"The Fugitive Pt. 1" is the 11th episode of Season Four in the Brooklyn Nine-Nine television series. It originally aired on January 1, 2017 to 3.49 million viewers. Viewers rate it an 8.3 out of 10 on IMDb.
Episode Synopsis
A mass escape of convicts from a prison van in the streets of Brooklyn sends the entire squad on a manhunt. The only key witness? Former NFL running back Marshawn Lynch (guest-starring as himself). Meanwhile, Jake and Amy place a bet on who can bring in the most escaped convicts - and the loser has to move into the winner's apartment.
At 9:23 AM, a police van carrying prisoners crashes and all the inmates escape the wreckage. With this, Holt calls for a Manhunt for the nine prisoners sending out two pairs consisting of Jake and Terry, and Amy and Charles out to bring them in. Jake and Amy decide to use this situation as a bet; with the loser having to move into the winner's apartment. Both Jake and Amy's partner's side with them; Terry sympathizing with Jake needing his own space, while Boyle wants Amy to win so Jake will move closer to him
Back at the precinct, Holt and Rosa begin interviewing witnesses for any leads while Gina is stationed on the tip line. Holt and Rosa interview one witness, Marshawn Lynch, but get nowhere as he describes his quesadilla in great detail. The other two witnesses, a Slavic (Macedonian) woman named Angela Stojanovski and a nut job named Rob that believes in the underground lizard people do not help either.
Jake and Terry bring in one of the convicts to the precinct, but Amy reveals that she and Boyle were able to bring in three already thanks to some gear they got from the tactical armory. Jake and Terry, however, are able to get three more convicts thanks to gaining a mobile command center from Homeland Security. Amy and Charles manage to arrest the 8th perp, leaving a tie at 4-4. The ninth and final one, however, is unable to be located by either team.
Meanwhile, Holt and Rosa are able to put together Angela's constant "kanalizacija" means manhole in Serbo-Croatian, and Rob's mentioning about seeing a "lizard person" slip back underground. They realize that the final convict is hiding out in the sewers and inform both teams about it. The two pairs corner the convict, but Jake decides to stop his Miranda Rights and give Amy the win, citing that her happiness is more important than winning a dumb bet. Their celebration is cut short however when Charles finds out that the person they caught is not the convict, instead the van driver who was blackmailed into causing the crash.
The convict, now named George Gessilnick, has been in the system since he was 11 and left the hospital that he was sent to after the crash after disguising himself as the van driver. Rosa adds in that he has had multiple aliases, and Jake recognizes one of them. Jake then makes a couple of calls for someone, and later that night meets the person; Doug "The Pontiac Bandit" Judy.
- The Fugitive was referenced in Part 1 when Jake quoted what Tommy Lee Jones said in the movie.
- Jake references the movie, West World, when mentioning Terry is sentient on the security cameras.
- Jake talks about the characters Leonardo and Michaelangelo from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles when in the sewer.
The Running Man
- "The Original One" Jake refers to is the Running Man dance
- Not the the movie
- Or Stephen King's classic short story
Harry Potter
- The golden snitch plays a key role in the first book,Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone.
- Order of the Phoenix is the 5th book in the Harry Potter series.
- The character's death who Jake was crying while reading on the toilet is Cedric Diggory.
- This happens in the fourth book, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
- Jake and Amy are referencing one of the main antagonists, Draco Malfoy, when they tell Terry to quite being such a Malfoy.
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 | ... | Raymond Holt |
| Dirk Blocker | ... | Michael Hitchcock |
| Joel McKinnon Miller | ... | Norm Scully |
| Marshawn Lynch | ... | Himself |
| Craig Robinson | ... | Doug Judy |
| Richard Assad | ... | Janx Ingram |
| Brian Byrnes | ... | Donald |
| Jonathan Camp | ... | Strickland |
| Julia Emelin | ... | Angela Stojanovski |
| Dan Sachoff | ... | Steve |
Cool Cool Cool Things
99th Precinct
Big Bertha
Trivia
- Terry gets motion sick
- Jake started reading Harry Potter because Amy loves them so much
- Jake called in sick because he was reading Order of the Phoenix
- Amy’s apartment is two blocks away from Charles’
- Captain Holt carries a map of the world in his pocket
- Marshawn Lynch is one of Rosa’s heroes
- The language Angela Stojanovski speaks is Macedonian.
- The word she repeats is "Канализациjа" (kanalizacija) which literally means sewer in Serbian (and almost every Slavic language).
- It can also be seen written on the notepad with the illustrations.
- She says "ah što pravam ovde?", which means "oh what am I doing here?" in Macedonian
- This sentence is not the same in any other Slavic language.
Soundtrack
Tell Me When to Go by E-40 plays during the cold open.
Running Gags Mentioned
Videos
This page contains videos from the Season Four episode The Fugitive Pt. 1
See here for images from the same episode.
Images
Goofs
- The surprise reveal, that Doug Judy is the ally Jake seeks out at the end of the first episode, is ruined by the closing credits, which include his name mere seconds before he makes his appearance.
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 |
| The Studios At Paramount | Los Angeles, California | New York Backlot 1. Brownstone Set 2. Washington Square Set 3. Brooklyn Set 4. Soho Set |
1 & 2. Turning Big Bertha around 3 & 4. Van flipping over scenes |
