Summary: Amy and Jake work a case with detective Dave Majors, an idolized cop. Gina and Charles try to remind Terry of the great things in the 99th precinct when he gets a job offer elsewhere.
The Good: The central story is pretty good. Jake and Amy are really good here and their dynamic remains extremely entertaining. There are a lot of nice laughs here that entertained me like the recurring sheep joke. Jake was particularly great throughout. I enjoyed him trying to make up for Dave's cool factor and his utter failure to keep his emotions in check was quite entertaining. I loved the continuity from last episode as Jake is still hurting from his injuries, and I really loved the unique spin on the "title of your sex tape" joke in this episode. Watching Jake attempt to sneak his way into the bar was also a total delight. I enjoyed some parts of the B-story as well, particularly Holt's "never isn't just a crater on Mars" line. Rosa didn't do much this episode, but her imitation of Amy doing the hair tuck was really funny. The Bad: Much of this didn't quite click with me unfortunately. The Jake/Amy storyline seems to start and stop at will and it's beginning to feel really awkward. Every few episodes we will get an episode focused on them with wonderful interactions, but in between those episodes, Jake and Amy's relationship is never so much as acknowledged. It's a really strange pacing choice and it makes this storyline feel more drawn out than it should be. I thought that the Terry storyline was quite poor. Gina and Charles' antics didn't feel in-line with their characters and it felt more like the writers trying to squeeze out as many cheap laughs as possible. The story was also thoroughly unengaging as Terry obviously wasn't going to leave the precinct, and it was clear that Holt wasn't going to try to push him out the door and had some other plan that he conveniently kept secret from everyone else. I was disappointed to see Rosa delegated to simply being someone that Jake can go talk to about his feelings for Amy. Best Moment: Jake's slip up with "title of our sex tape" and his reaction right afterwards. Character of the Episode: Jake. Conclusion: This episode had some really good jokes but it had too many problems to engage me the way that it should have. Score: 62
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Joe Y
8/30/2020 10:45:06 am
For some reason 'Brooklyn 99' never quite breaks out of 2nd gear for me. Never really quite living up to its potential. The cast is there, for sure. The story though? Not quite. I can think of a couple really great 5th season episodes, but I would be surprised if you ended up scoring an episode above an 80 on your scale. The show is mostly good, but rarely above a B+ level, and somewhat forgettable.
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Aaronic
8/30/2020 12:34:19 pm
I have to agree with you based off of what I've seen so far. There have been some great episodes so far but nothing that makes me feel like this is a truly excellent TV show. It's funny, the cast is great, but there is definitely something missing.
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Joe Y
8/30/2020 01:43:05 pm
For the record, I really enjoyed watching it. I've seen every episode up to the end of Season 6, in fact. It pretty much stays the same. I kept waiting for it to reach its potential, but it just never quite got there. I think it's the fact that there's never *really* anything at stake here. And in such a bare bones workplace comedy, that's kind of a problem. 'Community' can get away with silliness because it has other things going for it (like elaborate genre parodies). There's no connection to reality that would truly launch it to the next level (like the Jim/Pam romance in the early seasons of the US Office). Maybe that's just me preferring dramas to comedies in general, but it certainly wouldn't hurt this show either. Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
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