User Reviews

Dillman is a pretty good guest character, and J.K. is great at being him. Great development between Jake and Charles.

The only thing that got my attention is Jake being unable to read the Captain at all when Dillman arrives. In "Ticking Clocks" (S06E14) Jake could read the Captain as he was worried about the hacker. I know it was a cold open, but at least he could be slightly accurate about Holt's bloatedness this time.

I made an account and rated 10, mainly, just to cancel out Myrtille3572's ridiculous take on the episode! HOWEVER, it also is a great episode. J. K. Simmons is, of course, perfect. Great, great casting. I would trust Dillman with my life, he's just effortlessly collected and skilful! Even with the reveal about him working at Barn Yarn losing him Holt's respect, he still has mine; he's a glitter expert! I mean, come on!

Through the episode the focus is on Jake and Dillman, going 'head to head', both flexing their deducting muscles to see who comes out on top but I love that they made Charles the sneaky dark horse that pulled away at the end to get the real solve, thereby demonstrating why Holt was right to choose him to lead the task force. Boyle is often overlooked because the show goes out of its way with ridiculous Deus Ex Machina solves to show Jake is the best detective in the history of the world...ever, but I'm glad Charles got his moment in the sun!

Great fun. Scully stuck under all that glitter for the whole episode just killed me, too!

JK Simmons was amazing, as expected, and his performance for right into the breezy time of the series and its main characters, but what I really want to talk about is Boyle.

Brooklyn 99 has often tried to give Boyle his due credit, with Jake realizing that he's a bad secondary, with episodes like Gintars and the like. He's a wonderful friend not only to Jane, but to Rosa and Gina in particular, and the others in general, but I always wanted to see him have a nice, big win. My first preference would have been seeing Boyle win one of the Jimmy Jab Games which, I wish, had featured in as many episodes as the Halloween Heist did. I'd have at least liked to see him win a Halloween Heist and proudly explain how he did.

But this episode did justice to the man that reflects the emotions of the audience, and one of my most favourite characters of this series in a genuine, honest way. I loved that Jake wasn't childish about Boyle being offered the task force, and wanted to ensure that Bottle wasn't going to give it up for his sake.

This is one episode I'd rewatch even more than the others.

A strong guest appearance by JK Simmons, even if he was playing the same character he did on another cop comedy. Funny and simple plot, that's all you can ask for.