"Manhunter" is the 1st episode of Season Seven in the Brooklyn Nine-Nine television series. It aired on February 6, 2020 to 2.66 million viewers. Viewers give it 7.9 out of 10 on IMDb.
Episode Synopsis
Jake leads a manhunt after an assassination attempt on a city councilor. Holt adjusts to his new position as a uniformed officer with a new partner. Amy thinks she's pregnant and Terry is paranoid everyone's making fun of him like his daughters.
After an assassination attempt in Garfield Plaza, Jake is in charge of the manhunt for the active shooter. He is joined by Charles. While conducting his preliminary assessment of the scene, he notices civilians in the area and demands that the person responsible is removed from the case. He is approached by Officer Debbie Fogle and it is revealed that the officer in charge is Officer Holt (formerly Captain). Jake quickly becomes hesitant to punish Holt and struggles to command him.
Amy and Rosa are running perimeter control of the Plaza and are stationed at command tents surrounded by many other officers. Amy is very irritable and yells at one of the K-9s at the scene. Rosa sees that she is behaving strangely and Amy tells her that she is worried that she might be pregnant, which was not what Jake and Amy had planned. Terry interrupts their conversation and is confused by their sudden "hush-hush" behaviour upon seeing him enter. Rosa leaves to get pregnancy tests for Amy.
Jake and Charles continue their investigation and find that Holt is having difficulty acting as an officer and continues to work the case as if he was a detective, noting clues and commanding other officers. After Holt participates in a televised interview about the manhunt, Jake admits that Holt overstepped his authority. Jake sends Holt and Debbie away to patrol a random location to stop them from interfering with the case.
Amy and Rosa search through several pregnancy tests from a bodega before finding a usable one. Terry enters the tent again and gets upset, speculating that they are talking about him like his daughters at home. Amy and Rosa claim to be discussing their favorite porns and Terry leaves. Amy complains that she can't pee, and Rosa reassures her that she can just drink water.
Jake and Charles chase down and arrest the suspected shooter. Upon meeting the uniformed officers, Holt says that they arrested the wrong man. Jake accuses him of making this up because he is upset about being demoted but Holt insists he is correct. Jake lashes out and tells Holt that he is off the case.
Rosa tries to calm Amy down so she can pee. She suggests kicking something or someone, and then proceeds to make calming "glub" sounds for her. Terry once again enters the tents and begins ranting about his twins' behaviors and how they talked about him behind his back. He angrily leaves the tent and yells "don't have kids!", upsetting Amy.
Debbie reluctantly follows Holt as he attempts to find the actual shooter. Jake admits to Charles that Holt is likely correct and they continue investigating.
Jake gets help from Hitchcock and Scully to try to identify a hotdog seller which reveals to him that Holt's solve was correct. He attempts to contact Holt and Debbie by walkie-talkie but receives no response as they are being held at gunpoint by the shooter.
Terry enters the tent a final time and complains of Amy and Rosa gossiping about him. Amy finally snaps at him and kicks over a garbage can, which she realizes helped her to pee. She runs off to pee but is interrupted by Jake as he tells them that they need to find Holt and Debbie, who are in trouble. The squad manages to take down the perp.
Back at the precinct, Jake and Holt discuss their complicated relationship now that Holt has been demoted.
Later that night, Amy tells Jake about her suspected pregnancy earlier in the day. She tells him that she is not pregnant, but they admit that they would've been happy if she were actually pregnant. They decide to start trying to conceive.
Jake excitedly switches on the TV to watch his feature, but instead sees Hitchcock and Scully being interviewed and calling themselves the "Wiener Warriors"
- The assassination attempt took place in Garfield Plaza
- President James Garfield was assassinated
- Hitchcock got new cologne that is called Zika, as in the Zika Virus
- Terry fell off a Lime Scooter
- Jake thinks Brad Pitt would be the actor who would play him in a biopic film
- Debbie Fogle
- Raymond Holt
- Debbie Fogle
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 |
| Vanessa Bayer | ... | Officer Debbie Fogle |
| Scott Vance | ... | Chris Reneaux |
| Merrick McCartha | ... | Frank Murwin |
| Norm Scully & | ... | The Wiener Warriors |
| Mars | ... | Officer Frisbee |
Cool Cool Cool Things
99th Precinct
Garfield Plaza
Food Cart Garage
Jake and Amy's Apartment
Manhunter Song
Pedometer App
Trivia
- Cheddar will only poop for Kevin because he lost all respect for Holt
- Holt counts his footsteps in his head
- Debbie loves cone duty
- Kicking stuff helps Rosa calm down, and makes Amy need to urinate
- Amy drank eleven gallons of water before taking a pregnancy test
- Terry put a recording voice in Cagney and Lacey's room to see if they were talking about him
- They said he looked like a giant triangle
- Lynn Boyle left his brother’s funeral early to watch Jake’s press conference live on tv
- Debbie has a cat
- Debbie had a twin sister who was murdered
- She joined the police force to find the man who killed her
- The day this episode took place was Debbie and her deceased twin sister’s birthday
- Jake and Amy were both bummed that the pregnancy test was negative
- They decide to start trying to have a baby in this episode
Running Gags Mentioned
Featured Relationships
- Jake Peralta & Amy Santiago
- Jake Peralta & Raymond Holt
- Rosa Diaz & Amy Santiago
- Michael Hitchcock & Norm Scully
- Jake Peralta & Charles Boyle
Connections to Other Episodes
- This is the first episode where Raymond Holt is in his demoted position as a patrol officer after Madeline Wuntch demoted him in the The Suicide Squad.
- Terry venting about his family affecting Amy's fear of being pregnant isn't the first time he's had this effect. In the The Fugitive Pt. 1 he did the same thing while venting about having to do art in the closet to Jake.
- Amy's disliking dogs was established in the episode The 9-8 when her desk mate had a service dog that she wanted to die. Her allergies to dogs was established in ''The Party.
- Jake and Amy's journey to parenthood came up in the episode Casecation and played a large role in Season 7 in the episodes Trying, Ding Dong, and Lights Out.
Videos
Images
| 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 |
| NY Street Backlot | Leaving the precinct and getting into van Jake and Charles listening for rustling sounds on the street | ||
| LA Center Studios | Los Angeles, California | Everything that took place at or around Garfield Plaza Food Cart Garage |