Kali O Rourke

Starting with the teaser, the episode “Johnny and Dora” made it clear that the “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” writers knew they’d left us with unfinished...

In recent years, television shows — in particular comedies — have tried to make the most of their season finales by making them two...

When I write these “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” reviews, I try to be as objective as possible. For some episodes, like this week’s “Det. Dave Majors,”...

After over a month without a new episode of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” I must have been feeling charitable because I really liked “AC/DC.” Did the...

As much as “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” emphasizes the fact that its characters are police officers, the show doesn’t often get into the fact that police...

There were a lot of elements in the latest episode of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” that I should have liked, including French jokes, brainteasers, Bradley Whitford...

In my screenwriting classes, we often talk about how plot should flow naturally from the characters’ personalities. Think about a situation and how your...

At the beginning of this week’s “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” I had some qualms about its plotlines. The main plotline in “The Wednesday Incident” seemed like...

Even though “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” is a show that can do over-the-top comedy (i.e. “Halloween II”), it still knows how to take a step back...

  Like predecessors “Community” and “Parks and Recreation,” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” has a remarkable sense of continuity for a sitcom. While sitcoms often focus on plot...