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Is brooklyn-nine-nine S2 E19 OK for kids?

Sabotage

📺 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 E19, “Sabotage”, 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 16 flagged moments in 5 themes: Porn / strippers / sex work (2); Violence & injury (4); Suicide & self-harm (2); Swearing (4); Alcohol & drugs (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.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Porn / strippers / sex work 2 moments

How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in brooklyn-nine-nine S2 E19:

  • They ate their lettuce, I'm stuck with two bunnies, and lying works! Pretty good gag, huh? A prostitute taught me how to make it.
  • " And while he slept, I logged in to Hoytsman's computer and flooded it with Thai pornography.

Violence & injury 4 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in brooklyn-nine-nine S2 E19:

  • I'm gonna need you to hand in your badge and gun.
  • All right, fine, you can have my badge and gun, but we're doing it in your office so I can slam them down on your desk and yell out, "The system stinks!"…
  • At Brooklyn Urine and Blood? Oh, yeah, the internet says this is the number-one urinalysis lab in all of New York.
  • He likes me because I got him off on a strangle-and-mangle.

Suicide & self-harm 2 moments

How Suicide & self-harm shows up in brooklyn-nine-nine S2 E19:

  • I am a horrible person who has done horrible things to a truly decent man, which is why I've decided to take my own life.
  • Spoiler alert! Decided to take my own life.

Swearing 4 moments

How Swearing shows up in brooklyn-nine-nine S2 E19:

  • Pair of red hot dicks.
  • Wow, you've pissed off a lot of people.
  • What the hell are you doing? I thought I was hitching a ride to Rikers so we could interview some convicts I put away, but apparently you're still wasting time investigating me.
  • You're damn right.

Alcohol & drugs 4 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in brooklyn-nine-nine S2 E19:

  • There were traces of cocaine and methamphetamines - found in your urine.
  • I mean, sure, a couple of my teeth are loose, but that's from dental neglect, not meth.
  • But I basically got your cocaine charges dropped.
  • Just go home, have a beer, and smash something.

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