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Is brooklyn-nine-nine S2 E16 OK for kids?

The Wednesday Incident

📺 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 S2 E16, “The Wednesday Incident”, scores 3/5 for violence, 2/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 11+.

Across the episode we counted 14 flagged moments in 5 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Porn / strippers / sex work (1); Violence & injury (4); Swearing (6); Alcohol & drugs (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.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Sex & hookups 1 moment

How Sex & hookups shows up in brooklyn-nine-nine S2 E16:

  • Name of Amy's sex tape.

Porn / strippers / sex work 1 moment

How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in brooklyn-nine-nine S2 E16:

  • Prostitutes.

Violence & injury 4 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in brooklyn-nine-nine S2 E16:

  • I was lightly stabbed.
  • You were stabbed? Lightly stabbed.
  • One of them had a knife.
  • You beat him in a dance-off? - No, I destroyed him.

Swearing 6 moments

How Swearing shows up in brooklyn-nine-nine S2 E16:

  • What? - Son of a bitch! Well, this is where Raymond eats breakfast every morning.
  • Dude, just admit that you ruined everything and you turned our lives into a living hell.
  • What the hell? That was Marcus.
  • Damn it, Diane, what are you doing after this?
  • Yeah, I might buy my shoes at a kids store, and, yeah, I might be scared of geese, but I am a damn good cop, and I will not be made a fool of.
  • I can't believe that bastard beat me.

Alcohol & drugs 2 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in brooklyn-nine-nine S2 E16:

  • Gina, I know you like champagne with a drop of pomegranate juice.
  • I'm sorry you wasted your chit, Jake.

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