Content guide
Preview first — about 11+
Brooklyn Nine-Nine S1 E8, “Old School”, scores 3/5 for violence, 2/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 11+.
Across the episode we counted 19 flagged moments in 5 themes: Sex & hookups (2); Nudity & bodies (2); Violence & injury (7); Alcohol & drugs (6); Homophobic jokes (2). 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, drinking, homophobic jokes in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that Brooklyn Nine-Nine S1 E8, "Old School", is a live-action sitcom episode. Sits in the gray area mainly on violence & injury (explicit, in dialogue). Violence includes Aaahhh! You look like a corpse we just pulled out of the river. Sexual content is mild but includes Fun side note I late lost my virginity to Mrs; I didn't realize you were gonna get your panties all in a pretzel! That's actually not…. Some mild language appears in the dialogue. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — " Scag is heroin, and the book says it's so good, you can never stop doing it! See me…. This episode includes homophobic jokes — for example, You don't have to stick up for that homo. 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 2 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in Brooklyn Nine-Nine S1 E8:
Fun side note I late lost my virginity to Mrs.
I think you look like a sexy motorcycle.
Nudity & bodies 2 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Brooklyn Nine-Nine S1 E8:
I didn't realize you were gonna get your panties all in a pretzel! That's actually not technically possible.
I'm not wearing underwear.
Violence & injury 7 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Brooklyn Nine-Nine S1 E8:
Aaahhh! You look like a corpse we just pulled out of the river.
"The detectives wiped the mobsters' blood off their boots and found the scag.
What, that? Naw, it's just some Protein for my guns.
For your guns.
His head was basically a blood fountain.
Except I punched him in the face and made everything a billion times worse.
You punched Jimmy Brogan? What were you thinking? I was thinking that I needed to protect this precinct.
Alcohol & drugs 6 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Brooklyn Nine-Nine S1 E8:
" Scag is heroin, and the book says it's so good, you can never stop doing it! See me after class, Jacob.
I was, however, extremely into cocaine for most of 1986.
This was his hangover cure Raw egg yolks.
And that's not a hangover cure.
The thing is I know I hid it incredibly well, but I was pretty drunk when I said that stuff, so Any chance you wouldn't print it? Well, you said you were going on the record.
You got me drunk and took advantage of me.
Homophobic jokes 2 moments
How Homophobic jokes shows up in Brooklyn Nine-Nine S1 E8:
You don't have to stick up for that homo.
What, homo? Ooh! Thank you, Santiago.
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