Content guide
Preview first — about 11+
Brooklyn Nine-Nine S1 E1, “Pilot”, scores 3/5 for violence, 3/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 11+.
Across the episode we counted 13 flagged moments in 5 themes: Sex & hookups (3); Affairs / cheating (1); Violence & injury (6); Alcohol & drugs (2); Racism & slurs (1). Every moment below is either a direct quote from the episode transcript or a short description of what happens on screen, so you can decide before you press play.
Parents need to know
Age 11+Violence, racist language, sex talk in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that Brooklyn Nine-Nine S1 E1, "Pilot", is a live-action sitcom episode. Sits in the gray area mainly on violence & injury (explicit, in dialogue). Violence includes I will! JP, update on the Morgenthau murder? Yeah! Good news for all you murder fans. Sexual content includes Okay, so the perp came in through the window, left the muddy red footprint, and…; But they put me in a public affairs unit. Some mild language appears in the dialogue. This episode includes racism & slurs — for example, Okay, first of all, that's racist. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — Are you smelling that weed smell? Yeah. Every flagged moment below is a direct quote from the transcript or a short description of what happens on screen.
Watch for — every moment, theme by theme
Sex & hookups 3 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in Brooklyn Nine-Nine S1 E1:
Okay, so the perp came in through the window, left the muddy red footprint, and apparently had sex with the dish rack.
Wait, you hooked up with him? Ugh! All right, hit the pawn shops and canvass the neighborhood.
He guarantees it will end in sex.
Affairs / cheating 1 moment
How Affairs / cheating shows up in Brooklyn Nine-Nine S1 E1:
But they put me in a public affairs unit.
Violence & injury 6 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Brooklyn Nine-Nine S1 E1:
I will! JP, update on the Morgenthau murder? Yeah! Good news for all you murder fans.
Anyone else? How about we focus on the murder and not the old person gunk? Crime techs are at the scene now.
Only he was home, so you shot him.
"Murderers we let go.
In 1981, he caught the disco strangler.
Secondly, Captain, Terry told me you caught the disco strangler.
Alcohol & drugs 2 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Brooklyn Nine-Nine S1 E1:
Are you smelling that weed smell? Yeah.
'Cause a dude broke in, smoked weed, and bolted.
Racism & slurs 1 moment
How Racism & slurs shows up in Brooklyn Nine-Nine S1 E1:
Okay, first of all, that's racist.
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