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Don't forget that this is the second episode where Jake plays guitar and screams in order to get someone to confess. Perfect callback

The dentist's insecurity is also revealed early on as he becomes agitated when Holt is sneering that dentists aren't real doctors . He manages to flip it back on Holt so his subtle loss of composure goes almost unnoticed.

Saying that Michael Schur "co-created parks and rec" is the definition of a understatement, he co-created parks and rec but also The Office, The good place and Brooklyn 99. Everything that guy touches turns to gold

There's also a ton of character and depth that doesn't actually get directly acknowledged in-show, but it's pretty clear that the writers intended it. Holt was always a bit of a stickler for the rules, but he became so obsessed with it because he had to. His superiors in the 80s would have taken any excuse to fire him and Holt worked hard to avoid that. The show is very much about him learning to trust and interact with his colleagues as a human. He spends a lot of time still afraid that some of his friends will still want to destroy him because he is black or gay.

Captain Raymond J. Holt is one of the most well rounded, hilarious and heartfelt characters ever written on the t.v. screen. I'll be sad to say goodbye.

Why I love the show: No Background laughing. Balances Comedy and Action. Great Cast. Terrific Cold opens. Memorable moments. Need I say more?

The guitar goes back to a season 1 episode, in which Peralta has hastily and without proof aprehended a suspect (Btw Kid Cudy does a great job here) so he has to obtain a confession or evidence before 48 hours. So Amy says: What's your plan? Annoy him until confesses? Then quick cut to peralta doing the same bad guitar and screaming. Next scene, peralta is going back to the team saying "It didn't work" So, whats funny about that? Clearly annoy someone until confeses is a tool that Peralta still has under his arsenal.

I've rewatched this episode about 8 times. Everthing about it is perfect. Sterling K. Brown is amazing. I wish Brooklyn 99 did these smaller, one storyline episodes more

What I really love about the episode is that it reaffirms the fact that Jake is actually a brilliant detective.

Brooklyn 99 and Good Place made me cry over family situations more than most family dramas to be honest.

To make a protagonist compelling, they need a good villain. And this episode did both of them right.

I knew what episode it was without even clicking. Bottle episodes are hard to do but when done right dialogue based episodes with a small cast and 1 or 2 sets like this have the potential to be the best

Brooklyn Nine-Nine is one of my favourite shows ever. The 3 reasons are: It goes big and over-the-top just so it can make a joke funnier. Its timing. Its surprisingly effective dramatic scenes. Also, every single Halloween Heist episode is worth watching the ENTIRE show. Great comedy!

When the clip with Terry saying Nine-Nine popped up, I automatically yelled Nine-Nine and probably have woken up my parents. Worth it

Peralta throwing the chair and bouncing back at him is like me trying to throwing my responsibility

Drew Gooden did a video on efficiency in comedy between ‘the office’ and ‘friends’ and planned on using the highest-rated episodes of each, and they both coincidentally were season 5, episode 14. Is there some sort of spell cast on s5 ep14’s???

RIP Andre, we will all miss your talent and your heart

The guitar is also a great gag because its a callback to S01E07 where he interrogates someone the exact same way. It's a really short cut-away, but that was FIVE SEASONS AGO! The reward is so good.

Interesting to note that it's also the episode that features the least of the other characters. Jake is what drives the show and he bounces off of holt really well.

This is one of my go to episodes for introducing people to this show. It covers the show’s whole tonal range without requiring any knowledge of the previous episodes to understand.

RIP Captain Raymond Holt. What an amazing performance!

It super sad to see it’s gonna end. I’ve been watching this since I was 9. Feels like so long ago. Also The Box is definitely my favorite episode. I watched it 4 times in a row

Sterling K Brown kills it in this episode. One reason why it’s my favorite of the whole series.

This show is damn near perfect and needs to be regarded as highly as The Office and Parks and Rec.

*Nobody* going to mention that for several seasons of Homicide: Life on the Street, Andre Braugher played a homicide detective whose ability to get confessions during interrogations was legendary? Man won an Emmy for it, and this episode is homage to it, but whatever I guess

i went into the show thinking it would just be a silly comedy with some of my favourite actors but i got genuinely emotionally invested and teared up at some points, especially near the end of the last few seasons

Rip Andre you were an amazing actor

Great to see this show get its time to shine

for me Brooklyn 99 is something I watch while gaming, eating, before going to sleep etc, but when I landed on this episode i was torn away. You described technically exactly what I felt watching it. I watched the episode twice in a row because I think it's been months or maybe years since I found something so simple and deep at the same time.

Captain Holt deserves so much hype. What a legend 😊

Couldn't agree more. This is hands down my favorite episode.

What made this episode so special is that the interrogation room was darker. It's usually dim but this is just whole darkness in the corners, only focused on the suspect and police. It gives me the vibe of how serious and intelligent the dentist is, and how difficult the case was gonna be bc of him.

To this day, I have rewatched this episode easily 50 times. It IS perfect, and the fact that no other cast member appears other than Boyle for 1 second is a testament of what carries it.

This makes me want to watch the cold open where Jake has all of the suspects at the line up sing "I want it that way"

I finished watching Bojack Horseman a couple months ago and remember being so down and depressed by its finale. It has become my favourite animated series, I can’t explain how a “comedy” show is so deep and existential. I thought it would be a perfect topic for one of your videos, because of how good your analysis are. I really hope you could dedicate a video to it, really love your channel ❤️

one of the best episodes of any show, glad to see a great video about it

I am surprised the video doesn’t mention “Homicide: Life on the Streets”. An excellent police drama from the 90s featuring Braugher. Set in Baltimore and based on a book by David Simon (creator of The Wire), Braugher was excellent in that series. And there is an early episode which is pretty much the same concept as this one - all set in the interrogation room. Featuring Braugher and his partner. It is incredible television. For many of us who were huge fans of Homicide, it’s been a delight to see Braugher in this role in Brooklyn 99. And, nicely, he’s a rather different character than his Homicide counterpart. Oh man. But I highly recommend tracking down that show. The conversations between Braugher and partner played by Kyle Secor are brilliant. But! Anyways, there were a few of us old Homicide fans that were excited to see this episode of 99. It feels like a possible tribute to a legendary episode of an underrated series also featuring Braugher. Aside from the general conceit the episodes play out differently, rather than having a Braugher re-create the older episode. If the episode can be found (I am not sure if the Homicide series is easily accessible these days), it would be interesting to do a feature on it and compare.

You forgot about just talking about when Holt was set off by dentists co-opting being a doctor. That was probably the funniest thing in the whole episode and felt real unlike the other funny stuff.

I feel that this episode should have definitely won an Emmy. I don’t know how it was overlooked!

What I loved about this show is that diversity wasn't pushed down our throats. The characters are more than just gays, blacks, hispanics etc. Their whole character arc wasn't just centered around just one aspect of them.

This is absolutely the best episode from this show. And there is a lot of excellent episodes. But this one was different.

it's my favorite brooklyn 99 episode, it's amazing how they got the serious tone perfect for this episode, the low lights, everything happening in the same place, the tension... it's perfect

I can hear peralta's "oh my god" and Holt's "peralta!" even without the audio

I watched this show all the time with my Father. I miss him.

Thé most badass confrontation in a sitcom. Both actors nailed it and the setup was amazing. Definitely a favourite episode!

Sterling K. Brown also has the best delivery of "Shrek" in any media.

what also made the episode stand out is the fact that it’s tone and cinematography is much more serious than their normal episodes are. u can feel the tension of peralta and phillip; the darkness of the tone makes it very different and lets you root more for the protagonist

I never thought that almost 22 minutes of dialogue from 6 characters could be so exciting.

can we appreciate the structure and thought that went into this video. the summary of the plot was amazing and the comparison of comedy with the kite was soo clever and well thought out. As well as the whole analization of what made the episode perfect. You're amazing at this!! you deserve to be complimented🥰

I was kinda hoping it wasn't going to be The Box since it's already known as being such a great episode. I could have been exposed to something I hadn't considered before.

Hands down one of the greatest shows you can watch

This show got my out of some of the darkest times in my life. Love the deep, innocent, inoffensive humor

When holy loses it about the “doctorate” was one of my favorite parts of that episode

This is my fav episode so I feel validated watching this lmao

A phenomenal episode. Always an instant rewatch.

It had a small budget, but still became one of the best episodes in the show.

This episode is, by far, the best one of the whole series and one of the greatest of any cop show there is. Hands down.

Might be my favorite Nerdstalgic video! Tsym for posting a b99 video! :D

Andy's face right after the confession is one of my favourite moments in B99.

This is my favorite episode of the season! So good!! I’m glad you made this video 😄

I knew this would be the episode you will analyse. Favourite episode of the series

I see this episode as the "dinner party" of brooklyn 99, since the two eps are praised to death by fans. It's a terrific episode for sure, but imo it lacks a bit without the rest of the ensemble.

Just came across this channel, and this is genius work. Extremely well thought, detailed but does not bore you. So captivating. Brilliant.

I wouldn't say this episode is the best - I prefer the earlier ones better - but just like the episode's structure explained in the video, its place in the series is a moment to take a breath from the "usual" plot lines/episodes. If that kind of episodes were more frequent, they would be part of the series' idea/approach/tenet, and wouldn't stand out. Also I felt like the quality the show had slightly started to go down from that season - yet much slower than most sitcoms at this stage - so having this episode kind of reaffirming the strengths of the show at that point felt really fresh.

"The Box" was a very good "bottle episode". You get to see how well all three main actors can act.

This is my absolute favorite episode of the entire series. When it first aired and B99's future at the time was unknown, I felt that if this had been moved to the end of the season to be their final episode after all of the story arcs had concluded, I would have been happy. It is just such an fantastic episode in terms of the the comedy, the Holt and Jake's relationship, and the drama B99 holds. I remember falling out of my seat laughing when the chair hit Jake. While I am happy with how the series did eventually end, this would have been a good episode to go out on

Ive watchedd this show about 4 times now its my favoriter show of all time and i felt like you chose the perfect (and my fav) episode to breakdown, Great video!

RIP Andre Braugher, you were and will for ever be a legend.

This has always been my favorite episode, so happy to see it get the credit it deserves!!

This is my favorite episode of B99!! This is the one I'll rewatch constantly just on its own. I've made my family watch it multiple times too.

this is my favorite episode omg, Im so glad you guys did a vid on it

The Box is hands down one of the best episodes of anything to ever air on TV. It's genuinely that good.

This is my favorite sitcom of all time. I definitely agree, this episode perfectly balances comedy and drama. It's also smack dab in the middle of the show's best run of episodes ever.

While everything in this video is 100% accurate. The throwing the chair and bouncing back still makes me laugh cry. Every single time.

JUST WHEN I FINISHED THE SEASON 6 YOU UPLOAD THIS, MY FAVORITE EPISODE I'M SO EXCITED

the guitar thing was also a throwback

PLEASE stop mentioning all these great shows I missed! Community, now Brooklyn 99. There aren't enough hours in the day for this much good storytelling! (P.S. I'm just kidding, love your channel, thank you for recommending all of these incredible shows and I hope you have more in the future.

This episode is one of the greatest TV episode I have ever witnessed. It's an art

I thoroughly enjoyed this, thank you.

Thanks for the breakdown! This is my favourite episode from the series, btw.

Classic episode! Great breakdown!

Actually, it’s my favorite episode, thanks for the video

This is one of my favorite episodes of the show. It can easily be looked over and doesn’t do anything with any major plot lines but it’s so, so good

OMG, I watched this series like a week ago, I love it. Thanks for the video 👌🏼 this episode it's different but Wonderful, one of the best

This Episode is sheer perfection!

I wont deny that this episode is fantastic, and I'd argue one of the best in the series, but my problem is that I feel the show rarely reaches these dramatic highs. Sure its funny routinely, but drama like this, especially drama involving police work and ingenious solves comes far too infrequently in my opinion.

Excellent breakdown for an excellent episode!

Rest In Peace Andre Brauer. For us you are, and always will be our dearest Velvet Thunder!

simply brilliant.

Oh my god this is definitely my favorite episode

I remember watching that episode when it first aired. However I never analyzed it as deeply as you did in this video; well done. It's sad to see Brooklyn Nine-Nine ending, but it's probably for the best since we've seen what happens with shows that "jump the shark"

This is one of my favourite episodes and I have been waiting for the day somebody makes a video essay on it ^^

This is my favorite episode Of the show, it's such a perfect episode

"I can't go on a date with you... "We're doing a bottle episode!"

I remembering finishing that episode and just thinking “That was one of if not the best episode of Brooklyn Nine Nine”, so glad you made a video about it

Easily the best episode of the show

Yo shoutout to you’re a good man Charlie Brown with that kite scene. That’s awesome.

Your point about resting and taking time from the comedy reminds me of what makes jazz music so great. Knowing how to use pauses is as important as knowing how to add notes, and creating tension (going off the harmony) is fundamental before resolving it (going back to the harmony). It's easy to create a cookie cutter pop song, where everything is nice and according to the formula, but very hard to properly create and resolve tension.

Finally a good breakdown of my fav B99 episode