Summary: Jake and Amy work together to find some evidence to stop him from going to jail. Holt tries to convince Rosa to not leave the country. Charles takes Terry to meet a hacker who he plans to use to get information on Hawkins.
The Good: This episode is a lot of fun. It certainly feels like the climax of the season and it does a lot of things well. A lot of the humour here goes more in the direction of parody and I thought it worked surprisingly well. There were plenty of courtroom tropes and clichés that were explored and laughed at in this episode and I enjoyed that. I also quite liked how Charles inexplicably aged so much despite it making no sense at all. The scenes with him were executed well enough that I bought into it, and the final gag of Charles "miraculously" standing up again was hilarious. I really enjoyed Charles and Terry's story and the constant hacking done to Terry was a great running joke. I also really liked Holt and Rosa's storyline. It made perfect sense and utilized a pairing that we haven't seen very much of to create a pretty touching story of Rosa being unable to leave her real family. Jake's antics in the episode were a ton of fun, including but not limited to his woefully timed bank robbery jokes and his constant repetition of "cool" to close out the episode. Another character who was used well is Gina. I thought that this episode recaptured what makes her so entertaining. I also applaud this episode for not taking itself too seriously and having there be consistent laughs to ensure that the episode remains entertaining. The Bad: However, the episode doesn't give enough detail to the courtroom scenes so under scrutiny a lot of things don't make sense. For example, lots of evidence isn't sufficiently made available and the idea that Holt wouldn't testify the idea of an off-the-books investigation is absurd. It makes the Nine-Nine seem like idiots for not taking the obvious route in planning Jake and Rosa's defense. Another issue is the two month time skip which feels oddly timed. It feels strange that nothing much happened in these two months, especially considering the new plot thread of Gina's pregnancy. I was excited for the news channel parody cold open but I found it to be very underwhelming as the jokes should have been much better. Best Moment: There were lots of great jokes. My favourite would probably be Charles' "miraculous" recovery. Character of the Episode: Jake. Conclusion: This was a very funny and very climactic episode that delivered exactly what I wanted. Under scrutiny a lot of this episode doesn't hold up and has the ability to really frustrate some people, but I think that the episode was better for focusing more on jokes than the intricate details of the judicial system. I may have enjoyed this episode more than most as a result since I could definitely see people being upset with how this was handled. For me though, I found this to be a funny and entertaining conclusion to season 4. Season 4 as a whole was easily the show's weakest season. The first 3/4 of the season were pretty poor and outside of the outstanding "Halloween IV", most episodes handled characters poorly and had some weak, aimless storylines. Furthermore, every overarching storyline in the first half of the season fell flat on its face and didn't satisfy me at all. The final few episodes of the season did have more consistency though, and even though I'm not a fan of the show's overarching storylines, I thought that the closing act to this season was well done. As a whole, I think the season did improve with these final few episodes but it's still a step down from the quality that "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" showed early in its run. The one bit of hope I have for the show is that I think it has gotten funnier as it has went along. If the writing can be stronger in the next few seasons, I can see this show recovering since its sense of humour has gotten really good this season. Score: 71
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