6/14/2023 0 Comments Watch brooklyn 99 the tagger![]() ![]() In just this past week’s episode, his storyline centered around his obsession with “hunting down a murderer, recovering millions in stolen money, rappelling out of a chopper with a knife between my teeth.” (The knife is between his teeth, he says, because “both of hands are holding giant machine guns, and THAT’s how it’s going down!”) Yet ultimately, he’s still a “good” cop-his overzealousness is never truly threatening.Īctually, they could, but then Brooklyn Nine-Nine would be a completely different show. A huge part of Jake’s character is his penchant for glorifying his job to extreme, cartoonish levels. He’s not quite as high on the scariness scale as Michael Rapaport’s disturbed cop in a recent episode of Louie, but the potentially harmful elements are still there. Perhaps worse still is the upholding of Samberg’s Jake as overzealous hero cop, a character type that can feel disturbing in these current times. At the same time, a more charitable reading of this ephemeral joke could be that it shows just how ingrained bullying tactics are in law enforcement, that some cops would think nothing of “smacking” a suspect with a phone book. The flippant comment is a face-palm moment-making light of a practice that is all too common within police departments, and then letting it zip by without a second thought. “So you’re suggesting police brutality?” says Jake. With a phone book on a body part no one can see, know what I’m saying?” ![]() ![]() “Don’t arrest him,” chimes in Rosa (Stephanie Beatriz). In episode two, “The Tagger,” Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg) asks his colleagues for help with a case that involves the Deputy Commissioner’s delinquent son. So there are any number of reasons why Brooklyn Nine-Nine should leave me with a bad taste in my mouth, the first of which being its wholly benign, occasional flirtation with the serious, real-life issues currently plaguing communities. Should I ever need to call 911 for an emergency, I would probably hesitate first. The national stories that have become practically inevitable over the last couple of years have made me increasingly weary. The personal accounts of unnecessarily tense moments with the police relayed to me by everyone from my father and my boyfriend, to my friends and acquaintances, have made me increasingly leery. But I can’t say I really trust them either, and I think my reasons are more than valid. ![]()
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