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🎞️ S1 E2 🚫 Hard pass

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Is brooklyn-nine-nine S1 E2 OK for kids?

2. The Tagger

📺 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

Skip for under 13

brooklyn-nine-nine S1 E2, “2. The Tagger”, scores 3/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13.

Across the episode we counted 15 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (3); Nudity & bodies (4); Violence & injury (3); Alcohol & drugs (5). 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 E2:

  • Say hello to Harvey Norgenbloom, CPA, recently divorced father of two with a dark sexual secret.
  • Hey, Jake, there is a very sexy, angry official here, deputy commissioner Podolski.
  • Elderly, sexy, furious.

Nudity & bodies 4 moments

How Nudity & bodies shows up in brooklyn-nine-nine S1 E2:

  • Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
  • And apparently, they won't stop until there's a penis drawn on every cop car in Brooklyn.
  • Did you just say "genital-man"? Because if so, kudos, and yes, I have a plan.
  • Oh, also, the tagger drew a penis on your minivan.

Violence & injury 3 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in brooklyn-nine-nine S1 E2:

  • Let's start with the Kristov murder.
  • You did get hurt 'cause Rosa punched you.
  • And the fact that Rosa punched you means she does not like you.

Alcohol & drugs 5 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in brooklyn-nine-nine S1 E2:

  • We found the cocaine behind a green hamper.
  • Man, you were totally right about the cocaine, and you were also right about Rosa.
  • The drug dealer got a B.
  • …Ah! Yeah! And McGintley wouldn't care if I was three minutes late 'cause he was always an hour late and hungover, and he would let you do literally anything you want if you gave him a hamburger.
  • Theft, vandalism, drunken disorderly, but he's never been processed.

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