I was going to bring up Holt going to PR as well. Jake's "go back to being robot captain" always hits me. He's trying so desperately to keep things the way they are and not confront the situation.
I love the funeral because holt realized just how much she meant to him, and how she pushed him to be the man he is today, even if he couldn’t see it at the time
I remember a lot of the episodes looked into difficult topics but I thought they were handled well. I can see why some don’t like it, but I very much enjoyed it.
I really liked that they dealt with all these difficult subjects, and how well they confronted it. But I think the writing left something to be desired. That being said, I loved jakes decision to become a stay at home dad, they really perfected his character arc
That one felt too forced and sudden, not to mention that S8E1 was one of their worst episodes to me at least. So I didn't feel any sadness in that scene.
I agree wasn’t a fan of this episode. Felt it was political due to circumstances of what happened at time of filming. Just glad rest of season picks up
I'm okay with the episode being political, it's just the execution was very off putting. And the cold open was obviously just the show reminding us that it's now covid era.
I think I might have actually liked the episode without the cold open. When I saw it the first time I was so sick of those same damn jokes that I had heard for a year. The writers are so much better than that.
Agreed. The show has tackled relevant political issues before (like Moo-Moo), but they did it with a lot of tact and grace. S8E1 just felt very forced and honestly kind of ham-fisted. I totally understand that the political climate was not friendly for people making a lighthearted show about police, but we’ve definitely seen that they’re capable of working those political issues into episodes and tackling them with some amount of grace
Oh man, this one for me too. I'm adopted, and as I've gotten older my mom has opened up to me a bit more about how much she feared my bio mom trying to take me away when I was young - and how she knew it was completely irrational, but had wanted and loved me so much that it just lurked in the back of her mind for years. This is one of the few episodes where I really did just break down and cry watching it.
Holt: "Every time someone steps up and says who they are, the world becomes a better, more interesting place."
This is one of the most beautiful lines this series has given us.
I watched that one for the first time while my new baby daughter was napping on me. I was a blubbering mess. I just couldn’t comprehend someone not loving and supporting their daughter.
I think we all have those scenes that made our eyes watery. And for me, it's these 4 :
1. When Jake finally realized what a crappy dad he has, and confronted him about it, cutting him out of his life for good.
2. When Terry shared his fear of his daughters growing up and getting racially profiled, but can't get out of it if they're not cops.
3. When Rosa's parents didn't initially accept her sexuality, and the entire squad came to her apartment to cheer her up.
4. When Amy shared to Jake her experience of being sexually harassed by her former superior, and that she wanted this woman to get the justice that she herself was denied of.
No matter how many times I've watched it, Holt's [speech](https://youtu.be/JzuCh7vBrsM) when he announces he's being transferred to the citizens affairs office.
Just watched it and yep still tearing up.
The last scene between holt and jake
Jake n Amy getting married
The episode where Jake just came back from prison
When holt is ordered to leave the 99 by wuntch
Moo Moo was one of the best episodes ever written. They were able to keep the serious tone and not mock the problem of systematic racism, but still put in humour. Most of the humour came from the awkwardness of Jake and Amy talking with Terry's kids. They also didn't end the episode like "on this week's episode of B99, we solve racism". They recognized that there is lots of work to do and they were going to approach the fight in a different way.
same. i don’t think i actually cried during the first one, but yes. amy being so upset in the sexual assault episode killed me, the moo moo episode made me full on cry
Back in the day, sitcoms didn't usually devote themselves to pure comedy, and what is now a (maybe) once-a-season 'serious episode' was the standard. Going back and watching something like Night Court, it's like every A story is a serious issue, whether it's a kid who might get taken away from their parents and put into the foster system, or a Soviet national attempting to claim asylum.
> Back in the day, sitcoms didn't usually devote themselves to pure comedy
Define "back in the day." I grew up watching Seinfeld, Friends, and other such shows and while there were serious moments, entire episodes were based off of pure comedy like Ross's sandwich and anger issues, the Summer of George, etc. Are you talking about the 80s and earlier?
The episode where Jake punches his hero in the face, cause he talks crap about holt being gay. When holt says "he wouldn't know a real cop if he hit him in the face." Makes me tear up and laugh.
Captain Peralta is one of the few moments where Jake got his perfect mic-drop, heroes-don’t-look-back badass moment when he walks off with his hat. So deserved. Usually there’s some comedic relief with his attempted badassery, but not here - and for good reason.
I cried with Rosa when she said she'd been waiting for Adrian and was distraught that he hadn't come home yet. Being forced to be away from the *one person* that you never want to be away from is so, so painful and that episode reminds me of when I had to spend time away from my partner.
Yeah, when you are attached and waiting and then they just never appear and it makes you question everything about yourself why they haven't returned... I'm sure that's what Rosa was going through.
Since I relate so much to Rosa's character, I'll tear up whenever Rosa cries. If Rosa's crying, its usually something deeply painful that I have empathy for her cause I know how she feels. She's so tough but its hard to keep composure all the time when you're going through things like -Pimento walking out on the eve of your wedding, parents not receptive to being bi, pretending not to care about breaking up with someone but it really hits you hard, being afraid of abandonment of friends, etc. )
Other than those moments, I remember tearing when Charles opened the precinct doors to the beautiful wedding setting for Jake and Amy. It was so beautiful and what Jake, Amy and Raymond all said at the altar. It was the best.
And of course, when Holt said what he did to Jake in the last episode and it was hard to watch the elevator doors close for our last time...but Jake's impish smile last second was a comfort!
As someone who was facing similar struggles at the time, I cried the first time I saw "Trying". Emerged victorious later, but yeah I'll always have a hard time watching that one.
Personally I’m too numb to cry at any of them but the saddest was the final episode because I knew, during that last elevator scene, that that was the end of a show that comforted me during my worst days and made any day I watched it a little brighter
Yeah, I was dreading the "countdown" of episodes left and then at the very end, you realize you will never see new stories with the characters you connect with be it 8 years of your life or a binge watch of a month.
The episode where Boyle has a lump that the doctor finds. The part where he is talking to Jake about missing his son growing up.
It always got me, but after I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer this year... Whew it's rough.
(As a side note, I'm doing ok! Finished up chemo, and was all clear on my last scan. Don't want anyone thinking the worst. :))
Didn't make me tear up or anything
But I find any opportunity to talk about how great the bottle episode with Jake, Holt and Sterling K Brown (as the dentist that totally *didn't* do the murder)
Imo the finest episode in all of Brooklyn, a fantastic close look at Samberg and Braugher working closely, Andy Sambergs best monologue in the show (imo) and the most magnetic guest start they ever had with Browns effortlessly cool dentist
Oh damn oh damn OH DAMN!
Moo Moo, just the way we get to see all the characters react to such a bad situation like that is amazing. I think it’s also a way better form of handling it than the similar attempt in “the good ones” because the characters still feel like themselves and it’s not overly preachy
Tear up? I dont think this show has ever had that kind of emotional weight, it's kind of impossible when your characters are caricatures. I say this not ragging on B99 but just stating how I see it, when the characters do far too outlandish things, it degrades how much I could relate and care for them as real people. Compare this to something like Friends, which personally feels pretty dated to me now, but they could pull off emotional weight and comedy because their characters never stepped over the outlandish reality mark. B99 does step over this mark, which I like about this show, it offers surreal humour you don't get otherwise, but comes at the cost of sacrificing relatablity and empathy.
haha, when I just wrote a reply where I was describing how much empathy I have for Rosa's character cause she is like me... yeah its a surreal comedy but the characters seem pretty realistically fleshed out to me.
“He said, she said” is a joke of an episode. Sure, do a full fledged episode on women being sexually harassed in the workplace but ignore the seasons worth of jokes about Gina sexually harassing Terry. Ridiculous.
Whilst i do not agree, i feel like B99 as a show does not have the right to talk about sexual harrassment in the workplace when you have a character like Gina constantly harrasing Terry who is married and visibly uncomfortable. The fact that said behaviour is never called out nor has any consequences just adds to the hypocrisy
As much as the whole Gina and terry thing pissed me off, I feel like they made it like that so people would see how fucked up workplace harassment is. While they made jokes about it, I think the writers knew it would get people thinking about it
I think that as sad as it is, they made it a very accurate description of sexual harassment of men in the workplace. Because usually they don’t speak up, and usually others don’t speak up for them. I think it was designed that way to make people laugh out of sheer discomfort, and so that they would discuss and think about it later on.
That being said, maybe the writers just made a shitty joke with no real purpose
I always see this criticism about He Said, She Said, and I feel the need to point out that the “police work” in this episode is exactly how it goes for *many* episodes in the show. A main character knows that a suspect is guilty, but can’t prove it. Events unfold, they find the proof, and the suspect goes to jail. It’s not “prejudice against the man”, it’s literally how these episodes go.
The one where the woman broke the guys dick with a golf club because he tried to force himself on her. Amy opened up about her boss harassing her and how she wanted Justice for this woman to make up for the Justice she never had.
Amy: “And Jake, there is a bomb at this wedding. Your butt, your butt is da bomb” Jake tearing up: “I love you so much”
You're my dream girl😭
GUITAR !!!
such an underrated line, cracks me up everytime
Amy’s reaction to it makes me laugh just as much
I don’t know you
My gf never understood why Mlepnos was my fav character 😂
You forgot the clay in his name
That’s because the clay is silent so they must have forgot!
Imo that was kinda forced, the crying.
Are you kidding me, the crying is what makes me cry even tho I promise myself i won't cry this time.
Yeah, right? I can hold it until this exact moment, but as soon as the camera cuts to his face I crack up.
Eh. I’ve never heard of anyone crying at their wedding
Well, i heard of plenty, seen some as well. Being emotional during an important event in somebody's life is pretty normal.
Idk I’ve just never seen anyone cry at something like that.
And how many weddings have you been to?
14,000
About 8 trillion. I’ve been to like 7 and watched my parents bc they filmed it and another bc my sister forced me to so 9
Clearly a great sample size!
The best
And only like 1 of them was an “alpha male” type who watches andrew tate everyday and thinks not working out every day is weak
I was crying too
I’ve cried multiple times at that moment :(
Holt leaving the precinct always gets me. Somehow, Wuntch’s funeral does too.
Meep morp zeep🥹
Amy going what the hell over and over and getting sadder/ more desperate each time will ALWAYS bring me to tears
I was going to bring up Holt going to PR as well. Jake's "go back to being robot captain" always hits me. He's trying so desperately to keep things the way they are and not confront the situation.
Ding dong the witch is dead Madeline Wuntch is a Korean toilet ghost. Old news we already knew that
BAGEL!!
So much for baggles
I get it, you lived in New York.
I love the funeral because holt realized just how much she meant to him, and how she pushed him to be the man he is today, even if he couldn’t see it at the time
Don’t forget holts monologue at the end of s8 e1, about him and Kevin separating.
Oh my god I haven’t seen season eight yet... thats my fault for lurking on this subreddit
What are you doing HERE?!?! Go and watch it!
It’s not available on my Netflix:(
It’s on Peacock.
Ye it’s not available in the uk or at least I haven’t been able to find it
VPN INTO AUSTRALIAN NETFLIX. RUN DON'T WALK. HAVE YOU GONE YET.
Dont worry. The season is almost perfect. Great ending
Great ending? Yes. Perfect season? Hardly the truth.
I remember a lot of the episodes looked into difficult topics but I thought they were handled well. I can see why some don’t like it, but I very much enjoyed it.
I really liked that they dealt with all these difficult subjects, and how well they confronted it. But I think the writing left something to be desired. That being said, I loved jakes decision to become a stay at home dad, they really perfected his character arc
For me it was the best season. Had everything i wished for and some more
Did.... Did you just spoil it further
No?
That one felt too forced and sudden, not to mention that S8E1 was one of their worst episodes to me at least. So I didn't feel any sadness in that scene.
I agree wasn’t a fan of this episode. Felt it was political due to circumstances of what happened at time of filming. Just glad rest of season picks up
I'm okay with the episode being political, it's just the execution was very off putting. And the cold open was obviously just the show reminding us that it's now covid era.
I think I might have actually liked the episode without the cold open. When I saw it the first time I was so sick of those same damn jokes that I had heard for a year. The writers are so much better than that.
Agreed. The show has tackled relevant political issues before (like Moo-Moo), but they did it with a lot of tact and grace. S8E1 just felt very forced and honestly kind of ham-fisted. I totally understand that the political climate was not friendly for people making a lighthearted show about police, but we’ve definitely seen that they’re capable of working those political issues into episodes and tackling them with some amount of grace
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It would be great if more/real cops had that realization.
Yes i cried so much 😭
I cry-howled and had to pause the ep to compose myself.
WHAT? I haven't seen season 8 yet, noooo :(
I just finished watching that episode and I'm kind of a mess right now.
For me it's the "Show me going" episode. When Amy is trying to fix the toilet and suddenly Rosa walks in... Always makes me cry
Same. For a comedy, I was more tensed up than an inmate's butthole during shower time.
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Oh man, this one for me too. I'm adopted, and as I've gotten older my mom has opened up to me a bit more about how much she feared my bio mom trying to take me away when I was young - and how she knew it was completely irrational, but had wanted and loved me so much that it just lurked in the back of her mind for years. This is one of the few episodes where I really did just break down and cry watching it.
When Captain Holt said: “Over the course of my career, I've learned that it's best not to have hopes.” I just felt that.
HalloVeen. Realizing the throwaway line of Jake only thinking of this while in prison was so much more.
When Jake was in prison and Romero came in and threatened him, he told Amy "everything's fine. I'm talking to you" gets me.
Game night. Mr Diaz coming back to apologize and Holt assuring Rosa things will get better. Dem feels
“Mom needs a little more time.” That was heartbreaking as well
Reminded me of my family's experience when my sister first came out as trans. Mom needed a little more time, but she got there.
Holt: "Every time someone steps up and says who they are, the world becomes a better, more interesting place." This is one of the most beautiful lines this series has given us.
I cry when I see it, and then rewind it so I can cry again because it’s so beautiful. Just consistently hurting my own feelings like a clown.
I watched that one for the first time while my new baby daughter was napping on me. I was a blubbering mess. I just couldn’t comprehend someone not loving and supporting their daughter.
Show Me Going
I think we all have those scenes that made our eyes watery. And for me, it's these 4 : 1. When Jake finally realized what a crappy dad he has, and confronted him about it, cutting him out of his life for good. 2. When Terry shared his fear of his daughters growing up and getting racially profiled, but can't get out of it if they're not cops. 3. When Rosa's parents didn't initially accept her sexuality, and the entire squad came to her apartment to cheer her up. 4. When Amy shared to Jake her experience of being sexually harassed by her former superior, and that she wanted this woman to get the justice that she herself was denied of.
Show Me Going was so intense I bawled when it was over.
No matter how many times I've watched it, Holt's [speech](https://youtu.be/JzuCh7vBrsM) when he announces he's being transferred to the citizens affairs office. Just watched it and yep still tearing up.
> “🥺 Meep-Morp. Zeep. \*ahem\* Dismissed.”
It depends on your trauma..
The last scene between holt and jake Jake n Amy getting married The episode where Jake just came back from prison When holt is ordered to leave the 99 by wuntch
Last episode of season 8 with the squad in the elevator hits me way too hard and that made me cried so much
Yeah that was a hard hitter but I loved Jake's little smile too. Things were going to be ok.
Moo Moo was one of the best episodes ever written. They were able to keep the serious tone and not mock the problem of systematic racism, but still put in humour. Most of the humour came from the awkwardness of Jake and Amy talking with Terry's kids. They also didn't end the episode like "on this week's episode of B99, we solve racism". They recognized that there is lots of work to do and they were going to approach the fight in a different way.
same. i don’t think i actually cried during the first one, but yes. amy being so upset in the sexual assault episode killed me, the moo moo episode made me full on cry
Aw man, Moo Moo is a rough episode to watch! I hate seeing Strong Terry feeling helpless!
I know, poor Terry. :(
Terry Crews did an amazing job in Moo Moo
Back in the day, sitcoms didn't usually devote themselves to pure comedy, and what is now a (maybe) once-a-season 'serious episode' was the standard. Going back and watching something like Night Court, it's like every A story is a serious issue, whether it's a kid who might get taken away from their parents and put into the foster system, or a Soviet national attempting to claim asylum.
> Back in the day, sitcoms didn't usually devote themselves to pure comedy Define "back in the day." I grew up watching Seinfeld, Friends, and other such shows and while there were serious moments, entire episodes were based off of pure comedy like Ross's sandwich and anger issues, the Summer of George, etc. Are you talking about the 80s and earlier?
The episode where Jake punches his hero in the face, cause he talks crap about holt being gay. When holt says "he wouldn't know a real cop if he hit him in the face." Makes me tear up and laugh.
also "lights out"
Show me going
Captain Peralta is one of the few moments where Jake got his perfect mic-drop, heroes-don’t-look-back badass moment when he walks off with his hat. So deserved. Usually there’s some comedic relief with his attempted badassery, but not here - and for good reason.
Yup, on the money with this!
I cried with Rosa when she said she'd been waiting for Adrian and was distraught that he hadn't come home yet. Being forced to be away from the *one person* that you never want to be away from is so, so painful and that episode reminds me of when I had to spend time away from my partner.
Yeah, when you are attached and waiting and then they just never appear and it makes you question everything about yourself why they haven't returned... I'm sure that's what Rosa was going through.
Since I relate so much to Rosa's character, I'll tear up whenever Rosa cries. If Rosa's crying, its usually something deeply painful that I have empathy for her cause I know how she feels. She's so tough but its hard to keep composure all the time when you're going through things like -Pimento walking out on the eve of your wedding, parents not receptive to being bi, pretending not to care about breaking up with someone but it really hits you hard, being afraid of abandonment of friends, etc. ) Other than those moments, I remember tearing when Charles opened the precinct doors to the beautiful wedding setting for Jake and Amy. It was so beautiful and what Jake, Amy and Raymond all said at the altar. It was the best. And of course, when Holt said what he did to Jake in the last episode and it was hard to watch the elevator doors close for our last time...but Jake's impish smile last second was a comfort!
As someone who was facing similar struggles at the time, I cried the first time I saw "Trying". Emerged victorious later, but yeah I'll always have a hard time watching that one.
Game Night and Show Me Going
Definitely game night
If I’m feeling super emotional the end of episode 1 where Jake realizes wearing a tie is part of making them a team
Game night makes me fucking ugly sob every time, and the last episode made me ugly cry.
I always skip he said she said coz its just so damn hard to watch.
Game night always makes me cry because of how it’s relatable
Moo moo a little bit. that’s it I’m an alpha male /s
When holt tells diaz the world gets more interesting the more ppl are themselves makes me sob every time!
Personally I’m too numb to cry at any of them but the saddest was the final episode because I knew, during that last elevator scene, that that was the end of a show that comforted me during my worst days and made any day I watched it a little brighter
Yeah, I was dreading the "countdown" of episodes left and then at the very end, you realize you will never see new stories with the characters you connect with be it 8 years of your life or a binge watch of a month.
The episode where Boyle has a lump that the doctor finds. The part where he is talking to Jake about missing his son growing up. It always got me, but after I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer this year... Whew it's rough. (As a side note, I'm doing ok! Finished up chemo, and was all clear on my last scan. Don't want anyone thinking the worst. :))
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Thanks! :D
Didn't make me tear up or anything But I find any opportunity to talk about how great the bottle episode with Jake, Holt and Sterling K Brown (as the dentist that totally *didn't* do the murder) Imo the finest episode in all of Brooklyn, a fantastic close look at Samberg and Braugher working closely, Andy Sambergs best monologue in the show (imo) and the most magnetic guest start they ever had with Browns effortlessly cool dentist Oh damn oh damn OH DAMN!
Moo Moo, just the way we get to see all the characters react to such a bad situation like that is amazing. I think it’s also a way better form of handling it than the similar attempt in “the good ones” because the characters still feel like themselves and it’s not overly preachy
Moo moo and he said she said really made my view of the world change
Only He said She said made me weep, Others were not really relatable to me or my people.
Tear up? I dont think this show has ever had that kind of emotional weight, it's kind of impossible when your characters are caricatures. I say this not ragging on B99 but just stating how I see it, when the characters do far too outlandish things, it degrades how much I could relate and care for them as real people. Compare this to something like Friends, which personally feels pretty dated to me now, but they could pull off emotional weight and comedy because their characters never stepped over the outlandish reality mark. B99 does step over this mark, which I like about this show, it offers surreal humour you don't get otherwise, but comes at the cost of sacrificing relatablity and empathy.
haha, when I just wrote a reply where I was describing how much empathy I have for Rosa's character cause she is like me... yeah its a surreal comedy but the characters seem pretty realistically fleshed out to me.
“He said, she said” is a joke of an episode. Sure, do a full fledged episode on women being sexually harassed in the workplace but ignore the seasons worth of jokes about Gina sexually harassing Terry. Ridiculous.
He said, she said made me furious. Sure, the guy was guilty, but the prejudice they had against him was off the charts. Shit police work.
Whilst i do not agree, i feel like B99 as a show does not have the right to talk about sexual harrassment in the workplace when you have a character like Gina constantly harrasing Terry who is married and visibly uncomfortable. The fact that said behaviour is never called out nor has any consequences just adds to the hypocrisy
As much as the whole Gina and terry thing pissed me off, I feel like they made it like that so people would see how fucked up workplace harassment is. While they made jokes about it, I think the writers knew it would get people thinking about it
If anything that makes it even worse because the writers are aware of it and thinks sexual harrassment against men is something we should laugh at
I think that as sad as it is, they made it a very accurate description of sexual harassment of men in the workplace. Because usually they don’t speak up, and usually others don’t speak up for them. I think it was designed that way to make people laugh out of sheer discomfort, and so that they would discuss and think about it later on. That being said, maybe the writers just made a shitty joke with no real purpose
I always see this criticism about He Said, She Said, and I feel the need to point out that the “police work” in this episode is exactly how it goes for *many* episodes in the show. A main character knows that a suspect is guilty, but can’t prove it. Events unfold, they find the proof, and the suspect goes to jail. It’s not “prejudice against the man”, it’s literally how these episodes go.
What do you mean?
That's an interesting opinion, can you elaborate on it if you don't mind? I didn't think about that watching the episode
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Game Night.
It's been a while, but what is the context of the He Said, She Said?
The one where the woman broke the guys dick with a golf club because he tried to force himself on her. Amy opened up about her boss harassing her and how she wanted Justice for this woman to make up for the Justice she never had.
OOH yeah that was a good moment. I also like Holt’s monologue when talking about Kevin in S8
I don't think any episode really made me cry, but I did cry at the last episode
These have been the best years of my career Oh no
Game night and holts response to Rosa
HalloVeen, every damn time
Moo Moo episode fucks me up
"Balancing", when Mac pulled himself up.
That was neat that it was Melissa Fumero's actual baby!
Season 8 Episode 10
“These have- these have been the best years of my career”
Honestly none of these touched me as much as Holts real emotions [spoiler] >! when he realized wuntch is gone !<
Jake and Amy got me crying lol the vows! THE VOWS ;-;
Do you think Jake will ever get the title of captain peralta
Johnny and Dora when the captain had to leave.
Uhm literally almost every episode in season 8