User Reviews

We generally greatly enjoy Brooklyn 99, despite occasional story lines and actions by the characters that are so childish and silly that they become annoying. But in general the program has real heart, the characters are (mostly) credible and sometimes grow and learn new things, the inclusive values are great, and any violence is fairly minimal, and played for comedic effect and in no way disturbing.

Until this episode. The very last second is so shockingly violent and so out of character that we could not believe it and were in shock. If the event had happened in an action movie, it would have been OK, as one is prepared for it. But this is a gentle comedy, for crying out loud! Why this sudden moment of extreme violence, with one character apparently killed off, even if it isn't shown in any graphic detail?

Someone in the room with us when watching has been in a few car accidents, and was pretty out of it afterwards, and she now no longer feels safe watching Brooklyn 99. Are sudden and totally unexpected moments of extreme violence like this going to happen again? We don't know, because this moment wasn't even mentioned in the. Violence & Gore section before I added it.