Now that The Good Place has officially ended, Brooklyn Nine-Nine is the one and only Mike Schur-created TV show on the air. After seven seasons, the show’s formula will be familiar to viewers: A new season-long villain will likely appear later in the season, ending in a cliffhanger that changes the status quo for a few episodes next season before repeating the process.Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season 1-8 Download.
Indeed, though the show is still a comedy, it has amassed a healthy number of villains throughout the years. From the Vulture, to The Butcher, to John Kelly, but none of them (with the exception of Doug Judy) remain as delightful as Madeline Wuntch (Kyra Sedgwick). From her hilarious back-and-forth jabs with Holt (Andre Braugher), to her professionalism that differentiates her from other villains. Last time we saw her, she helped the squad get rid of Commissioner Kelly before discovering Holt was made detective after simply a month, something that annoyed her to the point that she demoted the Captain and forced him to serve as a traffic control officer.
Season 7 picks up just a few days after this, with Holt now stuck in a post more menial than he was used to. But right before that we are reunited with the Nine-Nine in a fantastic cold open (though maybe a bit too long, as NBC allows the show to do longer openings) where Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg) argues who in the squad would win in a fight if they couldn’t use their arms (apparently, Hitchcock would bite harder). The episode then deals with Peralta being over the moon about leading a manhunt (and Boyle giving him his own theme song to the tune of “Maneater”) before running into “Captain Dad. I mean, Officer Holt. I mean, Officer Dad.”
The premiere makes good use of all its plots, with the main one being Peralta’s investigation of the assassination attempt, the B-plot being Holt’s dealing with his frustration over his new position, and the C-plot being a fun little side story involving Amy and the next step in her relationship with Jake.