Four Movements

"Four Movements" is the 4th episode of Season Six in the Brooklyn Nine-Nine television series. It marks the end of the actor, Chelsea Peretti portraying the character Gina Linetti as a series regular. It aired on January 31, 2019 to 2.72 million viewers. Viewers give it 7.3 out of 10 on IMDb.

Episode Synopsis[]

On Gina's last day working at the Nine-Nine she gives a special goodbye to each member that culminates into four movements:

First Movement, she plays chess with Holt.
Second Movement, she has a lady's lunch with Rosa and Amy and teaches Amy to be more tough.
Third Movement involves Gina infiltrating a posh club with Jake whilst planning for her going-away party.
Fourth Movement concludes Gina's goodbye with a special gift left as a reminder for the squad.

Cold Open
Plot
Cultural References

Cold Open 06 04 — **Gina Drops Some Hot Moves and Big News Cold Open**

Mario Lopez quotes his character's catchphrase from when he played A.C. Slater in Saved by the Bell

Cast[]

Actor		Character
Andy Samberg	...	Jake Peralta
Terry Crews	...	Terry Jeffords
Stephanie Beatriz	...	Rosa Diaz
Melissa Fumero	...	Amy Santiago
Janelle Burik	...	Stunt double: Melissa Fumero, Stephanie Beatriz
Joe Lo Truglio	...	Charles Boyle
Andre Braugher	...	Raymond Holt
Chelsea Peretti	...	Gina Linetti
Nicole Berger	...	Choreographer
Dirk Blocker	...	Michael Hitchcock
Joel McKinnon Miller	...	Norm Scully
Mario Lopez	...	Himself
Eugene Lee Yang	...	Theo Lorql

Trivia[]

Connections to Other Episodes[]

The flower Gina asks Rosa if she wants is a tropical orchid. Much like the ones she grew to spite Terry in the Season Four episode, The Overmining.

Videos[]

Behind The Scenes[]

Chelsea Peretti nor Andre Braugher were intimately familiar with the game of chess that the script required
- A chess instructor was hired for Andre Braugher
- Due to the overwhelm of the scenes Chelsea Peretti cried in a broom closet in between scenes^[1]

Gina's Statue[]

Gina's lines about how the statue looks like her hair is being deep conditioned, has sausage fingers and cheap jeans were something Chelsea Peretti added on the day of filming after seeing the statue for the first time
She was surprised to find it didn't match her expectations after doing a 360-degree, "extremely serious photo shoot."

"It’s just so funny because… I thought I was going to walk in and be like, “Is that a mirror?” But no, it was literally unrecognizable," she said.^[2]

- The statue was sculpted from foam by one woman, professional set sculptor,Michelle Mallay on a very tight deadline.
- Prop Master Chris Call refers to this prop being one of the most burdensome of the series.^[3]

Known Filming Locations
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	Brooklyn, New York	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
		Stage 10	Scenes that take place inside Shaw's Bar
		NY Street Backlot	Establishing shots meant to represent Shaw's Bar
James Oviatt Building	Los Angeles, California	Scenes that take place at the The Manhattan Club

References[]

↑ Chelsea Peretti on Exit: It Wasn’t Fully My Decision to LeaveI was definitely daunted by playing chess. [Laughs] Chess for me is like math class, and it’s something that I avoid at all costs, so when I saw the chess game in the script, I said to [executive producer] Dan Goor, “Are you sure? I don’t know how to play chess,” and he said, “It’s fine! It’s fine! Just move your hands around.” Then, of course, Andre [Braugher] was like, “Well, I want to know all the proper moves. I don’t just want to do fake hand moves,” and I was like, “Please, just do fake hand moves!”… I actually had to take a moment to go cry in the storage closet while we were shooting it, because trying to get all the hand movements and lines and stuff [was overwhelming]… But obviously, I love the dynamic of Holt and Gina.

↑ Chelsea Peretti on Exit: It Wasn’t Fully My Decision to Leave

↑ Podcast

2. Melissa Fumero Twitter Post, 02/02/2019

[1] Chelsea Peretti on Exit: It Wasn’t Fully My Decision to LeaveI was definitely daunted by playing chess. [Laughs] Chess for me is like math class, and it’s something that I avoid at all costs, so when I saw the chess game in the script, I said to [executive producer] Dan Goor, “Are you sure? I don’t know how to play chess,” and he said, “It’s fine! It’s fine! Just move your hands around.” Then, of course, Andre [Braugher] was like, “Well, I want to know all the proper moves. I don’t just want to do fake hand moves,” and I was like, “Please, just do fake hand moves!”… I actually had to take a moment to go cry in the storage closet while we were shooting it, because trying to get all the hand movements and lines and stuff [was overwhelming]… But obviously, I love the dynamic of Holt and Gina.

[2] Chelsea Peretti on Exit: It Wasn’t Fully My Decision to Leave

[3] Podcast

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