Content guide
Heavy — skip for under 16
Brooklyn Nine-Nine S1 E4, “M.E. Time”, scores 3/5 for violence, 5/5 for sex and 1/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 5/5 — Heavy — skip for under 16.
Across the episode we counted 20 flagged moments in 6 themes: Sex & hookups (9); Nudity & bodies (2); Affairs / cheating (1); Violence & injury (3); Alcohol & drugs (1); Fat-shaming (4). 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 16+Sex talk, violence, nudity in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that Brooklyn Nine-Nine S1 E4, "M.E. Time", is a live-action sitcom episode. Driven by sex & hookups (explicit, in dialogue), with violence & injury alongside it. Violence includes This could be a murder. Sexual content is explicit — for example, My fantasy threesome; Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue. This episode includes fat-shaming — for example, That was my last fat joke. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — You just wasted your time, Terry's time, and now my time on this when you should have…. 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 9 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in Brooklyn Nine-Nine S1 E4:
My fantasy threesome.
Okay, so you know the new medical examiner? I kinda had sex with her last night.
I blow off work to have sex with a hot coroner, I'm a bad secondary.
I once had sex on a futon.
What, did you have sex 40 times? No, Charles, like Look, I'm sorry.
Sex is something that two adults do with their bodies when they're attracted to each other.
As you would imagine, I'm normally up for pretty much anything in the bedroom, but I can't tell if what happened was weird or sexy.
Stop, stop, stop! Weird, weird, weird! Rosa, what's your call? Weird or sexy? Weird.
What are you guys talking about? Um, just weird sex stuff that has nothing to do with work.
Nudity & bodies 2 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Brooklyn Nine-Nine S1 E4:
- Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
Where are you? Apparently has the world's smallest penis and doesn't know how to use it Hi, there, I'm Jake Peralta, Amy's boss.
Affairs / cheating 1 moment
How Affairs / cheating shows up in Brooklyn Nine-Nine S1 E4:
He had affair after affair.
Violence & injury 3 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Brooklyn Nine-Nine S1 E4:
This could be a murder.
We think it could be a murder.
There's a lead on the nightingale strangler.
Alcohol & drugs 1 moment
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Brooklyn Nine-Nine S1 E4:
You just wasted your time, Terry's time, and now my time on this when you should have been filing a report on the purse-snatcher.
Fat-shaming 4 moments
How Fat-shaming shows up in Brooklyn Nine-Nine S1 E4:
That was my last fat joke.
Do you even want your purse back? So far you've managed to tell three fat jokes and completely bulldoze Charles.
Five fat jokes.
Permission to make a fat joke? Granted.
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