Brooklyn Nine-Nine · Season 1 · Netflix
Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season 1
Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season 1 is a MUST-WATCH, BollyMeter 8.5/10. 22 episodes on Netflix from 17 September 2013.
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What BollyAI Thinks
Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season 1 is a network sitcom pilot season that did everything right. Michael Schur and Dan Goor built a workplace comedy around a precinct - an unusually tonal choice, since the police procedural and the sitcom don't naturally coexist - and made it work by spending the entire first season establishing relationships rather than plots. Andy Samberg's Jake Peralta is a deliberately immature protagonist whose competence gradually emerges; Andre Braugher's Captain Holt is the show's formal anchor and its funniest character. The Golden Globe win for Best Comedy after Season 1 was the correct read.
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“Brooklyn Nine-Nine earns its laughs with a terrifically game ensemble and a genuine wit that elevates it above most network comedies.”
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Standout Episodes
The hours worth arguing about - premieres, finales, and the turning points. BollyAI reads the room episode by episode.
- E1Pilot8.1
A sharp pilot that turns a tie, a footprint, and one arrest into a clean precinct engine.
The moment: Holt's first interaction with Jake - the moment you understand exactly what the show is doing and that it will work.
Full review of E1 → - E2The Tagger7.6
A nimble procedural comedy hour where Holt’s standards sharpen the jokes, while Amy gives the ending its spine.
Full review of E2 → - E3The Slump7.6
Jake’s slump becomes a clever case machine, with a sharp twist and enough workplace bite to steady the season.
Full review of E3 → - E4M.E. Time7.3
A sturdy procedural comedy hour where poison sharpens the case and Holt's demand for order becomes the funniest pressure point.
Full review of E4 → - E5The Vulture7.8
A sharp early case turns Jake’s ego into evidence, then dumps the victory straight into the trash chute.
Full review of E5 → - E6Halloween8.2
A nimble Halloween heist turns Jake’s clowning into strategy and makes Holt’s forced praise the sweetest prize.
Full review of E6 → - E748 Hours7.7
A tight clockwork case with a sharp alibi reversal, slightly softened by a pie thread that eats into urgency.
Full review of E7 → - E8Old School7.7
A sharp precinct farce where Peralta’s hero worship becomes the case, even if the courtroom landing is too clean.
Full review of E8 → - E9Sal's Pizza7.3
A sharp holiday derailment where Boyle Bingo scores cleanly, even when the stolen-money case runs a little thin.
Full review of E9 → - E10Thanksgiving8.0
A tight Thanksgiving case turns Jake's escape plan into the squad's cleanest early argument for chosen family.
Full review of E10 → - E11Christmas7.9
“HalloVeen” treats a holiday game like a precinct case, using Holt and Jake’s clash to expose who actually runs the room.
Full review of E11 → - E12Pontiac Bandit8.1
A sharp Doug Judy turn makes the case pop, while the push-ups pact gives the escape a real bruise.
Full review of E12 → - E13The Bet8.0
A tight bet episode turns Jake and Amy’s rivalry into pressure, even while Boyle’s medal deserved more room.
Full review of E13 → - E14The Ebony Falcon7.4
A brisk precinct caper works best when Terry turns fear into procedure, even if the sting could use more pressure.
Full review of E14 → - E15Operation: Broken Feather8.0
A fast, funny efficiency spiral where every shortcut solves one problem and immediately hands the precinct another.
Full review of E15 → - E16The Party7.8
A sharp social-comedy hour where Kevin’s party rules expose the real case hiding inside Holt’s birthday.
Full review of E16 → - E17Full Boyle7.8
A sharp workplace farce where Boyle's romantic panic and precinct politics turn small humiliations into clean comic machinery.
Full review of E17 → - E18The Apartment7.4
Jake gets a housing crisis with a price tag, and Gina gives the episode its smartest comic escape route.
Full review of E18 → - E19Tactical Village7.6
A brisk training-day comedy where a tiny trophy and a filthy acronym do cleaner work than the emotional subplot.
Full review of E19 → - E20Fancy Brudgom7.4
A funny, sturdy friendship test where best-man duty turns into the courage to force one honest conversation.
Full review of E20 → - E21Unsolvable7.6
A sharp workplace farce where every answer solves the case and leaves the characters slightly more exposed.
Full review of E21 → - E22Charges and Specs8.2
Jake's firing becomes the episode's smartest disguise, turning reckless comedy into a tight undercover pivot with real momentum.
Full review of E22 →