Content guide
Skip for under 13
Brooklyn Nine-Nine S1 E5, “The Vulture”, 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 26 flagged moments in 5 themes: Sex & hookups (6); Nudity & bodies (2); Affairs / cheating (3); Violence & injury (12); Alcohol & drugs (3). 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 13+Violence, nudity, sex talk in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that Brooklyn Nine-Nine S1 E5, "The Vulture", is a live-action sitcom episode. Driven by violence & injury (explicit, in dialogue), with nudity & bodies alongside it. Violence includes Peralta Where are we on the Lincoln place murder? Well, like I told Captain Holt earlier…. Sexual content is explicit — for example, Yeah, oldest arrest God, you had sex with a 68-year-old when you were in your 20s? You…; Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue. Some mild language appears in the dialogue. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — Hey, you guys see the dude I brought in today The drug dealer? I think it's the oldest…. 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 6 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in Brooklyn Nine-Nine S1 E5:
Yeah, oldest arrest God, you had sex with a 68-year-old when you were in your 20s? You know how it is.
It was like having sex with a transformer.
I appreciate the offer, but I work best alone Except when it comes to sex.
What's up, little man? What's up? Feeling sexy? Huh? Yeah, I feel sexy.
Yeah, you look sexy, man.
Ultimately, it was our raw sexual chemistry that helped him overcome his crippling fear.
Nudity & bodies 2 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Brooklyn Nine-Nine S1 E5:
- Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
All right, you want to hear it again? Idea for a novel A mild-mannered doorman gets bitten on the penis by a radioactive spider and becomes the world's greatest lover.
Affairs / cheating 3 moments
How Affairs / cheating shows up in Brooklyn Nine-Nine S1 E5:
I spent eight years in the public affairs office, so my tactical skills are a little rusty.
Apparently he was having an affair, and it was not the first time.
The husband had the affair.
Violence & injury 12 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Brooklyn Nine-Nine S1 E5:
Peralta Where are we on the Lincoln place murder? Well, like I told Captain Holt earlier this week, we are at the one-yard line.
Meet Fred Gorman Prominent citizen, lawyer, corpse.
I just need to find the murder weapon.
Oh, yeah? Did Nancy Drew solve a lot of murders? Yeah, she did Murder on Ice, Recipe for Murder.
wife goes down to the doorman, says a guy murdered her husband and then ran off.
Stab, stab, stab.
won't move forward with the arrest until we find the knife she used.
Terry, I'd like you to accompany me to a gun range.
You mean drive you there and wait outside Far away from the guns.
Blam! Blam, blam! Gun range.
Is there anywhere you can think of in that hallway where a knife could be hidden? Well, since I've already told you, like, three times, no, why don't I just record it? Then I don't have to say it again.
We would've seen a bloody corkscrew.
Alcohol & drugs 3 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Brooklyn Nine-Nine S1 E5:
Hey, you guys see the dude I brought in today The drug dealer? I think it's the oldest collar of my entire career.
Apparently, our Detective squad has gotten drunk, compromised the crime scene, and an officer has gotten stuck in a trash chute.
They were publicly drunk.
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