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Andy Samberg's "Brooklyn Nine Nine" character, Detective Jake Peralta is seated at his desk at the police precinct, head in hands and hung over when he receives an antidote from fellow detective Amy Santiago (Melissa Fumero), one handed down by her grandfather: a glass of raw egg yolks. "You look like the corpse we just pulled out of the river," says their commander, Captain Ray Holt (Andre Braugher), as he walks in. Jake plays it off by claiming the drink is part of his fitness routine.

"You should drink it all," Holt deadpans and pauses. "For your guns."

It's an amusing line the way the Emmy-winning Braugher dryly delivers it during a recent taping on the show's Los Angeles set. Samberg is inspired to improvise different endings that involve consuming the drink, insulting Santiago's grandfather and trying to one-up Braugher. Soon, both actors are cracking up.

The exercise proves that Fox's new comedy "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" isn't going for edge. "Parks and Recreation" producing team Dan Goor and Mike Schur have teamed up again to create a throwback workplace comedy that features daily life in a Brooklyn precinct without a laugh track a la "The Big Bang Theory" or a fake documentary crew like "Parks."

But the show is quietly breaking ground (it has yet to crack five million viewers) with one of the most ethnically diverse casts on broadcast television. Samberg's star detective is a goofball but skilled investigator whose two bosses are black men-one of whom is gay-and two of his detective peers are Latinas. In the same way that ensemble dramas like "ER," "Lost" and "Grey's Anatomy," paved the way for multiculturalism without tokenism, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" defies stereotypical comedic expectations and finds the humor in humanity-not skin color or ethnic background or sexual preference.

"The worst kind of comedy, the worst kind of stand-up to me is when they talk about what you're looking at-'I'm Jewish' or 'I'm wearing glasses," Samberg said. "You want to hear jokes about life and things you can relate to. I don't think this show will ever go out of its way to make comments in that regard."

Instead, the laughs are found in how the stoic and hard-to-read new commander Holt reacts to Peralta's antics or how badly Santiago wants to beat Peralta's closure rate-not where they come from or who they sleep with. Detective Charles Boyle (Joe Lo Truglio) is in love with hard-to-get detective Rosa Diaz (Stephanie Beatriz), a tough cookie who doesn't speak with an accent or acts particularly sassy. Sgt. Terry Jeffords (Terry Crews) is a hulk of a man who has become petrified of fighting crime since he became a father of twin girls; office secretary Gina Linetti (Chelsea Peretti) is just plain insane.

"I was working on this thing for a month before I realized that there's two black guys running the precinct-and I work on the show!" said Crews during an interview with NBCNews in his dressing room. "I didn't even think about that, which is so cool because, oh my God, we have all been there. I've turned down a lot of stuff where the message was 'We're going to be diverse!' Give me a break. We're in Brooklyn. If you don't make it diverse, it looks funny. We are what 'Friends' should have been."

During an interview in the set's evidence room, Beatriz, who played Sofia Vergara's character's sister on "Modern Family" earlier this year, teared up as she described what it means to her to play a Latina whose ethnicity is not the butt of the jokes or the essence of her character.

"I remember as a kid watching TV and looking for myself and not being able to find myself very often," she said. "There were very few shows I could see myself. I get a little emotional about it because it's very important. Back in the day, people would go to theater to watch the human story. Now we're watching it from our houses; to know that there are people who are watching it who can see themselves is a good feeling. I don't talk about being Latina every day. I also don't talk about what kind of deodorant I use. It's something that happens or is a part of me. And it's the same on the show. It's almost monumental in its normalcy."

The producers and casting director Allison Jones assembled the cast of veterans and fresh faces by staying open-minded during auditions. Once Samberg was cast in the lead role, Goor said his team went about making the Brooklyn precinct as realistic as possible without committing any characters to certain backgrounds or ethnicities. "Parks," which is set in a small Indiana town, also boasts a multi-ethnic cast that includes Aubrey Plaza, Rashida Jones, Retta, and Aziz Ansari alongside star Amy Poehler.

"Our feeling was not calling attention to their ethnicities and not calling attention too much to Captain Holt being gay,' Goor said. "We just feel like in real life you're in a workplace and the Latina lady is not referencing the barrio. She's a person, just like you're a person. To a certain extent, it's just writing toward reality."

For example, Beatriz auditioned for the role of "Megan." When the producers decided they wanted to hire her, they renamed her "Rosa." That the two top officers in the precinct turned out to be black men, Goor said, was a function of wanting to work with Crews from the outset and being pleasantly surprised that Braugher, who is known for his dramatic heft, wanted to test his comedy chops. The role of the commander was always written as gay because the writers wanted the new leader to be a hard-working, ambitious policeman who had been held back because he had come out of the closet in the 80s.

"I'm not playing a gay police captain," Braugher of his first comedic television role. "I'm playing a police captain who happens to be gay. The distinction is large in my mind. The gay police captain is eventually going to be wearing hot pants and singing 'YMCA.' The police captain who happens to be gay is going to be a huge collection of personality characteristics and motivations. I'll get a husband one of these days but he'll be my sweetheart as opposed to that man candy we bring in for stunt casting."

In that same way, detective Boyle (Lo Truglio) is trying to win Rosa's heart without any mamacita jokes or "spicy" references. "I love that these are traits that don't define the characters," the former "Reno 911" star said in an interview. "They shouldn't. The reality of a police precinct in Brooklyn today is what you see here."

Braugher jokes that he was lost in the "woods of drama" when "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" found him and won him over with its realistic treatment of diversity. "Broadcast TV is very conservative and they're always concerned about reflecting the audience's prejudices rather than reflecting the world as it is. When you're going into people's homes, there's a big pressure to be lovable and acceptable. But life is made up of all these juicy parts. I'm not necessarily a fan of that kind of conservatism. I would like to start by holding a mirror up to life. And this is a show that does that."

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'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' finds humor in humanity, not stereotypes

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Andy Samberg's "Brooklyn Nine Nine" character, Detective Jake Peralta is seated at his desk at the police precinct, head in hands and hung over when he receives an antidote from fellow detective Amy Santiago (Melissa Fumero), one handed down by her grandfather: a glass of raw egg yolks.

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Jake has a tendency to want to go off and do things his way, especially way back in season one, but as time goes on he learns how to delegate and to help his friends when they ask him to help them. Initially, he would take over their cases, as he had with Boyle when they were working a case together. By the end of the episode, he ends up handing apologizing and following his friend's lead.
Amy Santiago: Hard work pays off
Throughout the series, Amy is usually teased for being a nerd, but is that a bad thing? No! With her hard work, she's made herself into one of the precincts best detectives. Frequently, she and Jake will compete (good naturally of course) to see who has better arrest stats. Amy always makes some sort of a plan of action, whatever it may be.
Captain Raymond Holt: Injustice is everywhere, keep fighting
Holt (my second favorite character on the show) had to fight through being a black gay cop in the 80s. His determination brought him up through the chain of command to become the captain of 9-9. He frequently references his past and makes sure to show his detectives that they can get through their difficulties.
Rosa Diaz: Be selective in who you let into your life
My love, my QUEEN! Rosa Diaz (as you can see she is my favorite character) frequently makes comments about not wanting anyone to know anything about her. Most would see this as a bad thing, but is it? No, because she's being selective about who she lets herself care about. As she gets closer to her friends, she makes smaller comments about not wanting to lose them. She starts to trust them with letting them into her life and in turn, her protective instincts for her friends get bigger and bigger.
Gina Linetti: Be confident in yourself
Literally, Gina is a badass who does not let negativity get to her. She's always got something going on and she never lets people get to her. Even when they tell her she can't do something, she goes and does what she can to prove them wrong. When Holt, Amy and Jake were having a competition, she proved that just because she's not a cop, she's still able to be a badass.
Terry Jeffords: No matter where you start from, you can do anything
Terry brings up the fact that was once an obese man. He fought hard to lose the weight and make himself heavy. Now, Terry Crews might not have come from that but the sentiment from there. With where he's come from, he's become the 9-9's sergeant.
Hitchcock & Scully: Find someone who has your back
The best thing about these guys, other than being the gross uncles of the 9-9, but they work together and always have each others back. Never do they do something without the other. They stand together and work their cases while leaning on one another.
Charles Boyle: Follow your passions
Admittedly, I don't like Charles, he gets on my nerves, but I admire his perseverance. He's frequently the butt of the jokes in the 9-9 but he just rolls with it. His passion for food is, at times, the saving grace to some of the cases that they've encountered. You're passions can and will, be a major part of your person. Don't give up on them.

If you haven't seen Brooklyn Nine-Nine, I highly recommend that you do. It's available to watch on Hulu.

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Jake has a tendency to want to go off and do things his way, especially way back in season one, but as time goes on he learns how to delegate and to help his friends when they ask him to help them.

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Last year, the Brooklyn Nine-Nine TV show continued its big ratings slide, yet it was not cancelled by FOX. Was the fifth season renewal all about ensuring an optimally sized syndication package? Will Brooklyn Nine-Nine be cancelled or renewed for season six? Stay tuned. *See update below.

A police procedural comedy from creators Dan Goor and Michael Schur, Brooklyn Nine-Nine stars Andy Samberg, Andre Braugher, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero, Joe Lo Truglio, Stephanie Beatriz, Chelsea Peretti, Joel McKinnon Miller, and Dirk Blocker. The sitcom follows Detective Jake Peralta (Samberg) and the rest of the unique detectives and officers at the NYPD's 99th Precinct.

The ratings are typically the best indication of a show's likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly in the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available - usually the next day, around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.

5/21 update: You can see the latest night's ratings in context.
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For comparisons: The fourth season of Brooklyn Nine-Nine averaged a 0.86 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 2.11 million total viewers (live + same day ratings).

Note: These are the Live + Same Day Ratings which include "live" viewing plus delayed DVR viewing, up until 3am local time that same night. Ratings marked with an "*" are the fast affiliate ratings and will be updated with the Live+SD numbers when they are made available. Typically, networks get paid for C+3 ratings which includes DVR viewing within three days of the original airing when commercials are watched. Those numbers are rarely released to the press.

What do you think? Do you still like the Brooklyn Nine-Nine TV series? Should it be cancelled or renewed for a sixth season on FOX?

5/10/18 update: FOX decided to cancel Brooklyn Nine-Nine but NBC then picked it up for season six. Details here.

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Brooklyn Nine-Nine TV Show on FOX: Ratings (Cancel or Season 6?)

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Last year, the Brooklyn Nine-Nine TV show continued its big ratings slide, yet it was not cancelled by FOX. Was the fifth season renewal all about ensuring an optimally sized syndication package? Will Brooklyn Nine-Nine be cancelled or renewed for season six? Stay tuned. *See update below.

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has garnered plenty of attention in recent years for its humorous writing, heartfelt characters, and excellent representation. The show follows the staff of the NYPD's 99th precinct, many of whom are women, people of colour, and/or LGBTQ+ people. Despite its comedic angle, Brooklyn Nine-Nine 's greatest strength is its ability to impart important messages about the struggles that minorities face and the realities of the oft-corrupt American police system.

One such memorable episode is Moo Moo from Season Four: Terry, a black police sergeant, is approached by a white police officer in his own neighbourhood because he was deemed "suspicious," even though all he was doing was picking up his daughter's toy. The episode sent waves throughout the Internet, especially for its conversations between Terry and Captain Holt, also a black man. Thanks to Brooklyn Nine-Nine 's lack of token characters, we are treated to interesting and nuanced conversations between people of the same "group" who have individualized personalities and opinions.

In its latest episode, The Puzzle Master, the show continues its solid depiction of societal issues. When Holt first comes across Olivia Crawford - the only female candidate vying for the same commissioner position as Holt - Gina goads him into trying to sabotage Crawford for his own benefit. In doing this, however, Holt learns that Crawford was only nominated for PR purposes and that the selection committee does not believe that the NYPD is ready for a female commissioner. And since the pool of candidates is limited to Holt, Crawford, and three near-identical old white men, Holt realizes that he and Crawford are not truly enemies. He reveals the selection committee's bias in his speech, and the process of naming a new commissioner is postponed until it's been redesigned to be more just.

He and Crawford definitely aren't friends at the end of this, but they hold a grudging respect for each other that's encouraging to see. Rather than tear each other down in the scramble to reach the top, this plotline shows that marginalized people should strive to be help each other on their individual journeys toward equality and respect. In doing so, there can only be more progress.

Amid rumours of a possible cancellation, Brooklyn Nine-Nine continues to impress week after week without losing steam. Its writing is always focused, funny, and acutely aware of the subtleties of the issues it chooses to depict. If you want a show that can make you laugh in the moment and think in the moments afterwards, then Brooklyn Nine-Nine is definitely not one to be missed.

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Brooklyn Nine-Nine Does Social Commentary Right

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has garnered plenty of attention in recent years for its humorous writing, heartfelt characters, and excellent representation. The show follows the staff of the NYPD's 99th precinct, many of whom are women, people of colour, and/or LGBTQ+ people.

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Since premiering on Fox in 2013, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" has become a highly successful police sitcom starring Andy Samberg. The show was nearly over when Fox announced its cancellation in May. But, fans rallied together and NBC picked up "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" for a sixth season.

Here are 10 surprising things you might not have known about "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" to help hold you over until season six premieres.

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10 surprising things you probably didn't know about 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine'

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Since premiering on Fox in 2013, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" has become a highly successful police sitcom starring Andy Samberg. The show was nearly over when Fox announced its cancellation in May. But, fans rallied together and NBC picked up "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" for a sixth season.

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"Game Night" (Grade: A)

Brooklyn Nine-Nine understandably treated its 99th episode like most shows treat their 100th episode. So in theory, the 100th episode would just be another episode of the series. Nothing more, nothing less. But that doesn't take into account that even a "regular" episode of can be special. And that's exactly what "Game Night" is. Comparing it to the episode's namesake, while the 100th episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine has perhaps been treated as low-key as a typical game night, it ends up being just as poignant as the episode's own closing game night.

While "99" was the right episode for Brooklyn Nine-Nine's celebratory purposes, the "Game Night" also lives up to the standard expectations of 100th episode quality. It's not as reliant on intentional callbacks and references, but it still perfectly captures the spirit of Brooklyn Nine-Nine from top-to-bottom. It's also the first episode in a long time to feature the whole squad-with the return of Gina Linetti-providing some dynamics that have been missing. (I'm talking about her antagonism toward Amy, of course.)

The cold open is the sole Christmas moment in these two episodes, and it's one that reminds us all that Jake Peralta is an excellent detective, the best in the precinct, even. Not just the way the Halloween Heist does-because everyone's thinking five steps ahead of each other at that point-and not just because he keeps saying it. Yes, he's also a goober, and that's what gets him kicked out of Secret Santa; but he's a goober with great deductive reasoning skills. He's also a goober with a massive amount of empathy and just excellent friend skills, as this episode reminds us.

The key talking point of "Game Night" will no doubt be its role as a follow-up to Rosa coming out as bisexual in "99." Of course the squad accepts Rosa for who she is and doesn't make a fuss about her sexuality outside of the one minute she gives them to ask her questions. (And Rosa is smart for not letting Hitchcock ask anything, because he's Hitchcock.) But it's Jake she goes to specifically for help, both to make sure things are actually cool with the squad and to ask how she should spring the news to her parents (Danny Trejo and Olga Merediz). These two scenes at the precinct are a perfect early display of just how much the Nine-Nine truly is a supportive, cohesive unit, without them just saying they are. This plot has plenty of recognizable beats, but at no point do any of them feel forced. It's all just an honest story-while appropriately funny or sad when it needs to be. That even extends to the "fake dating" part of the plot, which is really more of a fake-out than anything; it's pretty much a blip in the plot before Rosa comes out to her parents. It's a blip that's worth it for Jake's Rosa song, but a blip nonetheless.

This is understandably a special episode to Stephanie Beatriz, and it's worth acknowledging just how good she is in it. Because Rosa is such a closed off character, it's easy to assume she can't have (or Beatriz can't handle) the show's more emotional moments. But that's absolutely not the case, whether she's speaking her truth to her parents or just confiding in Jake. And at no point does any of it come across as a Very Special Episode. The moment when Rosa's mother can see literally every possibility in Rosa's "wedding" drawing during Pictionary besides a wedding (because it's two women) is a mix of cringe comedy and genuine frustration, and it's one of many moments in this plot where it's almost like watching it all unfold in slow motion. There's a presumption of how this story will all go when Rosa first says her parents are traditional, and moments like her parents being relieved she's a mistress (as opposed to gay) or telling her she'll end up with a man check those boxes. But it doesn't make them happening any easier. In fact, even though Rosa at least gets her father to try to understand her side of things by the end of this episode, Brooklyn Nine-Nine doesn't sugarcoat it and doesn't make any of this easy.

Jake and Rosa are absolutely right when they say Rosa's parents neither understanding nor accepting her "sucks." But while Jake is there for Rosa every awkward step of the way this episode, Holt's pep talk to her at the end is just as affecting and important. Because while Jake is a great ally, Holt is someone who has the type of comparable experience that Jake just won't ever have, as good of an actor as he is.

Obviously, the rest of the episode is lightweight compared to what Rosa has going on, but that doesn't mean the rest of the squad doesn't get to shine. The squad's feud with the new cyber crimes unit is a solid story that gives every character involved a chance to shine in their inability to get Devin (Paul Scheer, almost going full in his performance) to give them back their internet. It also brings back Gina for the 100th episode in a way that makes sense for the character and the show. Just when Gina thinks she's out, they pull her back in. (In this particular case, pulling her back in involves blackmail files and a graceful exit set to "I Will Remember You.")

Sure, the squad could've asked Rosa to help if she had any spare time, but then she might have just stabbed Devin. The resolution is essentially to defeat a bully with a bully, and while that's a simple one, it's kind of needed in an episode where the A-plot is far from simple.

"The Favor" (Grade: B+)

The second half of this midseason finale circles back to that little problem the Nine-Nine currently has in the form of crime boss Seamus Murphy (Paul Adelstein). Obviously, there's the problem in terms of Holt possibly compromising himself for this man's "favor," but there's also that problem that tends to come with Brooklyn Nine-Nine and its stakes. Specifically, its elevation of stakes, which is the type of things that takes characters going from deep undercover to Witness Protection to wrongful imprisonment. Brooklyn Nine-Nine loves to top itself, and while we're not at the end of the season yet, the Seamus Murphy storyline is a result of that last example of the series trying to top itself. "The Favor" is still an impressive episode though, specifically in how it takes Holt's moral compass and refusal to use "loopholes" into account without sacrificing the story quality of the the fix (temporary as it ends up being) for the Seamus Murphy problem.

This episode also takes the excitement of an Amy/Rosa "kick-ass assignment" team-up and turns it into a mash-up of bureaucracy and, well, more bureaucracy. Rosa surely isn't the only one who gets excited as soon as Amy approaches her for the assignment, but of course it is so very Amy for her idea of "kick-ass" to involve filing forms. "99," "Game Night," and "The Favor" have all managed to give the audience these Amy moments that are so specifically Amy without repeating the same jokes over and over again, and they've made for excellent reminders of just how versatile the character and Melissa Fumero are. It takes a special show to make a couple of kick-ass detectives jumping through hoops to file paperwork as entertaining and funny as it is, but we already know Brooklyn Nine-Nine is special. How else can you explain Rosa believing we all live in The Matrix?

As for the "Fredo" plot of the episode with Jake, Boyle, Holt, and Kyle Murphy (Mike Mitchell), if the Amy/Rosa plot weren't proof enough of how much broader this episode is is than "Game Night," then this one definitely is. Even before the actual introduction of Kyle, the initial planning with Boyle framing every Godfather relationship through their connection to Diane Keaton is a terrific introduction to the Fredo ("Diane Keaton's brother-in-law") principle. As is Mike Mitchell's way, Kyle is such a dunce that everything about him is either really funny or really obnoxious, depending on your perspective. And again, praising the actual competency of the Nine-Nine, the fact that Jake and Boyle are able to literally plan for Kyle's screw ups-despite their inability to "idiot proof" bottles-helps things out. Kyle could easily just be a fool that makes things harder for the Nine-Nine (see: the finding the Rolls=Royce scene), but the fact that he is ultimately such a good pawn (which ends up getting him on Seamus' hit list) makes it work.

The Gina/Terry "working parents" plot is honestly the weakest of both episodes, but that's mostly because it doesn't have too much to it. The plot does however provide some pretty choice Dave Coulier zingers, which surprisingly never go out of style. Neither does Scully and Hitchcock's pettiness, which causes them to tattle on Gina simply because she took over their napping room. Also, Terry gets to say this once in a lifetime line: "Pumping hard? Or hardly pumping, Gina?"

When Seamus Murphy was introduced, I mentioned that Brooklyn Nine-Nine would have to work hard to sell Paul Adelstein as scary in the role. While "The Favor" does its best to finally show us that he's a scary, dangerous man, it's one of those moments of Brooklyn Nine-Nine escalation where you can't really get that invested. Because while Kyle can be the biggest Fredo that ever Fredo'd, the opposite is kind of true for Seamus: He can't be the most intimidating mob moss, because there's a line for Brooklyn Nine-Nine. The existence of the Seamus character itself can lead to solid performances from Andre Braugher and the possibility of fun Nine-Nine plans to get out of this bind, but the actual character unfortunately doesn't give back that much. Seeing Holt and the Nine-Nine get out of the initial Seamus Murphy predicament ended up working out, so let's see how they get out of this one. "Nine-Nine!" etc.

Stray observations

This week in webisodes Brooklyn Nine-Nine needs:Honestly, now all I want is a shot-for-shot remake of Saved By The Bell (including The College Years and movies but not Miss Bliss or The New Class) starring the Brooklyn Nine-Nine cast. Those wouldn't be webisodes though, they'd be full-on primetime.

Respect to Rosa for going with Lisa Turtle as her Saved By The Bell crush instead of the obvious Kelly Kapowski. Or... Tori. Though it's also on point for Jake to immediately call her out for not saying Kelly Kapowski.

Holt: "Shall we draw the names again and leave Jake out?"
Everyone: "Yes!"
Jake: "Nooo! Sherlock wants a present!"

Scully: "Do you know Anne Heche?"
Rosa: "I do."

Holt: "This is going considerably better than when I came out to my colleagues. They were not, as the kids say, awake."
Jake: "Do you mean 'woke'?"
Holt: "I did mean 'woke,' but it's grammatically incoherent."

Holt: "Yes, yes, babies are adorable. They're like we are but so much smaller." Also, Gina had a girl, they did name it Enigma, and they call her "Iggy" for short. Aww.

According to Boyle, "the international language of friendship" is pork. Agree or disagree?

Terry: "Was that a wink?"
Amy: "You tell me."
Terry: "I honestly don't know, but you're all we got." But for real, even Lucille Bluth would judge Amy's wink. It's great. As is her winking her contact lens into the back of her eye. I know that struggle, sister.

Gina: "You know, in another lifetime, you and I would've made a hot ass couple."
Rosa: "Agreed."

Holt: "This isn't one of your movie plans, is it?"
Jake: "First of all, if we had developed a Minority Report-style pre-crime division like I suggested, we wouldn't be in this Seamus mess." I know I mentioned NTSF:SD:SUV:: with regards to Paul Scheer in "Game Night," but Jake's Minority Report idea also had me writing "TELL ME YOUR FUTURE THOUGHTS" in my notes.

Rosa: "Never met anyone who cares so much about stupid bureaucracy."
Amy: "Bureaucracy's not stupid. It's elegant. It's a beautiful puzzle waiting to be cracked. Every rule, every form has its purpose. It all fits together. And when the puzzle is solved and you take a step back and see the big picture, it's like staring into the face of God."
Rosa: "Hey. We moved up a spot.
Old woman: "You seem like a real nerd." The swelling music during Amy's speech is the real treat.

Gina: "Terry, juggling isn't hard. That's why the salary for jugglers is so low. Name one rich juggler."
Terry: "Doesn't Dave Coulier juggle?"
Gina: "If you're reaching for Coulier then you've already lost the argument, Ter-Bear."

Gina: "You know, I don't even think Dave Coulier juggles."
Terry: "I Googled it. He doesn't."
Gina: "Man. What a trip."

Kyle (rapping): "Rap, rap / Spittin' rhymes / Kissin' shorties / On the lips / Have no fear / Mr. Rap is here ..."
Holt: "I wish he would turn the radio down."
Jake: "You think that's the radio? That sounds like professional music to you?"
Holt: "All music after Mahler sounds exactly like that." Coincidentally, this exchange tracks with both Holt's thoughts on Barbra Streisand/rock music and Jake's (dope) Addams Family song.

Jake: "That truck is as empty as Jackson Browne's running surface. [off everyone's confusion] Empty? 'Running On Empty?' He sings that song."
Terry: "Running surface?"
Jake: "Okay, so Terry didn't like it. Charles?"
Boyle: "Don't make me do this, Jake." What a great, terrible Mike Detective-esque line from Jake.

Holt telling Jake he's proud of him is Jake's "tear trigger," but mine apparently is Holt giving Rosa a pep talk at game night.

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Brooklyn Nine-Nine understandably treated its 99th episode like most shows treat their 100th episode. So in theory, the 100th episode would just be another episode of the series. Nothing more, nothing less. But that doesn't take into account that even a "regular" episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine can be special.

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Ask any fan to explain the comedic delights of Fox's Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and they'd all tell you that one of the fundamental tenets of the NYPD's silliest precinct has always been its use of cold opens. In nearly every episode throughout its five-season run, a cold open, often totally unrelated to the narrative to come, immediately turns on the laughing gas for viewers, whether through a detective making a group of criminals sing the Backstreet Boys or anything related to national treasure Captain Raymond Holt.

Ahead of the show's season - and potentially series - finale on May 20, we asked the cast to reflect on their favorite cold opens. The answers are, as expected, varied and very funny in their own right.

Andy Samberg (Jake Peralta)

"It's really hard to choose one, but one of my favorites is when Charles watched Bullets Over Broadway over the weekend. It's so dumb and so simple and Joe Lo Truglio is so funny in it. The slow burn of how it played made me laugh every time we shot it, and seeing it cut together with the cameras popping in more and more as Jake is bummed and Boyle is psyched, it just makes me giggle. Also I will always love how much Boyle loves Dianne Wiest. As should we all."

Terry Crews (Terence "Terry" Jeffords)

"Jake has just returned from his undercover operation in Florida and has 'frosted tips' on his hair and we all hate it, so we stage an intervention at Shaw's bar so we can cut them off. Charles enters the bar and his tips are also frosted, as he announces he and Jake are 'Tip Buds.' They scream, 'Nooooooo!' together when they realize once Jake gets his tips cut, they'll be 'Tip Buds' no longer. Then Jake sees how bad it really is on Charles and is suddenly okay with getting rid of them. Charles's undying and disturbing affection for Jake is one of the funniest running gags I've ever seen. This cold open never ceases to make me laugh, no matter how many times I see it."

Melissa Fumero (Amy Santiago)

"This made laugh so hard when we first read it at the table read. And then Joe was so hilarious when we shot it. He just totally nailed it. I love watching it because Andy laughed for real - but stayed in character - while we were shooting it and they kept it in. We all broke a few times during that one."

Joe Lo Truglio (Charles Boyle)

"My favorite one is Jake and Boyle's Dianne Wiest cold open. Boyle says he was sick all weekend after watching Bullets Over Broadway. The show is so wickedly fast in its pace and jokes, and I love that tone. Consequently, when there are scenes that breathe, that let the silence of the reactions build the punchline - it's very, very satisfying."

Stephanie Beatriz (Rosa Diaz)

"Forever in love with the one where Amy is late and we are all guessing why, because when Andre Braugher - as Captain Holt - guesses correctly and then yells, ' Hot damn!' at the top of his lungs. That was so unexpected and out of the blue that I erupted laughing. You can see it in footage they used. The cut is quick but I am very clearly about to break."

Dan Goor (Co-creator and executive producer)

"This is incredibly difficult. Jake is excited because he busted a drug dealer and, because it wasn't going to be used as evidence, he was able to take the dealer's tarantula home as his new pet. Everyone makes fun of Jake for wanting to take home such a gross, creepy animal, except for Terry, who is just so freaked out about spiders, he up and leaves. Then Jake realizes the tarantula has escaped. Everyone scrambles to find it, and they do ... perched on Terry's bald head. The last shot is Terry in the elevator with a real, live, actual, tarantula crawling on his head. All the jokes about the tarantula and the name Jake wants to give it - Mrs. Doubtspider, Spidey Klum, etc. - crack me up, but that last shot is one of the funniest things we've ever done. Again, it was a real tarantula!"

Mike Schur (Co-creator and executive producer)

"Dianne Wiest. It's just a great comedy idea, perfectly executed by the writers, actors, and editors. It's also the kind of idea you can only do several seasons in, when the audience knows the characters so well."

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Hooray! After a short period of uncertainty following a brutal axing from the roster of Fox TV shows , Brooklyn Nine-Nine will return for a 6th season. The show is of genuine humour, wit, and also a startling amount of diversity effortlessly blended together to create one of the best shows on in recent years. We absolutely live for the show's characters and here's why.

Neat and tidy to a fault, she invokes fury from her colleagues through her goody two shoes image and competitive nature. Santiago is great at what she does, always looking to bring out the best in people (even if it seems annoying at the time). Her love interest with leading man Jake Peralta has creating a hilariously romantic dynamic within the show.

Imagine a 10-year-old in a grown man's body. Now imagine that grown man was a detective and that detective is the lead of a TV show and you've got Jake Peralta. Despite his immature nature, he is still a very competent detective and knows when to put the jokes aside (sometimes). His commitment to comedy is almost as great as his dedication to the precinct. When paired with Amy Santiago their differences shine through, but at his core Jake is a good man who you would want to hang out with.

The Captain of the precinct is gay, black, and not afraid to address the issues his character has faced in regards to these two factors. His completely deadpan nature and anti-comedy jokes land incredibly well against the animated Jake. It comes across all the better as Jake secretly looks for Holt's approval to make up for the lack of a father figure in his own life.

The sappy sidekick whose comedy is often in the form of his effeminate actions and tastes that never insult women but rather celebrate them. His bromance with Jake is a staple of the series and one of the key points upon which the show spins.

We crush on Rosa Diaz, but we're also simultaneously terrified of her. It's very confusing. Rosa is amazing on so many levels - her attraction to violence, her insatiable lust, and her cold distance from everyone else at the precinct. So when she comes out with a strong sense of loyalty and the occasional moment of genuine warmth, it hits you right in the feels.

Let's get one thing straight - Terry Jeffords is a legend. His hulking mass of rippling muscles waiting to burst out of every shirt he's ever worn gives the impression he would be an aggressive hardass. How else could he motivate himself at the gym? But with a passion for yoghurt and his two young daughters, Jeffords is a surprisingly calm and rational being, rarely using his physical strength to solve problems and instead going by the book.

Fat, disgusting, and utterly lovable, the coasting duo will go to any length to eat or be lazy. It is a breath of fresh air to see two straight white men being the butt of jokes as people of color around them take the lead - a role reversal which doesn't degrade either character but allows them to embrace their slovenly behaviors for comedic (and occasionally useful) effect.

GINA IS LIFE! That is all. Ok, there's so much more to the office receptionist (?) than just her social media obsession and giant ego. Her comedy angle is the self-obsessed megalomania. She goes around in her own world, dishing out insults without a sliver of remorse. She's queen and we love her for it.

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Hooray! After a short period of uncertainty following a brutal axing from the roster of Fox TV shows , Brooklyn Nine-Nine will return for a 6th season. The show is of genuine humour, wit, and also a startling amount of diversity effortlessly blended together to create one of the best shows on in recent years.

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While Brooklyn Nine-Nine many Golden Globes viewers when it took home two trophies at this year's ceremony, its freshman season has been churning out one solid episode after another. And not only is the show hysterical, but it may be the most progressive show on TV. The cop comedy is on-point when it comes to portraying women, gay characters and people of color. Other shows should take notes when attempting to deliver a similarly progressive message to a millennial audience.

The strategy is working well. After its win at the Golden Globes, Brooklyn Nine-Nine 4.55 million viewers with 1.9% of the 18-49 demographic tuning in, representing an all-time high for the show. The show's renewal is not certain, but it definitely looks likely at this point.

If you are looking for a reason to tune in, here are seven:

1. It does diversity right.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine easily has one of the most diverse casts on television. Unlike certain other shows, it actually reflects the multicultural landscape of New York City. But the best thing about the show is that it never makes a big deal out of its diversity. Characters' racial and ethnic backgrounds are never used as punchlines: They are simply a part of who they are. It's also refreshing to have the two highest-ranking officers be people of color.

2. It spotlights an awesome LGBT character.

Not only is Captain Ray Holt ( Andre Braugher) a person of color, but he also addresses his sexuality from the very first episode, revealing that he is a happily married gay man. We learn that despite his hard work and competence, Holt was held back in his career due to politics and prejudice. Now that he finally has his own command, he wants to prove himself via the success of his precinct. Holt is alternately stern and caring (seriously, does your boss download whale songs to help you sleep?) and is a fantastic leader.

3. Platonic friendships take precedence over relationship drama.

While there have been a couple of sparks between characters, for the most part Brooklyn Nine-Nine has shied away from introducing romantic pairings. Instead, it has built up strong, platonic relationships between characters, with male and female colleagues who truly respect each other for their talent and their hard work. Though the detectives often bicker and fight, they have each other's back no matter what.

4. Speaking of which, the female friendships are awesome.

Too often we see female characters pitted against each other for jobs or for men. While the ladies on Brooklyn Nine-Nine are certainly competitive, they do not tear each other down or view each other as rivals. The by-the-book Amy Santiago ( Melissa Fumero), the tough-as-nails Rosa Diaz ( Stephanie Beatriz) and the loopy Gina Linetti ( Chelsea Peretti) are all wildly different characters, but they come together to support each other as friends and colleagues.

5. It subverts the "angry black man" trope.

Going back to the diversity on the show, the writers never default to lazy cultural stereotypes and instead build complex characters. A perfect example of this is Sergeant Terry Jeffords ( Terry Crews), who is reinstated after a previous breakdown. Though he loves to work out and keep his "tough guy" image, he's also a doting father to twin girls and constantly worries about what would happen to them if he got hurt in the line of duty. Jeffords can spiral into rage if his officers are in danger, or if a line-up makes him miss the farmer's market. Oh, and he really loves yogurt.

6. It also subverts the "nice guy gets the girl" trope.

Initially, Detective Charles Boyle's ( Joe Lo Truglio) unrequited crush on Diaz was annoyingly persistent. Despite her lack of interest and the fact that she had a boyfriend, he remained optimistic that if he asked her out enough, she would say yes. But when Diaz's life is in danger, Boyle saves her - and later reveals that he didn't even know who was in danger, and that he did what he would do for any fellow officer. The fact that he backs off and respects her non-interest goes against the conventional wisdom that "you know you want it."

7. The ladies do not take any BS.

Anyone who has ever been in an office environment knows that there is always a resident asshole. Whether they're taking credit for your work, weaseling their way out of assignments or giving you creepy compliments, jerks are everywhere. The ladies on Brooklyn Nine-Nine all have their patented ways of handling BS-ers and standing up for themselves. Whether it be through carefully-crafted snark or graphic revenge fantasies that help them excel at their duties, these ladies know exactly how to handle BS.

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"Game Night" symbolizes acceptance and helps navigate viewers to understand people in the LGBTQ+ community's struggle to coming out better.