"The Bet" is the 13th episode of the first season in the Brooklyn Nine-Nine television series . It originally aired on January 14, 2014 to 3.53 million viewers. Viewers give it 8.7 out 10 on IMDb.
Episode Synopsis
Jake Peralta and Amy Santiago's ongoing bet about who can make more arrests comes to a close. Meanwhile, Charles Boyle receives the Medal of Valor for getting shot in the line of duty, but the pain medication he is taking causes him to reveal his true opinions about his colleagues.
Boyle and Peanut Butter
When the detectives return, Jake and Amy have a face off about how it is the last day of their bet. Hitchcock then asks what the bet is, even though it has been brought up many times. A flashback then shows the two agreeing to the terms.
Next the focus is on Charles, who has been taking pain medication for falling off the stage during his award ceremony. It is revealed that it makes him drop "truth-bombs", where he says anything without mentally filtering it first.
The focus is brought back to Amy as she brings in a perp for stealing $3,000 with one minute to spare before the bet ends. She gloats at Jake saying that she will win, until he brings in 30 men for using prostitutes, and 10 of them being it their 2nd felony. She then starts to freak out, seeing that Jake is about to win. When the minute is up and he wins, music and streams come flying down as he dances up to Santiago with a ring asking her to go on "The Worst Date Ever" and she has to say yes.
Next it shows Jake outside Amy's apartment in his car embarrassing her, while she comes out in a puffy blue dress with a bow while he wears a tuxedo top with cargo shorts.
Jake then lists the rules for the night, which are:
- The date ends at midnight
- He decides what she wears, what she eats, and where they go
- No matter what happens, she can't fall in love with him
It then cuts to the bar where Charles is dropping truth bombs on people. Then Terry's wife, Sharon, comes in with Holt accidentally telling her that Terry is back in the field, resulting in Sharon being mad.
Amy and Jake soon arrive with Jake making fun of her in front of everyone. She then goes to the bathroom as Jake takes a seat next to Boyle. Boyle tells Jake that the reason he is doing this to Amy is probably because he likes her. Jake objects to this saying he is just embarrassing her for fun, like he always does.
When Amy returns, Jake announces that he and Amy will dance to the Steerage Jig from Titanic, which Boyle then says is romantic with Jake objecting yet again. In the middle, Holt calls Jake over saying he needs him to go on a stakeout. Jake protests at first, but then decides to go to the stakeout, along with Amy.
The pair go to the stakeout and decide to move onto a roof to get a better view point. The pair bond over talking and throwing peanuts. Holt calls and says that he has found a replacement but Jake says him and Amy are fine and he doesn't need a relief team. Amy asks Jake who it was and Jake lies, saying it was Holt checking in. Amy shows Jake that she's managed to get a peanut in her mouth by throwing many at the same time. Jake and Amy then manage to catch the perp by pretending to be engaged and then breaking off the engagement.
At the bar, Rosa tells Gina that she's avoiding Charles because she's afraid that he's going to tell her that he loves her or something and Gina agrees to keep him away. However, eventually Charles manages to talk with Rosa, and he explains that he knows she's just being nice because he saved her life, but he didn't know it was her that he protected. If they were to date, he would want it to be because of things only Charles Boyle would do.
The next day, at the precinct, Holt thanks Amy for making the arrest and says that he didn't think that the relief team could have made it. Amy is surprised as Jake didn't tell her. Amy asks Jake if he thought the date was bad but he says it was still good, covering up quickly by saying it was good because they caught the bad guy. Suddenly, a delivery man comes in with a package for Amy. Jake realizes it was the stripper he ordered for Amy and stands in front of her to block the stripper.
- Charles mentions that Thor would never wager his hammer
- Neil Patrick Harris would never wager his showmanship
- Peanut Butter's celebration for his medal of valor was thrown by United Nations
- Jake Peralta
- Raymond Holt
- Jake Peralta
- Jake Peralta
- Amy Santiago
- [Shake hands]
- Jake Peralta
- Amy Santiago
- Jake Peralta
- Jake Peralta
- Raymond Holt
- Gina Linetti
- Raymond Holt
- Gina Linetti
- Raymond Holt
- Jake Peralta
- Amy Santiago
- Jake Peralta
- Jake Peralta
- [Amy turns around to reveal a large bow on the back of the dress]
- Jake Peralta
- Jake Peralta
- [flashback]
- Choir
- Jake Peralta
- Charles Boyle
- Jake Peralta
- Charles Boyle
- Jake Peralta
- Charles Boyle
- Gina Linetti
- Jake Peralta
- Amy Santiago
- Jake Peralta
Cast
| Actor | Character | |
|---|---|---|
| Andy Samberg | ... | Jake Peralta |
| Stephanie Beatriz | ... | Rosa Diaz |
| Terry Crews | ... | Terry Jeffords |
| Melissa Fumero | ... | Amy Santiago |
| ... | Susan | |
| Joe Lo Truglio | ... | Charles Boyle |
| Chelsea Peretti | ... | Gina Linetti |
| Andre Braugher | ... | Captain Ray Holt |
| Dirk Blocker | ... | Michael Hitchcock |
| Joel McKinnon Miller | ... | Norm Scully |
| Merrin Dungey | ... | Sharon Jeffords |
| Jess Allen | ... | Delivery Guy |
| Mark Berry | ... | Deputy Chief Gerber |
| Mel Cowan | ... | Doctor Nash |
| Matthew Isaac Harris | ... | Perp |
| Armand Vasquez | ... | Photographer |
| Special Appearance: West Los Angeles Children's Choir | ||
Cool Cool Cool Things
Trivia
- Charles receives the Medal of Valor
- Sergeant Peanut Butter poops on the stage
- The bet was made exactly a year before
- According to Charles, Jake has made out with 6 women in his car
- Amy took a seminar on hand shakes
- Peanut Butter's celebration was thrown by the United Nations
- Gina's dad got his vasectomy un-reversed
- 4 of the men Jake arrested for soliciting sex workers were named John
- Charles' wife pays him alimony
- Boyle lives in his ex-wife's new boyfriend, Hercules', basement
- Amy's worst date was with her Aunt's dentist
- Jake is a Gemini
- Jake's Original Date Plans Were:
- Official date portrait of the two of them playing one saxophone at a mall photo studio
- Dinner of peel and eat shrimp at a dangerously cheap seafood restaurant
- Youth choir serenade in the middle of Times Square
- A tiger cub
Date Rules
- Ends at midnight
- No matter what happens, she's not allowed to fall in love with him
- Jake decides:
- What Amy wears
- What Amy eats
- Where they go
- When she can go to the bathroom
| When | # | Jake | Amy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start of Episode | - | 83 | 83 |
| Amy at last minute | 1 | 83 | 84 |
| Jake's Sex Worker Sting | 10 | 93 | 84 |
| Final Score | - | 93 | 84 |
Soundtrack
- Jake plays Celebration by Kool and the Gang when he wins the bet
- The choir's song is to the tune of The Hallelujah Chorus by George Fredric Handel
- The male stripper's routine is to Rock You Like a Hurricane by the Scorpions
Running Gags Mentioned
Featured Relationships
Connections to Other Episodes
- Charles was shot in the butt and Terry being back in the field happened in season 1's Christmas.
- It's revealed that because of this day Sergeant Peanut Butter is Boyle's nemesis in The Venue.
- The bet between Santiago and Peralta was established in the Pilot episode by Terry and embellished by Gina. The exact details of how the bet came to be are revealed in this episode.
- Jake has Amy wear a blue dress that's just like a dress Jenny Gildenhorn wore to Jake's Bat Mitvah. Jenny in said dress appears in a flashback in season 1's finale, Charges and Specs. When he sees Jenny Gildenhorn at the Boyle-Linetti Wedding, the dress she wears is the same color blue.
- Scully asks Gina to dance, he will later confess his love for her when Jake startles him with a blow horn in season 4's Halloween IV.
- Amy runs away from the Sergeant's Exam to the same rooftop in Chasing Amy. Jake reveals that it was there that he first realized he had feelings for her.
Videos
Images
Goofs
- Charles mentions that his wife pays him alimony
- In Hostage Situation it is revealed that she gets his wages
Behind The Scenes
| 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 |
| Stage 10 | Scenes that take place inside Shaw's Bar | ||
| NY Street Backlot | Jake picks up Amy for their date Amy comes out of her apartment Establishing shots meant to represent Shaw's Bar |