Thanksgiving (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
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Episode 10
| "Thanksgiving" | |
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| Brooklyn Nine-Nine episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 10 |
| Directed by | Jorma Taccone |
| Written by | Luke Del Tredici |
| Cinematography by | Giovani Lampassi |
| Editing by | Sandra Montiel |
| Production code | 110 |
| Original air date | November 26, 2013 |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Guest appearances | |
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"Thanksgiving" is the tenth episode of the first season of the American television police sitcom series Brooklyn Nine-Nine. It was written by co-executive producer Luke Del Tredici and directed by Jorma Taccone, airing on Fox in the United States on November 26, 2013.
Amy prepares a Thanksgiving dinner for the precinct in an attempt to ask Holt to be her mentor. Jake continually mocks her attempt, as he hates Thanksgiving due to his familial issues, and he and Holt leave the dinner in order to investigate a robbery in the evidence locker. Santiago's dinner is a disaster due to her terrible cooking skills, and Charles Boyle tries desperately to save the evening. The episode was seen by an estimated 3.69 million household viewers and gained a 1.5/4 ratings share among adults aged 18–49, according to Nielsen Media Research. The episode received mostly positive reviews from critics, who praised Samberg's, Braugher's and Crews's performances.
In the cold open, the squad plays "Boyle Bingo", in which they filled out their cards with possible Thanksgiving scenarios for Charles Boyle (Joe Lo Truglio) such as saying 'gobble gobble gobble' and relating Thanksgiving Day trivia, with the winner receiving $100.
On Thanksgiving, Amy Santiago (Melissa Fumero) prepares dinner for the precinct at her apartment in an attempt to impress Captain Holt (Andre Braugher) and ask him to be her mentor. Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg), however, hates the holiday, and makes Holt promise that he (Jake) can take any new cases that come up, to get out of the dinner. Meanwhile, Terry has gone without food all day due to a refrigerator mishap, and by the time he arrives at dinner is desperate for food, needing 10,000 calories per day.
As Amy begins her 8-page toast, Holt is notified that someone has stolen money from the precinct's evidence locker, much to Peralta's joy, and both of them leave to investigate. Amy wants to wait for them, but an extremely agitated Terry demands they eat. However, the dinner turns sour when Amy's food tastes so terrible (due to her lack of cooking skills, such as substituting baking powder for salt in the mashed potatoes), no one can eat it.
Jake and Holt find the man who robbed the evidence locker, but discover the money is with the thief's bookie, in a crime organization operating at a Chinese casino. At Amy's apartment, no one has eaten because they have been clandestinely flushing the food down the toilet; Amy asks them to leave, but Charles, desperate to preserve Thanksgiving, takes them to Shaw's Bar. However, Amy tries to be reckless and ends up destroying a shelf, leading to them getting kicked out; they head to the precinct next. At the casino, Jake and Holt arrest the criminal gang and recover the stolen money. Jake then admits to Holt that he hates Thanksgiving because of both of his parents' absence during the holiday; Holt assures him that he needs to join the precinct, his "new family."
Holt joins the squad back at the precinct, and tells Amy that he has read her planned speech and offers her tips to improve it; she is ecstatic, as Holt is mentoring her. In the end, Boyle manages to save Thanksgiving dinner through a range of multiethnic takeout foods. Jake ends up taking Holt's advice and joining them for the feast. Jake's toast towards Holt and his coworkers leads Boyle to cry, which results in Jake winning "Boyle Bingo".