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Bad news: Brooklyn Nine-Nine is still a cop show. The good news is, though, whatever a single half-hour broadcast comedy could possibly do to chip away at America’s hero-cop mythology, Brooklyn Nine-Nine is, in this final season, committed to at least trying. ... These episodes are just as joke-dense and fun as their funniest pre-Season 8 episodes have been, everyone from the main cast down to the guest stars putting in their full 9-9%.
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None of the five episodes provided for review contain any reasons for fans to turn it off, I'm happy to report. Indeed, the show incorporates our changed view of policing into a season-long arc involving McGinley while still finding time for farcical misadventures. ... It's about the people, and at the end of the day they still make the case that we can find comfort in hanging out with them for little while longer.
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"Nine-Nine" goes out on a semi-serious note, and for the most part, effectively.
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Some of the season’s episodes largely ignore the cultural context altogether. Each is compelling on its own, but there’s no overall sense of direction. ... Brooklyn Nine-Nine does the best job possible of acknowledging the problem with portraying cops as uncomplicated heroes while still remaining a good-natured, funny show, but it feels fitting, and fortunate, that this is its final season.
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I was slightly dubious about how effective the show would be in making this pivot. In the end, though, it works pretty well. ... At the same time, there’s still a good deal of cognitive dissonance inherent to Brooklyn Nine-Nine. ... I’m happy that a sitcom that’s delivered so many hard laughs over the years has had the chance to go out on its own terms—nudging its audience toward a greater awareness of what other cop shows are trying to sell in the process.
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It’s admittedly a bit much to ask Mike Schur and a bunch of comedians to try to dismantle the entire policing system brick by brick, especially over a single season of television. But the dissonance is still there, and not even our boys and girls in blue can ignore it any longer. They’re being thoughtful about it, but the jury’s still out as to whether that’s enough, or just (forgive me) a cop-out.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 15 out of 33
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Mixed: 5 out of 33
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Negative: 13 out of 33
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