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Is brooklyn-nine-nine S1 E1 OK for kids?

1. Pilot

📺 Where to watch

Netflix, HBO or Disney+ — catalogs differ by country.

🛒 Where to buy

Digital seasons or a box set to keep.

Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Preview first — about 11+

brooklyn-nine-nine S1 E1, “1. 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.

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.

Watch With The Kids · You kids — your rules! · Informal parent guidance, not an official rating.