src=”https://static0.colliderimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/jake-johnson.jpg” width=”2800″ />If you’re looking for your next Netflix binge obsession, one of the best possible options is the amazing sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Running for eight seasons and 153 episodes across two different networks, Brooklyn Nine-Nine delivers a consistently hilarious police-themed workplace comedy. Featuring one of the best comedic ensembles on the planet, led by Andy Samberg and Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine offers the perfect rewatch that only becomes better on repeat viewings, with the entire series available to stream now on Netflix.
‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ Had One of the Best and Funniest Casts on Television
The secret sauce of Brooklyn Nine-Nine originates from its incredible cast of comedy heavyweights, with every main cast member consistently delivering on laughs. Every lead actor in Brooklyn Nine-Nine possesses their own unique style and humorous dynamic that expertly enhances their performances. Whereas Jake Peralta comes off as a sarcastically comedic class clown, the late, great Andre Braugher’s Captain Holt brings impeccable dry wit, stoicism, and subtle humor to his performance. Their roles represent the perfect foils to play off of one another. However, despite their characters’ initial rivalry in the earlier episodes, Holt comes to understand Jake’s style of police work, and they eventually become loyal friends and colleagues.
Collider Exclusive · Universe Personality Quiz Which Iconic Universe Do You Belong in the Most? Star Wars · Lord of the Rings · Harry Potter · Game of Thrones · Star Trek
Five legendary universes. Five completely different visions of what the world could be — or already was. One of them is the world your instincts, your values, and your particular way of existing were built for. Eight questions will tell you which one.
🚀Star Wars
💍Lord of the Rings
🧙Harry Potter
👑Game of Thrones
🖖Star Trek
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What gives your life its deepest sense of meaning? Every universe is built around a different answer to this question.
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Which kind of world do you most want to inhabit? The environment shapes who you become. Choose carefully.
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How do you prefer your conflicts resolved? The shape of a world’s conflicts tells you everything about its soul.
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Who do you want beside you when things get difficult? Your ideal companions reveal the world you were made for.
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What is your relationship with power? How you seek, wield, or resist power is the map of who you are.
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How does your universe treat good and evil? A world’s moral architecture tells you more about it than any map.
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What role would you naturally fall into? Every universe has archetypes. Which one fits you without trying?
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What do you ultimately believe about the future? The answer to this is the clearest window into which universe already lives inside you.
Your Universe Has Been Chosen You Belong In…
Your answers point to the iconic universe your values, your instincts, and your particular way of seeing the world were built for. This is where you would find your people — and your purpose.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
You believe in the cause — in the idea that freedom is worth fighting for even when the odds are impossible and the empire is vast.
You are drawn to the moral clarity of a universe where hope itself is a form of resistance.
You’d find your people in the Rebellion — a ragtag coalition of true believers held together by conviction more than resources.
Star Wars is fundamentally a story about ordinary people choosing to matter in an extraordinary conflict — and that is exactly your kind of story.
The Force may or may not be with you. But the will to use it for something larger than yourself certainly is.
Middle-earth
Lord of the Rings
You understand, in the deepest part of yourself, that the journey matters as much as the destination — and that the world’s beauty is worth protecting even at great cost.
Middle-earth is a world of ancient wonder, deep friendship, and a darkness that only retreats when enough small acts of courage accumulate.
You would thrive here because you value the fellowship more than the glory — the road more than the arrival.
Tolkien’s universe rewards patience, loyalty, and the willingness to carry something heavy across a very long distance.
Those are not burdens to you. They are simply how you move through the world.
The Wizarding World
Harry Potter
You believe that love, loyalty, and doing what’s right are not naive sentiments — they are the most powerful forces in any world, magical or otherwise.
The Wizarding World is a place of wonder hidden in plain sight, where learning is transformative and the bonds you form at school follow you into every battle.
You would flourish here because you take both the magic and the friendships seriously — and you understand that one without the other is incomplete.
Harry Potter’s universe ultimately rewards those who choose to stand for something even when standing is terrifying.
That choice — made quietly, without guarantee — is something you understand completely.
Westeros · The Known World
Game of Thrones
You see the world clearly — its power structures, its hypocrisies, its brutal arithmetic — and you are not paralysed by that clarity. You use it.
Westeros is a world that rewards intelligence, adaptability, and the willingness to understand that every alliance is also a negotiation.
You would survive here — possibly thrive here — because you don’t confuse the world as it is with the world as you’d like it to be.
Game of Thrones is a story about what happens when the idealists and the realists collide. You are sharp enough to know which one lasts longer.
Winter always comes. You are already prepared.
The United Federation of Planets
Star Trek
You believe the future is worth building — that curiosity, cooperation, and the expansion of understanding are not just ideals but the most practical path forward for any civilisation.
Star Trek is a universe where the questions matter as much as the answers, and where encountering something utterly alien is cause for wonder rather than fear.
You would belong here because you are fundamentally optimistic about what intelligence and decency can achieve — while being honest about how hard that achievement is.
The Federation is the universe’s most ambitious thought experiment: what if we actually got better?
You don’t just hope that’s possible. You think it’s the only thing worth working toward.
Each lead actor in the main cast brings exceptional comedic timing to their roles, from Chelsea Peretti’s self-confident and snarky Gina Linetti, to the eccentric Charles Boyle (Joe Lo Truglio), to the gentle giant Terry Jeffords (Terry Crews). Not to mention the fantastic performances that Stephanie Beatriz as the fierce Rosa Diaz and Melissa Fumero as the studious Amy Santiago bring to the show. With very little turnover across its eight seasons, Brooklyn Nine-Nine had one of the best and most consistent comedic ensembles on television.
‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ Mixes Genuine Heart With Absurdist Humor
Although the detectives at the NYPD’s 99th precinct are highly dysfunctional misfits, the characters’ genuine hearts and emotions elevate them. Brooklyn Nine-Nine heavily focused on absurdist humor, but the show’s material is never mean-spirited. Despite the main characters’ flaws, they always strive to do their best and overcome their issues and conflicts. Gina frequently comes off as a self-absorbed narcissist. Still, deep down, she cares deeply for her friends and looks out for them, such as in “Game Night,” when she returns from maternity leave to help her colleagues deal with the cybercrimes unit after they leech all the office’s internet bandwidth. In the same episode, Jake assists Rosa in coming out to her parents that she’s queer, which she fears might alienate them.
Jake uses his immature, sarcastic attitude as a defense mechanism to cope with the trauma of his youth and his absentee father walking out on his family. Even the comedically inept, buffoonish, and infinitely lazy Michael Hitchcock (Dirk Blocker) and Norm Scully (Joel McKinnon Miller) show up when it counts, like in the Season 2 episode, “Sabotage,” which reveals the iconic duo are secretly good at their jobs but act lazy so they can stay at their desks. For all the 99th precinct’s mishaps, somehow the characters always come together to make it work. The main characters’ quirks make them much more likable, relatable, and charming, making Brooklyn Nine-Nine such easy television viewing.
‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ Became More Topical in Its Later Seasons
Jake Peralta and Rosa Diaz on Trial in Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Brooklyn 99) Season 5.Image via NBC
In Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s final season, which aired amid the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, the series became far more topical, addressing contemporary issues and events. The series worked the pandemic into its storylines, along with the social upheaval of the Black Lives Matter movement and civil unrest over police brutality, as shown in the Season 8 premiere, “The Good Ones,” which depicts Rosa’s moral dilemma over systemic issues in law enforcement. Jake attempts to assist Rosa, first trying to make a point that not all cops are bad, but he eventually realizes that his performative attempts to assist Rosa are part of the problem.
In the same episode, in an incredibly sincere and dramatic moment, Captain Holt confesses to Amy that he separated from his husband Kevin (Marc Evan Jackson), revealing his own personal struggles during the pandemic, and how his marriage suffered as a result. If there was any episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine that should have netted Braugher another Emmy Award, it was this one, for his tear-jerking monologue and heart-to-heart scene with Amy. Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s refusal to avoid hot-button issues proved commendable. The storylines were executed with grace, complementing the series well within the framework of its absurdist comedic style.
Although the series ended five years ago, Brooklyn Nine-Nine continues to age exceptionally well. The procedural sitcom defines television comfort food, improving with repeat viewings. Thanks to its one-of-a-kind cast, it’s hard to imagine any police procedural sitcom ever working as well as Brooklyn Nine-Nine again.
