In Praise of Brooklyn Nine-Nine

While Christmas shopping, I noticed that the season one DVD set for B99 was pretty cheap on Amazon, so I decided to finally check it out - and I have not been disappointed. I’m just sad I never watched it before.

Every part of the show is amazing - the writing is tight, the cast is perfect. Now my only problem is how to jump on to Season Two, already in progress…

I agree–we started watching it a month or so ago, fully expecting it to be terrible, and were very happily surprised. The acting on the show is so much better than most sitcom acting that it alone would raise the show above the competition, but the scripts are also wonderful.

One of my favorite shows. All the actors portray their characters perfectly.

It’s the best sitcom to come along in quite a few years. We love it.

Yeah it’s really great. I watched Sunday’s episode last night and it just leaves me feeling really good. That and Bob’s Burgers. A one-two punch of awesome, happy TV.

I like that it’s an ensemble rather than just Andy Samberg’s show. Love Captain Holt and Terry.

“Tired Terry still gets after it. That’s all I’m saying. Twenty-five minutes of chin-ups on muscle memory alone.”

My favorite new show on television, and one of only things that I actively look forward to watching on Hulu. Great cast, great characters, great plots. This last episode with Doug Judy was gold, but they’ve all been really entertaining. I was just ruminating the other day about how refreshing it is to have the primary “bumbling sidekick” character still be a good cop.

Somewhere here there is a thread about it, and in that thread it was a resounding “we love it!”.

I love it too. The fact that the captain pretends/acts like he’s so above everything, but he’s just like the rest is my favorite

I’ve been looking for a new series to enjoy during my next travel. This looks great.

Hot damn!

Reunited and it feels sooo goood. Brooklyn 99 just cracks me up.
Andre Braugher (fan since H:LOTS) doing deadpan comedy kills me.

I never thought of it like that despite him headlining the show. Yeah, they could easily make him the sole focus with everyone else playing second fiddle but they don’t. Scully and Hitchcock are the only ones I’m not that interested in but they work well in context of the show.

Holt is is great. I love the flashbacks where he has a mustache.
“Marco…Polo…”
…PUNK."

Great show. Every time I try to figure out who’s my favorite, I remember someone else and think, “But he/she is great too.”

It’s the only show where I make an effort to catch new episodes nowadays.

I never would’ve expected Terry Crews to have such a gift for comedy.

I watched episodes 1 and 2 of season 1 and so far can’t seem to get into it.

Does it change at all through the season?

The humor doesn’t change much but the characters get much better and more human. Especially Boyle, who was way too much a fool. You see that more in the second season, though. Try watching some of the new episodes.