The season kicked off with a bold departure: . Watching Jake navigate prison life with a cannibal cellmate (played by the brilliant Tim Meadows) was the kind of weird, high-stakes comedy only this show could pull off. It proved the series wasn’t afraid to break its status quo to find new ways to make us laugh. The Crown Jewel: "The Box"
brooklyn nine-nine (@peraltiago) • Instagram photos and videos Brooklyn Nine-Nine - Season 5
You can't talk about Season 5 without mentioning . Often cited by fans and critics as the best episode of the entire series, this "bottle episode" stripped away the subplots and locked Jake and Captain Holt in an interrogation room with a suspect played by Sterling K. Brown. It was a masterclass in writing that proved Brooklyn Nine-Nine could be as tense as any prestige drama while still landing every joke. Milestones and "Toit Nups" This season was also a year of massive character growth: The season kicked off with a bold departure: