How Well Do You Know the Dramatic Episodes of Brooklyn Nine-Nine?

Work and Personal Drama Intersect at the Precinct

• The detectives are called back to the precinct to work on a lead for the Nightingale Strangler, a white male with a specific physical description and MO.

• Jake brags about solving five felonies in one week, but his boss, Captain Holt, reminds him to focus on paperwork for closed cases.

• Boyle and Diaz are assigned to work with Jake on a new case, while Santiago is left to handle a purse-snatcher case without a sketch artist.

• Captain Holt is in a bad mood and seems to dislike Santiago, but he opens up to her about his enjoyable weekend in Barbados with his husband.

• Boyle and Jake investigate a dead man's home and suspect the wife of murder when they find evidence of a cancelled cruise ticket.

• Jake volunteers to follow up with the medical examiner on the autopsy report, but gets sidetracked by flirting with her and doesn't return to the precinct for hours.

• Rosa and Boyle discover discrepancies in the dead man's wife's story and suspect murder, but need the autopsy report to confirm.

• Santiago and Captain Holt discuss the missing autopsy report, which Jake was supposed to retrieve, and decide to go to the medical examiner's office.

• They find Jake lost and distracted by vending machines, and he admits to sleeping with the medical examiner and forgetting about the report.

• The detectives finally receive the autopsy report and confirm that the dead man was murdered, likely by his wife.

• Jake's behavior as a secondary detective is criticized by Boyle and Rosa, but he is praised by Captain Holt for his initiative in retrieving the autopsy report.

• Despite the drama, the detectives successfully solve the case and give Captain Holt good news, improving his mood.Autopsy Results Delayed, Murder Suspected, and a Painting Commissioned

• Peralta and Boyle ask Dr. Rossi to perform an autopsy on a deceased man, which they believe could be a homicide.

• Dr. Rossi needs her assistant, who has the day off, to perform the autopsy on a body of that size.

• Peralta agrees to act as Dr. Rossi's assistant to speed up the autopsy process.

• The autopsy reveals that the cause of death was poison, which confirms Boyle's initial suspicion of foul play.

• The captain rejects a baroque oil painting of himself commissioned by Peralta and instead demands a report on a purse-snatcher case.

• Santiago informs the captain that the arrest numbers have not improved since his arrival, but flat numbers are good for a new leadership.

• The detectives arrest the deceased man's wife for his murder after discovering poison in his body and learning that he had multiple affairs.

• Boyle's painting of the captain is approved and admired by everyone in the precinct.

• Peralta apologizes to Boyle for being a bad number two, and they share a wonderful moment.

• Santiago leaves to send files to the D.A. for the Patterson case, and Peralta jokes about weird dead guy sex.

• The captain and Peralta drink in silence, and the episode ends.

• The episode features multiple instances of humor, including jokes about sex, art, and cliches.