'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' Review: A Hilarious Take On Police Comedy

What is it about the cancellation of something that makes me want to watch/get into it? Like many others, I had skipped out on watching the Andy Samberg produced series 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' for the longest time - until word had come out that the series was on the verge of being cancelled. After hearing that I immediately set out on watching the first season and found myself quickly binge watching the entire series.Thankfully, Nine-Nine has been picked up by NBC and has avoided being axed entirely.

The show centers around Detective Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg) and his coworkers at the 99th precinct in the NYPD and the wild antics that come with working as a detective in what's arguably the craziest place to be a police officer. The first season sets the groundwork for the characters and their new captain Raymond Holt (Andre Braugher) who is initially robotic in his way of leading the 99.

Each episode splits the cast into different arcs that tend to spark some sense of competition or headbutting between the cast, but each episode typically end with character development and growth as they get over what initially had them arguing. The growth from episode to episode is consistent and isn't just reverted to the status quo. Comparing Jake to the rambunctious jokester he is in season 1 to the way he is in the newest season, shows that the writers understand how to keep a character grounded to his archetype but also change in a realistic way.

The show is less cynical and edgy as a lot of the shows that typically tend to make me laugh, but the humor found in Brooklyn Nine-Nine didn't make me laugh any less than a show like Always Sunny in Philadelphia. With a style that takes the best aspect of the unfunny flashback segments from Family Guy and makes them funny, Brooklyn Nine-Nine hasn't had a single episode that hasn't left me laughing.