Brooklyn Nine Nine Season 1 & 2 Review

Brooklyn Nine Nine Season 1 & 2 Review

We have a unique relationship with the TV shows especially the comedy sitcoms. First it was Friends, thenhow I met your mother after that came big bang theory. After its 7^th season, when the humor was just starting to dip, I came across Brooklyn Nine Nine, which was a refreshing change from the shows that came before it.This was the cop show, which was funny, and it was different.  Even though we had seen countless cop dramas this show had a mix of both action and comedy.

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The show stars Andy Samberg, terry crews, Melissa fumero Chelsea peretti  and Andre Braugher.

This Show begins when the new commanding officer, Captain holt assumes command over the police precinct nine nine in Brooklyn.  Jake peralta played by Andy is an immature but carefree detective who is set in his ways and does not want to change therefore comes into conflict with his new commanding officer.  The precinct has other characters like Amy Santiago who jake has a crush on, Rosa diaz who is tough yet kind hearted detective, Charles boyle,jake’s friend/ weirdo of the bunch, Dt sergeant Terry Jeffords who is dealing with his own issues fatherhood and working on the field. Gina Linetti she is the precinct’s administrator/Civilian in the show.  All these colorful characters make up the Nine Nine.  It slightly reminded me of  TVshows like M.A.S.H and Scrubs which were loosely based on a profession.

In the show Jake’s character is fan of 90’s pop culture movies especially die hard movies. The set up of the series is different because it genuinely includes real world cop scenarios in the show. Some may not feel as realistic as others but nevertheless they are entertaining.  Initially I didn’t like certain characters that were there in the show such as ginalinetti and Charles boyles characters. But the show took time to build a their back story and justify them and later on they started to grow on me.  Andre braugher is amazing in his performance as captain Ray holt. He brings a lot of authority and direction to the show. Amy Santiago and Rosa diaz both play smart and tough detectives who are as talented as jake. Amy is more competitive than Rosa that’s why she has an ongoing bet with jake in the first season. other detectives like scully and Hitchcock also add dose of laughs in the show.

Character development is good in the show however they went in a wrong direction when they hooked up boyle and gina’s character in the second season.

This is same as joey and Rachel getting together it did not work. However the show lands on its feet because of the Main story ark that has been building up from the last episodes in the second season. Andy Samberg is also the executive producer so you can clearly see his influence on the show but he does not over take the show at any point. It has corky, weird and quick humor, whichkeeps us glued to the screen. Certain themes running gags in the show also works really well, for example Halloween episodes, Pontiac bandit episodes, they are really funny.  Since andy was in SNL some of the cast members also pop up from time to time. In fact there are good number of guest stars that make appearance such as kyrasedgwick, Eva longoria, Stephen root, nick cannon and Adam sandler.

One of the things that this show does very well is it keeps it fresh and funny.

I am rating this show based on its first two seasons so I hope the quality of the show remains the same in the coming seasons. I give this show 9/10 and let me know in the comments section what you think about the show and this review if I get more than 50 likes on this video I will make a review of the 3^rd and the latest season. So hit that like button and I will make another video reviewing the 3^rd season.  See you in the next one.