The show revolves around the fictitious 99th precinct of the New York Police Department in Brooklyn and the officers and detectives that work in the precinct. Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg) is an immature yet very talented detective with an astounding record of crimes solved, putting him in a competition with fellow detective Amy Santiago (Melissa Fumero). The precinct's status changes when the captain retires and a new commanding officer, Cpt. Raymond Holt (Andre Braugher), is appointed. This puts a conflict between Jake and Holt due to their respective methods in the field.
The pilot was watched by 6.17 million viewers, the most watched show on Fox that day and earned positive reviews from critics, who cited the performances and the setting as highlights.
Plot
NYPD detectives Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg) and Amy Santiago (Melissa Fumero) investigate a robbery at an electronics store, where Jake is giving a dramatic speech from Donnie Brasco and begins playing with the store’s remaining merchandise. Despite his childish behavior, Jake solves the crime when he discovers a teddy bear with a webcam that filmed the event. Amy disapproves of this, saying he just got "lucky".
In the 99th precinct morning briefing, Sgt. Terry Jeffords (Terry Crews) announces the arrival of a new captain. This annoys Jake, who had had a keen relationship with the previous captain, an irresponsible person who let him do whatever he wanted, and satisfies Amy. Cpt. Raymond Jacob Holt (Andre Braugher) enters exactly when Jake is mocking him and then makes him repeat every word using the same robotic voice. He tells Jake to begin wearing a necktie, which Jake disapproves of. Meanwhile, Charles Boyle (Joe Lo Truglio) asks Gina Linetti (Chelsea Peretti) for advice on asking Rosa out, but isn’t Rosa’s type.
Raymond meets with Terry to be given a briefing on the precinct. He is informed about Rosa, a scary and tough detective; Charles, a clumsy but honest and hardworking detective; Gina, an egomaniacal civilian administrator; Amy, a hard-working and competitive detective who has seven brothers and keeps trying to prove she’s tough; and Jake, a childish, yet extremely talented detective whose only unsolved puzzle is how to be mature. Terry, who has two twin daughters named Cagney and Lacey, is on administrative leave due to an incident a year ago where he freaked out and shot a mannequin during a mission he and Jake were assigned to. Gina notifies Raymond that Jake and Amy are competing for the most crimes solved. If Amy wins, she will get Jake's car; and if Jake wins, Amy will go on a date with him. Gina outlines the seriousness of this bet to them, and Terry explains how it has boosted their arrest numbers—Charles asks to take Rosa to the film festival, which she agrees to do, but suggests he pick a good movie, better than Citizen Kane, which she finds terrible, after he suggests it.
The detectives are working on the murder of Henry Morgenthau, a luxury food importer who was killed in his apartment, and Jake and Amy go door to door questioning residents on Henry’s murder, including a distinctly, slightly goofily, vaguely Eastern European accented man named Mlepnos (Fred Armisen)—with a silent clay in the name. Jake and Charles interrogate Ratko (Nick Gracer), a Serbian butcher, who could be involved in the crime, but he escapes. Due to his actions, Jake is assigned to the records room, where he finds new evidence against Ratko, who usually spends time in a storage unit in Boerum Hill. In the bullpen, Charles tells Rosa that he bought tickets to all of the movies at the film festival. age unit, where Jake learns that Raymond is gay. Ratko enters the storage facility and the team divides up to find him. They manage to catch Ratko before he escapes again. Jake also realizes that Raymond wanted him to wear a tie because it represented the feeling of being in a team, but he also forgot to take off a speedo, a tie around his stomach, he had put on earlier.
On May 8, 2013, Fox placed a thirteen-episode order for the single-camera ensemble comedy.[1][2][3] The series was picked up for a full season of 22 episodes in October 2013.[4]Andy Samberg described the show as "It's stuff The Wire touched on a lot." Samberg took days after being offered the role to sign on, explaining, "Well, I hadn't seen a script. And I just did seven years on SNL. There was no doubt in my mind I wanted to work with Mike and Dan and that I liked the premise of the show, but if it works, it will be years of my life."[5]
Filming
The series is filmed at CBS Studio Center in Studio City, Los Angeles.[6] The exterior view of the fictional 99th Precinct building, complete with numerous NYPD vehicles parked in front of it, is the actual 78th Precinct building at the corner of Sixth Avenue and Bergen Street, one block south of the Barclays Center and one block east of the Bergen Street station on the New York City Subway's 2,3, and4routes.[7]
Reception
Viewers
In its original American broadcast, "Pilot" was seen by an estimated 6.17 million household viewers and gained a 2.6/8 ratings share among adults aged 18–49, according to Nielsen Media Research.[8] This means that 2.6 percent of all households with televisions watched the episode, while 8 percent of all households watching television at that time watched it. With these ratings, Brooklyn Nine-Nine was the second most watched show on FOX for the night, beating Dads and The Mindy Project but behind New Girl, first on its timeslot and second for the night in the 18-49 demographics, behind New Girl.
Critical reviews
"Pilot" received positive reviews from critics. Roth Cornet of IGN gave the episode a "good" 7.9 out of 10 and wrote, "The pedigree attached is impressive, which may create some overly elevated expectations. Brooklyn Nine-Nine, like most freshman series, is still finding its bearings. The pilot is solid, but doesn’t serve-up non-stop, laugh-out-loud, hilarity. It's possible that the show will eventually deliver weekly doses of gut-busting comedy, but for now, it's unmanifested potential. The series opener offers a strong start, with good doses of humor, and engaging and entertaining characters, though. It's certainly worth tuning in for."[9]
Molly Eichel of The A.V. Club gave the episode a "B+" grade and wrote, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine's theme riffs on the Beastie Boys' 'Sabotage,' right before Adrock comes in with the first verse (everybody now, “I can’t stand it, I know you planned it...'). It's a nod to Spike Jonze's epic, iconic video for the song, featuring the mustachioed-out Beasties in full on homage mode to cop shows of the '70s. Brooklyn Nine-Nine takes that inherent goofiness and uses it as a tonal undercurrent."[10]
Aaron Channon of Paste gave the episode a 7 out of 10 and wrote, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine showcases several good-to-exceptional talents in its premiere episode and manages to do so without embarrassing itself. But it will have to find its footing quickly if it is to find the success of other workplace comedies of the past decade."[11]
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