Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Season 8

Real fans know that B99 has always been funny and poignant and absolutely willing to address the darkness in our society: racism, police brutality, LGBTQ+ specific issues, and more. This season was no exception, and it shouldn’t have been. Was the season perfect? No. But it was very good across many measures, and dismissing it for spending a few minutes addressing the cruelty and hate in Western culture doesn’t make it “too woke”, “too liberal”, or any other right-wing snowflake nonsense. It’s weird how treating others with kindness, empathy, and equality is so offensive to so many. B99 is not a place for hate, and that’s one of many reasons the show has been so great and so well loved. There’s good, funny stuff in this season. It ended well, and I can’t wait for the box set to come out so I can get my favorite series and watch it always.

The writers betrayed us and the nine nine.

There are moments, but overall it’s just not that funny anymore. This is likely because he chemistry has changed over the years but also because the focus has obviously changed.

Seriously messed up the show:-(

Anyone attacking the show for tackling current social change was never really a fan. The show has ALWAYS included social commentary, and frankly it would have been impossible to do a season after a year long absence that saw riots, police reform and a pandemic, without addressing those events. That it’s a comedy show makes things tricky but not addressing the world as it is would have been dishonest and hollow. Luckily the show remains funny. Several episodes certainly have downbeat real life elements that are impossible to ignore, but they’re able to include enough humor to make it easier to digest and might even provoke some thought and discussion. Largely the season is what you’ve come to expect over the years. It’s funny, the characters are still lovable and it has a lot of heart. The world changed over the last few years and it’s nice to have at least one more short season to see these characters one more time. Those more issue oriented episodes have laughs, but they do teeter on being a bummer. And of course, despite some quality work, the season is often less fun than the earlier years.

It’s the same hilarity, sentiment, and satire as the prior 7 seasons. Some awfully sensitive anonymous folks leaving “reviews” on this site.

Politics politics politics with no finesse. Just push it in your face wokeness.

Another show ruined by left wing wokeness. 10 minutes into the first episode and im done with this show. Now im going to try and get a refund.

I understand most people (including myself) didn’t like the first episode but giving it one star based off of that is ridiculous. Episodes 3 and 4 were way better.

Nothing funny until the fourth episode, not even the intros. The woke campaign is full blast and it ruins the fun. Did not laugh at any of the intros until the fourth episode. Very disappointed. This is the final season and it’s supposed to be the best but it’s not. They better not ruin the Doug Judy episode….