Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Season 1 (2013)
Average Rating: 7.1/10
Reviews Counted: 48
Fresh: 43 | Rotten: 5
Led by the surprisingly effective pairing of Andy Samberg and Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine is a charming, intelligently written take on the cop show format.
Average Rating: 7.1/10
Critic Reviews: 20
Fresh: 16 | Rotten: 4
Led by the surprisingly effective pairing of Andy Samberg and Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine is a charming, intelligently written take on the cop show format.
Season Info
A sitcom following the lives of a group of detectives in a New York precinct, including one slacker who is forced to shape up when he gets a new boss.
Network: FOX
Premiere Date: Sep 17, 2013
Cast
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Andy Samberg
Jake Peralta -
Andre Braugher
Ray Holt -
Joe Lo Truglio
Charles Boyle -
Melissa Fumero
Amy Santiago -
Stephanie Beatriz
Rosa Diaz -
Terry Crews
Terry Jeffords -
Chelsea Peretti
Gina Linetti -
Dean Winters
The Vulture -
Michael Grant
Trevor -
James Connor
Deputy Commissioner ... -
Artemis Pebdani
Carlene
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Episodes
Pilot
Detective Jake Peralta is a talented, but carefree police detective at Brooklyn's 99th precinct who, along with his eclectic group of colleagues, are used to having a lax captain around the office. However, when tightly-wound Captain Ray Holt takes over, he is determined to make this dysfunctional group of detectives into the best precinct in Brooklyn. -- (C) Fox
The Tagger
Jake is assigned to investigate a graffiti case that he feels is beneath him, but things get complicated when he learns that the offender is the deputy commissioner's son. Elsewhere, Gina's psychic friend visits the precinct and evaluates Charles.
The Slump
Jake has a run of bad luck closing cases. Meanwhile, Amy turns to Rosa and Gina for help after she's asked to lead the Junior Policeman Program for troubled youth; and Boyle helps Sergeant Jeffords with a troublesome case.
M.E. Time
Jake becomes enamored with a medical examiner he meets at a crime scene, and his crush affects his work. Elsewhere, Amy discovers that Sgt. Jeffords has artistic abilities.
The Vulture
Jake seeks revenge after a rival detective steals his thunder on a murder case. Elsewhere, Terry tries to get recertified to carry a gun with help from Capt. Holt and Gina.
Halloween
Amy is dismayed to learn that she has to wear a costume while out on undercover street patrol on Halloween. Meanwhile, Jake bets that he can steal Capt. Holt's Medal of Valor.
Critic Reviews for Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Season 1
If the show can cut down on crime and focus more on the squad room silliness, Brooklyn Nine-Nine has a chance of getting past probation.
Just as Goor and Schur have built an extraordinarily faceted ensemble on Parks and Recreation, they've stocked the precinct house in Brooklyn Nine-Nine with potential.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine gets the formula right immediately. It's broad, but funny because it's broad -- you get the tone immediately and go with it.
No one will accuse Brooklyn Nine-Nine of too much authenticity, but it does have a confident breeziness in its banter that almost immediately locates a [Barney] Miller-esque balance in the more absurd aspects of law enforcement.
Samberg is much more appealing here than I've ever seen him, even when he comes across as the village idiot... Possibly more so when he is acting the fool and wearing Speedos uncomfortably and getting reprimanded for his lack of respect for authority.
It has a nice swing and surprises you often enough, usually with some throwaway line, to feel invigorating in the end.
There are three reasons that Brooklyn Nine Nine has the potential to become a hit: Andy Samberg, Andre Braugher and Barney Miller.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine, with its solid supporting cast aiding and abetting Samberg, has a so far/so good first outing that rises above the majority of this season's new fall comedies.
The surest bet for a comedy worth following as the season progresses.
It's Parks and Recreation in a NYC police station. It's got that awkward but lovable and relatable sense of humor.
As long as Andre Braugher is employed, it's a force for good in the universe.
Fox appears to have a lot invested psychically and spiritually (along with promotionally) in launching Brooklyn Nine-Nine. The antics - stripped to their underwear and outfitted in a thin layer of snark - should, for better and worse, fit right in.
Staleness is only one of the show's many problems.
What Brooklyn Nine-Nine has, unlike many of the other new fall comedies, is intelligent design.
Even if Brooklyn Nine-Nine doesn't revolutionize the cop show format, it shakes up the formula enough with its cast of characters to offer something worth watching.
The winner is Brooklyn Nine-Nine, a smart and funny series (from Dan Goor and Mike Schur of Parks and Recreation) starring Andy Samberg.
Mild, affable and familiar, Brooklyn Nine-Nine is a show the whole family can snicker at.
For anyone who's up to their eyeballs in dark, gritty crime dramas, Brooklyn Nine-Nine is bound to feel like a breath of fresh air.
Just the facts, Ma'am: Brooklyn Nine-Nine is the funniest and most satisfying new broadcast sitcom of the season.
Creators Michael Schur and Dan Goor are able to balance a slap-sticky light-heartedness with workplace fodder that feels of a piece with some of The Office's stronger seasons and the loving homage inherent in Hot Fuzz.
The show's strength is its note-perfect ensemble.
With Brooklyn Nine-Nine, creators Dan Goor and Michael Schur have created a hilariously fun new workplace comedy that just happens to be set in a police department.
The nearly laugh-less pilot of Brooklyn Nine-Nine is like one of those SNL sketches that doesn't work but you don't mind too much because it's possible the next sketch will be hilarious. Except with SNL you don't have wait 30 minutes.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine earns its badge of distinction with smart irreverence and sharply defined characters in an admirably diverse ensemble.
Goodness knows cop shows are ripe for a bit of well-crafted parody, but if we're lucky, these folks will find even more rewarding material in the weirder corners of this precinct.
Easily one of fall's better new comedies, but don't expect to be blown away yet. The pilot offers just a taste of what's to come, which is plenty good enough.
If the quality continues, Emmy-winning writer/producers Dan Goor and Michael Schur (Parks and Recreation) will have locked up a hit.
[The first episode] has its share of problems, but given the creative auspices... there's reason to hope for improvement.
This is one of the few new shows that filled me with optimism when I looked into my crystal ball.
It's funny enough, it's appealing, and the show knows itself, which is much more important in the long run.
It has a heart, and, behind all the banter and outrageous sight gags, the characters are grounded in emotions we recognize.
Fortunately, Samberg's charm, talented co-stars and a clever script make us forget we're watching things that could only happen in TV land.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine shows every sign of being a really good sitcom. Well, every sign but one. There's too much Andy Samberg.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine is the best new comedy on television for two simple reasons: 1. Andy Samberg. 2. Andre Braugher.
Even as it employs these ancient tropes, "Nine-Nine" puts a contemporary spin on things.
The series opener offers a strong start, with good doses of humor, and engaging and entertaining characters.
The cast and their characters is where the pilot of Brooklyn Nine-Nine succeeds and shows the greatest potential for future success.
The heart is apparent from the get-go, which is what every great comedy needs at its core.
Smart and sensitive writing - certainly by the standards of network sitcoms, even by those of HBO.
It's troubling to see an actor of Braugher's stature waste his time, and his talent, in such a dumb show.
It may be that Brooklyn Nine-Nine does for cop shows what Leslie Knope and company did for office sitcoms, and that can only be good.
An irreverent comedy about the limits of irreverence? Now, there's an arresting premise for a next-generation hot fuzz.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine has all the makings of the next comedy great.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine brings a welcome blend of whimsy and heart to the indefatigable crime drama.
For now at least, Brooklyn Nine-Nine is the most promising comedy pilot of the fall season.
Samberg is goofy and winning as Jake Peralta, a thick slice of cheese taken from the Bill Murray-in-Stripes deli case.
It's criminal to anchor one of this generation's greatest funnymen with such a blasé role.
One of its strengths is that it isn't just a star vehicle for Samberg. It's an ensemble from the Parks and Recreation team of Mike Schur and Dan Goor that gives all the varied cast mates lots of shots at being funny.
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