Halloween (''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'')

"Halloween"
Brooklyn Nine-Nine episode
Episode no. Season 1
Episode 6
Directed by Dean Holland
Written by Lesley Arfin
Produced by
Production code 107
Original air date October 22, 2013
Running time 22 minutes
Guest appearance(s)
  • Dirk Blocker as Detective Michael Hitchcock
  • Joel McKinnon Miller as Detective Norman "Norm" Scully
  • John Ross Bowie as Sister Steve
  • Phil Abrams as Uncle Bob
  • Christina Brown as Sexy Robot
  • Kanin Howell as Banana Perp
  • Justin McCully as Tarzan
  • Nick Nicotera as Royal Baby #3
  • Kat Palardy as Raggedy Ann
  • Miles Platt as Young Jake
  • Jimmy Smagula as John Perpton

"Halloween" is the sixth episode of the first season of the American television police sitcom series Brooklyn Nine-Nine. It is the 6th overall episode of the series and is written by Lesley Arfin and directed by Dean Holland. It aired on Fox in the United States on October 22, 2013. It is the sixth episode to be broadcast but it's the seventh episode to be produced.

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 in the precinct 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 is retiring and a new commanding officer, Cpt. Raymond Holt (Andre Braugher) is appointed as the newest Captain. This puts a conflict between Jake and Holt for their respective methods in the field. In the episode, Amy and Boyle are assigned to assist in a drug case during Halloween, much to Amy's dismay as she hates the holiday. Also, Jake and Holt hold up a competition where Jake will have to steal his Medal before midnight to prove he can't be caught. Also, Terry sets to find out Rosa's secret.

The episode was seen by an estimated 3.77 million household viewers and gained a 1.5/4 ratings share among adults aged 18–49, according to Nielsen Media Research. The episode received mostly positive reviews from critics, who praised the episode's plot execution and Samberg's and Braugher's performances.

Plot

It's Halloween but Amy (Melissa Fumero) is the only one who despises it, citing the low standard everyone makes of it. While talking to the gang, Jake (Andy Samberg) tells that no one would catch him if he were a criminal. Holt (Andre Braugher) overhears and tells him he would catch him easily. They then decide to make a bet: Jake will need to rob Holt's Medal of Valor by midnight. If Jake wins, Holt will need to make his paperwork and call him his greatest detective; and if Holt wins, Jake will have to work five weekends with no extra salary.

Terry (Terry Crews) finds that Rosa (Stephanie Beatriz) went to a catholic school until she decided to leave it and sets to find why did she leave it. Meanwhile, Amy and Boyle (Joe Lo Truglio) are assigned a case to bust a drug dealing in a Halloween party, which involves costuming, to Amy's dismay. Due to Amy's insecurity with the costume, she pays Hitchcock (Dirk Blocker) to replace her. Jake uses many schemes in order to get into Holt's office, where the medal is secured into a secured vault that can only be accessed with a key and a code that only Holt has but causes problems as falling through a vent and failing to replicate the key.

Terry contacts the catholic school and finds that Rosa was a good student and left voluntarily to enter a ballet academy. He decides not to tell anyone about it. Holt is sent to the interrogation after Jake was arrested for trying to climb the building with a blowtorch. However, Jake reveals to Holt his plan: he used Rosa to open the cabinet, Terry and Amy to open the office's window and Terry and Boyle to detect Holt's fingerprints on the phone with a plastic paper and use it to open the vault. Jake ends up winning the bet and Holt begins working on the paperwork. The episode ends as Rosa attacks an escapee inmate, telling Terry that she left the school for punching a mate.

Reception

Viewers

In its original American broadcast, "Halloween" was seen by an estimated 3.77 million household viewers and gained a 1.6/4 ratings share among adults aged 18–49, according to Nielsen Media Research.[1] This was a slight increase in viewership from the previous episode, which was watched by 3.43 million viewers with a 1.5/4 in the 18-49 demographics.[2] This means that 1.6 percent of all households with televisions watched the episode, while 4 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, fourth on its timeslot and ninth for the night in the 18-49 demographics, behind The Goldbergs, New Girl, The Biggest Loser, Chicago Fire, Person of Interest, NCIS: Los Angeles, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and NCIS.

Critical reviews

"Halloween" received mostly positive reviews from critics. Roth Cornet of IGN gave the episode a "great" 8.0 out of 10 and wrote, "There are those who don't care for holiday-themed episodes of television, but I've always had a fondness for them. There are certain standard storylines that are utilized, sure, but there are certain behaviors that we see repeated in our lives around the holidays: over-enthusiasm, under-enthusiasm, and all around grinchyness to name a few. In that way it feels as though the TV tropes are fairly in sync with the world and regular holiday happenings. A character's response to the festivities will often reveal things about them that other circumstances may not."[3]

Molly Eichel of The A.V. Club gave the episode a "A-" grade and wrote, "'Halloween' is a holiday-themed episode, which ostensibly dooms it to cliche from the start. Then other layers of overdone are packed into the plot: distaste for a holiday that leads to learning the lesson of said holiday, the co-worker with a secret, challenges accepted. But 'Halloween' all worked in a way that on paper it really shouldn't have, in part because the main plot could have happened during any episode, holiday-themed or not. It was augmented by the Halloween backdrop, but it certainly wasn't dependent on it."[4]

References

  1. ↑ Gorman, Bill (October 23, 2013). "Tuesday Final Ratings: 'The Voice', 'Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' & 'Supernatural' Adjusted Up; 'NCIS: Los Angeles' & 'The Mindy Project' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  2. ↑ Gorman, Bill (October 16, 2013). "Tuesday Final Ratings: 'NCIS', 'Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D,' 'The Biggest Loser', 'Dads' & 'Person of Interest' Adjusted Up; 'Chicago Fire' & 'Supernatural Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  3. ↑ Cornet, Roth (October 23, 2013). "Brooklyn Nine-Nine: "Halloween" Review". IGN. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  4. ↑ Eichel, Molly (October 22, 2013). "Brooklyn Nine-Nine: "Halloween"". The A.V. Club. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
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