Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013–2021) User Reviews

Please don't cancel Brooklyn Nine-Nine

[katrinaysabelr · 9/10 · 27 April 2018]

This show is a masterpiece. I honestly don't know why and how it's underrated. Sure, I love a good sitcom like Friends, and although some might not agree, I actually find B99 more hilarious compared to those kind of shows.

Let's see:

• B99 doesn't need those fake cheap laugh sound effects after every joke / funny dialogue
• The dialogue is funny as hell and not corny. And the acting? Damn. I don't know how they can keep a straight face while doing those scenes, especially Andre.
• The diversity of the show. A black gay cop? Latina detectives? That's only the beginning.
• It's realistic. Not realistic in a sense that everything that happens there happens in real life (such as the comedic police situations). What I meant was, it doesn't need to be overly dramatic to get you hooked. The characters are all so mature, and they portray great friendship.
• Healthy relationships like what Jake and Amy have. Also, they do not promote nor show toxicity in any way.

I'm gonna be really sad if B99 wont be renewed for a 6th season, because it deserves so much more than that.

Laugh out loud funny!

[Rob1331 · 9/10 · 28 September 2022]

Brooklyn Nine-Nine is easily one of my favorite sitcoms of all-time. It tells the story of the detectives of Brooklyn's 99th Precinct and their office manger. The detectives are all offbeat and easy to fall in love with. They will do anything to find their criminal and have plenty of fun along the way. Every character on the show is hilarious, there's not a weak link among them. There's literally not a bad character on the entire show. It's also one of the rare shows where every season is just as hilarious as the one's before it. The cast is incredible led by Andy Samberg, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero, Andre Braugher, Joe Lo TruglioI, among others. It also has an endless supply of cameos throughout the series that are all fantastic. If you want a show that will make you laugh out loud then this is it.

Absolutely Hilarious!

[Supermanfan-13 · 9/10 · 1 January 2021]

Brooklyn Nine-Nine is not only laugh out loud funny but it's one of the most underrated comedies of all-time! It's one of the rare comedies where every character on the show is almost as ridiculously funny as the others. It's also one of the rare shows where every season is just as hilarious as the one's before it. I can't say enough about how hilarious this show really is so just watch it for yourself!

Delightful show, No Laugh Tracks, Golden Content

[ansonlam · 10/10 · 3 January 2018]

Brooklyn Nine-Nine is definitely one of my favorite ever sitcom. It's a show of pure comedy with humorous stories that are naturally delivered by the lovely actors and actresses, but also with a consistent storyline which a lot of sitcoms lack. The other thing I've noticed which makes this show better is the exclusion of laugh tracks. Although, laugh tracks do, to a certain extent, seem to make shows more hilarious and to a point where even if you don't understand a joke, you'd laugh. But no, this show has no cheats like that and amuses viewers with original content. The show also does not rely on one-liners or simple jokes, and instead, make use of the characters' personalities and actions to entertain viewers, which is pretty smart. Some might think that entertainment with personalities do not last as they stay the same and eventually people would get tired of them. However, with the ongoing characters development, their personalities and stories are often changing, which makes the show so fresh all the time.

Hilarious!

[jsmn-kane · 10/10 · 20 June 2018]

I just started watching this show after my daughter talked me into it. I was laughing so hard I was crying sometimes. I love the characters, they play off each other perfectly and I have no idea how the Captain keeps a straight face all the time. Some shows just have it-that chemistry, good actors, good writing. This is one of those shows. I was sad to hear they cancelled it, but hopeful now that I hear another company picked it up. All I can hope for is the same experience as the show goes on.

Funniest show in a long time

[nickferraro-29294 · 10/10 · 13 June 2018]

Please please please don't cancel the show,this show is too funny to be canceled especially on a cliff hanger

I can't understand who wouldn't find this show fantastic

[montez7679 · 9/10 · 19 October 2013]

I respect that different people have different tastes in music, clothes, women, movies etc...but if you are saying that this show is bad I really feel like your sense of humor is lacking. I'm a detective for one of the largest police departments in the country and I will advise everyone that doesn't realize it but this show is closer to how real police go about their day than any of those CSI, or garbage procedural shows. Cops do all that stuff all day...pranking each other, busting balls, trying to have a little fun. The job gets a little heavy sometimes so if we didn't have some fun it would be long days. This show is hilarious and perfectly timed retorts by Braugher and Crews are classic. Its the low key lines that make I hilarious...the over the top cheap laughs are somethkng all shows have to do to please the masses...who are stupid. Pay attention to the underlying comedy...its priceless......."Terry does love yogurt"

Amazing puns.. great show

[bjornbr-6-656628 · 10/10 · 16 August 2019]

I made a profile just to post this.

No more words needed.

Cool cool cool cool

Comfort-Food of Shows

[kittykatoncloud9 · 10/10 · 19 April 2018]

B99 is a rare gem among serial comedy duds. It's such a smart and fast-paced show that never fails to make me laugh, smile, and sometimes cry at very touching and human moments. This is a comfort show for me and I love rewatching for the running gags, callbacks to previous episodes, and to see the character development as they grow as people in ways that don't feel forced or contrived.

The characters start out fairly rough and jagged with their own individual struggles but grow as a squad after the introduction of Capt. Holt. This is a feature, not a bug! The point of the show is that they're flawed!

Do not listen to anyone who rates this lower than a seven, most of the people who do can't be bothered to spell names right (racist much?).

A delight from the start

[faithfulgrace-330-50991 · 10/10 · 20 July 2018]

Spoiler alert: this is one of my favorite shows. An incredible blend of lovable and hilarious characters. So much fun. So many laugh out loud moments. Even on a second full watch through I find myself laughing loudly in delight at this great gem of a show. It's a must watch IMO

Great until season 8

[victorromita · 7/10 · 27 December 2021]

This show was great until i the last season. I have no issue with shows tackling social issues, but it's as if the writers got lazy. It was so woke that it was painful. It just seemed so forced and unnatural.

A shame they ended the show this way.

Different writers were definitely needed.

[Oh-MyLag · 5/10 · 7 September 2022]

This television show had great potential. The actors did a fabulous job of making their characters come to life. The first six seasons where amazing. Due to an incident during the show it kind of got old after that. BUT what really did the show in was the fact that the writers went woke. If people wanted to watch a political show than they could go to c-span. We didn't need Rosa leaving the precinct because of "police brutality" when she was the more violent member of the 99. We didn't need Charles trying to give reparations to Terry. I also felt that some of the story lines were so predictable and way over done. Like the fact that Jake was so gullible that he fell for Doug Judy's schemes over and over again since they met.

Binged and enjoyed

[jasper-bielski · 10/10 · 3 June 2018]

This show is just good fun to watch good by yourself or with someone it's just enjoyable tv great stories and characters please do watch this show it's worth it

Genuinely funny, light hearted, fast paced comedy

[Mcduff3601 · 9/10 · 11 September 2018]

I tend to have to find things in between a kids show and adult shows so the whole family can watch and not want to pull our hair out listening to Peppa Pig's annoying voice. 99 did the trick for us. We watched the entire 5 seasons over many months and were entertained. I found myself wanting to watch the next episode before it was family time... so I ended up watching some episodes twice.

Generally it is a bunch of cops trying to do their jobs. It's less about the situation and more about the dialogue and how it's delivered. The do come out with some serious situations every once in awhile but even then it's handled with the same comedic dialogue as most of the other shows. Very well done, will be waiting for more seasons.

Cool Cool Cool Cool

[jack_o_hasanov_imdb · 8/10 · 27 August 2022]

It was a very good series. It was a fun, funny, excellent character series. Far from sit-com clichés. I can't find anything else to write, it was so good and great. The opening scenes were generally very good. I will miss this series. The acting was perfect...Last season was a little weak. There were a few episodes where they were terrible. But the series had an excellent finale. There was one character in the series that I didn't like at all, and that was Gina. She was a very annoying and boring character, but Chelsea Perreti played it very well. I had heard the show was funny and entertaining, but I hadn't started watching it. But at a time when my work was busy, I started watching it to relax and have fun, and while I was watching this series, I couldn't watch any other series.

Cool Cool Cool Cool.

Absolutely love this show

[sunshinequeen14 · 9/10 · 17 September 2021]

I don't usually write reviews, but I felt compelled especially due to all the negative reviews due to a few bad episodes. As a whole, this show is hilarious, and heartwarming. I've watched it many times over and it doesn't get old. Season 8 has a few episodes that are very political, and while it doesn't bother me that they decided to talk about real subjects, the execution was poor. That said, it's very extreme to give it a 1 star rating because of that and very unfair when the show was consistently good up until then. And the series finale more than makes up for it. Overall, great show and highly recommend.

One of the most promising comedy shows to air this season

[prashantsaxena2790 · 10/10 · 22 October 2013]

Brooklyn Nine Nine is a new age police procedural comedy with an excellent cast and spectacular production. But that isn't what makes the show great, rather its something very trivial. The show, being a comedy, peculiarly enough,doesn't use any laugh track or a live audience to record laughs. In fact, they just provide us with a sketch where the viewer can decide whether it was funny enough for him to enjoy (laugh) or not.The show should be credited for its humorous subplots within an episode.The cast also portray their characters in an outstandingly witty fashion. The writer's vision of a comic police station is right on the money. I may have been biased so i couldn't think of flaws. An Amazing show. One of 2013's best.

Stick with it...

[planktonrules · 9/10 · 18 November 2019]

I first saw a couple episodes of "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" shortly after the series debuted. I didn't hate the shows....but I wasn't all that impressed. My daughter, in contrast, loved the show and talked about it for years. So, I decided to try it again...and I am so glad I did!

So what do I like about the show? The writing. Although the show often seem inconsequential and with some annoying characters, these characters are actually very complex. So, for example, although Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg) comes off as very immature and annoying in some shows, over the course of the series, you see that there is so much more to him. The same goes for the rest of the cast...initially several come off poorly but over time they grow on you due to the writing.

What I really like about the writing is that although the show is a comedy and sometimes seems inconsequential, several plots during the course of the show had great depth and make you think....such as when Jake got out of prison and was suffering after-effects as well as the racial profiling episode with Terry. Overall, a very good show that deserved, in my case, a second chance.

Thanks for nothing NBC

[elisa-grant · 7/10 · 8 November 2021]

This show went from being incredible to a disaster as soon as it hit the hands of NBC!

The last season is a disaster! Some shows decline in quality and humour over time but this was jaw dropping.

If you are new to the show, watch the end of season 6 and MAYBE one or two of season 7 and then do yourself a favour and stop.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

[kaden_lewis · 10/10 · 21 September 2021]

It is easy for me to say this is one of my favorite shows of all time. I decided to binge the first 7 seasons during the pandemic, and it was one of the best decisions I ever made. This show provided me happiness in a time where it was hard to come by. I then watched season 8 live on NBC every Thursday night since August, and just like the first 7 seasons, season 8 was great. This show was perfect in everything they did, such as writing the characters, casting the roles, writing the stories for the episodes, and giving us a perfect ending. I am going to put a little more emphasis on casting the roles, it was some of the best casting I have ever seen, all the actors are perfect, they are literally born to play their character, and I was just so happy I was able to witness that.

Like I said, this is one of my favorite shows of all time, and I will be sad to see it end. But the way they ended it was the perfect way to do so. Thanks for providing me with so many laughs, and so many good moments during the pandemic, I will always be grateful.

NINE-NINE!

Best comedy on television

[jellyneckr · 9 January 2014]

The track record of cop comedies on television is not inspiring. While successful police dramas have ruled the airwaves for decades, the same cannot be said for cop shows that aim for laughs. There are some noticeable exceptions such as "Car 54, Where Are You?" and the very short-lived "Police Squad", but for the most part, it has been hard for show-runners to make crime a funny topic on TV. "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" could have ended up being super broad like "Police Academy: The Series" or "Reno 911", but luckily creators Dan Goor and Michael Schur have made the decision to keep the show somewhat grounded in reality, allowing for viewers to relate to the characters without them becoming complete cartoons. In casting Andy Samberg as the lead, there was the risk of "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" coming across too goofy. However, Samberg is at his career best here as Jake Peralta, a childish and immature detective who just happens to be very good at his profession. Samberg is great at delivering the most ridiculous and silly lines of dialogue without mugging for the camera in the way that some might expect a former "Saturday Night Live" performer to do. Half of what Peralta says is either completely juvenile or inappropriate, but because it never reaches cartoonish or mean-spirited heights, he remains likable and easy-to-root-for. The show may eventually reach a point where it may seem absurd that the character is able to keep his job, though that hasn't occurred yet.

If "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" had just been a vehicle for Samberg, the show might have become stale after a few episodes. Wisely, the decision was made to make an ensemble series. It's typical for an ensemble to have one or two characters that aren't quite as funny or interesting as the others, but amazingly, every single character on "Brooklyn-Nine Nine" is excellently performed. Andre Braugher, Chelsea Peretti, Joe Lo Truglio, Melissa Fumero, Stephanie Beatriz, and Terry Crews are all perfectly cast in their respective roles and each have moments where they shine in every single episode. Crews is absolutely hilarious as squad leader Terry Jeffords, especially when the writers are able to make great use out of both his physical strength and priceless facial reactions. In addition to the main ensemble cast, the reoccurring duo of Dirk Blocker and Joel McKinnon Miller as Detectives Hitchcock and Scully, the two worst detectives in the department, are responsible for some of the best jokes of the series thus far. It's also worth noting the writers have made nice use of its guest stars including Craig Robinson, Andy Richter, Stacy Keach, and Dean Winters. Guest stars on sitcoms can be tricky and can often overshadow the episodes as a whole, but "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" almost always makes its guest stars fit organically into the plot in ways that never feel gimmicky or forced.

Although there have only been a dozen episodes so far and there is always the chance that the broadness the show-runners have been so good at keeping down may eventually kick in, the series now remains as strong and frequently hilarious as any comedy on television at the moment. There isn't a particular formula that the show gets hung up on every week and more often than not, there seems to be an effort to get in a decent amount of character development by sitcom standards. If Fox is smart enough to keep "Brooklyn-Nine Nine" on for a while, it will almost certainly develop a cult following. If the ratings don't improve and only one season gets produced, at least the series will probably hold the distinction of not having a bad episode in the bunch. 9/10

A surprisingly pleasant, silly yet witty show.

[Dunning-Kruger · 7/10 · 19 September 2013]

After first hearing about Brooklyn Nine-Nine, I was fairly skeptical about yet another attempt on Fox's part to regain their former position as king of network comedy, however; minutes after it had started, I was able to find an affection for this show that I haven't had for a comedy pilot since The Office.

Anchored in large part by Andy Samberg's ironic sense of humor, it also features plenty of dead-pan humor and caricatures, much of it being a parody of the typical crime drama.

Half-way through, I realized it felt fairly reminiscent of The Office's early days, unbeknownst to me that was intended to channel that style and humor, despite it not being a mockumentary.

Personally, I felt it to be one of the strongest pilots for a comedy I had seen in a while. They introduce the audience to the characters in a way that doesn't come across as them trying to bluntly introduce us, as so many shows clumsy do; Shows that tell us how close two friends are in a way real people don't talk, by having one of them tell the other, "I know you said you didn't want to hang out Friday but I'm your best friend and we're going to hang out." Brooklyn 9-9 accomplishes these crucial initial first impressions by not overstating the core personalities of the characters. Half way in, we quickly begin to experience the precincts average day and learn of the quirky interactions that occur between characters alongside the new C.O., Capt. Holt(Andre Braugher). Some characters do leave something to be desired in terms of having something to offer to the show, but the groundwork is solid.

There certainly is the expected detective work, but the main focus is the ludicrous and off-beat styles of the detectives. One of the best things I like about this show, thus far, is the fact that it is able to surprise me with its jokes, most of which are not exactly the shock-value type that are only there because they're so random they're humorous. Though as I recall, that style is mixed in with other, more witty jokes.

I don't see this as a show that will appeal to mass audiences, simply because it is more quirky and witty, though not necessarily requiring its viewers to think more about the jokes.

People who enjoy(ed) shows like The Office, Parks and Rec., Community, South Park, Psych, possibly Modern Family, etc., will more likely than not find something to like about this show.

Obviously not everyone will appreciate it, but I strongly encourage those who are interested in watching it, to watch the entire pilot before making a full opinion.

In the end, Brooklyn Nine-Nine is a fun and silly satire about the clichés of police shows, while still able to not take itself too seriously.

Season 8

[britneybeers · 1/10 · 14 August 2021]

They ruined season 8. I understand that a lot has happened and I completely understand that the stuff wasn't okay at all. But this a comedy and I want to laugh not listen about politics. If I wanted that I would watch the news.

It really is a series to plop down, put your mind to zero and have a nice evening of laughter.

[romaniederreveaux · 9/10 · 29 September 2022]

This is the first series where I really have no idea what I'm watching.

You'd think it's a regular cop show like so many out there. However, nothing could be further from the truth. You are taken into a hilarious story (every episode a new story) where stereotypes are magnified. It is even so well put together that the cliches are discussed and the series tries to prove that the clichés are not correct, but the way in which it is shown that they are correct.

It really is a series to plop down, put your mind to zero and have a nice evening of laughter. Only then can you fully enjoy the stories and the many details. You shouldn't think too much about it, but you just have to let it get to you.

I would give this show a 11 outta 10 if i could......

[Akshay_Patel1985 · 10/10 · 8 May 2018]

Truly a comedic masterpiece. Enjoy each and every episode. The Cast is perfectly en-sync and compliment each other. Andy Samberg a.k.a. Jake Peralta is the topping on the Nine-Nine Sundae (Without him the show just melts off).... He brings it all together. Melissa Fumero , Andre B. and Joe Lo T. (Along with Andy) are Amazing (Rather A-M-A-Z-I-N-G) at their roles and their characters seem to just envelope you into their roles and force you into binge watching the show from dusk to dawn. Whereas, Stephanie Beatriz, Terry Crews, Chelsea Peretti play their characters to perfection adding to the hysteria the show gets you into.....

Love it....Love it.... Love the show...Never want the show to end...... Wish they keep renewing the series over and over again...

Three Cheers for the Entire team ... Even Scully and Hitchcock .... and the other extras who keep coming in at different times.

Keep up the Amazing work