Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Season 2 Episode 12: “Beach House”
Directed by Tim Kirkby
Created by Daniel J Goor and Michael Schur
Written by Lakshmi Sundaram and David Phillips
Starring Andy Samberg, Andre Braugher, Stephanie Beatriz, Melissa Fumero, Joe Lo Truglio, Chelsea Peretti, Dirk Blocker, Joel McKinnon Miller, and Terry Crews.
FOX
Air Date: Sunday, January 4, 2015, 8:30pm

It’s baaaaccckkk!!!! It’s like when you get that late gift from the relative you didn’t get to see during the holidays, who had that one lonely present sitting under their tree or menorah for you? Then you manage to catch up with them in January, and bam! – another gift! That’s what the return of Brooklyn Nine-Nine feels like.

We had to suffer an entire 21 days without the FOX television series during the holiday hiatus, but it was worth the wait. A few spoilers as we catch up on where we last left off with the 99 gang….

Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Season 2 Episode 11: “Stakeout”
Created by Daniel J Goor and Michael Schur
Starring Andy Samberg, Andre Braugher, Stephanie Beatriz, Melissa Fumero, Joe Lo Truglio, Chelsea Peretti, Dirk Blocker, Joel McKinnon Miller, and Terry Crews.
FOX
Air Date: Sunday, December 14, 2014, 8:30pm

Warning! Some spoilers if you are not up to date!

Fresh off the success of the “Giggle Pig” takedown, Captain Holt (Andre Braugher), Rosa (Stephanie Beatriz), and Jake (Andy Samberg) are awarded medals of honor, from Holt’s nemesis Madeline (Kyra Sedgewick), much to Holt’s actual unhidden-for-once glee. The task force is officially over and it’s time for the next big case.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Season 2 Episode 10: “The Pontiac Bandit Returns”
Directed by Max Winkler
Created by Daniel J Goor and Michael Schur
Written by Matt O’Brien
Starring Andy Samberg, Andre Braugher, Stephanie Beatriz, Melissa Fumero, Joe Lo Truglio, Chelsea Peretti, Dirk Blocker, Joel McKinnon Miller, and Terry Crews
FOX
Air Date: Sunday, December 7, 2014, 8:30pm

A smidge of spoilers from season 1 before we get to Season 2 Episode 2.10:

Doug Judy (Craig Robinson) is back on Brooklyn Nine-Nine for Episode 2.10 “The Pontiac Bandit Returns”! We last saw Doug Judy in Episode 1.12 “Pontiac Bandit” as a perp of interest in a car thief case – a car thief that Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg) has been chasing for eight years. We fell in love with him as he Keyser Soze’d detectives Peralta and Rosa Diaz (Stephanie Diaz), and rode off into the sunset, after the three displayed some of the best character chemistry in a comedy ever seen.

In Episode 2.10, they catch Peralta’s nemesis finally, but he has some pertinent info on the drug kingpin of the Giggle Pig case, the case that holds the entire fate of the 78th precinct in its hands. Forced to be together for a while, the three have lost none of their zest, complete with love songs (Reunited, and it feels so good….), bathrobes, lobster, and the promise of kisses from Diaz to Judy.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Season 2 Episode 1: “Undercover”
Directed by Dean Holland
Created by Daniel J. Goor and Michael Schur
Written by Prentice Penny
Starring Andy Samberg, Andre Braugher, Stephanie Beatriz, Melissa Fumero, Joe Lo Truglio, Chelsea Peretti, Dirk Blocker, Joel McKinnon Miller, and Terry Crews
FOX
Air Date: Sunday, September 28, 2014, 8:30pm

Here is the extended spoiler alert for Brooklyn Nine-Nine 2.1 “Undercover”: Call in sick, tell your significant other you need some space, send your kids to school even though it’s Sunday, get lots of take-out, order Season 1 on Amazon Instant Video, and binge the entire season before 8:30pm tonight. Not because it’s critically acclaimed and garnered awards and nominations, but because… It’s. That. Good.

Skeptical at first because while I liked some of Andy Samberg‘s SNL stuff (especially with him and JT), I wasn’t sure if he could be the star of his own show. I was a fan of Andre Braugher‘s, and 20-25 minutes of show would not hurt, so I decided to try it out.