The Good Ones

The discussion around policing has changed a lot in the last ~10 years and rightfully so. Obviously a show taking place in a police department would have to deal with that. Unfortunately, this episode feels like a very one-dimensional take on a very complicated issue.

Characters are simply split into "good" and "bad" groups and they fall into the most predictable, stereotypical camps. People that agree with the politics will give it a 10, people who disagree will give it a 1. Personally, I think the problem is not with the politics, but with how poorly the themes of the episode are woven into the story. It feels like the show is trying to tell me how to think and that feels a little uncomfortable, even if I *do* ultimately agree with the message being presented.

Some might say that it's not the responsibility of a comedy show to deal with such serious issues, but I disagree. Other shows have managed to bridge social commentary and comedy premises and we should be holding comedies to higher standards.

The episode just felt like the writers addressing the elephant in the room. The plot lines didn't feel natural, and the bits were incredibly unfunny which isn't consistent with the rest of the show. I get they had a message for this episode, but the execution was really... really... bad.

I get that they needed to address the climate given the premise of the show, but it was just done very poorly. Didn't feel B99 at all. I love the show and they've done a good job with sensitive topics in the past but this episode was just not good.

I love Brooklyn Nine-Nine. The comedy is clever and intelligent. Normally I don't review individual episodes because I prefer to judge a series over the course of season. But I felt like I needed to comment on this individual episode.

This writing in this episode was terrible. And the actors delivery was heavy handed and seemed like they were reciting their lines without any real conviction. I just felt preached to.

Even past seasons where heavy topics were discussed, I still felt like the show was infusing humor to help drive home the message.

This episode didn't even try. There wasn't any comedy. Like another review mentioned, they just checked off the virtue signaling checkboxes.

I can't remember if anything really happened in this episode that was of any real consequence to the overall series. Well, other than making me wonder if the rest of this final season is going to be a glum political slog.

Easily the worst episode in the history of B99. Avoid.