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- NBC
- Aug 12, 2021
- NBC
- Aug 12, 2021
Summary Detective Jake Peralta has a light-hearted approach to crime, but things change when he gets a new by-the-book boss.
Created By: Dan Goor, Michael Schur
- NBC
- Aug 12, 2021
- NBC
- Aug 12, 2021
Summary Detective Jake Peralta has a light-hearted approach to crime, but things change when he gets a new by-the-book boss.
Created By: Dan Goor, Michael Schur
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Bad news: Brooklyn Nine-Nine is still a cop show. The good news is, though, whatever a single half-hour broadcast comedy could possibly do to chip away at America’s hero-cop mythology, Brooklyn Nine-Nine is, in this final season, committed to at least trying. ... These episodes are just as joke-dense and fun as their funniest pre-Season 8 episodes have been, everyone from the main cast down to the guest stars putting in their full 9-9%.
None of the five episodes provided for review contain any reasons for fans to turn it off, I'm happy to report. Indeed, the show incorporates our changed view of policing into a season-long arc involving McGinley while still finding time for farcical misadventures. ... It's about the people, and at the end of the day they still make the case that we can find comfort in hanging out with them for little while longer.
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4.8
44% Positive
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Based on 32 User Ratings
4.8
44% Positive
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
16% Mixed
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41% Negative
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"Nine-Nine" goes out on a semi-serious note, and for the most part, effectively.
Some of the season’s episodes largely ignore the cultural context altogether. Each is compelling on its own, but there’s no overall sense of direction. ... Brooklyn Nine-Nine does the best job possible of acknowledging the problem with portraying cops as uncomplicated heroes while still remaining a good-natured, funny show, but it feels fitting, and fortunate, that this is its final season.
I was slightly dubious about how effective the show would be in making this pivot. In the end, though, it works pretty well. ... At the same time, there’s still a good deal of cognitive dissonance inherent to Brooklyn Nine-Nine. ... I’m happy that a sitcom that’s delivered so many hard laughs over the years has had the chance to go out on its own terms—nudging its audience toward a greater awareness of what other cop shows are trying to sell in the process.
It’s admittedly a bit much to ask Mike Schur and a bunch of comedians to try to dismantle the entire policing system brick by brick, especially over a single season of television. But the dissonance is still there, and not even our boys and girls in blue can ignore it any longer. They’re being thoughtful about it, but the jury’s still out as to whether that’s enough, or just (forgive me) a cop-out.
In the eighteen months between Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s seventh and eighth seasons the world, and the public’s perception of the police, changed dramatically and in it’s final season the creators of this show have attempted to deal with that.
The problem is, Brooklyn Nine-Nine has always been a goofy comedy show at heart, one that has largely forgone any kind of realism in favour of laughs. The result is an awkward mismatch of serious topics (which should quite rightly be discussed) and oddball humour that just doesn’t gel in an entirely satisfying way. Fortunately the characters fans have grown to love are still occasionally able to shine through, especially in the two-part finale that goes a long way towards salvaging this final season, but now does feel like the right time for this show to end.
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SEASON 8
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SEASON 8
Until Season 5/6 B99 was absolutely amazing, but then after the takeover something happened. It is no longer what it used to be. Stop trying to give political messages and taking up big issues and go back to a comedy show. Comedy shows don't usually take up big issues which ARE important, but comedy isn't the place for that. As a result you get a serious, disappointing season with very little laughs. It is very disappointing since this is the last season, at least the finale was very good!
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SEASON 8
What was once a whimsical comedy about a bunch of very unrealistic cops has somehow turned into a preachy, angry and ultimately unfunny show where the writers clearly have an ax to grind (too much parking tickets?) and desperately try to hitch a ride on the "defund the police" bandwagon. If you hate cops so much, why keep on making this show?
And no, I'm not a cop. Just a guy who eyerolled a lot when watching the last few seasons of B99.
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