While the precinct was dealing with their problems of birthday parties and snacking, Jake was on the trail of a serial killer who had been at large for years: The Oolong Slayer. Since it’s a friendship Brooklyn Nine-NineÂ doesn’t often explore, it was nice seeing Boyle and Terry interact. It was Boyle who had to talk him down from this spiral and help him realize that there are better ways to deal with the stress. Like so many of us do, he started stress eating and immediately began gaining weight. With the stress of having a third child on the way, Terry has not been dealing with everything going on in his life, and food was the perfect outlet for him. With everyone satisfied with this result, Amy once again proved that a little research can go a long way.Īnother unlikely duo were paired together in this episode when Boyle gave Terry one of his favorite snacks, and Terry immediately became addicted.

Knowing that there’s nothing the Vulture loves more than himself, they invited his band to play at his own birthday party. In the end, though, Amy was able to win Rosa’s respect when her research yielded the discovery of the Vulture being in a band. Throughout the episode, Amy struggled to plan the perfect party for the Vulture while Rosa threw out some half-hearted ideas. On one hand, we have Amy, who wants to impress whoever is in charge and gives her all one hundred percent of the time on the other is Rosa, who frankly couldn’t care less unless it was something she deemed important. It’s always fun to see these two women work together, as they’re complete opposites from each other in how they view work. This week, he tasked Amy and Rosa with planning him a birthday party, a task that Amy, true to form, took very seriously. The Vulture’s shtick at this point has started to get old, with his character being fairly stereotypical and one-dimensional, not bringing much to the table in terms of story or comedy.

All of this helped make an episode that was light on laughs but still highly enjoyable. Meanwhile, Jake, Holt, and Gina worked a case together, bringing back an element of the show that hooked the audience from the start: Jake and Holt’s relationship. At the same time, we were also gifted a Terry/Boyle story, as Terry struggled with the stress of being a father on top of the responsibilities of his job. We were able to see Amy and Rosa, who do not interact nearly enough, come together and try to plan a birthday party for the Vulture. While this week’sÂ Brooklyn Nine-Nine may not have been the show’s most humorous episode ever, it made up for it with interesting character moments and rare pairings.

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