In honour of Brooklyn Nine-Nine airing its eighth and final season later this year, I will be attempting to review every single episode of the show from start to finish, in release order. This will be my third or fourth rewatch, I think. Anyway, I'll try.
B99's pilot is one that I hold in very high regard to many other sitcom pilots. I feel like this episode succeeded in what many other comedy shows fail to do: develop their surroundings effectively. In this pilot, we learn basically everything we need to know about the characters we will learn to love in the later seasons in a succinct way, even before the cleverly placed recap from Sergeant Jeffords to Captain Holt.
I say "learn to love" because, let's be honest, nobody really liked Jake here. He's arrogant without the right to be, which is much better corrected in the Halloween episode later this season. Don't get me wrong, I like that he's not the "perfect man", a Jim from The Office, if you will. He just took a while to grow on me.
Personally, I didn't really like quite a few of the characters in the first few episodes of the series. Boyle especially, who is cowardly, without the loyalty he shows in later episodes. Rosa is nothing more than intimidating, and, well, Gina's just mean.
But Captain Holt, who is a great perspective for the viewer to follow through the episode, is the star of the episode. His coming out is done surprisingly well, and not made a big deal. It's handled fantastically, and I think it's my favourite aspect of the episode.
The one main problem I have with the episode is just that is feels much flatter than future episodes. It has less of a Community vibe, and more of a show that's afraid to go the whole way. That being said, some of the jokes are hilarious, with the exception of Jake's arrogant showing off. And don't you forget about Mlepnos, the true star of the show. Love you, Mlepnos.
This episode has gotten a bit boring after the years, but I mean, it holds up pretty damn well after four rewatches.
Next up: VANDALS
Best Joke: Mlep(clay)nos
B99's pilot is one that I hold in very high regard to many other sitcom pilots. I feel like this episode succeeded in what many other comedy shows fail to do: develop their surroundings effectively. In this pilot, we learn basically everything we need to know about the characters we will learn to love in the later seasons in a succinct way, even before the cleverly placed recap from Sergeant Jeffords to Captain Holt.
I say "learn to love" because, let's be honest, nobody really liked Jake here. He's arrogant without the right to be, which is much better corrected in the Halloween episode later this season. Don't get me wrong, I like that he's not the "perfect man", a Jim from The Office, if you will. He just took a while to grow on me.
Personally, I didn't really like quite a few of the characters in the first few episodes of the series. Boyle especially, who is cowardly, without the loyalty he shows in later episodes. Rosa is nothing more than intimidating, and, well, Gina's just mean.
But Captain Holt, who is a great perspective for the viewer to follow through the episode, is the star of the episode. His coming out is done surprisingly well, and not made a big deal. It's handled fantastically, and I think it's my favourite aspect of the episode.
The one main problem I have with the episode is just that is feels much flatter than future episodes. It has less of a Community vibe, and more of a show that's afraid to go the whole way. That being said, some of the jokes are hilarious, with the exception of Jake's arrogant showing off. And don't you forget about Mlepnos, the true star of the show. Love you, Mlepnos.
This episode has gotten a bit boring after the years, but I mean, it holds up pretty damn well after four rewatches.
Next up: VANDALS
Best Joke: Mlep(clay)nos