First of all anyone who says this is the "spiritual successor" to Barney Miller is smoking crack. Barney Miller focused on the cops, the perps, and the day-to-day problems in the precinct (Internal Affairs, Luger, etc.) The Nine-Nine is more concerned with the comedy. If any of Barney's detectives had acted like any of these guys, he would have shot them, or quit! A contest to see who can stay in a chair the longest? The Jimmy Jab Games? Other than A) being funny and B) having to do with NYC cops, the shows are nothing alike.
Anyway, that said, this show does have funny moments, and as such it's worth coming back to watch each new episode. But they are mostly just "funny moments." Something about the directing, or the pace, I'm not sure what, always leaves me feeling like it was a collection of one-liners. It's often choppy between one line and the next, it's often too fast-paced for me to figure out what's going on, and some of the actors (notably Samberg and Beatriz) speak so fast that I don't always catch what they're saying.
We will keep watching it, though, until it sours.
Anyway, that said, this show does have funny moments, and as such it's worth coming back to watch each new episode. But they are mostly just "funny moments." Something about the directing, or the pace, I'm not sure what, always leaves me feeling like it was a collection of one-liners. It's often choppy between one line and the next, it's often too fast-paced for me to figure out what's going on, and some of the actors (notably Samberg and Beatriz) speak so fast that I don't always catch what they're saying.
We will keep watching it, though, until it sours.