The 9-8

"The 9-8" is the 15th episode of the third season in the Brooklyn Nine-Nine television series. It originally aired on February 9, 2016 to 2.28 million viewers. Viewers give it a 7.9 out of 10 on IMDb.

Episode Synopsis

The Nine-Nine host the detectives from the Nine-Eight, their neighboring precinct, reuniting Jake Peralta with his old partner. Charles Boyle is immediately jealous and tries to reclaim his best friend status with Jake. Meanwhile, the rest of the precinct tries to be welcoming to the Nine-Eight, but it doesn’t go as well as they had planned.

Cold Open
Plot
Cultural References

Cold Open 03 15 — **Jake Sacrifices His Dignity for a Suitcase Cold Open**

Due to a plumbing problem, the neighboring 98th precinct is forced to temporarily relocate to the 99 until the problem is fixed. This reunites Jake with Stevie Schillens, Jake's partner from beat patrol. Charles is immediately jealous of their friendship and similar personalities. When Stevie reveals intel about a drug case Jake and Charles are working on, Jake brings Stevie onto the case. Charles continues feeling left out, particularly when they accidentally forget Charles back at the 99th precinct. Jake tries to make a better effort to include Charles, but this only creates more tension between the three of them.

Meanwhile, back at the precinct, everyone is struggling to accommodate their guests. Terry has his computer stolen after saying “Everything gonna be fine.” Amy is partnered with a detective with a service dog which triggers her dog allergies, and Rosa is partnered with a detective who is overly chatty. However, they realize they can get more work done on the roof after seeing Hitchcock and Scully having snuck out there with the microwave because of the 98th precinct hogging it. Holt catches them and reprimands them for being petty and asks them to be more respectful of their guests, despite his own growing frustration with the 98's Deputy Inspector making a mess of his office.

While continuously trying to leave Charles out, Stevie says that they can’t go back because they’re going too far. When they return Charles claims he has a new best friend, Paul. Trying to be nice, Jake, Charles and Stevie all sit in the back of the car while planning how to bust in Ozerov’s place and find the drugs. However, that takes a bad turn as Charles argues with Stevie. Jake decides that Stevie's idea is better and Charles is left upset. Stevie's idea blows the case because they found nothing on him. Charles says the Beatsie Boys should be called the Thoroughly Messed-Up Millies. When they get a warrant to inspect the drug dealer's apartment, Stevie finds drugs in his dishwasher.

Later on, Jake, Charles and Stevie return from the arrest, Charles reveals to Jake that Stevie planted the drugs in the dishwasher, as Charles had checked the dishwasher before Stevie and there were no drugs. Jake gets Stevie to admit it, but when Jake says he has to report Stevie, a fight breaks out and spreads all over the bullpen, causing a chain reaction leading to a massive brawl between the two precincts. Holt breaks up the fight and reveals that a radiator pipe was broken during the fight, forcing the 98 to relocate again, much to everyone's joy. However, Gina gets Holt to reveal that he had broken the pipe on purpose because he himself had grown too frustrated with the 98.

Music

Jake and Stevie's name, The Beatsie Boys is a parody of The Beastie Boys
- Andy Samberg is a huge fan of The Beastie Boys

Actor

Jake refers to the alleged drug dealer's apartment being decorated by Nicolas Cage

Movies

Jake gets Charles on board with including Stevie by referring to the characters Timon and Pumba from The Lion King

Television Shows

Terry says he loves Frasier
Stevie calls Charles "Earl," and Charles responds, "You know my name is Charles!" which refers to My Name is Earl

Musical

Charles' new nickname for the group is the Thoroughly Messed Up Millies, which is a reference to the musical Thoroughly Modern Millie

Video Game

Jake Donkey Kong punches Stevie Schillens and follows it with "it's on," a reference to the saying It's on like Donkey Kong.

Cast

Actor		Character
Andy Samberg	...	Jake Peralta
Stephanie Beatriz	...	Rosa Diaz
Terry Crews	...	Terry Jeffords
Melissa Fumero	...	Amy Santiago
Joe Lo Truglio	...	Charles Boyle
Chelsea Peretti	...	Gina Linetti
Andre Braugher	...	Captain Ray Holt
Dirk Blocker	...	Michael Hitchcock
Joel McKinnon Miller	...	Norm Scully
Damon Wayans Jr.	...	Stevie Schillens
Julie Brister	...	Ellen
Dennis Cockrum	...	Deputy Inspector Flynt
Ian Gary	...	Callahan
Allan Graf	...	Det. Paul
Joe Mande	...	Isaac
Ryan Stanger	...	Brian
Andrew Constantini	...	Ozerov

Cool Cool Cool Things

Soundtrack

Stevie and Jake recreate the music video for the song What'cha Want by the Beastie Boys

So What'cha Want by the Beastie Boys Music Video

Stevie, Charles and Jake all bust out singing Unbreak my Heart by Toni Braxton

Running Gags Mentioned

Videos

Connections to Other Episodes

When in the bar one of the patrons says hi to Boyle and he responds "Hi, Isaac." Isaac is actually the drug dealer that Amy Santiago brought to Holt to prove Jake's hunch in season 1's Charges and Specs.
Amy hating dogs comes up again in season 7's Manhunter. Her allergies to dogs was established in season 1's Pontiac Bandit when Holt tries to give her Richard and Dan. They come up again in The Party in when her allergies give them away in the bathroom at Holt's birthday party.

Goofs

When Holt stops the fight, Deputy Inspector Flynt is standing in the door of the office
- In the next shot, he's just getting up.

Behind The Scenes

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