I really like Trophy Wife.
I watched a few episodes of Brooklyn Nine-Nine and it just didn’t work for me. I can’t articulate why. I think it wasn’t broad enough. I’m looking at these cops, who are supposed to be working, and they’re just fucking off. There’s a fine line between Barney Miller and NYPD Blue, and to me, this show wasn’t straddling it very well.
I didn’t like any of the characters, except for Braugher.
I have to disagree. One of the reasons I like the show is because it’s been shown that these detectives are actually competent at solving crimes.
I wasn’t seeing that in the first few episodes. Maybe I should have kept watching.
Really? Not to get all retroactive-spoilery on you, but the first episode ended with our heroes capturing the killer, and the second – well, admittedly, the sitcom plot is that Peralta’s mouth gets him tasked with catching a local graffiti artist, but the gag isn’t that he fails; it’s that he succeeds by heavily planning a serious-business stakeout.
I record the shows I like…including Brooklyn 99 and one of the hour long shows they’re up against, and then watch them whenever I get around to it.
But wasn’t there a lot of silliness involved?
I said earlier that I couldn’t articulate why this show doesn’t work for me. I have no problem admitting that I just don’t get it. I have the same problem with satire and parodies. I’m not a deep thinker. 
There is a lot of silliness involved. But the point is that they’re still good cops underneath the silliness.
There’s a comparison to MASH. Hawkeye and Trapper John and BJ may have been goofballs but they took their medical duties seriously.
We’ve only had the first two episodes in the UK on Freeview.
Episode 1 was very funny, episode 2 barely raised a chuckle.
Does it improve? I plan to give it one more try before abandoning it.
Yes, it’s silly, screwball comedy. If that’s not your bag, that won’t change.
Hard to say. I don’t think there was anything drastically different between the first and second episodes. I didn’t care much for the tagger nor the psychic storylines but I wouldn’t say that it was unfunny enough to be a dealbreaker. I do think the second episode was not the finest one but as with all things in cafe society, YMMV.
Thank you. This completely sums up the show for me. Appointment viewing every week.
The epitome of this is probably the Thanksgiving episode, where our heroes pretend to be – well, detectives with cool-sounding names who explain their poorly-written backstories to suspects at the drop of a hat, complete with Peralta singing their theme song as if they were characters in, y’know, a buddy-cop show.
Of course they solve the heist by competently reviewing the security-camera footage and questioning the right people; the only question is whether they’ll do it without breaking character.
They also showed it at the mahjong club. Yes, Peralta was goofing off with the old women. But he was also casing the club while doing it.
Thanks for the feedback. Will give Ep3 a go on Thursday.
I went and grabbed all the episodes of Brooklyn 99 based on this thread and I am so glad I did! Love it!
Now I have to find The Goldbergs and Trophy Wives to see if you knuckleheads really “get me” or not 
It had some funny bits:
“Age”
“400 years old. I’m a Highlander.”
“Then you’re subject to Highlander justice so we’ll cut off your head.”
This show is really on fire right now. The first few episodes were funny but still struggling to find the show’s overall tone and figure out who the characters are. Tuesday night’s episode was one of my favorites so far.
“Give me your finest bottle of wine.”
“That’ll be $1600.”
“OK, then give me your eight dollarest bottle of wine.”
That had me rolling.
This show is great! I love that they’re competent police officers in amongst the silliness. A perfect balance. Someone mentioned Barney Miller, and I agree, it has that same mix.
I just hope that if it gets a second season they upgrade the opening titles into something decent.
I love the cheesy 70’s cop-show open. My wife and I dance to the music.