"The Jimmy Jab Games II" is the 4th episode of Season Seven in the Brooklyn Nine-Nine television series. It aired on February 20, 2020 to 1.85 million viewers. Viewers give it 7.8 out of 10 on IMDb.
Episode Synopsis
Desperate to not admit he's not a responsible adult, Jake has everyone play the Jimmy Jab Games. Without Gina to host it, Charles volunteers to run the show, which he models after the musical film, The Greatest Showman. Charles recruits Debbie to be one of his freaks and Hitchcock pressures Jake into wagering his new car in a bet.
Before Amy and Terry leave for an NYPD workshop, Jake decides to hold the Jimmy Jab Games, consisting of himself, Charles, Rosa, Holt, Scully and Hitchcock. The official prize is a one-day paid vacation. Since Gina does not work in the precinct anymore, they don't have someone as host. Charles then offers to give up his spot in the competition to become the host. He then approaches Debbie and asks her to take his spot as one of the contestants, which Debbie gently refuses. Charles then tells about his old self, and then encourages Debbie that she also can become like him. Debbie then agrees to take his spot.
In the break room, Hitchcock approaches Jake and Amy, decides to make a bet with Jake: if Jake wins, Hitchcock does his paperwork for a year, and if Hitchcock wins, he gets Jake and Amy’s new car (which the couple recently bought for the baby they are trying to have). Jake accepts the bet, and an annoyed Amy decides to join the games as well.
The first challenge is a meat throwing challenge, however Debbie turns out to be allergic to turkey, eliminating her from the competition. The second challenge is a hide-and-seek challenge, the seeker being a police dog. Scully is eliminated, and Jake hides in the ceiling. However, the ceiling crashes down, injuring Jake, and putting him at a disadvantage for the games. But at the same time, Hitchcock has taken numerous of Scully’s medications, making him strong enough for each specific challenge.
The third challenge is a bomb suit race, where the five competitors, dressed in bomb suits, must race to claim one of the four spots in the elevator. Jake is initially left out, however Amy sacrifices her spot so that he can continue in the race.
While changing his costume for the next competition, Charles accidentally wakes Debbie up. As she apologizes for messing up, Charles tells her about the embarrassing time when his hair caught on fire in the first Jimmy Jabs games. Debbie then tells him that she wants to sing, which Charles agrees to make her the closing number of the competition.
Meanwhile, Rosa and Holt have an intense rivalry going on, fueling their energy for the games. Holt assumes Rosa wants the paid vacation to propose to her girlfriend Jocelyn, but as it turns out, Jocelyn has broken up with Rosa, saddening her. The next challenge is a cable pulley race. Jake gets first place, but Holt and Rosa decide to come to a truce and leave, thus allowing Hitchcock to advance in the race. Jake trips on the cable, which causes the ceiling to fall down on top of him, injuring him further.
Jake and Amy talk in the break room, where Jake reveals he took the bet so that if he did win, that would force Hitchcock to do his paperwork, which would allow Jake to spend more time with Amy and their future child. Hearing this, Amy gives him the confidence to continue in the competition.
The fifth and final race is the ultimate obstacle course. To Jake’s advantage, Scully’s medications have begun to take a toll on Hitchcock, making him just as weak as Jake. Jake seems to be winning the race, but his injuries are preventing him from completing the race. Amy then stabs Jake with Debbie’s epipen, giving him the adrenaline he needs to complete the race and win the competition.
At the briefing room, before closing the competition, Charles calls Debbie to sing as the closing number. After the performance, Charles approaches her and praises her performance. When Debbie asks him if they liked it, Charles told her that it doesn't matter what other people think, and that she can do anything that she sets her mind to. Later, Debbie seemingly breaks into the evidence room, steals some drugs and weapons, and walks away with it.
Contestants:
Amy Santiago, Debbie Fogle, Jake Peralta, Michael Hitchcock, Norm Scully, and Raymond Holt, increasing the amount of players to seven opposed to the regular six. The winner gets one day off of work. It is refereed by Charles Boyle.
Round 1: Meat-Throwing Challenge
Objective: Each contestant must throw an expired cold cut at the window from ten feet away. If it sticks, they move on.
Eliminated: Debbie Fogle
Plot Summary: Each of the contestants are able to have their cold cut stick on the window. Suffering from lack of self-esteem, Debbie chickens out. Charles motivates her to compete and puts a piece of turkey in her hands, telling her to be confident. But it turns out that Debbie is allergic to turkey, causing her to have a reaction before being stabbed with an EpiPen. But her ailment eliminates her.
Intermission: Before the game starts, Hitchcock makes a deal with Jake, saying that if Jake wins, Hitchcock will have to do all his paperwork for a year. But if the opposite happens, Jake must give away his new car to Hitchcock. After, Hitchcock gulps down some vitamins that will fuel him in the next challenges, giving him an advantage. In the kitchen, Holt demands to know why Rosa is so dedicated to the Jimmy Jabs this year. Rosa refuses to answer, and Holt grows condescending.
Round 2: K-9 Hide-And-Seek
Objective: Each contestant must hide in a window of five minutes. The first person to be found by a sniffer-dog will be eliminated.
Eliminated: Norm Scully
Plot Summary: As everyone scrambles to find a spot, Hitchcock is unconcerned, having taken a pill that repels dogs and their smells. When the dog is let loose, it passes Holt and Rosa's hiding place, the lost and found bin. It passes by Hitchcock and doesn't notice Amy, who is hidden behind a row of drug bricks in the evidence locker. But Scully hides in the supply closet and is easily found.
Intermission: While everyone talks about the game, Jake tries to hide "Somewhere Reckless" but falls through the ceiling in the process, injuring himself and potentially giving him a disadvantage at the following rounds.
Round 3: The Hellevator
Objective: Each contestant must wear a bomb suit and struggle into the elevator, whose capacity is now 4, meaning one person will be out.
Eliminated: Amy Santiago
Plot Summary: At the initial dash, Hitchcock pulls ahead due to his pills. Jake lags behind because of his injury, and the doors start to close by the time he gets closer. Desperate, Amy sacrifices herself so Jake can have space to enter the elevator.
Intermission: During one of Charles' quick change acts, he runs into Debbie, who is in the break room and is recovering from the EpiPen. She apologizes for messing everything up and complains about how she isn't good enough. Charles boosts her self-worth by letting her do the closing ceremony songs. Later, Holt suspects Rosa wants the day off so she can go on a vacation with Jocelyn. But Rosa tears up at this and says that Jocelyn just broke up with her and she wants the day off to listen to death metal and get her head right. Holt thinks this is a ruse and insensitively says so, but Rosa wordlessly walks off in gloom.
Round 4: Wire Entanglement
Objective: Each contestant must untagle the cord of their assigned lamp from a huge pile and then plug it in.
Eliminated: Rosa Diaz, Raymond Holt
Plot Summary: Jake pulls ahead because of some advice from Amy, who is on the sidelines. Hitchcock is having trouble and is very slow from the recovery of his pills. Jake thinks this is an opportunity to get him out, but as he gloats, Holt apologizes for Rosa for being so competitive and suggests they amicably drop out and to go the bar to listen to death metal. Rosa accepts and Hitchcock and Jake automatically move on to the final round.
Intermission: Jake and Amy talk in the break room. Amy demands why Jake took the bet, and Jake admits that he is worried about becoming a boring adult, but he also would like Hitchcock's assistance with his paperwork so he can spend more time with his kid if Amy gets pregnant, which touches Amy, who forgives him for the risky deal.
Round 5: Obstacle Course
Objective: The two finalists have to make their way through an obstacle course and finish first
Eliminated: Michael Hitchcock
Winner: Jake Peralta
Plot Summary: At the start, the two exhausted finalists struggle to make their way through the hurdles, but Jake gets a slight lead that he maintains throughout the middle section of the competition, though Hitchcock is close behind him. Jake seems home free to win, but a surprise twist forces him to break through a practice door. He can't do it, and Amy stabs him with an EpiPen so he can get a burst of energy and win.
Standings:
Winner: Jake Peralta
Runner-Up: Michael Hitchcock
3rd Place: Raymond Holt & Rosa Diaz
4th Place: Amy Santiago
5th Place: Norm Scully
6th Place: Debbie Fogle
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Actors
Products
Andy Samberg
- The police dog's name Officer Frisbee.
- Frisbee is the name of the talk show host and close friend of Andy Samberg's, Seth Meyers' Italian Greyhound.
- Samberg's hate of the dog is a bit on the Late Night with Seth Meyers (See Video Below)
- Charles Boyle
- Debbie Fogle
- Terry Jeffords
- Jake Peralta
- Charles Boyle
- Jake Peralta
- Amy Santiago
- Jake Peralta
- Jake Peralta
- Amy Santiago
- Jake Peralta
- Debbie Fogle
- Charles Boyle
Cast
| Actor | Character | |
|---|---|---|
| Andy Samberg | ... | Jake Peralta |
| G. Grant Jewett | ... | Stunt double: Andy Samberg |
| Stephanie Beatriz | ... | Rosa Diaz |
| Terry Crews | ... | Terry Jeffords |
| Melissa Fumero | ... | Amy Santiago |
| Joe Lo Truglio | ... | Charles Boyle |
| Andre Braugher | ... | Captain Ray Holt |
| Dirk Blocker | ... | Michael Hitchcock |
| Damien Puckler | ... | Stunt double: Dirk Blocker |
| Joel McKinnon Miller | ... | Norm Scully |
| Vanessa Bayer | ... | Debbie Fogle |
| Damon Standifer | ... | Alex |
| Kenny Stevenson | ... | Officer Mark |
| Mars | ... | Officer Frisbee |
99th Precinct
Shaw's Bar
Antidextrous
Jimmy Jab Games Reports
Trivia
- Jake thought Amy was inviting him into the captain's office to have sex
- Jake and Amy bought a car that's the color of champagne
- Debbie is antidextrous
- Charles had long curly hair in 2009
- Holt's nicknames for the competition include:
- Debbie - Little Miss Hay For Brains
- Hitchcock & Scully - The Hay Brains
- Jake - King Brain Made of Hay
- Charles accidentally went bottomless in front of everyone twice
- The terms of the bet with Hitchcock are:
- If Jake wins, Hitchcock has to do his paperwork for a year
- If Hitchcock wins, he gets Jake and Amy's new car
- Hitchcock's ex-step son kicked him out of the house
- Debbie is very allergic to turkey and has a purse full of EpiPens for that reason
- Rosa and her family are going to drag brunch on Sunday
- Charles got everyone's clothes without their knowledge
- Rosa & Jocelyn had been dating for a year
- Jocelyn broke up with Rosa
- Jake is open to pegging if Amy wants to try it
- Jake took the smoke detector batteries out to put in his Big Mouth Billy Bass
- Holt and Rosa left the game so Holt could sit and listen to death metal with Rosa
- Suggestions and comments from the cast in the episode suggest that Charles Boyle has a large penis
Running Gags Mentioned
Featured Relationships
- Rosa Diaz & Jocelyn Price
- Jake Peralta & Amy Santiago
- Rosa Diaz & Raymond Holt
- Norm Scully & Michael Hitchcock
Connections to Other Episodes
- The Jimmy Jab Games were introduced in the Season 2 episode The Jimmy Jab Games.
Similarities to the first Jimmy Jab Games episode include:
- Scully singing the operatic opening Jimmy Jab Games song
- Jake flirting with Amy, except in this episode he has a concussion and doesn't make any sense
- The Ringmaster's Throne is the Winchester 3000 chair that was the prize of the first games
- Raymond Holt is a uniformed officer instead of a captain after being demoted by Madeline Wuntch in The Suicide Squad.
- Rosa's girlfriend, Jocelyn, was introduced in The Crime Scene by way of Rosa's hair do's. Captain Holt (and the audience) officially met her in The Therapist. She tried to break up with Rosa in Ticking Clocks.
- Jake mentions that Gina is gone. She left the precinct in the Season 6 episode, Four Movements.
- Charles calls Rosa Ro-Ro, which he earned the right to do in the Season 2 episode Johnny and Dora. Jake and Amy refer to her as Auntie Ro-Ro in Lights Out.
- Rosa using her parents not accepting her sexuality as a reason why she wants to win is what happened in the episode Game Night when she came out to them as bisexual. Her and her mother had a strained relationship until reconnecting in The Crime Scene.
- This marks the third time in the series that Charles Boyle has been seen naked. The first was by Rosa Diaz in season 3 episode Karen Peralta when he's changing in the bathroom that she chases a drug dealer into. The second time was by Jake Peralta in Kicks when Boyle answers his apartment door fully nude.
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Behind The Scenes
- Stunt doubles were used for Dirk Blocker (Hitchcock) and Andy Samberg (Jake)
| 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 | Rosa & Holt listening to death metal at Shaw's Bar | ||
| NY Street Backlot | Establishing shots meant to represent Shaw's Bar |