Brooklyn Nine-Nine 6.2 Recap: Precinct Studs Scully & Hitchcock?

Flashback to 1986, New York in a shady apartment. A drug deal is going down as two hunky gentlemen attempt to purchase two kilos of coke from a kingpin flanked by his muscle. Once there’s dope on the table, the buyers reveal they’re undercover NYPD and a skirmish follows. Once they capture their man, Gio Costa, the big reveal is they are the dynamic duo of Hitchcock and Scully.

[*Spoilers for 6.2 Ahead!]

Fast forward to the present. Since the closing of the basement at the end of last episode, morale at the Nine-Nine has sunk. The office is more cramped as the downstairs uniformed cops like Amy have moved upstairs with the plain clothes officers of our regular crew. The close quarters make everyone tense causing a war between the two building levels. A heated exchange occurs over the untidiness of the break room leading to Santiago to intentionally commit the faux pas of microwaving fish to stink up the joint. Meanwhile, Holt goes through speech exercises with Gina as he prepares for a press conference. He hopes to put pressure on the mayor by openly lambasting Commissioner Kelly’s policies on the news.

Additionally, the commissioner begins investigating the detectives of the precinct. Internal affairs reopen the drug case referenced in the beginning. Jake and Charles are tasked with getting to the bottom of things and ensure no wrongdoing occurred. Through their investigation, they find a bag of drug money was missing and confront their coworkers. Scully and Hitchcock have nothing to hide and even share their financial records. Other than frequent purchases at Hooters equivalent, Wing Slutz, the only thing that stands out is a payment for a monthly parking spot. The four travel to the parking spot and find Hitchcock’s sex van. While searching the van, Boyle and Peralta find the missing bag only empty. However, while they were rummaging for clues, Hitchcock and Scully slip away.

Back at the precinct, Holt is about to give his TV interview when the new commissioner shows up. Kelly threatens more reprisals if the captain talks to the media. Though in the standoff, Holt learns there is no internal affairs investigation. Cut back to Jake and Charles as they track down their missing friends at Wing Slutz. There, Hitchcock and Scully tell the truth. They were only able to arrest Costa because of an inside informant, who is now a waitress at the restaurant. Their bosses wouldn’t place their CI in witness protection so they gave her the missing money to help start a new life.

The IA investigation was a clever ruse so the cops could lead Costa to the informant. The criminal surrounds the building with his gang and traps our heroes. Perhaps giving a nod to their glory days, Scully and Hitchcock strap on some buckets of secret sauce for protection and storm out to confront their assailants in one last blaze of glory. When they step outside, they see the Nine-Nine has already taken care of everything. Holt knew something was fishy after his altercation with the commissioner. Costa breaks free and shoots the informant but Hitchcock and Scully dive in the way to take a bullet each. Lucky for them, the sauce is as effective as Kevlar and they are unharmed. After seeing his officers in danger and the negative impact his crusade for justice has on the precinct, Holt plans to still push back against the commissioner, but not at the Nine-Nine’s expense.

I never saw Holt not caring about anything as he tried to take down the commissioner. Obviously, his officers are important to him and he does not want them to suffer because of his pursuits. The sentiment is reciprocated by the whole precinct exemplified by Jake’s Freudian slip calling him Captain Dad. It was more fun seeing the Scully and Hitchcock of the past and how they weren’t always flatfoots and tomatoes. The flashback scenes could be a perfect introduction to a prequel spin off with the music, one liners and attitude. There’s already a catchy name, Flat Top and the Freak. Also, the origin story of the current iteration of the Nine-Nine veterans where they got hooked on the Wing Slutz wings and become unhealthy and fat afterwards was a nice touch.

My Favorite 3 Lines:

Amy: Ok, I think you know exactly what that sounds like. You upstairs people.

Diaz: Oh, thank you for that nice compliment.

Amy: It wasn’t a compliment and you know it. I said it with ‘tude.

Terry: Classic downstairs person.

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Hitchcock: I don’t have any retirement. I don’t have any security or a car. I rent most of my clothes.

Jake: We get it. You’re poor.

Hitchcock: I’m not just poor son. I’m destitute <winking>

Jake: Definitely, not a wink-able line.

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Boyle: I’m too nice. I let any random jerk suckle at the teat of my human kindness.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine airs Thursdays at 9:00 pm on NBC.