"Cinco de Mayo" is the 16th episode of Season Six of the Brooklyn Nine-Nine television series. It aired on May 9, 2019 to 1.83 million viewers. Viewers give it a 9 out of 10 on IMDb.
Episode Synopsis[]
In order to distract Terry Jeffords from the stress of his upcoming lieutenant's exam, Jake Peralta, Raymond Holt and the squad decide to hold the annual Halloween Heist on a new date, Cinco de Mayo.
Hitchcock enters the precinct wearing a poncho enthusiastically announcing "Happy Cinco de Mayo!." As Jake points out he can't wear a poncho to work, a mariachi band appears from the elevator playing a song. Terry interrupts everything announcing he's taking the lieutenant's exam later that day and is stressed about it. As a way to distract Terry from the stress of his upcoming Lieutenant's exam, Jake suggests they restart the heist that was originally meant to take place during Halloween. Due to a gas explosion that occurred on the exact day it was supposed to take place, Captain Holt suspended the official Halloween heist until further notice. It is agreed the Halloween Heist will happen that day, Cinco de Mayo, as a way to help Terry.
Due to the suddenness of the heist, it is decided that the target would be Scully's medical bracelet. Scully wearing the medical bracelet is locked (along with Hitchcock) inside a supply closet. Jake and Terry make one team, Holt and Amy make another, with Rosa opting not to take part and Charles being left out because Bill had died before the heist.
Jake reveals that Scully has a twin brother named Earl, and brings him in to distract the other teams while Terry gets the bracelet. Jake double-crosses Terry and locks him in the lineup room with Scully. Upon hearing Earl was at the precinct, Scully breaks through the glass, resulting in Terry also getting out and chasing Jake down. Scully confronts Earl (to the others confusion) and Terry reveals Jake has the bracelet. Boyle (disguised in a suit and beard) stole the bracelet while everyone was distracted (also revealing he introduced Earl to Jake) and rendezvous with Rosa, who he was secretly working with. Rosa immediately betrays him, having put chloroform in his beard. When Boyle passes out she puts him in a box and has him shipped to New Jersey. before returning to Holt, who she was actually working with.
Holt called in Kevin to bring in the cummerbund, along with Cheddar and a chew toy to hide the bracelet in. Rosa emerges from the couch in Holt's office as Holt reveals his treachery to Kevin who is unaffected. Jake reconciles with Terry before enacting his next plan, secretly filling Cheddar's water bowl to prompt him to use the bathroom, at which point Holt lets him onto the roof to go, where Terry (disguised as the gold statue of Gina) swaps the chew toy with a fake. While here, Terry fits Cheddar's collar with a magnetic latch for his later plan. On reuniting with Jake in the evidence room, Jake handcuffs Terry to the metal gate and takes the bracelet.
Later, Terry escapes and reveals to everyone that Jake took the bracelet. An argument breaks out among the participants, including Charles who just returned and revealed that he was working with Bill, who is actually alive. The argument continues as to who was working with who, who betrayed who, and who had the bracelet. It is revealed that Kevin betrayed Holt by swapping the dog toy Holt used to hide the bracelet and gave the bracelet to Amy. Terry snaps at everyone for taking things too far and shouts "You all suck!" which is the voice command for an expensive victory banner Jake had purchased in advance. It unfurls and hits Terry on the head, concussing him.
The squad gets Terry to the exam room at One Police Plaza thanks to Bill's shopping cart, but when Jake goes to excuse Terry from the test due to him being incapable, he finds an empty office space. Terry, suddenly not concussed, reveals himself to have the bracelet and reveals his plan that included the delaying of the heist, manipulation of everyone and training of Cheddar. Over the previous six months, Terry sowed seeds of conflict among the other detectives, riling them into taking their respective heist plans "too far":
- While Amy and Holt are within earshot, Terry that he is sick of Jake calling himself the only two-time heist winner. Amy and Holt both claim that they are the only two-time winners of the heist.
- Terry tells Charles that everyone thinks he is worthless in the heist, due to his fingers being too big to steal stuff.
- Terry even gets Kevin involved. While at Holt and Kevin's home, Terry points out the prominent location of the cummerbund from the fifth heist to Kevin.
He also reveals to the squad that he is already a Lieutenant, having passed the exam weeks ago, thus making him the sixth Heist champion. Terry also reveals his own banner, crowning him King Terry.
The squad attempt to steal Scully's medical bracelet.
- Jake, Amy and Holt all claim to have won the 5th Halloween heist. Jake by proposing to Amy, Amy by finding the altered cummerbund at midnight, and Holt by recovering the real cummerbund after the midnight deadline.
- The heist was originally meant to take place during Halloween, but doesn't due to Terry realizing that to stand a chance of winning the heist, he couldn't let it be on Halloween, as he would have no control over the events. Thus he fakes a gas explosion on Halloween for the heist to take place at a later date.
- Over the next six months, Terry sows seeds of conflict among the other detectives, riling them into taking their respective heist plans "too far":
- While Amy and Holt are within earshot, Terry that he is sick of Jake calling himself the only two-time heist winner. Amy and Holt both claim that they are the only two-time winners of the heist.
- Terry tells Charles that everyone thinks he is worthless in the heist, due to his fingers being too big to steal stuff.
- Terry even gets Kevin involved. While at Holt and Kevin's home, Terry points out the prominent location of the cummerbund from the fifth heist to Kevin.
- The heist is suggested as a way to distract and help Terry before his Lieutenant's exam. Despite this, everyone made plans anticipating the heist would take place on Cinco de Mayo, as "Terry hates tests!"
- Due to the "suddenness" of the heist, it is decided that the target would be Scully's medical bracelet, which is initially locked (along with Hitchcock) inside a supply closet. Jake and Terry make one team, Holt and Amy make another, with Rosa opting not to take part and Charles being left out because Bill had died before the heist.
- Jake reveals that Scully has a twin brother called Earl, and brings him in to distract the other teams while Terry gets the bracelet. Jake double-crosses Terry and locks him in the lineup room with Scully, but upon hearing Earl was at the precinct Scully breaks through the glass, resulting in Terry also getting out and chasing Jake down.
- Scully confronts Earl (to the others confusion) and Terry reveals Jake has the bracelet, but Boyle (disguised in a suit and beard) stole the bracelet while everyone was distracted (also revealing he introduced Earl to Jake) and rendezvous with Rosa, who he was secretly working with. Rosa immediately betrayed him, having put chloroform in his beard, and when Boyle passes out she puts him in a box shipping to New Jersey, before returning to Holt, who she was actually working with.
- Holt called in Kevin to bring in the cummerbund, along with Cheddar and a chew toy to hide the bracelet in.
- Jake reconciles with Terry before enacting his next plan, secretly filling Cheddar's water bowl to prompt him to use the bathroom, at which point Holt lets him onto the roof to go, where Terry (disguised as the gold statue of Gina) swaps the chew toy with a fake. While here, Terry fits Cheddar's collar with a magnetic latch for his later plan.
- On reuniting with Jake in the evidence room, Jake handcuffs Terry to the metal gate and takes the bracelet.
- Later, Terry escapes and reveals to everyone that Jake took the bracelet, but a massive argument breaks out among the participants, including Charles who just returned as to who was working with who, who betrayed who, and who had the bracelet, also revealing Kevin's betrayal of Holt and Bill being alive, ending in Terry snapping at everyone for taking things too far and shouting "You all suck!" which is the voice command for Jake's banner, which unfurls and hits Terry on the head, concussing him.
- The gang gets Terry to the exam room, but on walking in to an empty room Terry reveals himself to have the bracelet, his plan including the delaying of the heist, manipulation of everyone and training of Cheddar. He also reveals to the squad that he is already a Lieutenant, having passed the exam weeks ago, thus making him the sixth Heist champion. Terry also reveals his own banner, crowning him King Terry.
- Jake points out that Jordan's teammates didn't do anything and they still got rings. He is referring to the American basketball player, Michael Jordan who won 6 NBA Championships while playing for the team the Chicago Bulls.
- Terry chastises the actor he hired noting he went to the Lee Strasberg Institute.
- The Lee Strasberg Institute is an acting school in New York, it a part of NYU Film School where the actors Joe Lo Truglio, Andy Samberg and Melissa Fumero hold degrees from.
- Birdo from Super Mario 2
- Jake tells Amy they're in a Ratatouille situation. Ratatouille is an animated 2007 film where a rat hides in the hat of a chef and controls his movements by pulling his hair.
Product Placement
Fitbit Facebook
- Amy Santiago
- Jake Peralta
- Amy Santiago
- Jake Peralta
- Amy Santiago
Cast[]
| Actor | Character | |
|---|---|---|
| Andy Samberg | ... | Jake Peralta |
| Stephanie Beatriz | ... | Rosa Diaz |
| Terry Crews | ... | Terry Jeffords |
| Melissa Fumero | ... | Amy Santiago |
| Joe Lo Truglio | ... | Charles Boyle |
| Andre Braugher | ... | Raymond Holt |
| Dirk Blocker | ... | Michael Hitchcock |
| Joel McKinnon Miller | ... | Norm Scully/Earl Scully |
| Marc Evan Jackson | ... | Kevin Cozner |
| Winston Story | ... | Bill |
| Jake Green | ... | Trent |
| Stella | ... | Cheddar |
Cool Cool Cool Things[]
Trivia[]
- Amy crapped her pants in the middle of an AP Calc Test on March 13, 2001
- The previous Halloween Heist was cancelled due to a gas line explosion
- The championship belt has been hanging in Holt & Kevin's living room since the last heist
- Scully has a twin brother named Earl Scully
- They were inseparable until Early slept with Scully's wife
- Terry has a brother named Lawrence
- Amy made Jake's Fitbit into a taser
- Boyle connected Jake to Earl on Facebook
- Holt believes that Cheddar deserves to pee in privacy like any other self-respecting adult
- The updated model of Mr. Hootsworth is a Turkish blue bowtie instead of Egyptian blue
Running Gags Mentioned[]
- Acronyms
- Charles Boyle Being Subconsciously Sexual
- Hitchcock and Scully Napping on the Job
- Jake's Money Issues
- Scully's Health Issues
- Terry Loves...
- Terry Saying WHYYY?!
Featured Relationships[]
- Jake Peralta & Terry Jeffords
- Rosa Diaz & Raymond Holt
- Jake Peralta & Amy Santiago
- Rosa Diaz & Charles Boyle
- Raymond Holt & Kevin Cozner
Connections to Other Episodes[]
- Amy and Holt argue over who the winner of the previous heist was with Holt using that he had the official belt so he won. Jake created a second belt that asked Amy to marry him which he used to propose to her in the season 5 episode, HalloVeen.
- Gina's statue was her parting gift to the precinct when she left in the episode Four Movements.
- Terry had previously taken the Lieutenant's exam and failed, which was revealed in The Overmining.
- Terry mentions his brother again when teaching Holt dance moves in the elevator in Lights Out.
- Cheddar has played a main role in every Halloween Heist.
Videos[]
Images[]
Behind The Scenes[]
- The date of the heist had to be moved due to the filming schedule of the show being delayed on account of FOX cancelling the show and NBC picking it up.
| Filming Location | City, State | Details | Scenes |
|---|---|---|---|
| NYPD 78th Precinct | Brooklyn, New York | Building exterior | Establishing shots meant to represent the 99th Precinct |
| South 5th Street | Next to river, beneath Williamsburg Bridge | Ensemble walking down the street in the Title Sequence | |
| CBS Studio Center | Studio City, California | Stage 12 | Scenes that take place in the 99th Precinct including: |
| Stage 10 | Scenes that take place inside Shaw's Bar | ||
| NY Street Backlot | Holt and Jake poking fun at the supposed gas leak explosion victim
Running down the street with Terry in a shopping cart |