Game Night

“	Every time someone steps up and says who they are, the world becomes a better, more interesting place	”
―Raymond Holt

"Game Night" is the 10th episode of Season Five and the 100th episode overall in the Brooklyn Nine-Nine television series. It originally aired on December 12, 2017 to 1.93 million viewers. Viewers give it 8.4 out of 10 on IMDb.

Episode Synopsis[]

Rosa Diaz brings an unknowing Jake Peralta to help her come out as bisexual to her parents, but her plan is thrown off when they wrongly assume the two are dating. Meanwhile, the rest of the squad are having Internet problems with Cyber Crimes, who has recently moved into the second floor of the 99th Precinct. After being laughed at when attempting to ask for more internet, they bring in the one and only Gina Linetti.

Cold Open 05 10 — **Jake Knows Who His Secret Santa Is Cold Open**

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	...	Captain Ray Holt
Chelsea Peretti	...	Gina Linetti
Dirk Blocker	...	Michael Hitchcock
Joel McKinnon Miller	...	Norm Scully
Danny Trejo	...	Oscar Diaz
Olga Merediz	...	Julia Diaz
Paul Scheer	...	Devin Cathertaur
Brian Dare	...	Brennan

Cool Cool Cool Things[]

Trivia[]

Gina returns in this episode.
Jake refers to himself as Detective Sherlock Peralta
Rosa comes out as bisexual to the squad
- She realized she was bisexual in 7th grade
- She found Zach Morris and Lisa Tuttle from Saved by the Bell to be attractive
- Rosa knows Anne Heche
Cyber Crimes Unit moved into the second floor where the Sex Crimes Unit used to be
Rosa and her parents were getting closer since prison
Gina's maternity leave doesn't end for 2 weeks after this episode
Rosa's dad never liked Jake
- They met once and talked about soccer, which Jake called fútbol
Gina's baby's name is Enigma and they call her Iggy
- She is 10 weeks old
Jake's one rule for pretending to be Rosa's boyfriend is: Hands off my butt
Devin tells everyone he got a degree from Stanford but he got a degree from Stamforb, an online college based in Arkansas
- Lives with his aunt
- 8 Spends 1/3 of his salary on tropical fish and aquaria
- Pooped in the Reflecting Pool on a field trip to Washington D.C. in 7th grade
Rosa's parents thought Rosa was going to tell them she was gay and were relieved that she was Jake's mistress instead
After she told them was bisexual her parents said:
- It was okay since it was a phase
- No matter what she called herself, she liked men which meant he could still get married and have a child, preferably with a man
Rosa drinks herbal tea instead of coffee
Rosa only has two wine glasses
Holt's assistant can only:
- use black ink
- knock twice on his door
Gina claims that she came back because Holt said she'd get a 5% raise and 1 day to work on her business
Gina's new business is running a sports league for other people's pets
Gina was keeping blackmail files on everyone
This is the second episode where the squad is in Rosa’s Apartment.

Running Gags Mentioned[]

Featured Relationships[]

Connections to Other Episodes[]

In the cold open Jake asks Holt for a gift card and insists Holt drew his name. Holt’s tell from the episode Bad Beat'' comes into play when he replies “No I don’t," a contraction. Jake then proves Holt has him so we know Holt was really lying.
Rosa came out to Charles Boyle after he was nosy about her new relationship in the previous episode, 99.
Jake mentions that Rosa's relationship with her parents has been going well since prison. Rosa and Jake were both framed for bank robbery in the episode Crime & Punishment and wrongfully imprisoned in The Big House Pt. 1 and The Big House Pt. 2.
Terry, Charles and Amy discovered that Gina was pregnant with Enigma in The Bank Job.

Videos[]

Rosa Comes Out As Bisexual to Her Parents, and the 99 Has Her Back

Rosa's 7th Grade Crush

Rosa Reacts to Her Parents' Reaction

The Precinct Has Problems With the Internet

Terry and Holt Deal with the Slow Internet

Jake Gives Rosa Advice

Rosa Gets Personal With the Precinct

Jake and Rosa Go Out to Dinner With Rosa's Parents

Gina Gets the Internet Back

Goofs[]

The IT guy asks Holt how many kbps' he would like, and when Holt unwittingly asks for four, the IT guy says "okay, we will give you four kilobytes of internet."
- Kbps stands for "kilobits per second" which is different from kilobytes per second (kb/s).
A continuity error, in the scene where Jake is playing Pictionary with Rosa's parents, the picture reverts to a previous shot where Jake hasn't finished the drawing, so the scene is out of sequence.

Behind The Scenes[]

This episode marks the return of the actor, Chelesea Peretti, who was on maternity leave for the 9 prior episodes.^[1]
Stephanie Beatriz was consulted during the writing of the script^[2] Things she found important to stress were:
- The character saying bisexual and says it many times
- Her parents saying:
  - Bisexuality is really not a thing
  - You'll grow out of it
  - It's just a phase
  - You can still marry men, so there's still a chance

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

References[]

↑ Variety, 09/26/2017, Brooklyn Nine-Nine Boss on Season 5: Jake and Rosa in Jail and the Milestone 99th Episode,"Chelsea and Gina are both on maternity leave, so Chelsea’s not in at least the first eight or nine episodes. We saw a little bit of it at the end of last year, but Chelsea would kill me if I made her put on a pregnancy suit."
↑ Vulture, 05/21/2018, Stephanie Beatriz's Bisexual Awakening, Onscreen and Off, "There were a lot of lines we put in when Rosa came out to her parents that were things I really wanted to stress. Like the phrase, “Bisexuality’s not really a thing.” “You’ll grow out of it.” “It’s just a phase.” “Well, you can still marry men, so there’s still a chance.”

[1] Variety, 09/26/2017, Brooklyn Nine-Nine Boss on Season 5: Jake and Rosa in Jail and the Milestone 99th Episode,"Chelsea and Gina are both on maternity leave, so Chelsea’s not in at least the first eight or nine episodes. We saw a little bit of it at the end of last year, but Chelsea would kill me if I made her put on a pregnancy suit."

[2] Vulture, 05/21/2018, Stephanie Beatriz's Bisexual Awakening, Onscreen and Off, "There were a lot of lines we put in when Rosa came out to her parents that were things I really wanted to stress. Like the phrase, “Bisexuality’s not really a thing.” “You’ll grow out of it.” “It’s just a phase.” “Well, you can still marry men, so there’s still a chance.”

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