(Note: After Diaz is eliminated here, she and Jake change their bet. She gives him a chance to
call it off, because she knows he’s not over Amy. Instead, they decide on new terms: to get Katie’s
number, and prove he’s over Amy, Jake has to win without flirting with Amy at all.)
The Obstacle Course
The goal: to quote Gina, ”Make it past the barricade hurdles. Then, use a bean bag gun to get
a snack. Eat the snack in its entirety. Next, head down to the first floor where you will locate
a pamphlet about bullying. Then, print out a picture of me using a laptop from 1982. Whoever
grabs their printout first is the winner.” Also, after the printouts, there’s a surprise foam attack.
Highlight: Jake’s attempts not to flirt with Amy, even while she previews some really dumb victory
dances.
Eliminated: Jake, though we later learn he held the elevator door open to let Amy win.
Gina’s starting shout: On your mark, get Seth, Rogen!
Amy wins, and Jake has to pay Diaz $200. But Jake admits to Diaz he let Amy win, and
because Diaz is worried that he’s having trouble getting over Amy, she gives him Katie’s number.
”The only way to move on is to move on, whether you think you’re ready to or not” Diaz says, in
what’s hopefully the beginning of her very own ”Dear Diaz” advice column.
The Case of Victor Emmanuel III: Holt and Terry pair off to try to appeal to Deputy Chief
Wuntch in order to get funding for the precinct to stop the spread of Giggle Pig, a new brand of
ecstasy that’s surfaced. How sad, Wuntch points out, to have an embarrassing blight growing
right under your nose, ”not unlike that mustache you had when we first met.” ”That mustache
was era appropriate,” Holt responds, warping ”era” into a lugubrious two syllables.
Anyway, Holt leaves a typo in his proposal so Wuntch will immediately reject it (”was this
prepared by an immigrant?”) and he can use her wanton disapproval against her to appeal to the
next in command. Wuntch is right behind him, however, arriving at that meeting and questioning
on Holt whether Giggle Pig will do that much damage to the community. ”You’re like the League of
Nations in ’36,” Holt replies, ”just hoping the Abyssinia Crisis resolves itself.” ”That’s the lesson
you draw from the fall of Addis Ababa?” Wuntch rejoins, ”Raymond, you sound so naı̈ve.” ”And
you sound like Victor Emmanuel III.”
For those who are wondering, Victor Emmanuel III lost control of Ethiopia (and also the fascist
party took over the country under his rule). In other words, this is a pretty big burn.
Holt gets himself a task force, a step up from financial support, which he’s pretty happy
about until Wuntch reminds him that, unless they catch a lot of perps, he’ll be the poster boy for
departmental waste. Holt’s pretty worried about losing face to Wuntch, but Terry reminds that
he can use the task force to do good for the community. He also suggests that Holt appoint Diaz
to run it. She’s a great detective, and she’s the only one who speaks the truth to Holt when he
walks into the middle of the Jimmy Jab games: ”It’s stupid, but we like it.” Holt agrees, which
means we’re getting more Diaz screen time in the future. Win.
• The case of Hitchcock’s attempts to be cool: He stumbles into possession of Boyle’s workout
tapes, which would reveal that Boyle’s been sleeping with Gina. Hitchcock tries to get Boyle
to help him be cool in exchange for the tapes, ”I just want to be part of a conversation
where Jake uses my name and nobody insults me,” but keeps increasing his demands.
After saying, in public, that he thinks Hitchcock is handsome, Boyle gives up and fights
Hitchcock for the tape, successfully destroying it.
• The case of Boyle and Gina: still very much a thing, though Gina still gets to say things like,
”It’s daylight, Boyle. Why are we talking?”
• The case of Amy’s ability to do well at things: According to Jake, she’s very good in professional matters, terrible when everyone’s just doing dumb games.
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Halloween II
Season 2
Episode Number: 26
Season Episode: 4
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Prentice Penny
Eric Appel
Apollo Robbins (Eric ’Fingers’ Martin), Scott Broderick (Police Officer),
Jernard Burks (Impound Supervisor), Kevin Dorff (Hank)
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The Peralta/Holt annual Halloween bet continues when Jake challenges the Captain that he can steal his watch before midnight. Meanwhile, Gina is upset that her dance team, Floorgasm, kicks her off the
squad and Terry confronts her about her bad attitude.
The episode begins by cribbing last year’s
structure. For those who don’t remember,
last Halloween, Jake and Holt made a bet
that Jake could steal Holt’s Medal of Valor
from his office. Jake did, with the help
of nearly everyone in the precinct. Holt
had to do Jake’s paperwork for a week.
This year, Jake and Holt revive the bet,
this time over Holt’s wristwatch. Jake offers five weeks of free overtime if he can
steal it by midnight. Holt promises to do
Jake’s paperwork for a week if he can’t.
”The benefits outweigh the costs,” Holt
ponders, ”We have reached an accord.”
It’s pretty clear from the get-go that
Jake isn’t going to win the bet (sequels have to have some difference), and at first it looks like
we’re up for some Greek-tragedy-style payback for last year’s hubris. After all, his distraction
includes Scully singing O Fortuna, which basically argues that for every good thing that happens
something terrible also has to happen. Anyway, Jake gets a pickpocket, Fingers, to lift Holt’s
wristwatch and replace it with a fake. When he goes to pick up the watch from Fingers, the thief
has disappeared, and so Jake and Boyle chase him across town.
Jack gives Fingers his shoes to trade for the watch, his car (with the watch inside) is impounded, he loses his wallet and badge, he gets separated from Boyle and has to ride on a party
bus. Replace ”O Fortuna!” with ”ah, shucks!” and you get the point.
So by the time a group of bears is herding Jake onto said party bus, you start hoping something else is behind Jake’s ordeal. And yes, Captain Holt has been playing him like Franz Bluheim
plays the flute: masterfully. Andre Braugher fizzles with glee as he explains Holt’s revenge plot,
getting all the other members of the precinct to turn against him, putting Fingers in his employ,
even recording Boyle as he talked about a party bus. The watch never left the precinct. It’s on
his wrist, right under the fake one.
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• In last year’s Halloween episode, Amy hated Halloween. Has that changed? Is she now on
board with ”Christmas for jerks”?
• Was Terry’s gladiator outfit just a chance to show off Terry Crews’ abs?
• Boyle’s Halloween outfits (and the precinct’s reaction): An kumquat (Ms. Pac-Man’s nipple),
Hamlet (”not to be”), He-Man (Gay Robin Hood)
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The Mole
Season 2
Episode Number: 27
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Sunday November 2, 2014
Laura McCreary
Victor Nelli, Jr.
Kyra Sedgwick ((Deputy Chief Madeline Wuntch)
Marc Evan Jackson (Kevin Cozner), Dan Bakkedahl (Lt. Andrew
Miller), Jasmin Savoy Brown (Ava Watson), Spencer Crittenden (Porto),
Anthony Aria (Raver), Stacey Bender (Detective), Wes Cheers (Gang
Member), Peter Janov (Uniformed Cop), Rick Misisco (Prisoner), Dominique Rodriguez (Perp)
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Capt. Holt and Jake try to find a mole in their precinct before Deputy
Chief Madeline Wuntch hears about it. Elsewhere, Terry and Rosa visit
a ”silent” disco to look for leads for their drug task force.
Tonight’s episode begins with the promise
of a mole. There’s someone in the precinct
who’s spilling police secrets and Lieutenant Miller has taken Captain Holt’s office to run a full-on investigation. Jake
claims that he knows everything about
everyone around him, and that no one
can possibly be the mole. Holt, and
Brooklyn Nine-Nine, know better. Everyone has secrets.
But Holt’s line speaks to comedy as
well as police work. Any good sitcom is
built around characters that we, in the
audience, think we understand. The challenge the writers have is to make those characters interesting every week. What more are they
hiding? What do they know that we don’t? But rather than probing the depths of the human
psyche, comedy can do just as well with the surface—the way people keep their little secrets,
thinking those secrets are actually pretty big. The cops on Brooklyn Nine-Nine catch criminals,
but the show spent this week tripping up its characters. The episode ran on basic sitcom rules
and structures, but it ran on all cylinders, and it was a lot of fun.
The first rule of secrets is that everyone thinks that their own are the most damaging. This
means, when the possibility of discovery looms, most people look out for themselves. After a
meeting with the germaphobe Internal Affairs investigator Lieutenant Miller (not the best subject
for jokes about ”internal affairs”), Jake realizes he’s been storing case files in his apartment.
Worried that he’ll named as the mole, he enlists Amy to help him return the files without being
caught.
But Jake’s secret isn’t as bad as Gina and Boyle’s. Jake realizes he left some files at Gina’s
apartment, and their childhood home. Thinking the loud music in the apartment is just Gina’s
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dance group rehearsal (”Dancy Reagan, the first ladies of movement”), Jake and Amy break in to
discover Gina and Boyle engaged in pretty intense movement. Cue shocked faces, screams. Cut
to commercial.
The second rule of secrets is that when they get out, you tend to lose control. Gina and Boyle
reveal they’ve been ”casual lovers” (or, as Boyle puts it, in orgasm city). They’ve been lying to
everyone, hiding their trysts. Jake’s furious his friend betrayed him. Boyle tries to prove that
he’s just the same: ”I’m still Charles. I just have four extra sex moves. Five! I forgot boy on top.”
Corollary to the second rule of secrets: Don’t try to fight it when they get out, that just leads
to more confusion. Gina plans forward for her and Boyle: first termination. Then containment.
Boyle will beg Jake not to tell anyone. Gina will take care of Amy—”but how to make it look like
an accident?” she muses. Eventually, she decides on a better plan, trying to befriend Amy and
get her to reveal her own secrets. Gina’s not great at it. Afterward, Amy reveals that she knows
Gina was trying to get dirt on her. And the only secret we get about Amy is that her relationship
with Teddy isn’t going great. He has weird mesh-lined underwear, and Amy doesn’t know what
to say about it.
While Gina and Boyle are spiraling out of control, Holt finds himself similarly lost in the world.
In this case, it’s because Lieutenant Miller has taken over his office. Wuntch is back, and she’s
making fun of him for having lost control of his precinct. Oh, and Diaz and Terry’s task force has
yet to discover any major Giggle Pig dealers. To quote Holt, in conversation with Hitchock and
Scully: ”I am buffeted by the winds of my foe’s enmity, and cast about the towering waves of cruel
fate. Yet I, a captain, am no longer able to command my vessel, my precinct, from my customary
helm, my office. And you ask, is everything okay?” Wuntch is right. Poetry is his calling.
Meanwhile, Jake’s attempt at covering up his secret has started to spiral out as well. Miller
catches him as he’s returning the files to the precinct and tells him that he’ll be put on suspension. Jake shows up at Holt’s house to beg for help—well, first he has to deal with Holt’s husband
Kevin, who asks him to take off his shoes; ”neither of us want that,” Jake replies. Holt and Jake
spend the night in bathrobes trying to deduce the identity of the mole (and playing with Holt’s
corgi!). Having worked through all of the other options, Holt accuses Jake. Jake accuses Holt in
return. Holt kicks Jake out.
The fourth rule of secret: They always have a way of getting out (call it the Scandal rule). The
next morning, Jake tells Holt he’s figured out who the mole is—it’s Lieutenant Miller. Wuntch
has gotten him to come in and pretend to shake up the precinct. Jake plans a sting operation.
He gives Miller a USB containing secrets about Holt. Back in her office, Wuntch and Miller watch
the video. ”And the big secret about Captain Holt is...” Jake says on the video. ”THAT I HAVE
A FLAIR FOR THE DRAMATIC,” Holt appears onscreen and finishes. Suddenly, Jake and Holt
show up in person. They’ve gotten Wuntch and Miller on tape. Holt demands that she leave him
and his precinct alone. ”Or else, you’re Wuntch meat,” Holt says. He may be a poet, but puns
aren’t his forte.
The fifth, and most important, rule of secrets, however, is that they don’t usually matter—at
least not to everyone else. You might think your own flaw is deeply embarrassing, and worry that
it will ruin your reputation, but it doesn’t matter that much. Gina learns this by the end of the
episode. She decides she has to ”Olivia Pope this sitch.” She gets up on her desk and reveals
that she and Boyle had sex 16 and 1/3 times—”Don’t ask. Can’t explain.” As predicted, no one
in the precinct really cares that much, though Gina does want everyone to know her sexual
history averages higher than Boyle. It even includes an underwear model and a man who looked
like Tywin Lannister, which, good for her I guess? Jake congratulates Boyle on his first casual
relationship (he never asked Gina to get engaged!), and Holt reveals his middle name: It’s Jacob.
• The mole story occupied the A- and B-plots tonight, leaving Diaz’s investigation into Giggle
Pig back in the C-plot.
• Terry projects his anxieties about his twins’ schooling onto a girl who seemed nice at first
(and had gone to the same preschool) and who then turns out to be a Giggle Pig dealer.
• Diaz spends more time looking angry in neon headphones than your average German DJ.
After cracking into the dealer’s calls, the two seem to be onto a big supplier.
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Jake and Sophia
Season 2
Episode Number: 28
Season Episode: 6
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Tricia McAlpin & David Phillips
Michael McDonald
Eva Longoria (Sophia Perez), Stephen Root (Lynn Boyle), Sandra Bernhard (Darlene Linetti), Will Hines (Carl Kurm), Perry L. Brown (Judge
Marinovich), Vince Duvall (Sid Wells), Gil Glasgow (Lengarry Len
Ross), Ruben Dario (Marco), Stacey Bender (Detective), Ashley Dulaney
(Katie), Kevin Michael Walsh (Scott)
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Jake’s new romantic interest turns out to be the defense attorney for a
criminal he’s trying to put behind bars. Elsewhere, Gina and Charles
try to move past their relationship.
In this week’s standalone cold open, Amy
Santiago, future union rep and uptight
type-A rule follower, is 70 seconds late for
work. There’s honestly not much to this
brief opener, but it’s fun to see the Captain get so intensely into one of Jake’s little games. And of course he wins. He is,
after all, a brilliant detective.
Speaking of Amy, Jake has had a hard
time moving on from her and dating other
women. Turns out that they’re not really
into his cop stories. Sarge advises him to
talk about something besides work that
he’s interested in, and it turns out for
Jake, that’s hot wings. And it’s the same for Sophia, another singleton in Brooklyn trying to
keep her professional talk to a minimum while dating. Which of course is how a detective and a
defense attorney have a one night stand right before an important court case (about a diamond
heist!). Even though their professional opposition threatens any future they might have together,
Sarge encourages Jake to ask her out again. It’s surprising, in a good way, to see Jake make an
adult decision to put his professional rivalry (pettiness) aside, and ask Sophia if she wants to
spend more time together. I mean, they played Ping-Pong with an avocado pit – it’s clearly worth
giving that relationship a shot. At least for as long as the show has Eva Longoria contracted as
a guest star. Longoria and Samberg have got some pretty fun chemistry together on screen, and
the character of Sophia helps Jake seem a little bit more like an adult. I’m looking forward to
the Jake/Sophia relationship arc, because as everyone knows, hot wings are the second best
foundation on which to build a relationship. (The first being, of course, meatloaf.)
Back at the precinct, there were two fierce battles being waged – Gina/Boyle and Rosa/Amy/Scully.
With Boyle and Gina’s relationship officially over, they exchanged belongings, and realized the
last thing they had to deal with was their nonrefundable hotel getaway. Because in TV world,
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people are really big into booking nonrefundable ”lovebird” trips. As they each vie for the room
their tricky tactics result in both Nine-Niners pulling overnight shifts, while their respective parents to enjoy the swanky getaway together. It was fun to see Boyle and Gina manipulate each
other so well – it’s clear that even though their relationship was brief, they really know the things
that would make the other’s day. And then use that to trick him/her into relinquishing a fancy
hotel room. Boyle’s clearly gained some self-confidence and moxie from their time as ”poke pals”
(ew, Boyle), as he holds his own against Gina no problem, instead of allowing her to steamroll
him.
Rosa tries to get Amy to run for union rep over Scully, who’s really just into it for the sandwiches. (Honestly, I totally understand that.) Although Amy keeps pointing out that she can’t
take the job because she wants to be captain one day, and doesn’t want to ”clash with the
brass,” all the organizational aspects of the position seem right up her alley. Not only that, but
she’s got more than enough poster board at home. So, you know where to turn if you’re in need.
Of course Amy was going to run for the position in the end, even if it does threaten Scully’s best
friendship with her (?!), but the Captain relenting on his non-involvement with union matters
in order to encourage her was really sweet. Sure, her constant brown-nosing is probably a little grating, but Holt knows how much she admires him, and he wants what’s best for her, and
the precinct. Which is probably not Scully going to union meetings and eating subs. The Captain, while working on ignoring the trivialities continually heaped upon him by his employees,
perfected his powerful chair swivel. Congratulations Captain – even Gina’s impressed.
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Lockdown
Season 2
Episode Number: 29
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Luke Del Tredici
Linda Mendoza
Morgan Walsh (Tanya), Jamal Duff (Zeke), Craig Gellis (Jim), Jeff Lewis
(Lenny), Jonathan Craig Williams (Austin), James Lewis (Dirtbag)
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A confident Jake is left in charge of the precinct when it goes into
lockdown on Thanksgiving night, and while he tries to keep things
positive, uncontrollable forces are transpiring against him.
Terry and Holt leave the precinct for a
Thanksgiving charity event. Jake’s left in
charge. Right before everyone else leaves,
a box of powder falls to the floor and
triggers a biohazard scare. The rest of
the cast, along with 41 civilians and one
mutinous lawyer, are stuck together for
Turkey Day. The substance might just
be baking powder, then the substance
isn’t baking powder and could possibly
be deadly—point is, nobody’s leaving the
precinct until someone learns a lesson. In
this case, it’s Jake Peralta.
Part of the pressure in ”Lockdown”
comes from last season’s ”Thanksgiving,”
which established that Jake hates the holiday because he used to have to spend it alone while
his mom worked. While ”Lockdown” all but forgets that history—Jake says he hates the holiday
because ”the pilgrims were murderers and turkeys taste like napkins”—it does dig into Jake’s
surprisingly deep neurosis, and specifically his irrepressible desire to please everyone. In doing
so, ”Lockdown” manages to put another spin on Andy Samberg’s typically broad performance,
making his eternally upbeat attitude seem manic and even desperate. It’s not a perfect episode
by any means, but it opens up a lot of possibilities for the character.
The episode centers on the conflict between Amy and Jake’s approaches to running the
precinct. Jake wants to appease everyone. Amy thinks a boss should be serious. Where the
moral of most bottle episodes—and, come to think of it, most holiday episodes—is that people
will bond through the sheer force of being stuck together (as Jake might argue), ”Lockdown”
takes the opposite approach. The people locked in the precinct aren’t, as Jake wants to believe,
”a happy group of unlikely friends.” They’re perps, snitches, suspects, disgruntled ordinary people, and, worst of all, lawyers. They’re not about to put up with Jake’s attempts to hide the truth
about the possibly toxic powder. They want food, heat, and most importantly, to go home.
Jake tries to address the civilians’ concerns, putting on a talent show that includes Boyle’s
performance of the ”Single Ladies” dance, using all the food from the two delivery boys locked
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in the precinct to host a Thanksgiving feast, and giving out confiscated knockoff designer coats
to keep everyone warm (”I wasn’t able to find any heat because it’s more of a concept”). But
nobody has time for quirky, but lovable antics from their police force. When Jake admits to one
lawyer (Jeff Lewis, who some might recognize from The Guild) that the powder could be toxic,
everything starts to fall apart. The lawyer rallies everyone against the cops, revealing the truth
about the powder, and demanding freedom. Everyone starts shouting. Someone sets Hitchcock’s
snack couch on fire.
Here, finally, Jake learns to take a more serious approach. Well, first he tries to pass off
control to Amy, but she tells him he has to learn to stop playing nice cop (not literally, Brooklyn
Nine-Nine’s above that bad of a pun). But with her encouragement, Jake finally admits that
he’s the captain now—and also realizes that’s a Captain Phillips reference. He reorganizes the
other members of the precinct, intimidates the civilians into obeying him, and has Boyle look
for evidence on the origin of the powder. By the time Holt arrives, Jake has managed to put
everything back in working order and solve the mystery of the powder: It was sent by an angry
former IT guy and it was some random thing that Jake can’t pronounce, but at least isn’t toxic.
While Jake discovers that managing a police station isn’t the same as running a summer
camp, the rest of the cast spun through several minor life lessons. Gina freaked out about the
possibility of dying and wrote up her will. Diaz made fun of Gina and did nothing to calm her
down: ”with anthrax, the last things you’ll see will be: doctor, blood, doctor, puss, scab, nothing.”
Boyle tried to be Jake’s second-in-command (or as he would put it, his Tinker Bell) and celebrated
when Jake lifted the precinct-wide ban on letting him say ”succulent.” Hitchcock got locked on
the balcony, and Scully tried to get people to pay attention to his plight. These weren’t as much
plots as vignettes. The best bottle episodes manage to weave everything together, and here the
conclusion comes abruptly: As soon as Jake turns on the authority, everyone drops their petty
feuds. Too bad, a fuller dive into Gina’s living will would have made for a great tag.
In life outside the precinct, Holt and Terry monitor the situation from Terry’s house, or as
his brother-in-law Zeke calls it ”Tiny Terry’s Hobbit Hole.” Zeke’s gigantic (seriously, how did
the casting directors find someone that large?), and Terry’s terrified of his bullying ways, but he
eventually buys Zeke’s friendship by pretending that Holt’s a terrible boss and therefore earning
some sympathy. Meanwhile, Holt provides Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s requisite, and typically on-point,
amount of Andre Braugher being silly. In this episode, he tries to decode the emojis in Jake’s texts
without having downloaded emojis on his own phone (”and then another box with a question
mark... ”) and bounces on Terry’s core-strengthening fitness ball. This plot, too, ends without
major incident. When Terry reveals that he’s been telling Zeke that Holt’s a terrible boss, Holt
happily plays along, and even agrees to make it seem as if he ate an entire pie: ”Fine. Crumb
me up.” Braugher and Crews prove, once again, that they can make pretty much anything into
comedy.
• Amy’s boyfriend Teddy is becoming more insufferably hipster by the episode. This week, she
reveals that she planned to take Thanksgiving off because he’s bottling his pilsner.
• Jake’s two options for entertainment are a surveillance video of Amy soliciting drugs with
perfect grammar (”It’s not weird to say, ’May I have some cocaine?’” she argues) and a bootleg copy of Something’s Gotta Give, which Diaz loves. Does Diaz have a thing for romantic
comedies? Is she a big fan of Diane Keaton? Clearly, Brooklyn Nine-Nine needs to spend
more time exploring her favorite movies. First question: Does she prefer Godfather Keaton
or Annie Hall Keaton?
• Boyle insists on calling Thanksgiving ”Turkey Day” in another callback to last year’s ”Thanksgiving,” where Turkey Day was an item on Boyle bingo. It’s also a reminder of a time when
Nine-Nine made Boyle play really broad, like butt-of-almost-every joke broad. Maybe it’s the
”Single Ladies” dance, or maybe it’s his relationship with Gina, but Boyle’s gotten a little
more dignity.
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USPIS
Season 2
Episode Number: 30
Season Episode: 8
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Brian Reich
Ken Whittingham
Ed Helms (Jack Danger), Troy Vincent (Vic Turring), Rick Williamson
(Drug Dealer)
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The hunt for a drug dealer forces Jake and Charles to reluctantly team
up with a geeky investigator from the U.S. Postal Service. Meanwhile,
Amy tries to quit smoking with help from her colleagues.
Everyone missed Scully’s birthday. They
decide to throw in some cash, not realizing it was a plot thought up by Scully and
Hitchcock to get some extra dough.
Rosa does a briefing — a second Gigglepig dealer has been brought in. Both
have had keys with USPS engraved on
them.
Amy is quitting smoking, and it’s making her exceptionally irritable (or ”terrifying” according to Terry). Terry offers to
help her beat her cravings the same way
he beat his overeating in the past — rebooting. He has her dunk her head in ice
water.
Jake and Charles go to the Postal Inspection Service to get some information on the keys.
They are for an old type of mailbox no longer used. They speak with Agent Jack Danger, who
proves way less exciting than his name. Jake is upset when Rosa says they have to continue
working with him on the case. They go to one of the old mailboxes and find sacks of Gigglepig
inside.
They see the dealer holding another bag walking toward them. Danger gets stuck on the
mailbox, and, when Jake goes to chase the dealer, grabs his leg to try to pull himself up. Jake
loses sight of the dealer.
Amy’s reboot hasn’t worked. Holt tells her he used to be addicted to horse betting. He replaced
his bad addiction with a good addiction — exercise. He tells her to join him on a lunchtime jog.
It doesn’t work either.
Jake tries to get Rosa to kick Danger off the case, but she points out there is a postal connection somewhere in the case. Jake requests a list of the people who collected the keys when the
boxes were phased out, but Danger refuses. He wants to keep eyes on the boxes. When Danger
leaves the room, Jake prints off the list of names.
He and Charles go to check the people out. One of them is the dealer they saw earlier in
the day, and they arrest him. Rosa, however, takes him to task for ignoring her orders and
abandoning Danger. Danger is taking over the case, as USPIS is federal.
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Gina leads Amy on a guided meditation to help her quit smoking (Gina’s past addiction was
shopping, big shock). It also fails. Holt tells Amy to just stop being such a perfectionist and
stressing herself out, and tries to set an example by speaking incorrect grammar.
Jake goes to apologize to Danger and suck up to him, to try to get the Gigglepig task force
back on track. Danger lets them have the case back and admits he needs help anyway. The dealer
won’t talk to them and his books are in code. Together they realize the numbers (zip codes) stand
for street names. Jake apologizes to Rosa and they raid the drug drop.
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The Road Trip
Season 2
Episode Number: 31
Season Episode: 9
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Brigitte Munoz-Liebowitz
Beth McCarthy-Miller
Eva Longoria (Sophia Perez), Kyle Bornheimer (Teddy Wells), James
Greene (Hugh), Kelly Keaton (Melissa), Adam Lamb (Bart Ender), Mariano Mendoza (Perp), Peter Janov (Uniformen Cop)
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In an attempt to add a touch of romance to their work trip, Jake invites his girlfriend, Sophia, as well as Amy’s boyfriend, Teddy, to join
them at a B&B. Meanwhile, Rosa adamantly refuses to admit to Terry
and Gina that she is sick, and Charles is eager to help Holt with his
anniversary breakfast.
Jake and Amy are supposed to go to
an upstate bed-and-breakfast to manage a prisoner transfer. Jake has invited
Sophia because he thinks the trip will
be romantic. Jake invites Teddy because
Amy has complained about how Teddy
never does any romantic gestures (that
don’t involve pilsner), and he thinks the
trip will be romantic for them, too. Amy
was planning to break up with Teddy
later this week, and she is not happy to
hear that he’s about to arrive. Now she
doesn’t have time to finish drafting her
break-up speech. Also, she’s not in her
optimal break-up location: a well-lit Korean restaurant in midtown.
Jake convinces Sophia to help him help Amy. ”You know what would be even more romantic?”
he tells Sophia. ”Hanging out fully clothed with two other people who have fallen out of love.”
The three of them make a game plan for dinner, after which Amy can just pretend to be sick and
escape. But despite the best laid plans, things at dinner devolve from worst-double-date-ever
to here-are-four-people-who-do-not-like-each-other-right-now all before the kindly waitress can
ask, ”we having a good time?” Amy cracks and breaks up with Teddy, but she is so terrible at
improvising that she manages to put the blame on his love of pilsners. Teddy reveals that he
thinks Amy’s hung up on Jake and then leaves in frustration. Sophia realizes that Teddy’s right
and also leaves. Amy and Jake realize they’re alone at the table with just their unresolved sexual
tension to keep them company. They both leave.
After dinner, Jake apologizes to Sophia, who complains that ”all this who likes who stuff is
very high school.” But as Jake tells Amy in a chat in the car the next day, his penitence worked.
Jake and Sophia are still together, which means that he and Amy are still just friends. Of course,
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that’s won’t stop Jake from making fun of Amy for having liked him—or stop Amy from making
big doe eyes when she looks over at Jake. Then she tries to crash the car to get Jake to stop with
the jokes. The moment’s gone.
In affairs notably less high school, Holt asks Boyle to teach him how to cook because he
wants to make Kevin breakfast for their anniversary. Boyle’s super excited to teach Holt the ways
of gastronomy, but Holt’s not interested in food at all. ”If it were feasible, my diet would consist
entirely of flavorless beige smoothies containing all the nutrients required by the human animal,”
Andre Braugher intones with glee.
Boyle is usually Jake’s sidekick in Jake-and-Holt plots, but here he gets his own time with the
captain. The pairing works. To try a cooking analogy, Joe Lo Truglio’s buttery mania plays well
with Braugher’s flinty wit. We have Boyle’s description of how rotisserie chicken makes him want
to crawl into his mother’s womb (in parody of the best scene in Ratatouille). We get Braugher on
what it feels like to eat a PB&J: ”I want a sandwich. I make a sandwich. I eat... a sandwich.”
The two try to make scrambled eggs. They fight. Holt gives up. Finally, we have the resolution:
After a night of reading Boyle’s blog for the purposes of scoffing, the captain sees meaning in his
lessons. He decides to cook Kevin a croque monsieur in honor of an old anniversary trip to Paris
and gives Boyle a spare, by way of apology. Boyle tries the sandwich. It’s perfect. ”Now I know
how Salieri felt.”
While everyone else is trying to deal with their feelings for other people and/or cook breakfast,
Diaz tries to get a confession from a perp to nail down a possible Giggle Pig lead. Unfortunately,
her terrible cold makes that nearly impossible, even if she claims that ”Diazes don’t get sick.”
Terry and Gina try to intervene, but she ignores them, relying instead on the feel-good high from
an entire bottle of non-drowsy cold medicine.
There isn’t much to this plot—eventually, Terry gets a confession from the perp and Gina
forces a get-well kit on Diaz—but it deserves recognition for sending Diaz zipping across the
precinct floor in a cold medicine-induce haze. Stephanie Beatriz is game for pretty much anything, and her end-of-episode smile (”my immune system is too weak to fight off my smile muscles”) just made me want to watch Diaz get accidentally high again as soon as possible.
• Hitchcock’s first name is Michael. When she’s drugged up, Diaz thinks that’s a great name
and that he’s a great detective.
• What we know about Sophia: She’s a defense attorney, she’s dating Jake, she sends nude
photos and ”doesn’t care about the cloud at all,” her idea of ”pulling out all the stops” is
slapping Jake at the dinner table. Also, she might have a thing for mid-2000s network
dramas.
• What we know about Teddy: ”All he wants to do right now is make and bottle pilsners.”
”That guy is obsessed with yeast.”
• Boyle thinks ”Twink Tucker” is a good name for a longshoreman.
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The Pontiac Bandit Returns
Season 2
Episode Number: 32
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Sunday December 7, 2014
Matt O’Brien
Max Winkler
Craig Robinson (I) (Doug Judy)
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An elusive car thief known as the Pontiac Bandit is locked up, but Holt
offers him a plea deal when Rosa learns he has information about
the drug kingpin Giggle Pig. Meanwhile, Gina and Boyle worry that
their parents are getting too close; and Santiago makes her boss a
Christmas gift despite the fact that he doesn’t want one.
The episode begins with Jake and Rosa
catching Doug in a sting operation. Jake
chases Doug into a Christmas tree lot and
catches him, but manages to set off a
small fire in the process. Later, away from
the groups of terrified children, Jake,
Rosa, and Holt confront the so-called
Pontiac Bandit. Jake insists that nothing’s worth letting the criminal run free,
but when Doug reveals he knows some
details about a Giggle Pig dealer, Holt negotiates a deal.
Jake and Rosa then spend the night
watching Doug in a 4-star hotel room, per
his bargain with Holt (Doug also gets 15 years off of jail time, but the hotel room quality is the
real sticking point). Jake tries not to let his guard down in Doug’s presence, but is eventually won
over by his fun-loving charm and the cozy feeling of a nice bathrobe. The two bro out while Rosa
watches from the sidelines. She even agrees to call Doug ”big sugar.” She really, really wants a
win for her task force.
The next day, Jake—alias Dante Thunderstone, whose mother died in a lightening strike while
pregnant (it’s kind of like Zeus was his dad)—Doug, and Rosa show up to meet Tito Ruiz, the
Giggle Pig dealer. Tito demands that Doug prove his carjacking credentials, but Jake gets worried
that he’ll use the chance to escape. Instead, Jake pretends he’s the one with the skills, which
means Doug has to whisper instructions on how to break into a car while Tito watches in the
distance. The result is a scene that’s hilarious in its simplicity. Doug describes how to carjack
as if he’s making talking about making moves on a dance floor and French kissing, while Jake’s
(sorry, Dante’s) commentary reveals just how terrible he is at French kissing.
Finally, Jake, Diaz, and Doug arrive at Tito’s headquarters. Just when things seem as if
they’re going well, and Jake gets Tito to admit that he’s the boss, a garbage truck rolls in and
Doug hops in to escape. Jake tries to go after him, but he, rightly, points out that Tito’s the bigger
target. Jake gives up and goes after the drug dealer, but his garbled version of the Miranda rights
proves that the Pontiac Bandit’s still the criminal on his mind.
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It’s a simple enough A-plot, with an ending that’s just as predictable as ”Halloween II,” but
there’s something electric in Andy Samberg and Craig Robinson’s chemistry. Jake Peralta might
seem like an overgrown man-child, but he’s surrounded by people who have little patience for his
schemes. Doug’s openness—about everything from his own schemes to Jake’s father issues—is
therapeutic. He has the same magic effect on Rosa, who loosens up just enough to joke around
with him. Doug: ”Let’s make out.” Rosa: ”Not yet.” The cops can say whatever they want around
Doug, because whatever happens, he’s not in a position to judge.
The real moment of Christmas magic in ”The Pontiac Bandit Returns,” however, comes between Jake and Rosa. Jake rags on Rosa for a lot of the episode—for good reason, it seems, she
might be letting the Pontiac Bandit get away—and when Doug does get away, Jake could easily
get back at her with an ”I told you so.” At the bar, after their mission, things seem to tend in that
direction. Jake shows Rosa Doug’s video, which reveals how he used Kyle the waiter in the hotel
to stage a getaway. Rosa apologizes and promises that they’ll get the Pontiac Bandit next time.
Jake could easily make this about him (as he often does), but instead, he puts his friend’s goals
ahead of his own. And then Diaz’s heart grew three sizes that day.
The B- and C-plots this week were decidedly slimmer than the grand Christmas epic of Jake,
Rosa, and Doug Judy, but they were still pretty great. In Boyle-and-Gina news, Boyle discovers
a present from his dad to Gina’s mom. The two freak out over the possibility that their parents
are getting serious, until they break open the present and discover that it’s just an electric scale.
Then, to hasten the apparent end of their parent’s relationship, Gina and Boyle decide to arrange
a gift swap so they can see Gina’s mom’s disappointment when she opens the gift. Instead, she’s
thrilled (the happy couple’s getting serious), which grosses Gina out (she steals a bottle of wine
and leaves the restaurant) but also gives her a new sense of purpose. The next day, she tells
Boyle that they need to break up their parents ”for their sake, for our sake, and for the sake of
this great nation.” For some reason, I was suddenly very sad that Chelsea Peretti never made a
cameo in Lincoln.
Amy, Holt, and Terry ended up together in the third plot this week, as Amy struggled to make
a Christmas gift—a scrapbook about Holt’s professional highlights ”from RAY to Z”—without
spending any money (”my time is worth nothing!”). Amy runs into a problem when she discovers
that Holt may have charged an arsonist with one-too-many counts of murder back in the ’70s,
but Holt actually treats her research as a present. He’s thankful that she pointed out one of
his errors, and he assigns her the job of figuring out who really did commit those crimes. ”Oh,
more work!” Amy says, and then tries to explain herself ”I know that sounded sarcastic...” Terry
corrects her: ”Nobody thought that.”
• Holt continues to appreciate bad puns. This week, he’s amused by Amy’s attempt to make
entering a room more seasonal by saying ”nog, nog.”
• Hitchcock has a terrible hand wound, but insists he only needs scotch tape to fix it. Also,
he leaves the scene without seeming to get any tape.
• Scully’s a master detective. When Holt announces a holiday party at 9 o’clock, he asks ”AM
or PM?” Holt: ”I’m going to let you figure that out.”
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Stakeout
Season 2
Episode Number: 33
Season Episode: 11
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Laura McCreary, Tricia McAlpin
Tristram Shapeero
Nick Cannon (Marcus), Kyra Sedgwick (Madeline Wuntch), Marc Evan
Jackson (Kevin Cozner)
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Jake and Charles’ stakeout for eight straight days puts a strain on
their friendship. Meanwhile, Holt’s nephew visits Brooklyn and makes
an instant impression on Rosa.
Captain is smiling, he’s happy because
their task force was a success, and
Wuntch has to put a medal on him. Holt
yells ”Wuntch time is over!” when she bestows him with the meal and as he says,
he has ”no regrets.”
Boyle and Jake sign up for an eightday stakeout, because they aren’t worried about fighting. Amy and Gina catch
Terry making a picture book for his twins’
birthdays. Terry’s drawings look like the
squad, because it’s easier for him to draw
from real life. Over at the hotel where they
are holding the stakeout, Jake and Boyle
are setting up the room. It’s the first day
of the stakeout, and Boyle makes a schedule for them, and Jake shows Boyle their equipment,
including ”baby basketball.”
Holt introduces the squad to his nephew, Marcus. Rosa says bye to him when he leaves, which
Gina points out is big for her. Gina, oh so subtly, points out Rosa wants to ”bone” Holt’s nephew.
Day 2 of the stakeout, and Jake recaps Boyle of what happened when he was sleeping. Jake
requests that Boyle eats with his mouth closed, but he said he can’t because it’s a new method
of eating. Boyle then points out he isn’t complaining that Jake is eating butter with maple syrup
on it.
Day 3 of the stakeout, and Jake and Boyle decide to write down each other’s annoying behaviors so they don’t fight, and 15 minutes later they made their ”no-no list.” Back at the precinct,
Holt tells Rosa that Marcus asked to find out if she’s single, which she is, however, she said if he
wants her number, he’ll have to ask for it. Gina and Amy discuss Terry’s book based on them,
and they realize that they’re a lot like their characters. Day 4 of the stakeout, and no one has
used the drop house yet. Jake gets annoyed with Boyle’s rhyming, and adds it to his no-no list.
Throughout the night and next day they continue to add things to the list, until the list takes
over the whole entire wall.
Day 6 of the stakeout, and they both decide to add no talking to each other’s list. That night,
the Captain called and asked if they were annoying each other and needed a relief team yet, but
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they lied and said no. Amy and Gina tell Terry they read his book, and Amy tells him she isn’t a
pushover and Gina says she isn’t a bitch. Terry tells them that the story is nonsense and it isn’t
real life. Holt tells Marcus to join him and Kevin at breakfast, but then they see Rosa coming
down the stairs, too, making everything very awkward. Day 7 of the stakeout, and the only food
left is Boyle’s herring. Boyle and Jake start fighting, and they end up deciding that they aren’t
friends. Boyle, in turn, throws the basketball at Jake, breaking the window and blowing their
operation.
Jake and Boyle are back at the precinct. Holt tells Jake that they blew the chance to catch the
perp. Jake requests a new partner for door duty, but Holt forces Boyle and him to work together.
Amy tells Terry that the book bothered her because she can be a push over, and Gina tells him
that she learned she’s perfect the way she is and she should never change. Holt calls Rosa into
his office, and he gives her back her ”brassiere” that she left in his room. He also tells her that
she and Marcus should continue to see each other if they want, and to not let him stop her. She
says she will, and they both agree to never talk about this again. Jake and Boyle catch their perp
during door duty, and make up in the process.
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Beach House
Season 2
Episode Number: 34
Season Episode: 12
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Sunday January 4, 2015
Lakshmi Sundaram, David Phillips
Tim Kirkby
Nick Cannon (Marcus), Jim Garrity (White Detective)
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The team is excited to spend the weekend at Charles’ beach house for
a detectives-only-getaway, until Jake ruins the fun by inviting Captain Holt. Meanwhile, Charles helps Rosa send romantic texts to her
new boyfriend, and Gina tries to get Amy drunk, simply for her own
enjoyment.
Jake tells Terry and Amy that Holt has
no pants on, because he thinks he spilled
hot soup on them and had to take them
off. He says he’s willing to get visual confirmation to prove it, but after many failed
attempts, Holt admits that he is sitting
in his underwear. Jake ends up spilling
soup on himself, and they both sit behind
Holt’s desk, pantless.
Jake hands out directions to the Detective’s Only vacation, aka Dog Party ’15.
This year it will be held at Boyle’s beach
house. Gina hopes to see 6-drink Amy
this weekend, a drunk Amy she’s never
seen and hopefully the side of Amy she
can be friends with. Marcus shows up at the precinct to give Gina a phone charger, so that she
can text him while she’s away. However, Rosa is not very good at relationship stuff. Holt tells
Jake that he never got to go on trips with his squad back in the day because of the fact he was
black and gay. At the beach house, everyone is relaxing. Jake shows up–with Holt.
Rosa is mad at Jake for inviting Holt since she is dating his nephew, but he tells them how
he felt bad for him. Amy says she’s cutting herself off from the alcohol since Holt is here, which
upsets Gina. Rosa is texting Marcus, and asks Holt for help with her response. At lunch, Holt
makes a toast saying thank you for inviting him. After launch, the group takes a walk on the
beach, in the dead of winter. They head to the hot tub afterwards and then head to the patio to
smoke cigars, and each time Holt ruins the activity. Jake and the team admit it sucks having
Holt there. Jake decides to have separate parties one with just them and then an awkward one
with Holt.
Jake’s plan is for at least 3 of them to be in the room with Holt at any given time, and for
them to have 20 minute shifts. The first shift proves to be super boring, with Holt making them
listen to recorder music. Meanwhile, Boyle continues to help Rosa text. Gina gives Amy her 5th
drink, and she starts getting confident, asking Holt for a raise and then takes her 6th drink. The
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parties alternate between Holt’s boring stories and the fun party playing quarters. Gina finds out
that 6th drink Amy is just sad. Holt comes downstairs and finds out that they are having a party
without him, so he walks out.
Boyle tells Rosa it’s her turn to text Marcus back, and she tells him how she doesn’t want to
screw their relationship up. She gets a shirtless picture back, proving she did a good job. Amy is
super drunk and Gina takes care of her. Jake goes to talk to Holt, who is in the hot tub, but Jake
points out that maybe it’s time for Holt to stoop down to their level. The squad ends up playing
”Real Ray or Fake Ray,” where Jake reads out quotes and they have to decide if Holt said it or
not.
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Payback
Season 2
Episode Number: 35
Season Episode: 13
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Norm Hiscock, Brigitte Munoz-Liebowitz
Victor Nelli, Jr.
Merrin Dungey (Sharon), Matthew McCarthy (Arman), August Roads
(Teenager), Allen Evangelista (Savant), Christopher Michael (Hank),
Tosha Lynette (NY Pedestrian)
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Jake’s unpaid debts come back to haunt him when his colleagues gang
up on him to pay them back. Meanwhile, Amy and Holt take another
look at the Brooklyn Broiler case.
Rosa asks Boyle for a resturant recommendation for Marcus’ birthday. Jake
weighs in by telling her to order take out
and pretend he cooked it. Gina tells her to
take him to Drag Queen Dim Sum. Even
a perp weighs in and tells her to go to the
top of the Empire State Building, because
you can ”pee on the whole city from up
there.” Gross.
Jake asks Terry for a dollar, but Terry
tells him he’d appreciate if he’d pay him
all of the money he owes him back, which
is over two grand. Holt and Amy begin to
work on the Brooklyn Boiler case. Jake
thinks Terry wants to pay him back because there is something wrong, but Terry tells him he is sick of waiting for Jake to do the right
thing. Jake actually figures out that Terry and his wife are pregnant, but Terry tells Jake it’s a
secret because it is way too early to tell anyone about it. Jake promises he won’t tell anyone.
Holt tells Amy he solved the case already, that a man named Richard Wilcox started the fires,
and that he has the address to a store he owns. Jake pays Terry an installment of what he owes
him, which is $1200. Terry tells Jake that if he doesn’t tell anyone about the pregnancy for 4
weeks, he’d consider Jake to be the godfather. Everyone else is suspicious that Jake finally paid
Terry back when he didn’t pay anyone else he owed back. To keep from telling the secret, Jake
tells them ”it’s payback time.”
Jake calls in the squad to figure out what he owes them. Since he doesn’t have any money left,
he tells them he’ll do anything they want to work off the debt. Gina makes Jake call people and
tell them she’s dead, Scully makes Jake give him a massage, and Rosa made him clean his bike.
Boyle comes up and makes Jake wash his dogs, knowing Jake hates them, because he thinks
Jake and Terry have a secret. Amy and Holt are waiting for Wilcox and they share ”street meat”
in the car. Holt talks to Amy about when he originally worked the Broiler case. Holt and Amy find
out that Wilcox died a few weeks ago. However, as they are talking to Wilcox’s grandson, Holt has
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to use a restroom due to what the street meat did to him. Jake accidentally hit reply-all on an
email about Terry being pregnant, so the whole office knows! Oops!
ake tells everyone that Terry can’t know the secret is out, but Gina points out he got the
reply-all email, too. Jake tells them they need to delete the email from Terry’s computer. Jake
goes to distract Terry at the gym, and asks him to take him through his workout. Jake struggles
to keep up with the workout, while the squad upstairs tries to guess Terry’s password. Boyle
guesses Terry’s password, which is yogurt, so all is well.
Terry’s wife comes to meet him, and Holt, back early from the stakeout, spills the beans to
Terry that Jake sent the email to everyone, which obviously angers Terry and his wife. Jake
makes Scully fake a heart attack in order to distract from the situation, unsuccessfully. Jake
apologizes to Terry, but he is still upset. Amy goes in to talk to Holt and apologizes, telling him
how she just wanted to be a great partner. Holt tells her that they can laugh about this situation
one day, and then he laughs!! Jake pays back Terry the rest of what he owes him, selling his car
to do so. Terry offers Jake the role of godfather, which excites Jake into quoting ”The Godfather.”
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Defense Rests
Season 2
Episode Number: 36
Season Episode: 14
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Prentice Penny & Matt O’Brien
Jamie Babbit
Kyra Sedgwick (Deputy Chief Madeline Wuntch), Eva Longoria (Sophia
Perez), Stephen Root (Lynn Boyle), Chris Parnell (Geoffrey Hoytsman),
Joseph Callari (Hal Dumonde), Stacie Greenwell (Ann Sladj), Doug
Simpson (Paul Thatch)
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Sophia’s job starts to take time away from her relationship with Jake,
so he appeals to her boss to get her more free time. Meanwhile, Wuntch
asks for Holt’s help with a career change.
Jake is counting all the ants he sees in
the office, and realizes it’s an ”invasion.”
Holt points out they are probably in the
office because of the cold and that they
should ”freeze them out,” but that backfires when they end up in their coats.
Jake and Terry ”accidentally” bump
into Sophia, Jake’s girlfriend. Jake and
Sophia leave to take a walk in the park.
Over at the precinct, Wuntch visits Holt.
She tells him that she is a front-runner
for Chief of Police in Boston. She tells
him how since their fighting is the only
blemish on her record, the commissioner
wants to talk to Holt. Gina spills a milkshake on Boyle because he is backing out on breaking up their parents, since his dad wants to
ask Gina’s mom to marry him.
In the park, Sophia tells Jake that she isn’t getting assigned any good cases because she’s
dating a cop. She asks him if they can press pause on their relationship until she can figure out
what to do with her pause. Later, Terry points out that ”pause” seems bad. But Jake has a plan
to win over Sophia’s boss: he’s going to go to Sophia’s work fundraiser tonight. Jake asks Terry
to go with him and to ”do it for love.” Phony smiles in tow, they attend the fundraiser.
At the precinct, Holt asks Rosa what to do about Deputy Wuntch. Rosa tells him vengence
isn’t worth it and to be nice to Wuntch. At the fundraiser, Jake goes up to Sophia and tells her
he’s going to charm her boss. She meets his boss, but his attempt at charming him failed. Amy
and Boyle try to resolve their conflict, but Gina tells Boyle she’s unsure about the relationship
because she’s worried about her mom getting hurt again. Boyle tells Gina to talk to his dad
because he’d never hurt her mom. Jake realizes that Sophia’s boss, Jeffrey, has a gambling
problem, and uses it to his advantage. They spend the night taking various bets. When Jake
goes to the restroom, he runs into her boss...doing cocaine. Yikes.
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Jake has to arrest Sophia’s boss because he caught him doing cocaine. At the precinct, Holt
tells Rosa that he took the high-road and gave her a good recommendaion. Gina goes into the
interrgation room to talk to Boyle’s dad. He answers all of her questions with honesty, and she
gives him her blessing. Jake is processing Jeffrey, and Sophia shows up, as Jeffrey’s attorney.
She and Jake start fighting and she breaks up with him.
Jake ran to stop Sophia from leaving, and tries to change her mind. She tells him that she
doesn’t think she loves him back. She says she’s sorry and leaves. Holt visits Wuntch and she
tells him that she used the Boston offer as leverage and now she has a promotion job at the
NYPD, so she has more power over him. She kisses him and then leaves. Leaving Holt stunned.
At the bar, Boyle and Gina thank Amy for helping them out. Jake and Holt are grieving their
failures. Instead of trying to cheer up, Holt, Jake, and Terry take shots to feel better!
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Windbreaker City
Season 2
Episode Number: 37
Season Episode: 15
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Gabe Liedman
Craig Zisk
Nick Kroll (Agent Kendrick), Eva Longoria (Sophia Perez), Seth Morris
(Agent Piln), Jan Munroe (Dr. Henderson), Cassius Willis (Agent Mazzarino), Peter Janov (Uniformed Sergeant)
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Jake is heartbroken over Sophia, but his spirits are lifted when the
squad is invited to a Homeland Security terrorist training simulation.
That is, until the agent in charge assigns them the lame role of playing
hostages. Meanwhile, Gina administers a psychological exam to Holt,
and Amy and Rosa compete for a day off from work.
An emergency meeting is called and Terry
tells the squad that they are filling in for
the DOD at this year’s Homeland Security’s Multiagency Counterterrorism Drill.
The NYPD is the irst non-federal agency
ever invited to event. Jake plans on using this drill to dedicate all his time to
so he can forget about Sophia and how
she hasn’t texted him back yet. Terry and
Boyle tell Jake he needs to ”cathart” and
move on.
Santiago and Diaz both want Saturday
off, but Holt tells them that he needs one
of them to take the shift. Amy says she
can’t because she has to go to a Ted Talk
on Power Poses, and Rosa can’t because she has dinner with her parents, but Amy doesn’t believe
that’s the real reason.
Gina needs someone to take a personality test for her class and Holt offers to take it since the
squad is at the drill. Holt’s quiz results show that he is in the category that has a robust sense
of self, and is well suited for leadership positions. Holt is very pleased with his results, and Gina
tells him that she got the same category as Holt, which he is shocked by.
Over at the drill, Jake makes enemies with Homeland Security Agent Kendrick, but then
realizes that Kendrick is in charge. The NYPD ends up being hostages, and don’t get to actually
participate in the drill. Jake refuses to accept the position of hostage, so he and Boyle break free
and start taking down all of the ”terrorists” in the drill and then they go and free the rest of the
squad. The 99 takes out all of the terrorists, and instead of ending there, they decide to take
down everyone else, becoming the bad guys. They do this so that Jake can ”cathart” more.
Jake and Kendrick make a deal that it doesn’t end until one of them dies. All of the members
of the 99 get shot, so it’s down to Jake. He ends up cornering Kendrick, but Kendrick tricks Jake
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and ends up shooting him first. However, Jake is ok with the results, because he is feeling a little
bit better and he realizes he was able to ”cathart.”
Back at the precinct, Holt apologizes to Gina for trying to get her out of his category, and
he realizes that his actions were not very nice. To show Gina he believes in her abilities, he
puts her in charge of scheduling and budget tracking. Amy tells Rosa she is going to take the
Saturday shift, and Rosa tells her the reason she is going to dinner with her parents is because
she is introducing them to Marcus. The episode ends with Jake dropping off Sophia’s things and
running into her and them having one final ending conversation.
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The Wednesday Incident
Season 2
Episode Number: 38
Season Episode: 16
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Laura McCreary
Claire Scanlon
Garry Marshall (Martin Miller), Marc Evan Jackson (Kevin Cozner),
James Morrison (Dan Yaeger), Michael James Bell (Gerald), Katie Dippold (Diane), DaJuan Johnson (Detective Maxime Drexel), Peter Janov
(Uniformed Sergeant)
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Jake teams up with Holt’s husband, Kevin, to find out why his boss
has been acting so moody. Meanwhile, Boyle has a hard time getting
a confession out of an elderly suspect who pretends to be senile and
charming when Amy and Rosa are around.
The Organized Crime Unit takes Jake’s
materials for a case. Jake goes to Holt to
have him intervene, but Holt is in a terrible mood. He even takes away everyone’s
overtime.
Jake is determined to find out why
Holt has been so angry (but more especially to deflect blame away from himself, seeing how he accidentally set off the
sprinklers the day Holt’s mood started).
He sets off to figure out what is happening, and starts by going to Kevin (enlisting Gina to help him, since Kevin
hates him). He finds out Holt was in a fine
mood last week, the day things started
going downhill. The three begin tracing Holt’s steps.
At Holt’s fencing class, they find out Holt hasn’t been attending. Kevin realizes Holt has been
lying about going to class. Things are even worse than they were before, and now Kevin is angry
too.
Trying to get into Holt’s shoes, Jake walks his path, and sees a security camera. Using the
footage, he goes to Holt’s house, and tells him that the reason he is so mad is that he was
mugged. Holt says he fought off the three men, but was ”lightly stabbed.” Kevin is furious that
his husband hid this from him, and now everyone is even MORE angry.
Meanwhile Boyle has finally caught a bank robber who has been eluding him... an old man
named Marvin. Amy and Rosa think Boyle is being ridiculous, but Marvin whispers to Boyle that
he did steal the money. He plays helpless for the ladies however. Boyle is determined to get a
confession and prove he’s not being insane. However Marvin dies before he can get the truth.
Luckily, Amy ran the serial number on a dollar that Marvin gave her for getting her a soda, and
vindicates poor Boyle.
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Jake tracks down one of the muggers, and brings Holt to the apartment so he can make the
arrest. Holt admits that he is upset because he acted foolishly, and put himself in danger and
was hurt. The arrest lifts his mood, and overtime is restored.
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Boyle-Linetti Wedding
Season 2
Episode Number: 39
Season Episode: 17
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Sunday March 1, 2015
Matt O’Brien
Dean Holland
Sandra Bernhard (Darlene Linetti), Nick Cannon (Marcus), Marc Evan
Jackson (Kevin Cozner), Peter Janov (Uniformed Sergeant), Roman
Mitichyan (Gregor Minsk), Stephen Root (Lynn Boyle), Evan Shafran
(Deejay), David Grant Wright (Justice of the Peace)
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Wedding tasks are handed out when Gina’s mom and Charles’ dad get
married, but Terry has his hands full with officiating the ceremony,
while Jake and Amy are distracted by chasing a criminal.
A counterfitter Amy has been tracking has resurfaced, however Gina interrupted her briefing to talk about the wedding of her mother to Charles’ father. She
needs everything to be perfect, so she
asks the precinct to give her updates.
Jake is getting the ring, Terry’s tux is
tighter, and Rosa is dealing the flowers,
so, so far so good.
Jake, thanks to Gina’s mom, is able to
see Jenny, a girl from his past who left
him at his middle school dance for another guy, but is finally single after all of
these years. Gina’s mom’s priest dropped
out, so Gina asks Terry or Holt to do it.
Since Terry is ordained. Jake and Amy go to pick up the ring, but on the way to the wedding,
Amy gets news about her counterfitter and asks to check out her lead before the wedding. As
Rosa helps Boyle’s dad with his cufflinks, he starts to freak out wondering if this marriage will
fail like his other FIVE! Amy and Jake see Eddie Minsk, her counterfitter, and go to pursue!
Gina needs some good news, since the caterer accidentally cooked one of the doves. She asks
to her Terry’s speech, but he starts breaking down while reading it. Gina fires him and gives the
speech to Holt. Amy and Jake catch Minsk, and as a reward, Amy tells Jake how she plays french
horn. Gina gives more updates, which pretty much is that everything is going wrong. Amy and
Jake show up to the wedding, and Jake goes and talks to Jenny. Jenny asks him to sit together,
but Gina stops him first to ask for the ring. He realizes he lost it. Uh oh.
Jake and Amy go back to the alley where they caught Minsk to look for the ring. Amy finds
it and jokingly puts it on Jake, but it gets stuck on his hand. Back at the wedding, Boyle tells
Gina about how his dad is freaking out. Gina goes and talks to him, and tells him to follow his
heart, and everything works out. Holt is working on his speech, but so far it is nothing close to
emotional. Jake lets Gina know that the ring is stuck on his finger, and Terry pulls it off for him,
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but as he’s doing it Jake sees Jenny kissing another guy: pain on an emotional and physical
level.
It’s wedding time! Holt sees Kevin and is able to give a great speech. The ceremony goes
off without a hitch, and it made Holt realize he wants a real wedding. Marcus congratulates
Boyle, who didn’t realize he was coming.Rosa tells Marcus she hadn’t asked him to the wedding
because she was a coward. She then tells him she loves him, and he returns the sentiment. Jake
is reliving his middle school dance watching Jenny dance with another man. Amy tries to cheer
him up by asking him to dance, with Gina’s great aunt Susan.
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Captain Peralta
Season 2
Episode Number: 40
Season Episode: 18
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Dan Goor
Eric Appel
Bradley Whitford (Roger Peralta), Kevin Dorff (Hank), Elle Russ
(Chantelle), Irina Skaya (Glinda), Sebastien Stella (Quebec Policeman),
Ivett Gabriella (Hungarian Waitress), Mae Segeti (Hungarian Waitress
/ Xenia)
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Jake’s thrilled when his absentee dad visits New York to spend some
time with him, but Charles thinks the man is up to no good. Meanwhile, Holt hatches a difficult brainteaser for Amy, Terry, Gina and
Rosa in exchange for tickets to a Beyonce concert.
Boyle has a goatee, oh no! Thankfully,
the precinct lets him know how horrible
it is. Oh man he even named it Bianca.
However, Holt holds Boyle down and Jake
shaves it off of him. Phew!
Jake asks Boyle what restaurant is
good for taking someone’s dad too, because his dad is coming into town, for
the first time in 6 years. Holt goes into
the breakroom to tell the guys a brain
teaser. The prize for who solves it first is
two tickets to Beyonce’s concert. Jake’s
dad, Roger, arrives at the precinct and introduces himself.
Amy and Terry and Rosa and Gina are battling to see which pair solves the puzzle first. At
dinner, Roger tells Jake that he’s been accused of smuggling and asks him for help. He tells him
that that’s the reason he visited. Poor Jake.
Jake tells the team that the Canadian cops have a strong case against him, and they need
to prove his innocence, and he asks permission from Holt to go to Canada to help his dad. Holt
tells him to take Boyle with him, and Jake asks for Scully, who knows French, to translate. Jake
is flying to Canada on a plane his dad is piloting.
Amy and Terry are having trouble solving the puzzle. Meanwhile, at the Canadian airport,
Roger gets arrested because the cops found pills in his apartment.
Scully tells Jake the cops are holding his dad without bail, and Boyle thinks his dad is guilty,
but Jake realizes that because he cheats on his girlfriend, that gives someone motive and opportunity to plant them on him. Jake and Boyle go undercover as pilots to solve the case. Back at
the 99, Gina and Rosa beg Holt to help them. Amy and Terry barge in with the answer, but Holt
tells them they’re wrong.
ake finds a girl at the airport bar that looks like his dad’s type, and tries to find out if she’s the
suspect. The girl is on to them and realizes they aren’t pilots and makes them leave. Thankfully,
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Jake got a cleaning spray bottle with her fingerprints on them, so he can see if she’s a match.
Rosa and Gina realize, due to the pictures Gina took, that Holt doesn’t have the solution to the
puzzle himself, and he needed it to impress his superior. Jake, his dad, and Boyle return to
Brooklyn. Jake finds out that his dad’s ”side piece” framed him. Unfortunately, Jake’s dad bails
on the plans his made with him and the Jake tells Boyle he was right about his dad. Jake goes
to see Roger, and tells him that he’s finally starting to see him for the man he is, a pretty crappy
father. At the bar, Amy and Terry give props to Gina and Rosa. Holt comes up and gives Gina
the Beyonce tickets. Holt tells Jake he’s proud of him for the work he did in Canada. See, Jake
doesn’t need his dad, he has Holt!
We finally got to me the infamous Roger Peralta, Jake’s dad. Unfortunately, he’s not a good
guy. The only saving grace is that he’s played by Bradley Whitford, who is one of my all-time
favorite TV actors. I love seeing him on the show, but I only wish he had a nicer/longer lasting
role! I do have to say, too, that he and Samberg have great father/son chemistry. Speaking of
Samberg, I am very proud of Jake for finally standing up to his dad, and for taking his captain
hat! Jake deserves a much better father, but thankfully he has Holt to serve as a pseudo-father. I
just hope that Jake’s speech to his dad changes him in the future, so that he becomes the father
Jake deserves.
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Sabotage
Season 2
Episode Number: 41
Season Episode: 19
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Brian Reich
Jay Karas
Chris Parnell (Geoffrey Hoytsman), Peter Janov (Uniformed Cop)
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Jake’s streak of bad luck makes him think that he’s got an enemy,
so Holt asks Amy and Rosa to investigate. Meanwhile, Gina’s insulted
when Holt makes light of her dance troupe; and Charles works a case
with Scully and Hitchcock in Jake’s absence.
Jake is having a string of bad luck!
Monday: Jake comes in late because his
alarm didn’t go off. Tuesday: No hot water. Wednesday: His car ran out of gas
and his clothes disappeared. Thursday:
Jake failed his drug test. What!! Jake
suspects that someone is trying to sabotage him. Holt puts Amy and Rosa on his
sabotage theory and tells Jake that in the
mean time he is suspended.
Since Jake is gone, Terry assigns
Boyle a new partner–well partners: Scully
and Hitchcock, which does not make
Boyle too happy. Terry then goes and
talks to Holt about the fact they both
missed Gina’s dance recital. Terry told Holt he lied for them and said they were there, because he
doesn’t want to let her down. However, Holt will have to tell Gina the truth if she asks, because
he can’t lie. Rosa and Amy are talking with Jake about his case, but they won’t let him help out
because he’s suspended.
Jake is ”sight-seeing” at Brooklyn Urine and Blood and ”runs” into Amy and Rosa and tries
join them on the case, but they send him home. Back at the 99, Holt tells Gina that he’s sorry
they didn’t go to her performance, since it’s a big hobby of hers, which offends her. Gina then
announces to the precinct that she will never dance again. Meanwhile, Boyle is trying to work
with Scully and Hitchcock, but he can’t get either of them to focus.
Jake surprises Amy and Rosa by hiding in their car, but they still won’t let him help, so he
gets out of their car and they leave. While he’s trying to figure out where he is, he almost gets
run over by an ice cream truck! And when the driver gets out of the car, we find out it’s Sophia’s
old boss, Geoffrey Hoytsman, who was arrested for possesion of cocaine, and he has a gun!
Hoytsman ties Jake up in the ice cream truck, because he blames Jake for ruining his life.
Back at the precinct, Gina continues to make Holt feel guilty for calling her dancing a hobby.
Terry points out that, although she doesn’t care about what people think, she cares about what
he thinks.
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Scully and Hitchcock tell Boyle that they solved his case and prove to him that they aren’t
incompetent. Back at the ice cream truck, Hoytsman forces Jake to make a video confessing to
all of the things Hoytsman did, like father two children with his cleaning lady. At the end of the
confession, Hoytsman writes for Jake to say he’s taking his own life, oh no!
Jake headbuts Hoytsman, but falls out of the ice cream truck and can’t get up because he’s
still tied to the chair! Holt talks to Gina, and tells her she is a professional dancer because he’s
paying her dance team to perform two shows. Back in the ice cream truck, Hoytsman ties Jake
back up. Amy and Rosa come to Jake’s rescue, though, arresting Hoytsman. Jake apologizes for
acting like a jack-ass, too. Back at the 99, Boyle tells Scully and Hitchcock that they are actually
good cops and apologizes for calling them useless. The next day, Holt lifts Jake’s suspension!
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AC/DC
Season 2
Episode Number: 42
Season Episode: 20
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Sunday April 26, 2015
Kylie Condon
Linda Mendoza
Marc Evan Jackson (Kevin Cozner), Nick Cannon (Marcus), Jonathan
Marballi (Gene Doublehorn), CJ Stuart (Tom Olson), Megyn Shott
(Train Passenger)
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Jake gets injured on the job, so Terry makes him take some time off,
but R&R doesn’t come easy for him. Meanwhile, Holt and Rosa go on
a double date with their significant others.
The episode starts of with Jake getting injured on the job chasing a perp. Jake refuses to take time off even though he has
3 cracked ribs, 3 broken toes, a hairline
fracture in his thumb, and isn’t cleared
for duty. Terry lets Jake stay, but only
doing office-work. After hearing a crash,
Terry and Boyle find Jake in the evidence
room after he hurt himself trying move
boxes and Terry makes Jake go home and
rest.
Four days later, Jake is back, even
though he was supposed to take a whole
week off. Jake tells Terry he isn’t working,
but going to Atlantic City with Charles
and is staying at the Ravenna. Per usual Jake fashion, he takes Boyle to a stakeout, since his
perp, Olson, has a brother who lives in the motel they are going to be staying at and he thinks
Olson will be there.
Kevin insists on Rosa and Marcus coming over for dinner. Holt calls Rosa in and tells her he
has a plan to keep things from getting ”too personal” aka he invites Amy and Gina to the dinner
party as ”intimacy buffers.” Amy is freaking out about the dinner because she wants to be chill
for the first time and Gina tells her she’s going to freak out like she normally does.
Rosa and Marcus show up at early at Holt’s place and they realize they have 8 minutes and
40 seconds to small talk before Amy, who is always on time, shows up. Unfortunately, Amy and
Gina are on the train and it’s running behind. They start dinner without them, and Rosa and
Holt freak out when Kevin and Marcus try to get personal. Rosa runs out of the room and Holt
follows, she then tells Holt she might be pregnant. Holt helps her leave the dinner so that she
can go take a pregnancy test.
Amy and Gina show up to the party and Holt tells them it’s over, so Amy, realizing nothing
matters, gets Drunk with Gina. The next morning Amy and Gina are hungover after their ”chill”
night. Holt apologizes for cancelling and they plan for a makeup dinner. Rosa goes into Holt’s
office and she lets him know she isn’t pregnant and thanks him for his help.
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Meanwhile, at the stakeout, no movement, but Boyle called Terry and he shows up and tells
him he called in backup for the stake out and doesn’t let Jake out of his sight. Jake spots his
perp outside and plan on observing him before the Atlantic City PD shows up, but when Olson
sees them and runs, Jake goes after him against Terry’s orders, but gets hit by a car. Terry is
upset that Jake never listens to him, but Jake tells him that the one time he took time off during
a case, civilians got hurt so he vowed to never take time off during a case again.
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Det. Dave Majors
Season 2
Episode Number: 43
Season Episode: 21
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Sunday May 3, 2015
Gabe Liedman, Lakshmi Sundaram
Michael McDonald
Garret Dillahunt (Dave Majors), Gabe Liedman (Oliver), Cedric
Yarbrough (Steve), Gabe Delahaye (Milo), Craig Stepp (Gary Shaw)
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Jake’s excitement to work with a top NYPD detective is tempered when
he discovers the guy wants to date Amy. Meanwhile, Charles and Gina
struggle to convince Terry to stay at the precinct after he receives a
tempting job offer from a private-security firm.
The precinct is in shock: Rosa is wearing
pink! Boyle is upset, because if he wore
a pink shirt, they’d tear him to shreds.
Unfortunately, this grievance reminds everyone of when Boyle wore a tie with purple, and resurfaced his nickname, Mr.
Grapes!
Captain tells the team they need
someone to work a case with Det. Majors, and Amy and Jake jump at the opportunity, and Holt puts both of them
on the case. Meanwhile, recruiter from
Cooperhead Security, Gary Shaw, is at
the precinct, and he tells Captain that
Terry reached out to him. Gina and Boyle
are very upset that Terry called Shaw. Over at the crime scene, Jake and Amy meet Det. Majors,
and they both try to show off to him.
Terry tells Gina and Boyle that Shaw offered him a great deal for a job, and he’s trying to do
what’s best for his family, so he’s considering taking it. Majors invites Jake to get a drink at a
speakeasy he has an invitation too, and while they’re there, Majors asks Jake that he’s going to
ask Amy out when the case ends.
The next day, Jake tells Rosa about what Majors said, and admits to her that he still likes
her. Rosa tells Jake that he has to let Amy know that he’s an option. In the captain’s office, Gina
and Boyle plan to throw Terry a ”please stay with us” party. Holt is upset that Terry would even
consider to leave the 99. In the ME’s office, they tell Jake, Majors, and Amy that they found no
prints in the van they found. Jake asks Amy to talk, and he tries to ask Amy out, but he keeps
being interrupted by very gross things and then Majors tells them that they’re guys are on the
move.
Boyle and Gina are trying to make Terry happy, with lavender yogurt and his baby pictures,
in order to get him to stay, and Terry loves it. Unfortunately, Holt is giving Terry a lot of work,
which makes Terry have to cancel date night, effectively counteracting what Boyle and Gina are
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doing. Jake, Amy, and Majors are back at the 99, and when Majors goes to get coffee, Jake is
about to ask Amy out again, but he solves the case. Which means, Majors is going to ask Amy
out—oh no!
Jake is upset eating Mexican candy, because he solved the case before he could ask Amy
out. Rosa tells Jake to show Amy he cares, and show up to her date with Majors and ruin her
night. Gina and Boyle tell Terry they finished his files for him so that he can have her date night
with his wife. When Holt finds out that they digitized his files for Terry, he makes Terry digitize
2000-2005, making him have to cancel his plans, AGAIN. Over at the speakeasy, Jake tries to
get in, but doesn’t know the password. He can’t get in, so he tries to read other guests lips to
get in, but doesn’t get it right still. Instead, Jake just sneaks in through the fire exit door, but he
sees that Amy really likes Majors before getting kicked out.
The next morning, Terry tells Gina and Boyle that he declined the offer. Holt tricked Terry by
making him digitize files that reminded him of the great work they do at the 99, which made him
want to stay. Majors comes by, and tells Jake that Amy wasn’t into it and it didn’t go well. Jake
is confused why this happened, and goes to ask her. Amy tells Jake she has a new rule: ”I don’t
date cops.” Ouch.
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The Chopper
Season 2
Episode Number: 44
Season Episode: 22
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Sunday May 10, 2015
Tricia McAlpin, David Phillips
Phil Traill
Kyra Sedgwick (Deputy Chief Madeline Wuntch), Mo Gaffney (Dr. Susman), Perry Anzilotti (Reggie Bludsoe), Dan Cole (Sheriff Grant Knox),
Corey Allen Kotler (The Super), Makayla Lysiak (Tricia), Paul Mabon
(Officer Lou), Eve Moon (McKenzie), Benjamin Royer (Bobby), Savannah Douglas (Little Miss Side Braid), Kelvin Brown (Greg Gerg)
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Jake works his dream case when Wuntch gives him the green light,
but Holt worries that he’s being set up to fail. Meanwhile, Amy, Rosa
and Gina pitch in when Terry hosts a field trip for a magnet school.
Gina is insanely distracted on her phone,
so the squad makes a bet and the first
person who makes her look up wins the
pot. Terry wins by changing his relationship status to ”It’s Complicated,” but even
though he won the money, his wife was
not happy about the change.
Jake is briefing the team about a
death that could be connected to 21 million dollars of stolen money. Jake thinks
it’s an epic case, but Holt tells him to
treat it like a regular case. Meanwhile,
Terry tells the squad that they are hosting
a field trip for a magnet school that he’s
trying to get his kids into. Amy, Gina, and
Rosa volunteer to help him.
Another murder connected to the money occurs, and Holt tells Jake and Boyle that Wuntch
wants to talk to them, probably to hand the case over to Major Crimes, and Jake won’t let it
happen. The magnet school makes it to the precinct, and the principal and Amy hit it off, and
Gina makes friends with the ”alpha” of the students. Over at Wuntch’s, she tells them that the
case is still theirs and that they have her full support.
Jake decides to go after the two living members of the Fulton Street Four, and Holt tells him
that he’s joining the case, so that they don’t mess anything up and prove Wuntch right. The
principal of the school wants to talk to Terry and he puts Amy in charge. Unfortunately, Amy
does not know what to do with kids, so she just shows them a picture of a dead body.
The principal of the school tells Terry that she’ll give his file another look, but it’s ruined when
she comes in and sees the pictures of the dead bodies. Jake, Boyle, and Holt go check up on their
suspect, and they find him and he tells them that the other member of the Fulton Street Four,
DeAngelo, is trying to kill him. Jake called Wuntch and asked for a chopper so then can go get
the suspect, and she approved, and it’s on its way to them!
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The guys are on the chopper, and they assign themselves code name, Jake being ”Death
Blade,” Boyle being ”Side Winder,” and Holt being ”Wet Blanket.” Holt is upset, becuase if they
don’t catch DeAngelo, Wuntch will make sure his career is over. Back at the 9-9, Amy apologizes
to the prinicpal of the school, and point out the kids did teach alot. Meanwhile, the chopper lands
and the guys strut out in typical movie fashion. They find DeAngelo, and he’s dead. Jake calls to
see if the other guy, Bloodzo, is still in custody, and he finds out that he escaped the hospital.
Jake goes to talk to Holt, and he points out how they are working an epic murder and all he
can think about is Wuntch. Holt realizes Jake is right, and decides they need to solve this case.
He even gives himself a code name, ”Valvant Thunder.” Back at the precinct, Terry thanks the
girls because his kids are off of the wait-list, and he also tells Gina she was named ”Spring Dance
Princess.”
Jake, Holt, and Boyle find Bloodzo, and the money! In the words of Holt, ”bing-pot!” Back at
the precinct, Wuntch tells Holt she wanted him to succeed so that she has a reason to promote
him, so he has to leave the 99, because she’s making him head of NYPD Public Relations!!!!
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Johnny and Dora
Season 2
Episode Number: 45
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Luke Del Tredici
Dean Holland
Kyra Sedgwick (Deputy Chief Madeline Wuntch), Ray Abruzzo (Michael
Augustine), Kelvin Brown (Greg Gerg), Nick Cannon (Marcus), Ilana
Guralnik (Lexi), Lyric Lewis (Alice), Billy Merritt (Wayne Tercelle), Gio
Randazzo (Pizza Guy)
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Jake and Amy go undercover to take down the borough’s most infamous identity thief. Meanwhile, the members of the precinct are
floored by a surprise farewell.
Scully is in a state of distress, because
their vending machine is being replaced.
The squad says bye to the machine, since
it’s been with them forever. They even
give the machine a ”squad salute.” When
the machine falls and breaks open however, the only thing on their mind is ”free
candy!”
Jake briefs the squad about Michael
Augustin, an identity thief, and Holt pairs
up Jake and Amy to tail Augustin. Jake
acts weird when they get paired up, leading Amy to think something is wrong.
Jake, using a Jamacian accent, tells Amy
how he had planned to ask her out before
she told him that wasn’t what she wanted. In Holt’s office, he tells Terry and Gina that he’s being
forced out of the 9-9. They both freak out, but Holt says they need to find ”the letter,” which is
a letter in which Wuntch called her now-boss a buffoon, and if they find it, he’ll be able to stay.
Terry and Gina are in to help Holt, Gina even turns her phone off!!
Rosa is upset, because Boyle is insinuating that Marcus is throwing her a surprise party for
her birthday. That night, Amy and Jake have to go undercover in a restaurant in order to tail
Augustin. Playing Johnny and Dora, they pretend to have just gotten engaged to get a table–much
to Jake’s discomfort.
Jake and Amy get a table–right next to Augustin and his girl. Over at the archives, Gina tells
Terry she found where the letter should be, and she tells Terry to go get it while she distracts the
guard. Terry has trouble opening the file, so he just takes the whole tower out, and they give Holt
the file. Back at the stakeout, Boyle admits to Rosa there is a surprise party for her, and she’s
very upset, so upset that she revokes his priviledge to call her Rosa. At the restaurant, Augustin
and his girlfriend ask Jake and Amy a bunch of questions about their relationship, making them
answer questions that realize their feelings.
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Holt is about to confront Wuntch, but Wuntch, making sure he isn’t bugged, gives him a
very uncomfortable pat-down. Back at the restaurant, Augustin says he’s going in the back to
talk to the chef, and as they are watching him, he notices, so Jake kisses Amy to make it less
suspicious.
Back in the van, they tell Boyle and Rosa they kissed, much to Boyle’s excitement. They follow
Augustin to where he is leaving the package, and Jake tells Boyle and Rosa to follow Augustin
while Amy and he stay with the package. Meanwhile, Holt shows Wuntch the letter, and he tells
her she has until tomorrow to reverse his promotion. Jake and Amy notice that the guy with the
package is looking at them, so Amy kisses Jake, making them look harmless, and when he picks
up the package, they arrest him!
Back at the 99, Amy and Jake are signing the arrest report, and thinks are a little awkward.
They both agree they don’t want things to change, so they will just stay partners. Boo. Meanwhile,
at the restaurant, Rosa walks into what she thinks is a surprise party, but is actually Marcus
who rented out the bar so that they could have her birthday dinner in peace. After another weird
pat-down, Wuntch tells Holt that she’d transfer all of his team if he doesn’t accept the transfer.
He decides to take the transfer, and unsuprisingly, the 99 is very upset, INCLUDING HOLT. Gina
decides to go with Holt. Later, Jake finds Amy in the evidence room, and they talk about the
transfer and all the change, which leads to Jake kissing Amy! However, they are interrupted by
Boyle who lets them know the new captain is here...
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Season Three
New Captain
Season 3
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Sunday September 27, 2015
Dan Goor, Michael Schur
Michael Schur
Bill Hader (Captain Seth Dozerman), Peter Janov (Uniformed Cop), Andrew Patrick Ralston (Bryce), Kyra Sedgwick (Deputy Chief Madeline
Wuntch), Dean Winters (The Vulture), Phil Augusta Jackson (Trent)
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A new captain takes over after Holt is transferred to the publicrelations department, but Jeffords has his hands full keeping chaos
from reigning in the precinct. Meanwhile, Jake and Amy deal with the
fallout of their kiss.
The episode picks up in the exact spot
where we left our favorite detectives —
waiting at the elevator to meet their
new boss. His name is Seth Dozerman
and he’s a nose-to-the-grindstone workaholic perfectionist... meaning, he’s basically the Nine-Nine’s worst nightmare. He
loves numbers, has no use for people,
and would be content to work himself
to death — which, incidentally, is what
happens by the end of the episode. RIP,
Dozerman. We’ll always have your Dozerpads to yell at us for not working fast
enough.
Just what killed B99’s boss was walking in on Jake Peralta and Amy Santiago making out in the evidence locker (His final words?
”Tell my wife I love her... work ethic.”). The show seems committed to moving forward with their
relationship after the pair’s ”for reals” kiss at the end of last season. At first, they agree to
keep things ”light and breezy” and set ground rules like not telling anyone at work, not using
boyfriend-girlfriend labels, and not having sex right away. An awkward official first date leads to
breaking Rule No. 3, and after accidentally killing Dozerman, they come clean to everyone but
decide to just stay colleagues, but that decision is short-lived — as Boyle puts it in a pep talk
with Jake: Being ”light and breezy” is for linen suits, not for relationships with people you care
about.
So by episode’s end they’re together again and it’s apparently not light or breezy. Hopefully
B99 intends to keep their relationship going for at least the immediate future — keeping these
two on and off would be bad for the precinct and frustrating for fans.
And Hader’s short guest-star tenure means the Nine-Nine needs another new captain. If you
thought Holt could make a return, you’re out of luck (at least, for now). Their newest boss is... The
Vulture (a.k.a. Detective Pembroke) from back in season 1. That should make things interesting
around the office, and not just because he greets his underlings by calling them ”ding-dongs.”
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Speaking of Holt, he and Gina got screen time over at his new NYPD Public Relations post,
where he has eight-point plans and big ideas for community engagement but Wuntch says he
can’t start anything until they finish the work already in progress — like naming the NYPD’s new
pigeon mascot (they settle on Paulie, though Pepper really is the best option). He knows he can
do good work there, but Wuntch won’t let him. As Gina puts it, ”This man is a Timberlake and
you need to stop treating him like a Fatone.”
There was one other nice scene between Gina and Holt, where she says she followed him to
PR because he makes things better (and because she thought it would help launch her reality
show Linetti, Set, Go — not to be confused with her fragrance line, Gina in a Bottle). Turns out,
these two make a nice team, and not just when Holt is wearing the Paulie the Pigeon costume in
an elementary school.
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The Funeral
Season 3
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Luke Del Tredici
Claire Scanlon
Archie Panjabi (Lieutenant Singh), Jon Daly (Brian Applebaum), Beth
Hoyt (Margaret Dozerman), Dean Winters (The Vulture), Jeff Marlow
(Dixon Carfunk), Tim Powell (Chief Garmin), Neil Rodriguez (Officer
Chiccub), Peter Janov (Uniformed Cop), Lex Montgomery (Detective)
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Another personnel change at the precinct could jeopardize Jake and
Amy’s nascent romance. Meanwhile, Terry helps Holt with a PR problem; and Rosa and Gina urge Charles to abandon his crush on a colleague.
The precinct is set to attend the funeral
of Captain Dozerman. Jake tries to befriend their new captain, The Vulture, in
order to draw his attention away from the
rest of the team. However, The Vulture
figures out his plan and threatens to demote Jake if he doesn’t dump Amy.
Jake and Amy seek the help of Captain Holt, who has come to the Nine-Nine
for a PR visit with The Vulture. Shaken
from his encounter with The Vulture, who
belittled him and rejected his suggestions
as former precinct captain, he refuses to
help Jake and Amy.
Meanwhile, Charles is excited about
the funeral, since he’s been meeting another lieutenant at police funerals and having sex. Charles
meets this woman, but Gina and Rosa’s insistence that this is out of character for him gets to
him. He goes with the woman, but decides to ask her questions about herself. He finds out that
she’s a vegan, which turns him off.
At the funeral, Jake and Amy decide to record The Vulture’s threat to demote Jake and seek
the help of the chief of detectives. However, the plan doesn’t work and The Vulture demotes Jake.
Terry finds Holt drinking at the bar where he later has to give a toast about hope. They both
drink and share their troubles about how unhappy they are with the fact that Holt is no longer
captain of the precinct.
Holt gives a terrible, hopeless speech at the funeral. However, Jake, trying to save his relationship with Amy, salvages the speech by saying he’ll never give up on them. This moves Holt,
and he finds a way to fix Jake and Amy’s situation.
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Boyle’s Hunch
Season 3
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Tricia McAlpin
Trent O’Donnell
Mary Lynn Rajskub (Genevieve Mirren-Carter), James Urbaniak (Nick
Lingeman), Gabe Liedman (Dr. Oliver Cox), Vahe Bejan (Osif), Martin Garcia (Matt Blarkn), Stormi Henley (Dvora), Jasper Cole (Oolong Slayer), Peter Janov (Uniformed Cop), David S. Jung (Milton), Afsheen Olyaie (Perpetrator), Janie Haddad Tompkins (Susan), Phillip E.
Walker (Lawyer)
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Jake thinks Boyle might have met his soul-mate in Genevieve, an art
gallery owner, and he tries to help set them up. Meanwhile, Rosa deals
with inter-precinct theft and Holt seeks Amy’s help with an image campaign.
Jake has a major drug bust, but scares
the rest of the group when he brings a
tarantula to the precinct.
While Jake and Charles wait for a
case hearing, they run into a woman,
Genevieve, who seems like Charles’ perfect match. Jake encourages Charles to
ask her out, but it turns out that she was
on trial, and got sentenced to 10 years in
prison.
Charles has a hunch that Genevieve
was set up, and he and Jake decide to
investigate. Genevieve’s ex-boyfriend is a
suspect, but his alibi checks out. Making
matters worse, they find a storage locker
belonging to Genevieve full of stolen art. Charles gives up on the case, but Jake continues to
investigate and finds the real perpetrator.
Meanwhile, Rosa and Terry believe that Hitchcock and Scully have been stealing people’s
desserts, and set out to find proof. However, Hitchcock and Scully admit to nothing, and make
their case incredibly difficult.
Captain Holt is trying to improve the police department’s public image, and decides to ask
Amy to be the first face of his campaign. Gina tries to convince Holt that the campaign is a bad
idea, but Holt dismisses her input. However, Gina turns out to be right, and Holt is forced to end
his campaign and do something new.
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The Oolong Slayer
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Dan Goor, Michael Schur
Michael McDonald
Jasper Cole (The Oolong Slayer), Peter Janov (Uniformed Cop), David
King (Bob), Janie Haddad Tompkins (Susan)
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Jake enlists Holt’s help to investigate a serial killer; Rosa and Amy are
forced to comply with an old adversary’s demands; and Terry finds a
new obsession.
After he issued a demoralizing edict that
the detectives should only tackle easy
cases like misdemeanors so he could
boost his numbers, Jake took it upon
himself to go rogue and pursue a hunch
about the resurfacing of the Oolong
Slayer, that weirdo psycho who tea-bags
his victims (literally, not in a sexual way)
and sets up creepy dollscapes at the murder scenes. And although Wuntch continued to neuter Capt. Holt (figuratively,
not in a sexual way) by loading him up
with meaningless drivel, Holt took it upon
himself to defy her orders, ditch his PR
duties and do some real police work again
with Jake. Soon enough, their bosses found out about their off-book investigation and told them
to stop — suspended them, even — but Jake and the captain continued to try to catch a most
dangerous predator. It felt good and adrenalizing to see Holt partner up again with the underling who causes him the most colorful headaches to take down the tea-topped killer and reclaim
his power, especially on a more-serious-than-usual case. (The only thing missing was a Holt-isrefined/Jake-is-a-Neanderthal gag in which Holt explains why he prefers rooibos over chamomile
while Jake weighs in with a Lipton-versus-Crystal Light analogy.)
Over in B-plot land, Terry, who has been stressed out about his soon-to-be-expanding family,
discovered the sweet joy of Charles’ cacao nibs and wound up expanding his own waistline (nice
prosthetic makeup, BTW). Meanwhile, the Vulture misogynistically tasked Amy and Rosa with
throwing him a party. (Was having the Vulture perform at his own event really a stroke of ”evil
genius,” though? Not really. And he deserved a much worse fate on his way out. But Amy will
take a win where she is given one.)
In the end, the Vulture’s rule of terror ended as abruptly as it began, as Jake cut a deal with
the chief of detectives, which allowed the big boss to take credit for taking down the Oolong
Slayer in exchange for putting Holt back where he belongs: in charge of the Nine-Nine.
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Halloween III
Season 3
Episode Number: 50
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David Phillips
Michael McDonald
Mary Lynn Rajskub (Genevieve Mirren-Carter), Merrin Dungey
(Sharon Jeffords), Josh Casaubon (Nadia), Elena Varela (Random
Woman), Kelsey Yates (Cagney Jeffords), Skyler Yates (Lacey Jeffords),
Omar Angulo (Mariachi Criminal)
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Capt. Holt and Jake split the squad into two teams for their annual
Halloween heist competition, and this year’s a tiebreaker to determine
who claims the title of ”amazing detective slash genius.”
It’s almost Halloween, and in the NineNine, that means it’s time for one thing
– a battle of wits. For the past two years
Jake and Captain Holt have staged heists
on Halloween, where Jake has had to get
an item from Holt. They each won once,
and decided that this year they would
both have to work to retrieve an item (a
crown) and possess it at midnight. The
game has become so official that Holt and
Jake even draft teams. Holt’s consists
of Sarge and Gina, whereas Jake takes
Boyle and Rosa. Hitchcock and Scully are
ignored for obvious reasons, and Amy is
shunned by both teams due to her questionable loyalty. Holt worries she can’t be trusted as she’s Jake’s ”paramour,” and Jake thinks
that Amy will do anything to get Holt’s approval. So that leaves Amy teamless as the rest of the
precinct heads off to do their derring-dos. She even tries a couple times to get onto a team, but
both Jake and Holt just talk to their enemies through the secret camera they think is hidden in
her cleavage.
The crown is locked in a briefcase, which in turn is locked in the interrogation room, forcing
the teams to get creative with retrieval. Boyle (Team Jake) and Gina (Team Holt) are sent to guard
the crown, and each other. Jake’s team employs Operation Wrong Vent, wherein Jake pretends
like Boyle marked the wrong vent for him to descend through, distracting Gina while Rosa dives
rolls into interrogation, cuts the crown out of the case, and rolls back out. Oh, and there were
live cockroaches from Boyle’s pantleg in the mix as well.
Although Team Jake has the initial advantage, Holt was counting on Jake to retrieve the crown
and get extremely overconfident, so that he could more easily cut him down. After gathering intel
from a bug on Jake’s desk, Team Holt commences its own crown retrieval from Jake’s drawer.
Sarge calls in his twins, Cagney and Lacey, to come do a photoshoot with Jake, to distract him
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while Holt sneaks in through the window, unscrews the back of his set of drawers, snatches the
crown, and photobombs Jake. Unfortunately Team Holt’s plan hits a snag when a cackling witch
decoration gives away his location in the breakroom, forcing Holt to hastily ditch the crown in
the trash, and drink a soda. Which honestly seems like the more horrifying thing to Holt.
Later the crown disappears from the trash, and both teams think the other team has possession, until they realize neither of them do. Team Jake checks the surveillance tapes and sees
that one of the trash collectors, named Al, came and took the trash already. Both Jake and Holt
try to suck up to Amy, as they realize that she’s the only one who would have the address of
every employee of the Nine-Nine (in order to send them Christmas cards of course). She resents
their brownnosing, but sends them both the address so neither has an advantage.
oth teams arrive at the apartment building to find the elevator out of order, and they run up
to his apartment on the 16th floor. There they find out that Al’s actually on the roof smoking,
another fifteen floors up. They all make it up (though Jake’s a little worse for the wear), only to
find that Al is actually... AMY SANTIAGO? Jake tries to play it off like they schemed together,
but she quickly pushes him back to the losing side and explains her grand plan. She could tell
that Holt had a listening device because he jumped when Jake passed by the freaky witch earlier
– even though his door was completely closed. Amy read Holt’s lips to figure out his twin plan,
and then moved the witch to draw attention to him, forcing him to throw away the crown so that
she could come and collect it. She left the crown at the bar, and the Nine-Nine all head over to
attend her coronation. Queen Amy, an amazing detective/genius, congratulations.
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Into the Woods
Season 3
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Andrew Guest
Linda Mendoza
Nick Cannon (Marcus), Matt Walsh (Detective Lohank), Anthony M.
Bertram (Lt. Ian Hink), Matt Lasky (Zub)
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Jake and Charles take Terry on a weekend camping trip as a ”babymoon,” but it doesn’t go as they had hoped; and Holt gives Rosa relationship advice. Meanwhile, Gina helps Amy prepare for an important
presentation.
Charles and Jake decide to take a very
stressed Terry on a guys’ weekend out.
They head out to the cabin of a colleague
expecting that he would be away, but
this goes wrong. The cabin is neither as
luxurious or as safe as they anticipated,
they fail at fishing, and neither Jake nor
Charles thought of bringing food.
Charles decides to go foraging for fungus, but falls down a sinkhole. Terry and
Jake try to find him, but get lost first,
and then fall into the same sinkhole.
Terry and Jake then get into an argument
about how Jake doesn’t take responsibility for anything.
Jake takes this to heart, and finds a way out of the pit while the others are sleeping. Terry
later realizes that he really does need to relax, and finds a fun way to do so.
Holt realizes that Rosa is planning on breaking up with Marcus, and advises her to break up
with him via text message. They later realize that this may not be the best approach, and Rosa
practices the break-up on Captain Holt.
She breaks up with Marcus, but finds herself getting emotional afterwards. Holt tries to be
supportive, but suffers the same emotional fate.
Amy wants to sell her reader-flashlight idea to the powers that be, but realizes that she may
be too boring to do so. She asks Gina to help her spice up her presentation to make a better
impression. The presentation is a success, but her bosses do not go for the flashlight. Gina later
encourages Amy by showing her how she made a difference.
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The Mattress
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Laura McCreary
Dean Holland
Robin Bartlett (Miss Miriam), Michael Blaiklock (Brian Hip), Adrian
Moreira-Behrens (Sam Malone), Travis Parker (Keyton Marks), Dean
Sharpe (Devon Mound)
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Jake and Amy work a case together involving a new street drug, but
their new relationship gets in the way. Meanwhile, Charles panics
when he realizes he’s damaged one of Holt’s prized possessions; and
Terry teaches Rosa a lesson in discipline.
Amy is tired because she was up all night
due to Jake’s lumpy, uncomfortable mattress.
Jake and Amy work their first case
as a couple involving a new drug called
”taxi.” Hoyt tells them not to let any personal issues get in the way of their work.
Rosa’s little brother, Sam, from Brooklyn’s Big Brothers is selling candy at the
precinct to raise money for basketball
uniforms.
Boyle is angry when Holt parks partially in his spot.
Jake and Amy chase the drug dealer
into a building. Jake tackles him onto an
old mattress which makes him agree to getting a new one.
Sam is brought in for shop lifting a phone which makes Rosa very angry.
Boyle accidentally scratches Holt’s car backing out of his space.
Jake doesn’t want to spend the money on a new mattress, which upsets Amy.
The dealer had two matchbooks from a hotel on him. Holt sends Jake and Amy undercover to
stake it out.
Gina puts a cupcake in Holt’s chair to make him realize he was the one in the wrong about
the car.
Jake and Amy argue about their relationship in the hotel room and let their suspect get away.
Rosa lets Sam off with a warning.
Holt admits to Boyle that the scratch was his fault.
Jake agrees to get a new mattress for Amy.
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Ava
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Matt O’Brien
Tristram Shapeero
Nick Offerman (Frederick), Merrin Dungey (Sharon Jeffords), Kaliko
Kauahi (Brenda Hix), Tom Proctor (Rake), Omar Angulo (Angry Family
Member)
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Jake’s in charge of entertaining Sharon while Terry and Rosa head
off to learn about the Douglass Street murders, but Sharon’s water
breaks and crisis ensues at the precinct; and Amy and Charles must
process paperwork by hand due to an internet outage. Meanwhile, Holt
is forced to confront his ex-boyfriend.
Terry and Rosa have to go investigate a
murder case. Terry asks Jake to take care
of his wife Sharon at the precinct, while
keeping her away from Captain Holt, who
stresses her out. Jake asks Gina to help
manage Holt, but are faced with a surprise when Sharon’s water breaks.
Jake tries frantically to keep Sharon
calm, including telling Captain Holt to
stay away from her. Holt takes this
personally, and makes Jake’s job as
Sharon’s caretaker even more complicated. Terry tries to make it back, but
faces obstacles like a stopped subway
and surface traffic.
Meanwhile, the internet is down at the precinct, forcing Charles and Amy to do all the paperwork by hand to process the offenders they’ve brought in. The process is slow because they
are forced to use only one fax machine, and the people in the precinct start getting frustrated.
Hitchcock and Scully, making things worse, inadvertently start a fire, causing the alarm to go
off.
Sharon and Terry planned to use a doula and avoid hospitals, but since the doulas are not
available, Jake convinces Captain Holt to ask his estranged ex-boyfriend Frederick, an OBGYN, to assist with Sharon’s birth. Frederick, concerned about Sharon’s blood pressure and
the precinct environment, recommends the hospital.
Sharon turns to Jake for advice and they go to the hospital, and Terry arrives angry that
Jake has gone against his wishes. However, he realizes afterwards that the hospital was the right
decision, and after thanking everyone for their part in baby Ava’s birth, he allows Jake to be the
first to see her.
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The Swedes
Season 3
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Season Episode: 9
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Matt Murray
Eric Appel
Anders Holm (Soren), Riki Lindhome (Agneta), Marc Evan Jackson
(Kevin Cozner), Neil deGrasse Tyson (Himself), Yan Birch (Stig), Ravi
Naidu (Mitch), Tim Talman (Karl-Ove)
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Jake and Rosa are forced to work with Swedish cops in order to solve
an international case; and Amy and Terry offer to help Gina prepare
for a test. Meanwhile, Holt enlists Charles to be his squash partner for
an annual tournament.
This week the competitive juices were
flowing in all sorts of directions. Jake
and Rosa tried and succeeded in taking down a diamond ring (nope, not
that kind; it’s only Jake and Amy’s
six-month anniversary), but not before
they tried yet couldn’t quite succeed
in one-upping a pair of way-too-closefor-comfort Swedish cops, Soren and
Agneta, who were sent by Interpol to
crack the case with them. Meanwhile,
a wave of testosterone overwhelmed
Charles (”Squash’s unhinged lunatic,”
raved the Sarah Lawrence Phoenix) as he
was forced into unleash-the-beast mode by Holt so he could help bring his captain a third squash
doubles championship as Kevin’s fill-in. And over in the third story line, celebrity astrophysicist
Neil deGrasse Tyson — Terry’s gym buddy whom Terry recruited to tutor Gina in astronomy so
she could pass her test — out-squatted the muscle-bound man who can make his pecs dance.
(And while Neil proclaimed Gina hopeless, she did get a useless but well-choreographed lesson
about our solar system from Amy and Terry.)
By the end of this episode Gina had passed her test (and presumably partied that night under
the glow of Et Cetera), Amy had ruined her chances of hooking up with Hitchcock forever, Charles
had smacked Holt’s ass during a racquetball montage set to Mötley Crüe, and Rosa had given
Jake an idea for an Amy-appropriate anniversary gift and had learned a lesson from Jake in
friendship, specifically that you can’t spell partner without pal — actually, you can, and you
should, because that L really messes things up.
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Yippie Kayak
Season 3
Episode Number: 55
Season Episode: 10
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Lakshmi Sundaram
Rebecca Asher
Tom Billett (Matt), Jamal Duff (Zeke), Merrin Dungey (Sharon Jeffords), Paul Lacovara (Gunter / Robber), Phil Levesque (Klaus / Robber), Brandon Morales (Ramon), Sean Poolman (Michael Lorne), Max
E. Williams (Grant), Dean Winters (The Vulture)
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Jake, Charles and Gina find themselves in a real-life ”Die Hard” situation on Christmas Eve; and Terry is forced to leave his family celebration in order to save his squad. Meanwhile, Amy tries to prove that
she’s just as tough as Holt and Rosa.
It was the magical moment that Jake had
been waiting for: Christmas Eve. Make
that a hostage situation in a sealed-off
building on Christmas Eve. This was his
Die Hard — or at least the closest he
probably would ever come to it — and
he was going to make the most of this
gift while trapped in a department store
with Charles, Gina, and some shoppers
held at gunpoint. That comedic conceit
worked perfectly, resulting in more than
a few laughs: We watched Jake, giddiedup at his chance to play John McClane,
try to contort this situation into his all-time (and oft-referenced) favorite film and express disgust/disappointment when he discovered that the bad guys were Canadian instead of German
and had names like Matt instead of Klaus. He was oblivious to the danger around him, right up
until one of the robbers was about to straight-up shoot him, which he capped off delightfully
with a nervous, off-kilter and absurd punchline.
Charles and Gina had their moments to shine, too. First Jake and Charles gained the upper
hand, albeit temporarily, by weaponizing prosthetic limbs and knocking out the criminals to the
sounds of Onyx’s ”Slam.” And then Charles took down the big baddie by crashing through the
vent (John McClane would approve) and exclaiming ”Yippie kayak, other buckets!” (John McClane would not approve). Jake’s decision to let Charles play hero here was appropriate karmic
justice for forgetting to buy his uber-thoughtful friend a Christmas gift. Of course, given that
this was a Die Hard-ened tribute, we received the bonus ending in which the bad guy still has
one last unexpected fight in him, but Gina quickly subdued him with a makeshift flamethrower,
thus saving the day/Christmas. (It’s what she does. Every. Damn. Year.) The only thing missing
was Scully and/or Hitchcock in the underground parking garage, perhaps trying to open a bag
of pork rinds and his hand slipping violently and accidentally knocking out one of the Canadian
criminals holding him hostage.
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Meanwhile, Terry, who considers himself more Lori Greiner than Barbara Corcoran, but also
is kind of a Mr. Wonderful with all of his third-person references to himself, was just trying to
get some peace and quiet — isn’t he always? — for the holiday but sprang back into action after
receiving a call from Jake that was part ”Help!” but mostly ”Oh my god, the coolest thing is
happening right now!” This begot a series of amusing exchanges between Terry (as McClane’s
man-on-the-outside Al Powell) and the perpetual glory hound that is the Vulture (as cocksure
deputy chief Dwayne T. Robinson), who was itching to send the SWAT team in for the kill, despite
Terry’s rational pleas to let Jake advise from the inside. (One offensive comment too many finally
landed the Vulture in a garbage can.) Alas, the other story line — which featured Holt and Rosa
going for a polar plunge and Amy desperate to prove that she could ”dunk her junk” — fell a bit
flat and felt disjointed from the rest of the episode. It’s Christmas — your wish is to see the whole
gang together as much as possible. Yes, having Holt, Rosa, and Amy off on their own chill thrill
allowed Terry to demonstrate that he had captain characteristics (minus the trash-can stuffing);
Holt would urge him at the end of the episode to take the lieutenant’s test as a stepping stone.
But it would’ve been nice if these three could have been tied more into the department store
adventure.
Anyway, what’s a brother named Charles got to do to get a wet wipe around here? Let’s tell
Ramon to stop farting, go to town on Daddy’s nog, make a toast to the sea with a glass of heart
attack soda, take a dip in Lake Cocytus, liberally apply some Canyon Stank, shut our dumb
poem mouths, and revisit the best lines of ”Yippie Kayak.”
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Hostage Situation
Season 3
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Phil Augusta Jackson
Max Winkler
Kathryn Hahn (Eleanor), Mary Lynn Rajskub (Genevieve MirrenCarter), Kyle S. More (Steve Henderson), George Alexander (Jay-Jay),
John O’Leary (Franklin), Steve Tom (Kellan Heller)
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Charles and Genevieve want to take their relationship to the next level,
but his ex-wife, Eleanor, intervenes; and Amy asks Terry to write a
letter of recommendation. Meanwhile, Holt and Rosa enlist Gina’s help
to solve a case.
Captain Holt engages in a dance-off with
some street performers after they spill his
coffee.
Charles wants to have a baby with
his new girlfriend, but his ex-wife Eleanor
holds his sperm bank donation hostage,
demanding that he use his police privilege to deal with a collision situation
she has. Jake and Charles try to get the
sperm back, though Eleanor remains a
step ahead of them.
Charles decides to carry out Eleanor’s
wishes, but is stopped by Jake. Jake reminds him that good fatherhood doesn’t have to be biological. Charles takes this to heart and
decides to end Eleanor’s power over him by becoming a father without his sperm.
Amy wants a recommendation from Terry to be a mentee in a mentorship program, but accidentally breaks his nose while trying to impress him. When trying to make amends and check
the status of her recommendation letter, she continues to accidentally injure Terry.
When she doesn’t get into the program she wanted, she accuses Terry of writing her a bad
recommendation, infuriating him by questioning his integrity. However, Terry reveals that he sent
the recommendation to the wrong place, thinking she wanted to be a mentor, and encourages
her to start teaching others.
Holt and Rosa bring in a criminal with ties to credit card fraud, but he only wants to talk to
Gina. Gina almost blows the interrogation, having not read the file, and with the criminal saying
that he only wanted to talk to her because he went to high school with her.
Gina asks for a second chance, but also blows it. Rosa salvages the investigation by bonding
with the perpetrator through complaining about Gina.
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9 Days
Season 3
Episode Number: 57
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Justin Noble
Dean Holland
Oscar Nuñez (Dr. Porp), Jeff Bosley (Nick DiTullio), Larry Guli (Joey
Garibaldi), Stephane Nicoli (New Yorker)
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Capt. Holt and Jake contract the mumps during an investigation and
become quarantined together in hopes of solving the case. Meanwhile,
Rosa tries to help Boyle through a mourning process; and Terry is
forced to clean up Hitchcock and Scully’s mess.
Kevin is away in Paris and the precinct
believes that Holt is low because of this
and while they all have their own suggestions in making him feel better it’s Jake’s
option that speaks the closest to Holt’s
heart and interests, even if it all a sham.
Jake digs up an old closed case of his and
tells Holt there is new info on the street
about the man he’d been targeting and
asks him to work weekends to help him
solve it. It’s a selfless task of Jake to do
but it’s also one that plays into his compulsive need to work.
The case very abruptly goes off the rails when a witness gives them the mumps. So poor
vulnerable Holt and Jake find themselves quarantined. They decide to quarantine together at
Holt’s house, so that they can work on the case, and share in their misery as their various...
lumps... cause them a great deal of pain.
The two detectives, along with their disgusting goiters, Simon and Balthazar, fight through
a fever-induced haze in order to solve the case. Drunk on cold medicine they screen security
camera footage and find that Garibaldi (the missing mafia lieutenant) slipped something to the
chef at the restaurant the FBI had staked out many years ago. They get ready to go out and find
the paper when Amy comes over and stops them from leaving, even bundled up with surgical
masks and oven mitts – besides, they don’t need to go find the paper, it’s a recipe, and it’s been
taped to the wall the whole time. After Amy persuades him, Jake reveals to Holt that the case isn’t
perhaps as urgent as he thought, in fact, it was just something Jake dug up to keep him busy.
Holt gets angry that Jake dug up a pity case for him, and the two take naps, and then wake up to
angrily poke the other’s mumps. Amy swings by to show Holt that they weren’t pitying him, they
were trying to help out a friend, and make the him and Jake some baked ziti with Garibaldi’s
recipe. They quickly discover that the note is not a recipe (due to the 7 cups of salt, 18 cups
of oregano, and 9 onions involved), instead it’s a code, for a phone number! The number’s still
active, and a SWAT team picks up Garibaldi as Jake and Holt end their quarantine. Holt thanks
Jake for helping him feel less lonely, and for all he did to get Holt back at the Nine-Nine.
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The Cruise
Season 3
Episode Number: 58
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Tricia McAlpin
Michael Spiller
Craig Robinson (Doug Judy), Paul F. Tompkins (Captain Orleans),
Niecy Nash (Debbie Holt), Sam Adegoke (Ship Photographer), Jack Axelrod (Henry Coles), Mike Watson (Bill Dugan), Ruben Garfias (Walter
Gotaro), Mike Watson (Bill Dugan)
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Jake and Amy go on a cruise together, but their vacation is spoiled
when they discover an old adversary is on board with them. Meanwhile, Gina and Terry help Capt. Holt survive a visit from his sister;
and Charles and Rosa vie for the same apartment.
The episode brought us the welcome return of the slippery charmer Doug Judy,
a.k.a. the Pontiac Bandit, who is known
for stealing cars, scenes, and Jake’s
heart, even though the clown detective
hates to admit it. The episode proved
to be an entertaining off-shore romp, as
Jake was given free tickets to a cruise
(little did he know, by Doug himself),
which he turned into his first big trip with
his precinct rival-turned-mattress mate,
and once onboard, he quickly spotted his
hated arch-nemesis that he didn’t really
hate, Doug, who was masquerading as
Horatio Velveteen (amazing name), the ship’s piano lounge entertainment.
Turns out, Jake and Amy couldn’t arrest Doug (they were out of their jurisdiction, and the
only person who could slap on the cuffs was the tax-evading captain, but he needed the probably
high Horatio to distract the passengers with smushing songs so they wouldn’t revolt over the lack
of ranch dressing). So instead of straight-up living that slug life, eating unlimited shrimp, and
sipping on a beverage adorned with a potato skin, he (and Amy) reluctantly kept an eye on Doug,
who’d lured them onboard to protect him from a hitman, a story Jake didn’t buy. But their rebonding on the high seas began anyway — Sandy B. in a sarong in Speed 2! — and the Bandit
even dropped some helpful advice on Jake about meeting the needs of his woman, whose needs
were non-stop scheduled fun.
Ultimately, and fittingly, Doug was shown to be truthful and not trustworthy: The hitman did
come after him, Amy took the hitman down, Jake issued the last of the over-easy shuffleboard
slang jokes (”You just got tanged by my girlfriend! Sorry I know that sounded really gross, but it
was actually awesome!”), and Doug jumped ship and escaped on a life raft, surely to resurface in
season 4. He left the frustrated detectives with a romantic parting gift, though: the Boom Boom
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State Room. But it was the state of their relationship that they would truly upgrade as Amy said
”I love you” to Jake, which he did reciprocate (well, after trying the more non-committal response
of ”Noice! Smort!”) That they took their relationship to the next level in a dance class for widows
felt tonally appropriate for this kind of moment on this kind of show.
While Jake ran around the ship with his two lovers, Holt sought solace in seltzer as his sister,
Hurricane Debbie, blew into town for a six-week visit. While our buttoned-up exec captain’s exboyfriend Frederick was introduced as a foil with a similar temperament, Debbie was much more
of an ”I-can’t-even” emotional force. In truth, she wasn’t any more difficult than the messes he
cleans up in the precinct every week, but her drama was magnified through his distorted lens
of pathological stoicism. First, Holt rebuffed her attempts at bonding in front of his underlings,
denying her claims that he was ”fun” as a child. Then, wanting her to do an about-face and
leave town again, he took Gina’s ill-conceived advice to fight drama with drama, which begat
several amusing line deliveries (”Everything in my life is a hot mess right now,” Holt told Debbie
in a semi-stilted manner). But in the end, after he learned that she had been cheated on and
dumped, he surprised her by building a childhood call-back fort in his office, where he invited
her in literally and metaphorically. As the episode went on, I worried that this plot wouldn’t really
pay off, but when Holt sat under that shrimp-free tarp and said, ”I would love to be all up in your
life,” we had our burst of B-story emotion.
And over in a perfectly adequate C-story plot, Charles and Gina squared off while they investigated the death of an 89-year-old woman, who had left behind an apartment boasting 1,800
square feet of space, exposed brick, and a gas range. Their intense contest to see who could butter up the landlord and be chosen as the apartment’s next tenant ended in a no-win tie, which
seemed... fitting, if predictable, as they should have been more focused on figuring out that the
landlord had poisoned the old lady so he could release those rent-control handcuffs. But there
was a bit of extra fun in seeing Charles flex his normally weak backbone while butting heads
with Rosa.
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Karen Peralta
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Episode Number: 59
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Alison Agosti, Gabe Liedman
Bruce McCulloch
Bradley Whitford (Roger Peralta), Katey Sagal (Karen Peralta), P.L.
Brown (Judge), Will Hines (Carl Kurm), Shelley Robertson (Celine),
Lloyd Barachina (Tommy Tran)
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Jake wants to introduce Amy to his mother on his birthday, but an
unexpected appearance by his dad complicates the special day. Meanwhile, Rosa and Charles struggle with a new mandate on body cameras
while on a stakeout with Terry; and Gina forgets to inform the precinct
about Holt’s important plan.
Still glowing from her exchange of I-loveyou’s with Jake, Amy dutifully readied
herself to meet Karen Peralta, the mom
that Jake proudly serves and protects.
But Amy wound up getting the full Peralta at Karen’s home on Jake’s birthday
when Karen revealed that she had reunited with Roger, Jake’s deadbeat pilot
dad who flew back in (and out of) his life
last season.
It was a nice touch to have Jake —
who has wanted his father to play a bigger role in his life — try to shoo Roger
away because he doesn’t want him back
in his life in this role. It was illuminating
to witness some of Jake’s damage from Roger destroying the family, sleeping with Karen’s best
friend, Sheila, and just generally being a ”leaving jerk.” And it was fun to watch Jake act out like
an bitter, wounded, goofy manchild (see: his poor, angry performance during charades) before
his mother (who got him his favorite kind of cake: blue!) explained to him that this was her decision (mistake?) to make. Still, there was something muted about Karen; I was rooting for a little
more fire, light, or mischief from the maternal part of the family dynamic, the mother of Jake the
jester.
While the episode entertainingly brought Jake’s parents together, it kept the rest of the cast
apart. Charles, Rosa, and Terry strapped on body cameras and took down a drug dealer, with
Charles going the extra mile and taking down his own pants. Quick recap: Rosa chased the dealer
into the Vietnamese restaurant where Charles bought the pho that he spilled all over himself.
That chase ended in the bathroom, where she found Charles naked, and then afraid that the
disturbing footage would become a key part of the case. Which it did, and everyone got to see
it. (”Objection!” ”On what grounds?” ”That’s... my penis?”) There’s an opportunity here, albeit
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a tricky one, to run more comedy through those (very topical) body cameras; perhaps a future
episode will be told strictly through the lens(es) of the body cameras when the squad is forced
to participate in a documentary or maybe there’s a story to unspool through different points of
view, literally.
Meanwhile, in C-story land, Holt found himself trapped in a team-building exercise with the
B-team — Hitchcock, Scully, and Gina. (Loved the revelation that Scully had to communicate
with his father, a prisoner-of-war, via morse code; there’s a challenged father-son relationship.)
But as this plot headed toward its conclusion — they found the four keys before the deadline-toapocalypse expired, thus ending their incarceration.
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The 9-8
Season 3
Episode Number: 60
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David Phillips
Nisha Ganatra
Damon Wayans Jr. (Det. Stevie Schillens), Julie Brister (Ellen), Dennis Cockrum (Deputy Inspector Flynt), Ian Gary (Det. Callahan), Allan
Graf (Det. Paul), Joe Mande (Isaac), Ryan Stanger (Brian)
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The Nine-Nine host the detectives from their neighboring precinct,
the Nine-Eight, which reunites Jake with his old partner and causes
Charles to become jealous. Meanwhile, the rest of the precinct attempt
to be welcoming, but the plan doesn’t go well.
Stevie, Jake’s very first partner, arrived
with a bunch of his co-workers from the
Nine-Eight — the neighboring precinct
that no one at the Nine-Nine liked - –
because a pipe burst in the Nine-Eight
building and they needed a place to work,
which resulted in them sharing desk
space with our regulars.
The playful reunion between old partners laid the foundation for a great reservoir of comedy: Jake and Stevie, overjoyed at the chance to relive fast times
in badass flashbacks set to the Beastie
Boys, juxtaposed against the threatened
Charles, playing the ”three’s a crowd” card, feeling like a left-behind third wheel, trying futilely
to compete by bringing up his friendship with Jake (which didn’t boast the same highlight reel)
and referencing his old partner (and by old, we mean that Charles had to help ”The Coot” down
the stairs). Indeed, it was ”Swert!” versus ”Noice!” all the way through the episode.
With Stevie joining Jake and Charles on a stakeout to bust a drug dealer that Stevie had
been tracking, you knew that Charles would have to throw a penalty flag on Jake and Stevie’s
rekindled bromance, but he actually had a very good reason to (besides jealousy): He realized
that Stevie planted drugs in the apartment of the low-life suspect to save a botched mission.
Jake ultimately saw the light, which led to an absurd, cramped quarters attempt at fist fight with
Stevie, before it mutated into an all-out brawl between the two precincts. Stevie was ultimately
arrested and brought to justice by Jake and his restored-to-glory partner, Charles (with all three
singing ”Unbreak My Heart” in the perp ride). The foolery of singing Toni Braxton together did
undercut the severity of Stevie’s betrayal to Jake; there probably were darker jokes to make
there. Also, the dirty-cop reveal positions this as more of a one-off and doesn’t set up a logical
return visit for Stevie. That’s too bad, because the Beatsie Boys deserve another reunion, and
Stevie would be a welcome addition to the roster of dip-in-and-out characters like the Pontiac
Bandit and Wunch.
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The episode’s related story lines involved the rest of the staff bemoaning and bitching about
the invasion of the Nine-Eight staff on their turf, which led Amy, Rosa, Hitchcock, Scully — and,
once his full-fat Greek yogurt had been violated, Terry, in a well-sold speech — to create a secret
satellite office/society on the roof. From Rosa’s seething hatred of a nut named Ellen who likes to
talk about juicing nuts, to Amy’s red-eyed irritation over her counterpart’s questionable therapy
dog (”Fraud dog! Fraud dog!”), the vitriol was bubbling over in all sorts of amusing ways. Even
Holt, who exhibited tremendous patience in being a gracious host by letting the other captain use
and abuse his office, right down to the critical lumbar settings on his chair, finally had enough.
During the inter-precinct throwdown, he surreptitiously sabotaged the radiator, rendering the
Nine-Nine inhospitable, and forcing the Nine-Eight to seek alternate housing arrangements and
the Nine-Nine to work in freezing conditions. Who would act so coldly? A man who secretly sent
a precious wooden duck tumbling to its death, that’s who.
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House Mouses
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Episode Number: 61
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Claire Scanlon
Brad Hall (John William Weichelbraun), Richard Assad (Janx Ingram),
Alex Ball (Chad), Andres du Bouchet (Kernt), Afsheen Olyaie (Street
Guy), Philippe Stella (Olek)
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When Jake insults Hitchcock and Scully’s work ethic in the precinct,
they force their way into one of his cases in attempt to prove themselves. Meanwhile, Amy and Gina help Rosa conquer one of her biggest
fears, and Holt and Boyle work a celebrity case.
The episode focused one of the most legendary pairings the 9-9 has ever seen:
two detectives who rarely see the spotlight, much less a meaningful assignment
in the field. Yes, that would be Hitchcock
and Scully, a pair of dumb-and-dumber,
checked-out cops who spend most of
their time in the shadows of our main
characters, avoiding real work and eating
highly questionable food, satisfied with
their career and/or body rot. But when
Jake suckered them into taking a small
case (which turned into a big one) so he
could make a play for a big case (which
turned out to be a small one), the pair held their own, comedy-wise, in an episode that wasn’t
quite as strong as the previous week’s, but served as a nice change of (personnel) pace.
Left unsupervised, Hitchcock and Scully crafted a wonderfully terrible undercover operation
to take down a drug ring: Scully’s alias was Tex Dallas, from Dallas, Texas; Hitchcock’s was Reno
Vegas, from Reno, Las Vegas (!); and their operation was suitably mislabeled as the Dallas Buyers
Club. But in the end, guided by Jake (who, with Terry, had to join the Operation Beans to prevent
them from, you know, dying), these two veteran slackers turned their weaknesses into strengths
(Hitchcock’s ability to avoid actual walking by riding his office chair over any terrain; Scully’s
ability to sweat profusely) in taking down the bad guys (albeit in amusing but not-at-all plausible
ways). And then they were promptly tagged and released back into their natural habitat, the
precinct, where Terry gave them new chairs to perma-recline in, so they wouldn’t be tasked with
important, day-saving stuff again.
Holt, meanwhile, tried to save the day — and impress a celebrity (well, at least in his mind): An
acclaimed NYSO oboist, John William Weichelbraun, claimed that his $40,000 oboe was stolen
while he was in the precinct. Andre Brauer, who constantly finds new ways to wring laughs out
of this stern, learned taskmaster, shined once again by playing Holt as someone who was trying
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to wear both the hats of police captain and starstruck fanboy, with latter firmly covering up the
former. It was also fun to watch Charles mix it up as the voice of reason and frustration while
his boss careened off the rails: Holt initially handed the case to him, then partnered himself with
Charles, then all but removed Charles from the case when he started asking the hard questions.
(And, just like last week, he was right as rain on someone else’s parade: He sniffed out that
Weichelbraun was lying about the theft.)
What about Amy, Rosa, and Gina, you ask? Well, they made a pact to face their fears for
womankind: Gina feared talking to businessmen, Rosa was terrified of needles, and Amy wasn’t
so great in confined spaces.
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Adrian Pimento
Season 3
Episode Number: 62
Season Episode: 17
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Daniel J. Goor, Michael Schur
Maggie Carey
Kate Flannery (Mean Marge), Jason Mantzoukas (Adrian Pimento),
Amanda Rivas (Jenny), Anthony Rutowicz (Janitorial Henchman),
Harry Yi (Henderson)
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When an unstable detective returns to the Nine-Nine after years undercover, Jake doesn’t know what to make of him. Meanwhile, Charles’
rebellious behavior pits him against the precinct’s custodian, and Holt
enlists Gina’s help in directing a ”fun and informational” video starring
himself and Rosa.
Jack pairs with Det. Adrian Pimento who,
after dozen years spent undercover infiltrating the mafia had blurred, crossed
and otherwise effed up the line between
cop and criminal. Jake’s reaction was
perfect: Oblivious to his own full-throated
jeopardy while Holt explained the identity
of this crazy man in the precinct, he declared, ”That... is... awesome!”
But as the episode unspooled, Jake,
who’d asked Holt to partner with Pimento
to investigate a breaking-and-entering at
an electronics store, would see that it
wasn’t exactly awesome. Initially enamored with the man who did what Jake always wanted to do — go undercover in a hardcore, skull-busting way, instead of a brief stint that
involved switching the mafia’s internet provider — he saw that Adrian was actually a disturbing
handful (see: a flashback in which he beats someone to bloody pulp, cries a bit, then resumed the
beating; or rather: a flashback in which the victim’s blood serves as his eye moisturizer). Worse
yet, it seemed like he may still be working for the Butcher. Why else would he surreptitiously buy
a burner phone, don a ski mask to break into a warehouse to retrieve a dufflebag, and do tai chi
in his underpants? (Fine, that last one has nothing to do with anything; it’s just super creepy.)
While all of this sexually intrigued Rosa, who admitted that her crushes were bad news (see:
the Vulture, the ShamWow! guy, Stripe from Gremlins), Jake launched an investigation into
Adrian, only to wind up busted by him; the non-trusting Adrian then reverted to his old ways
as a bag man. That is, a bagger at a grocery store. (His unbottled anger at cashier Maggie?
Hilarious.) Only in the final minute did he take Jake up on his offer to help him transition back
into police life, joining him on the raid of the B&E perp’s apartment and attacking the guy just
as the episode ended. ”Adrian Pimento” felt a bit like a set-up episode (Can Jake tame — and
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trust — Adrian? Will Adrian and Rosa get into a weird-ass flirtation/romance?), but a promising
one that is injecting some seriously dark, off-kilter energy into the Nine-Nine.
Let’s also touch on the B-story, which kicked off with a shocking moment, one maybe even
more jarringly funny than when Terry felled Holt’s office by slamming the door. The pressure
cooker that Charles was using to make a Turkmenistani stew for Pimento exploded, shattering
windows and leaving everyone dripping wet in goat gunk. Seeking a clean-up crew, Charles
ran into an administrative buzzsaw named Marge (The Office’s Kate Flannery), which resulted
in a janitorial boycott of their floor and a garbage pile-up before they learned her last name
and renamed the break room after her, which Charles promptly soiled again. The other story
line — Holt tasked an overambitious Gina with making a video to win a grant from the MC
Guffin Foundation (McGuffin, anyone?) to improve the Nine-Nine facilities — contained a twist
that amused: Gina replaced Holt with a look-alike who created a pill-popping backstory for his
character. In the end, semi-Sgt. Linetti impressed the foundation — and Holt — by eschewing
Hollywood pizzazz and served up the precinct’s mangy, wonk-eyed underdog truth.
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Cheddar
Season 3
Episode Number: 63
Season Episode: 18
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Jessica Polonsky
Alex Reid
Jason Mantzoukas (Adrian Pimento), Karl Brian Miller (Shredder
Owner), Ruben Vernier (Jorfrey), Paula Lauzon (Airport BG), Margaret
Newborn (Pedestrian)
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Holt allows Amy and Jake to house-sit for him, but mayhem ensues
when his dog Cheddar goes missing. Meanwhile, a romantic fling between Rosa and Adrian Pimento disrupts the precinct.
This week’s shenanigans start when Jake
(and by default, Amy) volunteers to housesit and dogsit for Holt, while he’s away
in Paris. Holt is on the verge of cancelling his trip to see his husband because Cheddar’s regular dogsitter is sick,
and the heat’s out in his house. Jake
steps up to take on the responsibility
(or have Amy take on the responsibility) so that Holt can see his husband
after months apart. To complicate matters Jake’s already agreed to take care of
Boyle after his laser eye surgery, but he
says he’ll just watch him at Holt’s house. Amy is not on board at first because she’s worried she
can’t handle a ”Level One” responsibility, but changes her mind when Jake shows her the rules
binder. It’s got to work out if there’s a rules binder, right?
Wrong. The whole thing falls apart from the get-go, as Jake brings temporarily-blind Boyle
back from surgery to find that Cheddar’s gone and torn up Kevin’s cashmere sweaters while
Amy’s incapacitated by allergies. Then Boyle accidentally sets his pants on fire via space heater,
then lands on a coffee table and breaks it. The brief fire prompts a call from Holt as the alarm
company notified him. He decides to cancel his flight and stay home. But things get worse –
Cheddar escaped out through the door that was open to let out the smoke (from the pants fire).
Jake calls in reinforcements, and soon the whole Nine-Nine is sitting in Holt’s living room. He
gives them all assignments and everybody gets to work.
Amy and Jake go out searching for Cheddar, checking in parks, but they’re unsuccessful.
Boyle finds his way out of the car (where he was instructed to stay) and is sure that he located
Cheddar in the bushes. They find Boyle at the park Jake used to do hacky-sack... uh, cool stuff
at, and find out that ”Cheddar” is not, in fact, Cheddar, but is a large possum. Naturally this isn’t
the most comforting thing for Boyle to hear, since he’s cuddling the creature. They head back to
the house and after a pretty pitiful brainstorming session, Jake decides that Boyle’s idea to wear
Holt’s clothes around the neighbor until Cheddar picks up the scent is the best option.
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Gina’s assignment when it comes to Operation: Find Cheddar is to pick up Holt from the
airport, and do whatever she can to delay his return. Naturally this prompts her to take Jake’s
car and run it over the spikes at the entrance to the airport parking garage. This pops all four
of the tires, leaving Gina feeling quite triumphant, and Holt quite annoyed. (My personal favorite
moment in this story is Gina talking like a computer/robot when she tells her phone to call Jake).
After a trip to the garage to get the tires fixed, Gina tries to mess with the car again by pulling
out a bunch of wires. Turns out that those wires are not essential to the car function and Holt
drives back to his house to find his employees wearing his clothing.
Holt immediately figures out that they’ve lost Cheddar and sends them home. But Jake realizes that Cheddar chewed up Kevin’s sweaters because he misses Kevin, so he’s probably off
somewhere that they would go to together. After a consult with the binder, Jake, Amy, and Boyle
find Holt and make their way to a park where Kevin would take Cheddar for walks – and Cheddar’s there! Holt confesses that he didn’t cancel his trip because he was afraid Jake would burn
his house down, he cancelled it because he and Kevin keep fighting when they talk on the phone,
and he was worried what would happen if he goes to Paris and they fight. Jake reassures Holt
that they can work it out, because they’re the best couple he knows, and Holt’s the strongest
person he knows.
Following up on last week’s attraction, Rosa can’t seem to stay away from Pimento. And vice
versa. The two turn everything into an intense flirting match. Everything from signing forms to
hole-punching papers becomes a sexy back-and-forth. Terry can’t stand it. Jake assigns the three
of them to work together to hang posters for Cheddar around the neighborhood, and Pimento and
Rosa continue to drive Terry crazy with their flirting. Then Rosa proposes taking it a step further,
and Pimento freaks out and runs down the road. He ambushes Terry in the bathroom to have
a private conversation about his ”weird headspace.” Pimento admits to Terry that flirting’s one
thing, but he’s not sure he’s ready for a relationship or that he deserves to be happy after the
things he’s done. Terry reassures him with a simply ”Sure you do,” and Pimento excitedly thanks
him for the life-changing perspective. In an attempt to smooth things over with Rosa, Pimento
proposes to her. She obviously rejects, but asks him out for a drink instead. He accepts. ...
And then Rosa grabs him and they start making out hard against Terry’s car. Clearly Pimento’s
still adjusting back to normal life after a long period undercover, and it might take a while for
him to figure out how to react in normal situations, but maybe Rosa can help him through the
transition. And maybe his involvement with her will be too much too soon and throw him even
further out of whack – who knows?
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Terry Kitties
Season 3
Episode Number: 64
Season Episode: 19
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Phil Augusta Jackson, Tricia McAlpin
Michael McDonald
Matt Besser (Detective Holderton), Nika Burnett (Russian), Sasha Golberg (Russian Guy), Denell Johnson (Stu), Michael Klesic (Zerb Gudanya), Mino Mackic (Russian), Jason Mantzoukas (Adrian Pimento),
Andrew Oliveri (Dmitri Kuzkho), Jason Sims-Prewitt (Erick Dirph)
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Terry tackles an old case with Jake’s help to prove his mettle to his
old precinct. Meanwhile, Adrian becomes Charles’ new roommate; and
Amy goes along on a difficult training exercise with Holt and Rosa.
The last episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine dealt with a
missing dog. This week’s episode dealt with what
we’ll call the opposite of a missing cat. Kittens
were popping up everywhere around the precinct.
This was something that tickled Jake and tortured
Terry. Why this aggressive assault of adorable? Because Sarge botched a case back in the day — no,
not when he was fat and called ”Terry Titties,” but
when he rocked a flat-top and was a rookie detective in the 6-5.
This episode unspooled the story of how Terry
took his partners on a busted bust, busting into the
apartment of a suspect who he believed had committed a string of B&Es by climbing into his victims’
apartments through high-rise windows. There was
the suspect, sitting in a wheelchair; apparently he
snapped his spine in a trapeze accident two years
prior. Adding panic to embarassment, Terry tried
to pin it on the guy’s cat, causing his fellow detectives to begin their reign of adorable terror, razzing him over the years by sending him feline reminders. Terry’s hulking size gives him a natural
(and comedic) dominance, but the show has found laughs when it has played against that, slotting him into the role of beaten-down beta.
And this story line proved to be kooky comedy catnip, as Sarge had to relive that hapless
mishap by interacting with the 6-5, and the only outlet for his frustrated anger was to lash out
at cuddly kittens while Jake treated the cats as part of his ragtag crew.
In the end, Terry was able to acquit himself with the help of Jake, who deduced from the
wheelchair-bound suspect’s sneakers that the dude was actually faking this injury. (Alas, the
suspect’s now-deceased cat got away with it. I like to think that Terry pictures this cat as a
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diabolical mastermind — the way Jake viewed Cheddar — with occasional cutaways of this cat
frolicking to happy Cheddar music.)
Speaking of beaten-down betas, Charles had his hands full this week. Full of weird and lacking a home, Adrian took advantage of Charles’ hospitality/meekness, becoming his new inconsiderate, deer-skinning roommate. Gina tried to help Charles just say no to bullying, but that
did not go well, and the plot seemed resolved as Gina stepped in, out-intimidated Adrian, and
made him pay one night’s rent and apologize to Charles. Then came the cunning twist: When
Gina cocksuredly explained to Charles that Adrian just needed to be ”alpha’d,” Charlies slyly
and rhetorically asked, ”Is that what happened, or did I just beta you into protecting me,” leaving
Gina checkmated. Charles Boyle: You beta believe he knows himself.
The other story line involved a bomb-diffusing class that pitted Amy and Rosa against each
other. While Holt scolded the pair for their petty competitiveness, he ultimately showed himself to
be more competitive than both of them combined in a surge of I-win-and-you-can-both-suck-it
juvenile behavior that felt incongruous with his stoic, oversensible character, a man who just
recently wished that the sky were tan.
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Paranoia
Season 3
Episode Number: 65
Season Episode: 20
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Gabe Liedman
Payman Benz
Jason Mantzoukas (Adrian Pimento), Alek Cole (Anthony), Bob Minor (Will Yuarint), Jonathan Root (Man in Town Car), Max Silvestri
(Patrick)
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Rosa asks Jake to help her change Terry’s disapproving opinion on
her relationship with Adrian Pimento, but her romance is put on hold
when Pimento believes someone from his past is attempting to kill him.
The episode opened with Adrian and Rosa
gleefully recounting a big drug bust to
their fellow detectives at the precinct, and
Rosa casually shoehorning in the news
that they had gotten engaged. Cue incredulous reactions and then a flashback of the ”super romantic” moment,
which was actually a shockingly matterof-fact marriage proposal: Pimento briefly
paused while running down a criminal
to ask Diaz, ”Okay, wait, you wanna
get married?”; she responded with a
”Yup”; they both resumed the chase. And
so it set into motion a very entertaining episode involving their bachelor and
bachelorette parties, with the Jake-organized outing ending in the beyond-buzzkilling revelation
that not only was Adrian was right that Jimmy was trying to kill him, but that this hit was
authorized by someone inside the FBI.
For whatever reason, the previous episode, ”Terry Kitties,” missed the opportunity to further
build/explore the brand-new couple’s turbo-charged, wound-too-tight connection before making
this week’s crazy leap. (Instead it focused on Adrian being a terrible roommate to Charles —
though that story did end with a fun, self-aware twist). But by the end of this episode, Brooklyn
— and Stephanie Beatriz, in particular — managed to make you care a bit about this ridiculous
romance (Piaz? Dimento? Yeah, definitely Dimento) with an emotionally charged scene: Feeling
like he had no choice but to flee town after faking his own death, Adrian ran away without saying
goodbye to his bride-to-be, leaving Jake to handle the fallout. But as Jake gently took Rosa for a
walk to let her down, there did Adrian appear on the street in religious disguise, prompting Rosa
to run right into his arms, an earnest, tearful reunion that was tempered with a face slap (Rosa:
”You scared me — I thought you left!”), and comically balanced with another hit of their creepy
flirtatious banter (Adrian: ”I want to lick your whole body clean like a kitty cat”) that included his
promise of a return one day.
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The episode split the gang in two for most of the episode without feeling disjointed (an occasional problem on Brooklyn), the action flipping smoothly back and forth between the two
parties — or make that four, counting Rosa’s three parties. To kick off the boys’ night out, Jake
hired a party bus, which Adrian promptly hijacked as he was convinced that someone was out
to murder him, a theory that, like Adrian’s proposal, Terry was not a fan of. Adrian’s suspicion
was debunked at first when he took the boys on a wild bus chase that dead-ended at a vacant
building but later was validated when the waiter at dinner tried to draw a gun on him. ”Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you” is not just a saying; it’s a Pimento
mantra.
Meanwhile, the girls — including Charles, who was totally fine with having been named a
co-maid of honor with watered-down ice cubes, Amy, and Gina — had their own flurry of fun,
throwing Rosa competing parties when they couldn’t agree on a a single theme. Gina took the
group to play paintball, which meant viciously paint-murdering her nephew and his friends. Amy
hosted a trivia game that ended with a drink penalty for every question about Rosa answered
incorrectly, resulting in everyone getting blotto, given that her life is a question mark dipped in
dry ice. And they saved the best for last, as Charles hosted a demolition party at the restaurant
La Petite Colon, where the girls smashed plates and sledgehammered through the walls while
Charles lost himself in a container of food. Rosa would declare him the bachelorette party victor,
making Charles an unexpected winner in back-to-back episodes.
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Maximum Security
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Episode Number: 66
Season Episode: 21
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Tuesday April 5, 2016
Laura McCreary
Victor Nelli, Jr.
Carrie Armstrong (Roena Luesto), Nicole J. Butler (Sylvia Dunnes),
Charmel Catrell (Martie), Joshua Feinman (Mystery Guest), Paul
Mabon (Officer Lou), Christopher Riordan (High Five Mourner),
Jonathan Root (Agent Ryan Whelan), Aida Turturro (Maura Figgis)
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Amy goes undercover at a women’s prison and must befriend an inmate in order to gain intel on a case. Elsewhere, Holt and the team
stage a fake funeral in an attempt to catch a hit man.
Holt reminds us in a bit of opening exposition that Adrian Pimento is still on the
run, having faked his own death and deserted his engagement to Rosa after the
Mob boss he worked for while undercover
put a hit on him. Unfortunately, since
Jimmy ”The Butcher” Figgis has an FBI
agent on the take, the precinct can’t just
arrest him—and they also have no clue
who the double agent might be, aside
from the prominent scar that Jake saw
on his hand. So they decide to take a twopronged approach: embedding a member
of the squad in women’s prison, where
they hope she can cozy up to Figgis’s sister and learn more about his operation, and throwing a fake funeral for Pimento, in the hopes
that the double agent will show up.
Neither of these strategies pack a whole lot of logic as investigative tactics but they both work
pretty well as comic premises. The prison operation is centered around a somewhat obvious
but still enjoyable plot line: Even though Rosa is the most logical candidate for an undercover
stint in a women’s prison (Holt: ”She’s terrifying.” Rosa: ”Thank you, sir.”), she’s already a known
quantity to Maura Figgis. So it’s up to nerdy Amy to convincingly simulate a penitentiary-hopping
badass.
The opportunity is a breakout one both for Amy and for Melissa Fumero, who’s been increasingly trapped behind desks and tables as she enters the later months of her pregnancy. To keep
her in close contact with her handlers, Jake and Boyle, the operation’s ruse is that she’s seven
months pregnant, and they’re her OB-GYNs. (”I don’t know if it’s realistic,” she says in a winking
moment as Andy Samberg fondles her ”fake” belly.)
Unfortunately, while Amy takes to prison intimidation surprisingly well, contesting Maura
for control of the prison’s contraband operation, Jake is the one who’s getting cold feet—he’s
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terrified Amy will get hurt, and keeps yanking her out of situations where she’s about to step to
Maura, reminding her that prison isn’t High School Musical. (Or High School Musical 2. Or High
School Musical 3: Senior Year.) His fear for her ends up being a nice way for the show to play into
their romantic relationship, which has been as back-burnered for most of the season as their
will-they-or-won’t-they arc was.
In a particularly sweet scene, both of them admit to being more freaked-out than they thought
they’d be about dating a fellow cop, each worrying that the other might be in real danger. Of
course, this is Brooklyn Nine-Nine, so the conversation is had with hopeless romantic Charles
in the background, getting increasingly frustrated as to why they won’t go to comfort each other.
Needless to say, he’s over the moon about the pair’s nonexistent baby.
Slightly less successful, but still pretty funny, is the department’s attempt to create the rest
of the frills around Pimento’s ”death,” namely forging a death certificate and a case file — with
Hitchcock as the ”bloated” corpse — and throwing a fake funeral. The show’s already been to the
goofing-off-at-a-funeral well this season, with the sendoff for Bill Hader’s extremely short-lived
Capt. Dozerman, but the conceit of high-fiving people in order to find the double agent’s telltale
scar is amusing, as is Rosa’s complete and utter failure at playing the role of grieving widow.
(”Ugh, this church is so quiet.” Terry: ”I think that’s pretty normal for a moment of silence.”)
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Bureau
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Season Episode: 22
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David Phillips, Alison Agosti
Ryan Case
Nicole J. Butler (Sylvia Dunnes), Dennis Haysbert (Bob Anderson),
Aida Turturro (Maura Figgis), Ben Zelevansky (Phil)
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Captain Holt calls on an old friend to help with a seemingly impossible
heist. Elsewhere: Amy makes a breakthrough while undercover and
Terry and Gina unearth an information leak in the Nine-Nine.
As Holt recaps in the opening, case No.
225641441636324 (which comes from
assigning a numerical value to each letter in the word ”Pimento,” then squaring
it) has hit a roadblock: With imprisoned
Amy still unable to get useful information
out of Maura Figgis, the precinct is struggling to figure out the identity of the FBI
double agent with a scarred hand who ordered the hit on Adrian. So, in a bit of inspired casting, Holt calls in his old pal at
the FBI, Bob Anderson, who’s played by
Dennis Haysbert. As Haysbert and Andre
Braugher have more than a few things in common, it’s not a surprise that Anderson is essentially
just a second Holt (Jake: ”Oh my God, there’s two of them!”), a prospect that’s just as fun as it
sounds, because there is no such thing as too much of a good thing when it comes to Holt. (That,
of course, doesn’t apply to Holt and Anderson themselves, who are such rule-following straight
arrows that they consider it overkill to consume both chocolate and nuts in a single candy bar.)
Anderson immediately knows the identity of the double agent whom the cops have dubbed
”ScarJo”: Special Agent Ryan Whealon (Jonathan Root). After sending Jake to confirm the ID
in an ill-advised magazine-stand operation that leads him to read a title called Clown Boobies,
Jake, Holt, and Rosa dispatch Anderson to get the FBI files on Whealon and Jimmy Figgis — but
they’ve been digitally wiped. So the quartet plan a heist to get into the FBI building and snag
the hard copy of the case file, with each assigned a key task. In Rosa’s case, that’s doing enough
yoga to fit into the bottom of a mail cart (”It helps keep me centered. If you ask me about it again,
I’ll hunt you down and rip your face off”), while Terry is dispatched to teach Jake to do his first
pull-up, something he only manages to pull off by screaming a lot.
The best part, though, is that Holt has to learn about Sex and the City (which he initially
thinks is two different shows) in order to chat up a TV-obsessed guard, which leads to an extended version of one of my favorite genres of B99 joke: Holt trying to make sense of pop culture.
(Remember, this is a guy who thinks ”The Bachelor is a television show” and ”Andre Agassi is
at it again” are good conversation starters.) I’m not a die-hard SATC fan by any means, but if
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you don’t think Andre Braugher describing himself as ”such a Samantha” after making a double
entendre and being shocked by Miranda choosing Steve over Blake Underwood is funny, then
you have no soul.
In any case, the heist goes off swimmingly: Jake gets the case file, and Anderson saves the
day by vouching for him and Holt after the guard gets suspicious about Jake’s pass. With the
information in hand, they have enough to arrest Whealon (or, as Rosa would prefer, ”groin-stomp”
him), but they end up finding him shot on his living room floor, having apparently been burned
by Figgis. Luckily, Whealon survives, and they’re confident they’ll be able to get him to testify
against Figgis when he emerges from his coma.
Meanwhile, in prison in Texas, Amy and Charles are still struggling to get any useful info out
of Maura, who’s accepted Amy into her gang but isn’t the most emotionally forthcoming person.
Charles, who’s posing as a doctor, is particularly anxious because he and Genevieve, after not
lucking out with fertility treatments, are waiting for an adoption to go through. Unfortunately,
Maura mistakes Amy’s congratulatory hug about Charles becoming a dad for the two of them
carrying on a relationship, and immediately insists on being given full access to the ”sensitive”
new prison OB-GYN and his bubble butt. (Charles: ”Curse this perfect butt!”) It goes about as
well as you’d imagine, with her more or less sexually assaulting him — only to lose her shit when
Genevieve calls and informs Charles that the adoption has gone through.
Finding out that Charles is taken is enough to send Maura into an emotional tailspin, and she
details all her failed relationships with her brother’s pals to Amy — which, apparently, includes
Ryan Whealon. The bad news is that her list of exes also, apparently, includes Bob Anderson. As
it turns out, Holt’s doppelgänger was actually a double agent all along, and ”Bureau” ends with
a credibly tense scene in which he’s apparently smothered Whealon in his hospital bed, and now
has a gun trained on Holt. While Peralta would have mugged and grinned his way through such
a situation, Braugher and Haysbert’s dramatic skills really make it pop.
The missing link in the episode, unfortunately, is the Gina and Terry plot, which gets way
too much time for something that’s completely unrelated to the larger Pimento case. Basically,
someone’s leaked the department’s arrest numbers, and Terry is hell-bent on smoking them out
and punishing them. After rejecting the obvious choice — the idiocy of Scully and Hitchcock —
Terry’s scrutiny turns to Gina, and in a bit of real talk that’s unusual for B99, accuses her of
not taking her job seriously. (Gina: ”We’re about to have our first fight, Terrence.”) Of course,
Gina is actually one of the precinct’s better detectives, despite not actually being employed as
one, and she quickly deduces that Terry was the source of the leak, via a #yogurtlife selfie in
front of the whiteboard with the relevant stats. It’s a subplot that could have worked well in a
more chopped-up episode, but in terms of supporting the larger plot of this arc, I wish a different
choice had been made, even if it meant sidelining Terry and Gina to their personal-trainer and
SATC coach duties.
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Greg and Larry
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Episode Number: 68
Season Episode: 23
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Andrew Guest, Phil Augusta Jackson
Dan Goor
Alixandrée Antoine (Endy), Seth Carr (Young Holt), Brett Easton
(Melv Velvet), Tisha French (Noelle Cohen), Kristin Hensley (Blarn),
Fitz Houston (Berj Jones), Clinton Lewis (Eugene), Cristin McAlister
(Betty), Jonathan Root (Agent Ryan Whealon), Dennis Haysbert (Bob
Anderson)
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The precinct must come together to rescue Holt after an attempt to
locate Adrian Pimento’s hit man.
Amy and Charles are still undercover in a
women’s prison in Texas, when it comes
to light that Bob betrayed the precinct.
Melissa Fumero remains very pregnant,
and that means incorporating her into
any action scenes requires a contrived
reason for Amy to wear a fake belly. So instead, the episode stalls for time, sticking
Amy and Charles on a plane home where
she has to continue the pregnancy ruse
to keep the sympathy seats she managed
to score in first class. They’re a cute duo
(especially when they order sundaes and
talk about their fears for the rest of the squad), but they suck much-needed time and tension
out of the main story.
Most of that central plot is leaden way-finding around a hospital, as Jake, Rosa, Scully, and
Hitchcock try to figure out where Bob has taken Holt. Once they find and capture Bob (with a
surprise assist from Terry and Gina), then they have to wander around some more in the guise
of doctors and nurses to get around Jimmy Figgis’s men. There could have been a lot of tension
and action in these scenes, especially since calling for backup is off the table, given Figgis’s
moles in the NYPD and FBI. But the episode mostly plays it slow-pitch, taking lots of time to
linger on jokes about the realism of Grey’s Anatomy (Terry: ”That show is surprisingly accurate.”
Jake: ”Yeah, the one episode I watched, there was a bomb in the guy’s butt!”) and Hitchcock’s
propensity for sticking any unusual substance on the walls straight into his mouth.
Eventually, everyone manages to break free and get into Rosa’s apartment, where it’s revealed
that Rosa lives a complete double life — her place looks like it belongs in a home-decor magazine, complete with jars of lemons for a ”pop f color” and basil-scented candles. Everyone in the
building knows her as Emily Goldfinch, who is apparently chatty and smiles all the time. She
also hints that Rosa Diaz may also not be her real name — wonder if we’ll ever hear anything
more on that subject?
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After some more fooling around with each member of the squad failing to adequately question
Bob, the episode finally picks up the pace a bit with a sniper scene that involves some ducking
and dodging. But once Holt, Bob, Scully, and Hitchcock are ensconced in a panic room, the rest
of the tension quickly drops out — the whole sniper thing is immediately revealed as a ruse, and
most of the denouement is spent explaining how the squad pulled it off. While we do get to see
Amy and Charles pulling the fake sniper operation off via flashback, most of the other action
occurs offscreen, adding to the episode’s already flabby pace.
By minute 19, everything is wrapped up and the squad is celebrating at the bar, where Jake
and Amy, in a continuation of television’s most underplayed romance, decide to move in together
in the space of about three sentences. I appreciate that the show doesn’t want to throw unnecessary roadblocks in this couple’s path, but it’s still unbelievably timid about foregrounding their
romance in an appropriate place like a finale. Presumably, the season-four finale will wrap up
with 20 seconds of the most low-key proposal in sitcom history.
Then, the big closing reversal: Although the Nine-Nine’s detective work brought in dozens of
members of Figgis’s operation, Figgis himself is still nowhere to be found (which means Pimento
can’t come home). Suddenly, Jake receives a voice-modulated phone call from Figgis himself,
saying he plans to kill Holt and Jake in retribution for bringing down his operation.
Cut to a month later, in Florida. Holt and Jake are now next-door neighbors, and they’re
calling each other Greg and Larry, which means they’re in witness protection. The end.
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Season Four
Coral Palms, Pt.1
Season 4
Episode Number: 69
Season Episode: 1
Originally aired:
Writer:
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Summary:
Dan Goor
Michael McDonald
Susan Berger (Ruth), Billy Ray Gallion (Hestus), Georgie Guinane
(Carly), Andrew Montanez (Jeff), Rhea Perlman (Estelle), Maya
Rudolph (U.S. Marshal Karen Haas), Betsy Sodaro (Jordan Carfton),
Jorma Taccone (Taylor), Algerita Wynn (Judy-Jill Lenda)
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Jake and Holt continue their new lives in Florida under the Witness
Protection Program while Jimmy remains at large, but their identities
may be revealed after a video of the pair goes viral.
The episode opens up in a new location:
the hellish landscape known as Florida.
Not to knock the state, but for Detective
Jake Peralta and Capt. Ray Holt, they’re
a long ways away from solving crimes
in Brooklyn. While they took comfort in
the mean streets of the NYC borough,
the sunny southern state certainly takes
them out of their comfort zone. Forced
to go into witness protection while hiding
out from the unseen crime lord Jimmy
Figgis, Jake and Holt can’t exactly keep
up their cover.
Now living in Florida thanks to the Witness Protection Program, ”Greg” a.k.a. Captain Holt
and ”Larry” a.k.a. Jake Peralta are trying to adjust to their new lives. Greg seems to acclimate
himself amongst the elder residents with a power-walking routine while trying to mask his sexual
orientation by pretending he has an ex-wife. Larry on the other hand is quite depressed over his
new living arrangement and ends up in a job selling ATVs (or do they sell themselves?). Gone is
the thrill-a-minute job of busting criminals in Brooklyn and Jake finds himself crying and eating
a burrito in a hot tub, much to Holt’s disgust.
While Jake hates his new job, Capt. Holt certainly adjusts well to his new profession: working
at the Frank’s Fun Zone family arcade restaurant chain. His work ambition carries over as he
seeks the Assistant Manager position, despite being much older than his boss Taylor. Jake and
Holt later meet up with U.S. Marshal Karen Haas for a routine check-in. As they remain stuck
in their new identities, Jimmy ”The Butcher” Figgis eludes the police and thus keeping Jake and
Holt stuck in Florida.
Unsatisfied with his new job, Jake maintains his sanity by keeping up with his own investigation on Figgis, including piecing together clues in a storage center room. Ever the sleuth,
Holt follows Jake and uncovers his plan. Turns out the ATV sales job was a cover for Jake just
to expedite the investigation and thus reunite with his love Detective Amy Santiago. Once Holt
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confronts Jake, he instructs him to get a job, to which Jake usurps Holt at the arcade chain and
gets hired as the Assistant Manager.
Now that the tables have turned in their working relationship, Holt can’t stand Jake’s new
authority (or his threat of taking over his walking group). As the two bicker out on the go-kart
track with Holt in a hot dog costume, a go-kart rider runs him over while another takes out Jake.
Unfortunately for them, an on-looker happens to capture a video of it on her smart phone, which
could possibly blow their cover. Using their detective skills, they’re able to track her down.
Locating the woman to her job at a local school, Jake poses as a pest control specialist who
ends up taking care of the school’s snake problem. Holt meanwhile is able to sneak in and
identifies the woman as Jordan Carfton from the school’s computer system. Upon confronting
Jordan at her home, she reveals she hasn’t shared the photo online yet (ran out of data from
too much porn browsing). Jake and Holt arrange for a bribery exchange despite not having the
funds.
Jake comes up with the cash... sort of. He tries to disguise 15 grand with some twenties on top
of corn dog coupons. During the exchange, Jordon hands over the phone as she sorts through
the cash. Before Jake could delete the video, Jordan discovers the trickery and kicks her phone
out from Jake. As she takes off, Jake is able to save the day (and earn a little bit of respect from
Holt) by revealing he swapped her phone with his own.
Jake has now relinquished his job as Assistant Manager while Holt assumes the role. Despite
being career driven in any line of work, Holt becomes disillusioned upon learning that it could
take years before being promoted to Night Manager. Jake on the other hand got the job of selling
ATVs while trying to make the best of his situation.
Unhappy, Holt realizes that finding Figgis is their best chance to returning to their old lives.
Upon giving Jake back his files on the case, Holt figures the only way to capture the crime lord is
to make themselves the bait. The video was never deleted from the phone and Holt hopes upon
uploading it to the internet, Figgis will be forced to come looking for them.
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Coral Palms, Pt.2
Season 4
Episode Number: 70
Season Episode: 2
Originally aired:
Writer:
Director:
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Production Code:
Summary:
Tricia McAlpin
Trent O’Donnell
Susan Berger (Ruth), Jeremy Lawson (Mitch), Ken Marino (Captain
C.J.), Jim O’Heir (Sheriff Reynolds), Esther Povitsky (Emily), Maya
Rudolph (U.S. Marshal Karen Haas)
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Jake and Holt end up on the other side of the interrogation table after
being caught plotting an attack on Figgis. Meanwhile, a questionable
new captain takes over at the precinct.
Still under witness protection Jake and
Capt. Holt meet with U.S. Marshal Karen
Haas inside an empty movie theater. Under their guises as Larry and Greg, Jake
a.k.a. Larry is starting to feel a tad bit
lonely, so Haas grants Amy a one-time
correspondence letter to Jake.
Upon their next meeting to discuss
their investigation of Figgis, ”Greg” and
”Larry” relax in a hot tub as friendly
neighbors as to not bring any unwanted
attention. It’s here that Capt. Holt reveals
a man with a thick New Jersey accent
had called their employment at The Fun
Zone asking to meet the men behind last
episode’s viral video. Fearing they’re being targeted, Jake and Holt decide to arm themselves and
make a trip to the local gun store.
While Jake’s more than happy at the thought of finally leaving sweat-drenched Florida, Holt
has to remind Jake of the dangerous task at hand. Soon enough they’re pulled over by the local
sheriff. Sheriff Reynolds suspects some shenanigans when he spots a pile of guns and a literal
bucket of bullets in their back seat.
Back in Brooklyn, Amy is ecstatic about finally communicating with Jake and delivers the
news to the rest of the gang. As Rosa only wishes to convey a head nod in the letter, and new
and improved Gina wants to be selfless and only wishes Jake for his safety. Of course she also
wants the entire letter to be all about her new personality change.
With Holt gone, the Nine-Nine are introduced to their new boss: Captain C.J., who prefers to
keep things informal (he shows up on his first day wearing sweatpants). Fearing their new boss
may be unqualified is exacerbated by C.J. revealing he got the gig by stumbling on a drug bust
and somehow getting the perps to surrender. Perhaps it’s a joke on police bureaucracy, but C.J.
seems to be in over his head and insists the rest of the precinct do work under their own pace.
Gina seems to be the only one thrilled as she gets to hire her own assistant to basically do all of
her own work.
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Amy meets with the others in secret in hoping to draft a letter to the head of the police union
asking to have Capt. C.J. replaced. However, Gina is finally in work bliss and wants C.J. to stay
simply to ”keep the gravy train rolling.” As office administrator, Gina convinces all but Amy to get
them what they want in terms of office resources as C.J. would say yes to anything. Rosa gets
a cubicle around her desk while Boyle gets to walk on a treadmill under his work station. And
poor Terry was easily manipulated with his own yogurt fridge.
At the police station, Sheriff Reynolds uses his law enforcement skills to get to the bottom
of these two armed men. ”Everything I learned about interrogation I learned from The Dating
Game,” Sheriff Reynolds says as he tries to see if Jake and Holt’s answers match up during
questioning. Unable to keep their story straight, Jake and Holt are locked up.
Hoping to get out, Jake and Holt reveal their identities as police detectives and their mission to
bring down Figgis while remaining in witness protection. This certainly doesn’t fly with Reynolds
as he bursts out laughing to their ”story.” He further can’t believe their U.S. Marshals contact
is a woman. Wanting to play along, Reynolds calls the U.S. Marshals office and informs the two
the person on the other line is a man. Jake takes hold of the phone and it’s Figgis. He’s captured
Haas and now he’s after them.
Still in jail as sitting ducks, Jake proposes they form their own ”suicide squad” of other
inmates to organize a prison break. Unfortunately none of the others possess any special skills
except for urinating in public and smoking crystal meth. As they’re able to get two officers away
from their desk, Jake and Holt stage a prison fight much to the sheriff’s delight. In a last ditch
attempt, Jake kisses Holt and the homophobic sheriff won’t allow that at his station. Trying to
break them apart, Jake and Holt successfully lock him inside.
Now on the outside, Jake keeps insisting they contact the Nine-Nine for assistance. Holt
remains steadfast in solving the case on his own. Sensing that something’s up, Jake gets Holt
to admit that he doesn’t want the Nine-Nine to bail him out a second time. Feeling embarrassed
over not apprehending crooked F.B.I. agent Bob Annderson last season by himself, Holt wants to
clean up his own mess for once.
While Amy had sent in her letter on her own, Gina and her new assistant Emily sent in a
hundred more asking for C.J. to stay. Gina finally found happiness in her work as Emily is
basically her own ”mini-me.” The two even take great pleasure in mocking Amy. Fed up, Amy
has to remind everyone of the leadership role Holt had and his effect on making the rest of the
precinct better detectives.
Feeling guilty, the Nine-Nine detectives admit they were taking advantage of the clueless C.J.
and return their new toys. But reforming their boss came at the worse time. Once Capt. Holt
agreed to ask for the Nine-Nine’s assistance, Terry gets the call. Alerting the rest of the detectives,
they ask for 72 hours off to go to Florida. Unfortunately C.J. has learned to say ”no” to his
subordinates and does not allow them time off. For Amy, she can’t help but feel bad over the
monster she created.
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Coral Palms, Pt.3
Season 4
Episode Number: 71
Season Episode: 3
Originally aired:
Writer:
Director:
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Production Code:
Summary:
Justin Noble
Payman Benz
Peter Banifaz (Rob), Doreene L. Hamilton (Gemma), Bo Kane (John
Lux), Ken Marino (Captain C.J.), Karen Y. McClain (Ann Lurks), Jim
O’Heir (Sheriff Reynolds), Eric Roberts (Jimmy Figgis)
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The team take a road trip to Florida to help Jake and Holt take down
Jimmy Figgis, but an unexpected injury and Sheriff Reynolds thwart
their plan. Then, Jake and Amy have an awkward reunion.
In this third episode the concluding
Florida arc finds Holt and Jake on the
run after escaping prison. Their NineNine partners are always there to come
through, even if it’s against the command
of their new dim-witted, unlikable boss.
And we finally get to see the man behind the reputation, Jimmy Figgis, who
becomes Jake’s biggest adversary to date
and the two finally square off.
Soon after Holt and Jake’s prison escape from the previous episode, the local
news reports on the fugitives on the run.
Sheriff Reynolds is interviewed and relays
the story of their daring escape (which involved kissing each other). Trying to lay low in a convenience store, Jake and Holt play it cool at
the counter until the clerk spots their photos on the TV news. They make a run for it and jump
into a dumpster. Unfortunately for Holt, his leg becomes impaled on a metal pipe. Ouch. But he
plays it cool while Jake can’t hold back his disgust.
Jake is able to get Holt into his storage facility and scrounges for some medical supplies. Upon
removing the pipe himself, Holt goes ahead to stitch himself back up again as Jake can’t bear to
look at it without vomiting. Trying to soften their situation, Holt changes the conversation about
Jake’s feelings towards Amy returning. Jake fears they’ve grown apart (or that she’d be disgusted
by his frosted tips) and is still nervous over their reunion.
Back at the Nine-Nine, the detectives prep for their rescue but Terry tells them their new
boss Captain C.J. still forbids them from going. ”He said if we disobey him, they’ll be tire consequences. I think he meant dire, that’s real dumb.” Rescuing Holt and Jake has come to be much
more important in not only saving their friends, but to get Holt back in his rightful place and
boot their dummy superior.
Making their trek down won’t come fast enough as no plane tickets were available but at least
Terry has his minivan. ”Road trip!” Boyle exclaims as the only one excited to be cooped up in
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Terry’s van. Diaz is squished between Hitchcock and Scully. Amy tries to lighten the mood with
useless trivia and Gina is not having any of it up front with her lack of traveling luxuries.
After going out for some food, a customer recognizes Jake from somewhere so he bolts it out
of there. Upon warning Holt their cover might be blown back at the storage center, the door
begins to open. Fearing it’s Figgis, Jake takes charge with a knife but to his surprise it’s Amy,
who instantly punches him in the throat as a reactionary defense. After greetings are done, Jake
forms a plan to go on the offensive against Figgis. Holt is still in a lot of pain so Gina, the only
civilian of the group volunteers to stay behind. After being denied Terry’s gun for protection, she
pulls out her own gun, which she got from a rest-stop vending machine.
The detectives establish The Fun Zone as their home base of operations. Terry and Boyle
compete for the most loving video goodbyes to their kids if in the event they don’t make it out
alive. But things remain awkward between Jake and Amy. Sexual signals are being crossed and
they can’t even communicate how they really feel about each other. For now, they decide to carry
out their mission. Jake calls Figgis to lure him in. Just as Figgis is in the mood to kill tonight,
Jake makes it clear he’s at the Fun Zone as the gang simulates noises in the background.
Prepping for the possibility of getting killed on duty, Jake and Amy try to kiss but again is
interrupted, this time by Jake who for some odd reason decided to spill that he previously kissed
Holt to get out of jail. As their life or death situation grows imminent, Jake can’t seem to focus on
his real emotions and before he knows it, Figgis is pulling into the parking lot. As Figgis’s men
make their way inside, they’re picked off one-by-one as the detectives strike from behind.
Figgis makes his way outside to the mini-golf course but Jake is quick to draw his gun on him
from behind. Blaming Figgis for ruining his life (at least in terms of making him live in Florida for
six months), Jake is just about to make his long-awaited capture. That is until Sheriff Reynolds
surprises him from behind at gunpoint. After Jake is forced to drop his weapon, Figgis shoots
Reynolds and takes Jake hostage.
The rest of the Nine-Nine are holed up inside as a local officer has them held. After some quick
maneuvering thanks to Diaz, Amy makes her way outside to confront Figgis. Jake gives her a
look and she interprets it as shooting Jake in the leg. After she makes the shot, Jake screams in
pain but admits it was his intention. Basing the idea from a scene in the movie Speed (but not
as good as Die Hard), Jake instructs Amy to follow Figgis to which she corners him in his car.
Just as Figgis is about to drive away, Holt and Gina come to the rescue after they lifted a delivery truck from the storage center. Upon crashing into Figgis’s car, the Nine-Nine finally make
their capture. Jake gets stitched up in the back of an ambulance where Amy finally has the
chance to have their long-overdue talk. After another successful bust with adrenaline-fueled action, the two finally feel in sync together like their Brooklyn days. They finally kiss and exchange
”I Love You’s.”
With Figgis in jail, all seems right in the world. The gang is back in Brooklyn and Jake can
finally get rid of those frosted tips. However, the detectives’ excursion down south comes with
consequences. As they report back and ask for forgiveness, Captain C.J. can’t help but discipline
them for the insubordination. He has re-assigned them all to... the night shift! As Terry screams
out in terror, we can’t help but wonder if this will carry out to the remainder of the season.
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Actor Appearances
A
Marc Abbink. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0110 (Bar Patron)
Phil Abrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0106 (Uncle Bob)
Ray Abruzzo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0223 (Michael Augustine)
Sam Adegoke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0313 (Ship Photographer)
Felipe Alejandro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0117 (Hector)
Derick Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0201 (Airport Official)
George Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0311 (Jay-Jay)
Jess Allen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0113 (Delivery Guy)
Harvey J. Alperin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0116 (Joseph)
Bruno Amato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0109 (Mario)
Stella Angelova . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0122 (Dancer With Holt)
Omar Angulo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
0305 (Mariachi Criminal); 0308 (Angry Family Member)
Alixandrée Antoine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0323 (Endy)
Carlos Antonio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0202 (Ernesto)
Perry Anzilotti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0222 (Reggie Bludsoe)
Anthony Aria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0205 (Raver)
Fred Armisen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
0101 (Mlepnos); 0115 (Melipnos)
Carrie Armstrong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0321 (Roena Luesto)
Richard Assad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0316 (Janx Ingram)
Joseph Aviel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0114 (Vladimir)
Jack Axelrod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0313 (Henry Coles)
Anthony Azizi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0101 (Ahmed)
B
Dan Bakkedahl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0205 (Lt. Andrew Miller)
Alex Ball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0316 (Chad)
Peter Banifaz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0403 (Rob)
Lloyd Barachina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0314 (Tommy Tran)
Jacquie Barnbrook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0105 (Martha)
Robin Bartlett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0307 (Miss Miriam)
Vahe Bejan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0303 (Osif)
Michael James Bell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0216 (Gerald)
Danny Belrose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0115 (Gus Wimbledon)
Stacey Bender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
0202 (Detective); 0205 (Detective); 0206 (Detective)
Liz Benoit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0111 (Elaine)
Susan Berger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
0401 (Ruth); 0402 (Ruth)
Rebecca Berman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0202 (Fran)
Sandra Bernhard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
0206 (Darlene Linetti); 0217 (Darlene Linetti)
Mark Berry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
0111 (Deputy Chief Gerber); 0113 (Deputy Chief
Gerber)
Anthony M. Bertram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0306 (Lt. Ian Hink)
Matt Besser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0319 (Detective Holderton)
Kevin Bigley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0120 (Officer Deetmore)
Tom Billett. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0310 (Matt)
Yan Birch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0309 (Stig)
Michael Blaiklock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0307 (Brian Hip)
Exie Booker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0122 (Murray)
Kyle Bornheimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
0119 (Teddy Wells); 0121 (Teddy Wells); 0209 (Teddy
Wells)
Jeff Bosley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0312 (Nick DiTullio)
Andres du Bouchet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0316 (Kernt)
Kirk Bovill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0111 (Paul Haimes)
John Ross Bowie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0106 (Sister Steve)
Rolando Boyce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0119 (Steve Millerbund)
Julie Brister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0315 (Ellen)
Scott Broderick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0204 (Police Officer)
Jerome Ro Brooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0105 (Uniformed Cop)
Christina Brown (II) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0106 (Sexy Robot)
Jasmin Savoy Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0205 (Ava Watson)
Kelvin Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
0222 (Greg Gerg); 0223 (Greg Gerg)
P.L. Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0314 (Judge)
Perry L. Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0206 (Judge Marinovich)
Steve Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0115 (Irwin)
Richard Lee Burch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0121 (Old Mobster)
Jernard Burks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0204 (Impound Supervisor)
Nika Burnett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0319 (Russian)
Nicole J. Butler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
0321 (Sylvia Dunnes); 0322 (Sylvia Dunnes)
Nate Bynum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0115 (Dante)
0201 (Mafia Thug #1)
Jon Daly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0302 (Brian Applebaum)
Ruben Dario . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0206 (Marco)
Pete Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0103 (Steven)
Isabella Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0110 (Rosa’s Niece)
Nick DeMauro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0201 (Tony)
Mark DeSalvo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0201 (Wedding Guest)
Makeda Declet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0105 (Calista)
Gabe Delahaye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0221 (Milo)
Jamie Denbo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0111 (Hillary)
Malcolm Devine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0119 (Mitch Lorth)
Joey Diaz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0109 (Sal)
Garret Dillahunt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0221 (Dave Majors)
Katie Dippold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0216 (Diane)
Dan Donohue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0121 (Dr. Martin Cozner)
Michael Donovan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0118 (Martin Lipstunk)
Kevin Dorff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
0110 (Bartender); 0204 (Hank); 0218 (Hank)
Savannah Douglas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0222 (Little Miss Side Braid)
Beth Dover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0120 (Janice)
Nick Drago. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0106 (Royal Baby)
Jamal Duff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
0107 (Zeke); 0207 (Zeke); 0310 (Zeke)
Ashley Dulaney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0206 (Katie)
Merrin Dungey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
0113 (Sharon); 0213 (Sharon); 0305 (Sharon Jeffords); 0308 (Sharon Jeffords); 0310 (Sharon
Jeffords)
Vince Duvall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0206 (Sid Wells)
C
Joseph Callari . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0214 (Hal Dumonde)
Ray Campbell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0201 (Special Agent Marx)
Nick Cannon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
0211 (Marcus); 0212 (Marcus); 0217 (Marcus); 0220
(Marcus); 0223 (Marcus); 0306 (Marcus)
Frank Cappello . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0110 (Louie)
Catherine Carlen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0110 (Andrea)
Seth Carr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0323 (Young Holt)
Oliver Carter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0103 (8-Year-Old Charles)
Josh Casaubon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0305 (Nadia)
Charmel Catrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0321 (Martie)
Jose Chavez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0112 (Tattoo Guy)
Wes Cheers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0205 (Gang Member)
Nathan Clarkson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0101 (Robber)
Alton Clemente . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0122 (Johnny Ianucci)
Dennis Cockrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0315 (Deputy Inspector Flynt)
Alek Cole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0320 (Anthony)
Dan Cole. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0222 (Sheriff Grant Knox)
Jasper Cole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
0303 (Oolong Slayer); 0304 (The Oolong Slayer)
James Michael Connor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
0102 (Deputy Commissioner Podolski); 0122 (Deputy
Commissioner Podolski)
Mel Cowan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0113 (Doctor Nash)
Spencer Crittenden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0205 (Porto)
Barry Cullison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0110 (George)
E
Brett Easton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0323 (Melv Velvet)
Mary Elizabeth Ellis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0104 (Dr. Rossi)
Allen Evangelista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
0109 (Savant / Corey Park); 0213 (Savant)
F
Joshua Feinman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0321 (Mystery Guest)
Anthony L. Fernandez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0108 (Perp)
Destiny Fernandez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0108 (Kid)
Edward Finlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0122 (George)
Chris Flanders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
D
Amato D’Apolito . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
152
0122 (Emcee - Gilbert)
Kate Flannery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0317 (Mean Marge)
Christian Ford (II) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0109 (Lance Legweak)
Andy Forrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0109 (Sergeant Crawley)
Cleo Fraser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0103 (Charles’s Sister)
Tisha French . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0323 (Noelle Cohen)
Andrew Friedman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0107 (Gil)
Michael Marc Friedman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0110 (Donny)
Brad Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0316 (John William Weichelbraun)
Doreene L. Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0403 (Gemma)
Ron Haralson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0109 (Lorenzo)
Jack Harding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0121 (Frank)
Matthew Isaac Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0113 (Perp)
Dennis Haysbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
0322 (Bob Anderson); 0323 (Bob Anderson)
Ed Helms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0208 (Jack Danger)
Stormi Henley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0303 (Dvora)
Marilu Henner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
0116 (Vivian); 0117 (Vivian Ludley); 0119 (Vivian
Ludley); 0120 (Vivian); 0122 (Vivian Ludley)
Kristin Hensley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0323 (Blarn)
Will Hines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
0206 (Carl Kurm); 0314 (Carl Kurm)
Jim Hoffmaster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0116 (Lawrence)
Anders Holm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0309 (Soren)
Timothy Hornor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0109 (Simon)
Fitz Houston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0323 (Berj Jones)
Kanin Howell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0106 (Banana Perp)
Beth Hoyt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0302 (Margaret Dozerman)
Peter A. Hulne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0121 (Nate Borgio)
Brian Huskey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0118 (Mr. Henders)
G
Ivett Gabriella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0218 (Hungarian Waitress)
Mo Gaffney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0222 (Dr. Susman)
Billy Ray Gallion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0401 (Hestus)
Martin Garcia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0303 (Matt Blarkn)
Ruben Garfias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0313 (Walter Gotaro)
Jim Garrity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0212 (White Detective)
Ian Gary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0315 (Det. Callahan)
Craig Gellis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0207 (Jim)
Ron Gilbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0114 (Spencer)
Gil Glasgow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0206 (Lengarry Len Ross)
Sasha Golberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0319 (Russian Guy)
Landall Goolsby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0109 (Thomas)
Nick Gracer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0101 (Ratko)
Allan Graf. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0315 (Det. Paul)
Michael Grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0102 (Trevor)
James Greene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0209 (Hugh)
Stacie Greenwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0214 (Ann Sladj)
Georgie Guinane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0401 (Carly)
Larry Guli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0312 (Joey Garibaldi)
Ilana Guralnik. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0223 (Lexi)
Joyce Guy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0108 (Judge)
J
Marc Evan Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
0116 (Kevin); 0205 (Kevin Cozner); 0211 (Kevin Cozner);
0216 (Kevin Cozner); 0217 (Kevin Cozner); 0220
(Kevin Cozner); 0309 (Kevin Cozner)
Phil Augusta Jackson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0301 (Trent)
Peter Janov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
0202 (Uniformed Cop); 0205 (Uniformed Cop); 0209
(Uniformen Cop); 0215 (Uniformed Sergeant);
0216 (Uniformed Sergeant); 0217 (Uniformed
Sergeant); 0219 (Uniformed Cop); 0301 (Uniformed Cop); 0302 (Uniformed Cop); 0303 (Uniformed Cop); 0304 (Uniformed Cop)
Joe Jefferson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0101 (Old Man)
DaJuan Johnson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0216 (Detective Maxime Drexel)
Denell Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
0122 (Allen - Tough Guy); 0319 (Stu)
David S. Jung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0303 (Milton)
H
Bill Hader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0301 (Captain Seth Dozerman)
Michael G. Hagerty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
0101 (Captain McGintley); 0102 (Captain McGintley)
Kathryn Hahn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0311 (Eleanor)
K
Bo Kane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0403 (John Lux)
Darlene Kardon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0102 (Grammy Nona Boyle)
153
Moshe Kasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0202 (Duncan Traub)
Kaliko Kauahi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0308 (Brenda Hix)
Stacy Keach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0108 (Jimmy Brogan)
Kelly Keaton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0209 (Melissa)
Rob Kerkovich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0101 (Bunder)
London Kim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0112 (Norman ”The Barber” Lee)
David King. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0304 (Bob)
Michael Klesic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0319 (Zerb Gudanya)
Annie Korzen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0105 (Estelle)
Corey Allen Kotler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0222 (The Super)
Andy Kreiss. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0116 (Eric)
Nick Kroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0215 (Agent Kendrick)
Esther Kwan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0110 (Woman at Mahjong)
Amanda Lund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0117 (Bernice)
Tosha Lynette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0213 (NY Pedestrian)
Makayla Lysiak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0222 (Tricia)
M
L
Paul Lacovara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0310 (Gunter / Robber)
Adam Lamb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0209 (Bart Ender)
Jerry Lambert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0202 (Dr. Martins)
Matt Lasky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0306 (Zub)
Cici Lau. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Paula Lauzon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0318 (Airport BG)
Jeremy Lawson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0402 (Mitch)
Robert Michael Lee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0121 (Abel)
Sari Lennick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0201 (Bev)
Phil Levesque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0310 (Klaus / Robber)
Clinton Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0323 (Eugene)
James Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0207 (Dirtbag)
Jeff Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0207 (Lenny)
Lyric Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0223 (Alice)
Adam Lieberman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0122 (Agent Nathan Clarke)
Gabe Liedman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
0221 (Oliver); 0303 (Dr. Oliver Cox)
Riki Lindhome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0309 (Agneta)
Alice Lo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Jake Lockett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0112 (Jeff)
Eva Longoria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
0206 (Sophia Perez); 0209 (Sophia Perez); 0214 (Sophia
Perez); 0215 (Sophia Perez)
Wayne Lopez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
154
Paul Mabon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
0107 (Officer Lou); 0201 (Officer Lou); 0222 (Officer Lou); 0321 (Officer Lou)
Mino Mackic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0319 (Russian)
Joe Mande . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
0122 (Isaac); 0315 (Isaac)
Jason Mantzoukas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
0317 (Adrian Pimento); 0318 (Adrian Pimento); 0319
(Adrian Pimento); 0320 (Adrian Pimento)
Jonathan Marballi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0220 (Gene Doublehorn)
Ken Marino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
0402 (Captain C.J.); 0403 (Captain C.J.)
Jeff Marlow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0302 (Dixon Carfunk)
Garry Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0216 (Martin Miller)
Tiffany Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0122 (Jenny Gildenhorn)
Martinez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0104 (Purse Snatcher)
Cristin McAlister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0323 (Betty)
Matthew McCarthy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0213 (Arman)
Karen Y. McClain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0403 (Ann Lurks)
Chuck McCollum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0118 (Loan Officer)
Bob McCracken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0118 (Frank Spond)
Justin McCully . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0106 (Tarzan)
Will McLaughlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0111 (Big Santa)
Armelia McQueen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0112 (Diane)
Mariano Mendoza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0209 (Perp)
Billy Merritt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0223 (Wayne Tercelle)
Scott ”Kid Cudi” Mescudi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
0103 (Dustin Whitman); 0107 (Dustin Whitman)
Christopher Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
0203 (Desk Sergeant Hank); 0213 (Hank)
Karl Brian Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0318 (Shredder Owner)
Bob Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0320 (Will Yuarint)
Jerry Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0108 (Jeremy Grundhaven)
Rick Misisco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0205 (Prisoner)
Roman Mitichyan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0217 (Gregor Minsk)
Anthony Molinari . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0119 (Perp #1)
Andrew Montanez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0401 (Jeff)
Lex Montgomery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0302 (Detective)
Eve Moon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0222 (McKenzie)
Brandon Morales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0310 (Ramon)
Kyle S. More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0311 (Steve Henderson)
Adrian Moreira-Behrens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0307 (Sam Malone)
Doug Morency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0108 (Sergeant)
Scott Michael Morgan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0103 (Judd Sterrino)
Brent Morin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0202 (Gregory Phillips)
Seth Morris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0215 (Agent Piln)
James Morrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0216 (Dan Yaeger)
Jan Munroe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0215 (Dr. Henderson)
0115 (Perp)
Travis Parker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0307 (Keyton Marks)
Chris Parnell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
0214 (Geoffrey Hoytsman); 0219 (Geoffrey Hoytsman)
Artemis Pebdani. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0102 (Carlene)
Eddie Pepitone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0114 (Leo Sporm)
Timothy Paul Perez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0121 (Tattooed Con)
Rhea Perlman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0401 (Estelle)
S.E. Perry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0203 (Chief Fisker)
Miles Platt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
0106 (Young Jake); 0108 (Young Jake)
Sean Poolman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0310 (Michael Lorne)
Esther Povitsky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0402 (Emily)
Tim Powell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0302 (Chief Garmin)
Tom Proctor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0308 (Rake)
Nicole Pulliam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0115 (Angela D’Beverly)
N
Ravi Naidu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0309 (Mitch)
Niecy Nash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0313 (Debbie Holt)
Ingo Neuhaus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0121 (Alfonso)
Margaret Newborn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0318 (Pedestrian)
Stephane Nicoli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0312 (New Yorker)
Nick Nicotera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0106 (Royal Baby 3)
Brendan Norman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0111 (Young Haimes)
Oscar Nuñez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0312 (Dr. Porp)
R
Mary Lynn Rajskub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
0303 (Genevieve Mirren-Carter); 0305 (Genevieve
Mirren-Carter); 0311 (Genevieve Mirren-Carter)
Andrew Patrick Ralston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0301 (Bryce)
Gio Randazzo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0223 (Pizza Guy)
Amanda Reed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0104 (Sue)
Houston Rhines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0104 (Gabe)
Marque Richardson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0117 (Brian Jensen)
Andy Richter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0105 (Doorman)
Christopher Riordan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0321 (High Five Mourner)
Amanda Rivas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0317 (Jenny)
August Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0213 (Teenager)
Apollo Robbins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0204 (Eric ’Fingers’ Martin)
Eric Roberts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0403 (Jimmy Figgis)
Ian Roberts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0122 (Lucas Wint)
Shelley Robertson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0314 (Celine)
Craig Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
0112 (Doug Judy); 0210 (Doug Judy); 0313 (Doug
Judy)
Dominique Rodriguez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0205 (Perp)
Neil Rodriguez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0302 (Officer Chiccub)
Jonathan Root . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
0320 (Man in Town Car); 0321 (Agent Ryan Whelan); 0323 (Agent Ryan Whealon)
Stephen Root . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
O
Jim O’Heir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
0402 (Sheriff Reynolds); 0403 (Sheriff Reynolds)
John O’Leary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0311 (Franklin)
Nick Offerman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0308 (Frederick)
Amy Okuda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0122 (Chiaki)
Andrew Oliveri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0319 (Dmitri Kuzkho)
Heather Olt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0121 (Sophia Bunsen)
Afsheen Olyaie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
0303 (Perpetrator); 0316 (Street Guy)
Arianna Ortiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0110 (Rosa’s Sister)
Patton Oswalt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
0109 (Fire Marshal Boone); 0115 (Fire Marshall
Boone); 0116 (Fire Marshal Boone)
P
Kat Palardy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0106 (Raggedy Ann)
Archie Panjabi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0302 (Lieutenant Singh)
Jason Parham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
155
0121 (Muscular Con)
Emily Spivey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0202 (Dr. Gertrude Mindel)
Peter Spruyt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0116 (Gerard)
Barry Squitieri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0120 (Ugo)
Ryan Stanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0315 (Brian)
Mary Stein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0109 (Melanie)
Benjamin Steinberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0122 (Young Jake)
Philippe Stella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0316 (Olek)
Sebastien Stella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0218 (Quebec Policeman)
Craig Stepp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0221 (Gary Shaw)
CJ Stuart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0220 (Tom Olson)
0206 (Lynn Boyle); 0214 (Lynn Boyle); 0217 (Lynn
Boyle)
Grace Rowe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0116 (Nancy)
Benjamin Royer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0222 (Bobby)
Maya Rudolph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
0401 (U.S. Marshal Karen Haas); 0402 (U.S. Marshal Karen Haas)
Elle Russ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0218 (Chantelle)
Anthony Rutowicz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0317 (Janitorial Henchman)
S
Joe Sabatino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0201 (Benny)
Katey Sagal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0314 (Karen Peralta)
Charlie Sanders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0119 (Ronnie)
Adam Sandler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0115 (Himself)
Ric Sarabia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0111 (Little Santa)
Judith Scarpone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0122 (Judge Mindel)
Kyra Sedgwick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
0202 (Deputy Chief Madeline Wuntch); 0203 (Deputy
Chief Madeline Wuntch); 0205 ((Deputy Chief
Madeline Wuntch); 0211 (Madeline Wuntch);
0214 (Deputy Chief Madeline Wuntch); 0222
(Deputy Chief Madeline Wuntch); 0223 (Deputy
Chief Madeline Wuntch); 0301 (Deputy Chief
Madeline Wuntch)
Mae Segeti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0218 (Hungarian Waitress / Xenia)
Evan Shafran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0217 (Deejay)
Dean Sharpe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0307 (Devon Mound)
Megyn Shott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0220 (Train Passenger)
Max Silvestri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0320 (Patrick)
Leslie Simms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0117 (Gloria)
Doug Simpson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0214 (Paul Thatch)
Lindsey Sims-Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0103 (Kari)
Jason Sims-Prewitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0319 (Erick Dirph)
Irina Skaya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0218 (Glinda)
Jenny Slate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0201 (Bianca)
Helen Slayton-Hughes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0103 (Helen)
Jimmy Smagula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0106 (John Perpton)
Patrick Robert Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0109 (Gino)
Betsy Sodaro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0401 (Jordan Carfton)
Ayo Sorrells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Sarah Spears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0101 (Disco Strangler’s Victim)
Big Spence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
T
Jorma Taccone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0401 (Taylor)
Tim Talman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0309 (Karl-Ove)
Robert Paul Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0110 (Richmond)
Wayne Temple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0109 (Scott)
David Terrell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0112 (Eyewitness with Hat)
Dominic Paolo Testa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0201 (Mafia Thug #2)
K. T. Thangavelu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0108 (Mrs. Stratton)
Joe Theismann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0115 (Himself)
Dave Theune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0118 (Hank Berlusconi)
Becky Thyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0104 (Mrs. Patterson)
Steve Tom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0311 (Kellan Heller)
Janie Haddad Tompkins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
0303 (Susan); 0304 (Susan)
Paul F. Tompkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0313 (Captain Orleans)
Nate Torrence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0117 (Super Dan)
Tim Trobec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0109 (Kevin)
Aida Turturro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
0321 (Maura Figgis); 0322 (Maura Figgis)
Neil deGrasse Tyson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0309 (Himself)
U
James Urbaniak. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0303 (Nick Lingeman)
V
Elena Varela . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0305 (Random Woman)
Armand Vasquez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0113 (Photographer)
156
Ruben Vernier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0318 (Jorfrey)
Troy Vincent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0208 (Vic Turring)
W
Andre L. Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0112 (Mechanic)
Phillip E. Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0303 (Lawyer)
Jack Walsh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0103 (George)
Kevin Michael Walsh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0206 (Scott)
Matt Walsh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
0118 (Detective Lohank); 0306 (Detective Lohank)
Morgan Walsh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0207 (Tanya)
Mike Watson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
0313 (Bill Dugan); 0313 (Bill Dugan)
William Watterson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0121 (Sinister Con)
Damon Wayans Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0315 (Det. Stevie Schillens)
Sean Whalen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0115 (Bill Voss)
Bradley Whitford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
0218 (Roger Peralta); 0314 (Roger Peralta)
Eltony Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0118 (Clancy Thomas)
Jonathan Craig Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0207 (Austin)
Max E. Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0310 (Grant)
Spice Williams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
0103 (Prostitute)
Rick Williamson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0208 (Drug Dealer)
Matthew Willig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0114 (Brandon Jacoby)
Cassius Willis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0215 (Agent Mazzarino)
Dean Winters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
0105 (Det. Pembroke); 0115 (Det. Pembroke (The
Vulture)); 0301 (The Vulture); 0302 (The Vulture); 0310 (The Vulture)
Phoenix Wong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0110 (Lookout Fred)
David Grant Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0217 (Justice of the Peace)
Algerita Wynn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0401 (Judy-Jill Lenda)
Y
Cedric Yarbrough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0221 (Steve)
Kelsey Yates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0305 (Cagney Jeffords)
Skyler Yates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0305 (Lacey Jeffords)
Harry Yi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0317 (Henderson)
Z
Ben Zelevansky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0322 (Phil)
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