It’s the first, or should I say last, entry that is the most difficult to properly define. The hardest episodes to choose for this list aren’t my top 10 or 20. Which also happens to be the title of your sex tape.

If your favorites aren’t ranked as you’d like: try not to get too upset. To steal a line from Neil Miller: remember that this is our list. In a sea of hilarious episodes that make up Brooklyn Nine Nine’s service record, these episodes still fare better than anything you’ll find on CBS. Any episode in the bottom half of the list may have its problems like early season jitters, unintentionally uncomfortable running gags, or simply being a teeny bit forgettable, but they’ll always have multiple laugh out loud jokes. If you are looking for some schadenfreude, check Twitter.

Much like my esteemed colleague Liz Baessler’s affirmation before her incredible It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia ranking, no episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine is unfunny. Because of this, ‘The Fugitive’ is ranked as one, hour-long episode to make a total of 142 stories. Here’s the catch though: “The Fugitive” aired over the course of one night (New Years Day 2017) while ‘Coral Palms’ and ‘The Big House’ played out over two to three weeks. There are 143 official episodes of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, including the Season Five two-parter “The Big House”, the Season Four three-parter “Coral Palms” and Season Four’s extended episode “The Fugitive”. Over five years later, the happenstance still blows my mind.īut enough of my Nine-Nine related anecdotes, you’re all here for these rankings! We couldn’t believe the serendipity, almost too cosmic to be a coincidence. It was the same building on our corner! The 99th precinct is actually New York’s 78th. When Brooklyn Nine-Nine returned though, it opened on a wide establishing shot of the fictional Ninety-Ninth precinct. We couldn’t place it, but it was familiar. The entire city has been shot one way or another, so maybe we recognized it from a film? While the Nine-Nine was on winter break and we moved, we would pass by a massive building a block from our first official New York home. We didn’t need to see any other apartments after that. The unit we were meant to view had already been rented, so our broker stopped by a spacious apartment with roof access and a view of the Manhattan skyline. It looked fun! But after the package of clips and interviews cycled through for the 20th time on the three hour flight, I suddenly felt like I was trapped in a Sartre sitcom starring Andy Samberg.Īfter nestling into Harlem we finally checked out the show, and by the first string of holiday episodes, we were hooked.Ī month later, we moved to Brooklyn. Our plane to New York’s in-flight entertainment was Brooklyn Nine-Nine, a silly cop show featuring Andre Braugher, otherwise known to a Horror junkie like myself as that neighbor from The Mist.

Our sights were set on Brooklyn, but in transition, we settled on a small sublet in Harlem from a very kind Broadway actress. My soon-to-be-wife and I packed up our very fortunate lives in Austin to chase our dreams in New York City. Why? Because the Nine-Nine served my old neighborhood. I’m biased when it comes to Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

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