Watch | Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season 3

Of the different comedy TV series that I have in my viewing list, Brooklyn Nine-Nine is probably my current favorite. Sure, The Big Bang Theory and New Girl are still fun, but there’s a freshness to Brooklyn Nine-Nine and its absurdities. I just can’t help but love it.

Comedies are usually harder for me to recap or review, because it’s rare that you get an overarching season plot like the ones featured in dramatic TV offerings. Yet, there is a lot of fun in pointing out the best parts in each season.

In the third season of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, the Nine-Nine personnel deal with the transfer of Captain Ray Holt (Andre Braugher) to the NYPD PR Department courtesy of rival Deputy Chief Madeline Wuntch (Kyra Sedgwick); Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg) and Amy Santiago (Melissa Fumero) explore a romantic relationship; Charles Boyle (Joe Lo Truglio) meets the woman of his dreams who immediately gets convicted right after their meet-cute; Sergeant Terry Jeffords (Terry Crewes) is expecting a new baby; and Rosa Diaz (Stephanie Beatriz) meets her seemingly perfect match in Adrian Pimento (Jason Mantzoukas) who is fresh off his twelve-year undercover stint with the mob. Gina Lenetti (Chelsea Peretti) still dances her way through life and gives the Nine-Nine assistance in her own unique way. As for Michael Hitchcock (Dirk Blocker) and Norm Scully (Joel McKinnon Miller)… well, they’re pretty much there and offering their own brand of sometimes unsolicited help.

When you’re watching Brooklyn Nine-Nine, you can expect a lot of crazy. The characters are all pretty much caricatures, with even the seemingly most straight-laced among them having eccentricities. Captain Holt’s deadpan and serious approach to everything, tempered with surprising playfulness, in particular, is always fun to watch. Over the course of three seasons, it’s hard to imagine the Nine-Nine ever having or deserving another captain (although Bill Hader‘s short stint as a replacement captain in the season premier is much appreciated). Jake is still a mix of awesome detective and childishness, which somehow goes well with Amy and her very organized ways. You can always depend on Gina to throw some inappropriate yet well-meaning shade, Rosa to threaten somebody with bodily harm and Boyle to offer too close for comfort support to Jake. And Terry occasionally falls apart with aplomb. The mix of big personalities work for the show and somehow work in their favor when solving cases. Even if the characters show little to no personal growth, the different work and life hurdles they encounter are always made more fun to watch when those personalities come to play.

After three seasons, Brooklyn Nine-Nine still feel fresh to me. Most likely because you never know what kind of shenanigans it’ll throw your way. But the crazy you get is always well thought out. The cases they solve with their unique set of individual personalities, Gina with her dancing, narcissism and bordering on creepy obsession with Terry’s muscles included, actually make for great procedural episodes. And when they throw in their personal drama in the mix, you will rarely, if not never, encounter a less than stellar episode. And if you throw in the stellar guest stars who join in on the fun, such as Katey Sagal, Damon Wayans, Jr., Kathryn Hahn and Dennis Haysbert, you get a fresh twist to throw a spammer on their usual personal and work lives that’s all kinds of crazy wonderful. And while comedy is the backbone of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, you get a dose of humanity every now and then to help you connect more with its characters. Also… boy, can they dish out the twists. Cliffhanger much on the season three finale?

When you’re a busy mom with little TV time, you tend to value what little viewing time you can get and you hope that you end up with something worth that time. And season three of Brooklyn Nine-Nine was definitely worth it.

Happy viewing!!