Relationship Deep Dive: The 99th Precinct

Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s the 99th Precinct are the best kind of a found family, and during the eight years we knew them, they’ve always been a light in dark times.

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Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s Final Season Starts Off Strong With “The Good Ones” and “The Lake House”

“The Good Ones and The Lake House” Spoilers Ahead Brooklyn Nine-Nine has always been the show to take stands because it mattered, and never because it was performative. This show didn’t choose diversity to check off boxes and get brownie points, but because celebrating humanity in a way that was authentic was always its priority.  And thereby, Brooklyn Nine-Nine couldn’t ignore the atrocities against Black men and women in 2020 (along with the systemic racism long before that). It couldn’t ignore the fact that as police officers, they are part of the problem and needed to make their understanding clear.

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Scene Breakdown: Pizza and Shared Emotions in Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s “Show Me Going”

Brooklyn Nine-Nine at its core has always been about the friendships—you could spend pages just listing every incredible thing they’ve each done for each other, and the ways they’ve been there for one another. (And yes, someday I actually will.) But in “Show Me Going,” it’s not just about the lengths they’re willing to go forward each other, it’s about how they’re going to help themselves in the process too. After learning that there’s an active shooter situation that Rosa is on call during, the squad panics at the thought of their losing their friend, and the helplessness the situation

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‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ Will Wrap After Season 8 and We’re Not Ready

I’ve written and deleted this too many times because it never felts right. Brooklyn Nine-Nine is set to end after its eighth season and I have way too many feelings about this.  This show is more than just a procedural comedy—it’s a celebration of humanity and inclusivity. For eight years, it has constantly gotten better. (Don’t even at me because we all know the last season is going to be downright perfect, too. Especially since writers have scrapped the material they previously had written in order to bring to light the police brutality against Black lives today.) This show has

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