Chocolate Milk (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
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Episode 2
| "Chocolate Milk" | |
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| Brooklyn Nine-Nine episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 2 |
| Directed by | Fred Goss |
| Written by | Gabe Liedman |
| Cinematography by | Giovani Lampassi |
| Editing by | Cortney Carrillo |
| Production code | 202 |
| Original air date | October 5, 2014 |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Guest appearances | |
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"Chocolate Milk" is the second episode of the second season of the American television police sitcom series Brooklyn Nine-Nine. It is the 24th overall episode of the series and is written by co-executive producer Gabe Liedman and directed by Fred Goss. It aired on Fox in the United States on October 5, 2014.
The show revolves around the fictitious 99th precinct of the New York Police Department in Brooklyn and the officers and detectives that work in the precinct. Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg) is an immature yet very talented detective in the precinct with an astounding record of crimes solved, putting him in a competition with fellow detective Amy Santiago (Melissa Fumero). The precinct's status changes when the Captain is retiring and a new commanding officer, Cpt. Raymond Holt (Andre Braugher) is appointed as the newest Captain. This creates a conflict between Jake and Holt over their respective methods in the field. In the episode, Jake helps out Terry when he plans to get a vasectomy. Meanwhile, Holt finds out that there's a new Deputy Commissioner who may make his life a living hell.
The episode was seen by an estimated 3.31 million household viewers and gained a 1.6/4 ratings share among adults aged 18–49, according to Nielsen Media Research. The episode received mostly positive reviews from critics, who praised Terry Crews' performance and Sedgwick's guest performance.
Jake steps in to help Terry (Terry Crews), who has a medical appointment to get a vasectomy as they attempt to solve a case involving the stabbing of a chocolate milk restaurant owner, who believes his business partner was responsible. When Jake drives to pick Terry up from New York Presbyterian, he finds that they could not perform the surgery because they did not have enough anesthesia. At home, Terry, delirious from the anesthesia, confesses that he does not want a vasectomy and makes Jake promise to stop him.
The next morning, Jake quickly becomes frustrated when Terry denies his true feelings and has already scheduled a makeup appointment later that day. He makes multiple attempts to stop him, but is physically overpowered and disappointed when Terry insists he is "a work friend, not a friend-friend." Jake decides to support Terry regardless of his decision and arrives for Terry's second appointment, also solving the case in the process as on the way over he disproved the business partner's alibi. As Terry is wheeled into surgery, however, he panics and tries to escape. Later at his home, he apologizes to Jake for how he treated him and that he will talk with his wife about it.
Captain Holt's fears about the NYPD's reorganization are realized when his old adversary Madeleine Wuntch (Kyra Sedgwick), now a Deputy Chief,[1] shows up to conduct a critical review of the 99th's competence. Wuntch previously wanted to have intercourse with Holt, but was rejected, as Holt revealed he was gay. She has held grudges against him since then. Meanwhile, Boyle (Joe Lo Truglio) scrambles to find a date to the engagement party of his ex-wife and her boyfriend (who are also his landlords). Eventually, Rosa Diaz (Stephanie Beatriz) steps in to help him out.