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brooklyn-nine-nine S3 E21, “Maximum Security”, scores 3/5 for violence, 3/5 for sex and 4/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13.
Across the episode we counted 25 flagged moments in 6 themes: Sex & hookups (3); Nudity & bodies (2); Porn / strippers / sex work (1); Violence & injury (10); Swearing (8); Alcohol & drugs (1). 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 3 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in brooklyn-nine-nine S3 E21:
I could smother somebody in their sleep with this thing.
Pimento's gonna come back, we're gonna get married and we're gonna have sex on Figgis's grave just like we planned.
Yeah, and guys, this isn't one of those women's prisons that we've all seen being all sexy on late-night cable.
Nudity & bodies 2 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in brooklyn-nine-nine S3 E21:
You're touching her boob.
Should I turn away, or I'm not touching her boob.
Porn / strippers / sex work 1 moment
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in brooklyn-nine-nine S3 E21:
Yeah, try and spread the word that you've got a connect on the outside that gives you access to contrabands: cigarettes, burner phones Pornography.
Violence & injury 10 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in brooklyn-nine-nine S3 E21:
She murdered three people, and she knows Figgis's operation, so we're sending a detective in undercover as an inmate to get close to her.
Now, before we, quote, unquote, bury Pimento, we need to, quote, unquote, open an investigation, find a, quote, unquote, corpse, and obtain a, quote, unquote, death certificate.
" Fake funeral's a good idea, sir, but where are we gonna find a corpse? We don't need one.
You're in for stabbing a man on the subway 46 times in the trachea.
My name is Isabel Cortez, I'm in for murder, 'cause some perv on the subway tried to touch me and I was like, "Did someone order a tracheotomy?" Okay, I think that's a little too technical.
Keep telling me what to do and I'll stab your face off.
I mean, she has a full back tattoo of herself stabbing a guy.
I mean, watching the woman I love, unarmed, locked up with all these murderers.
I mean, one time, I saw her eat a whole apple using a knife, just like in the movies.
Hey, I love beating up doctors.
Swearing 8 moments
How Swearing shows up in brooklyn-nine-nine S3 E21:
I'm gonna split you like a sundae with Grandpa bitch.
The "bitch" part was great.
So, what are you in for, Cortez? None of your damn business.
Hell yes! - Damn! Like that.
Hey, where you get that crap? I got a hookup on the outside, so I can get anything for a price.
Jail is hell.
I hear you can smuggle in crap from outside.
But it's nice to know there's a room full of people who is sucks for too.
Alcohol & drugs 1 moment
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in brooklyn-nine-nine S3 E21:
And if you ever need to talk, or get drunk, or throw stuff off a roof, I mean, I don't know your process.
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