TL;DR – After six years, will the annual heist be a
dull affair, no of course not.
Score – 4 out of 5 stars
Review –
Throughout Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s
history, there have been a number of running jokes and the most recurrent of
these is the Halloween heist. For me, the original heist episode all the way
back in Season One was one of the episodes that elevated the show from being
just fun to something more. However, after six times around is there anything
new you can do with this idea, indeed Rosa (Stephanie Beatriz) calls out this
very sentiment, but I think the show still has a few surprises left.
So to set the scene, it is Cinco de Mayo and Terry (Terry Crews) is stress
eating because it is the day he is taking his lieutenants exam. As a way to
help take his mind off it Jake (Andy Samberg) and Captain Holt (Andre Braugher)
both suggest that they run their annual heist today as they could not run it on
Halloween because of a gas pipe explosion. Soon it is decided that the teams
will be Terry and Jake vs Holt and Amy (Melissa Fumero), because Rosa and
Charles (Joe Lo Truglio) are over it. All they have to do is get Scully’s (Joel
McKinnon Miller) medical alert bracelet by the end of the night, which can’t be
too hard … right. Now
from here, we will be looking at the episode as a whole, so there will be some
[SPOILERS] ahead.
Where
B99 excels is in its character interactions
and over the years the heist episode has been used to show those interactions
off in a more dysfunctional way. Indeed, that’s why last season’s wedding
proposal at the end was such a curveball because it was a moment of wholesomeness
in amongst it all. However, each year the heists get more crazier and the
outcomes become more absurd that surely at some point they will hit a ceiling. I
had concerns that this episode would be it as everyone backstabs and betrays
everyone else.
However, when it comes to a good heist story you need three things, the setup,
the confusion, and then the reveal. The setup is the heist is there to help
distract Terry on his big day. The confusion is everyone turning on everyone,
like Scully having a secret twin brother, Bill (Winston Story) being still
alive, and Kevin (Marc Evan Jackson) getting into the action. Now, of course,
this leaves the reveal, that for the last 6 months Terry has been playing
everyone. Historically Terry has been seen as almost a joke character in these heists,
so to see him manipulate everyone was a lot of fun. Made even better by the
final reveal.
In the end, do we recommend Cinco de Mayo? Yes. I had a fear that this joke might have worn itself out by now, but I was happy to be wrong. The interesting thing will be, that with a seventh season, can they outdo themselves again?
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Credits – All images were created by the cast, crew, and production companies of Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Directed by – Rebecca Asher
Written by – David Phillips
Created by – Dan Goor & Michael Schur
Production/Distribution Companies – Fremulon, Dr. Goor Productions, 3 Arts Entertainment, Universal Television, NBCUniversal & SBS Viceland.
Starring in Season Six – Andy Samberg, Stephanie Beatriz, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero, Joe Lo Truglio, Dirk Blocker, Joel McKinnon Miller & Andre Braugher with Marc Evan Jackson, Winston Story, Jake Green, and Tony Nunes.
