Brooklyn Nine-Nine, season 3 (23 episodes)

release year: 2015-2016
genre: TV comedy series
viewing setting: home Bluray, 7/23-29/2022

synopsis: This series follows the misadventures of a team of detectives in Brooklyn.

impressions: More of the same, and I loved it. It's somewhat more serious comedy, combining a cast of quirky characters with challenges both in their day-to-day work and their personal lives (which are often intertwined.) This third season deals with some new developments and plotlines: an insane new captain, another insane sort-of-new captain, several new relationships including one with a crazy and unstable cop, Amy going undercover in a prison, FBI involvement. This continues to be my go-to comedy series when I need something light to make me laugh, without the commitment of an entire movie.

acting: Andy Samberg is the main guy - the center of most shenanigans, but also one of the top detectives. Melissa Fumero is his co-worker and now girlfriend, who is super-serious about planning and impressing. Stephanie Beatriz is a tough, serious, often angry detective. Terry Crews is their gigantic, imposing sergeant. Joe Lo Truglio is an odd but surprisingly cultured and suave detective. Chelsea Peretti is an alternatingly annoying and funny lazy civilian member. Andre Braugher is the serious captain who's now beginning to be more normal and open. Dirk Blocker and Joel Miller are the lazy, often disgusting older guys on the squad.

final word: Good light police comedy show that's consistently funny.

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