Blue Flu

This episode, like the first one, does not tell a funny story with loveable characters. It tries to teach viewers a lesson. The lesson? Cops bad less cops good (the lack of articulation imitates the subtlety of the writers). The show was hijacked by modern-day preachers.

This episode was hilarious. The trident scene was genuinely really funny. They addressed police issues in a more satirical way, because obviously this wouldn't happen. Don't know why they wrote in the Boyle testical cancer sideplot but out of it we got a pretty genuine moment. Dislike how they blueballed us at the end there but lets be real, we'll never know.

The defund the police agenda making it's way to b99.

Just a quick preamble: If you're an adult who uses words or phrases like 'woke,' 'liberal,' 'virtual signaling,' 'cancel culture,' or 'agenda' when angrily describing something that has forced you to recognize perspectives other than your own, you should probably grow up, and also recognize your review will be saying way more about the nature of you as a person than it will be about the content you're complaining about.

That being said, if you also claim that films and tv should just 'stick to entertainment,' you're clearly (most likely intentionally) ignoring the important Hollywood as a platform means during these turbulent times. The best art, even a silly sitcom about cops, has always echoed our political and social consciousness. It would be impossible for a show like Brooklyn Nine-Nine to continue operating in it's fantasy world of goofy, well-meaning, ultra moral police officers when we see in real life it's very much not the case. The new outlook on police scrutiny cannot be ignored. I recognize that it's been occasionally heavy-handed, and easily telegraphed, but you HAVE to expect it is going to be, at least for a while while we as a nation addresses the very real issues with policing that exist. Personally, I think it's been handled about as delicately as it can.

I actually thought the show would cancel this last season, but they didn't, and here we are. I'm not going to tell you that it's hit the highs of earlier seasons so far, but do not let anyone tell you that the show is drastically different now. The show is (obviously, necessarily) attempting to include the National conversation in their plot lines, and, while they may not be as irreverently funny as storylines past, it would irresponsible to do otherwise. If you actually enjoy the show, and you're not just someone waiting on the next conservative outrage talking point, you'll probably still enjoy it.

I undestand why B99 finds the need to talk about police problems, but this is not the way to do it.

Having a police comedy bashing on real police is just sad.

They could use the show to show that there is good guys in both sides, but they dont.

That is the problem about this episode.

Is not bad as the first one, but is not even close to what B99 used to be.

They could have use this episode to show that the Police is also suffering with this situation.

When politics becames the main thing in a show that is not about politics... is always bad.