Content guide
Preview first — about 11+
Brooklyn Nine-Nine S4 E9, “The Overmining”, scores 3/5 for violence, 1/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 11+.
Across the episode we counted 10 flagged moments in 3 themes: Violence & injury (4); Suicide & self-harm (1); Alcohol & drugs (5). 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+Drinking, violence, suicide references in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that Brooklyn Nine-Nine S4 E9, "The Overmining", is a live-action sitcom episode. Sits in the gray area mainly on alcohol & drugs (explicit, in dialogue). Suicide or self-harm is raised — for example, Not to brag, but I was name-checked in my kindergarten teacher's suicide note. Violence includes Right, I mean, what if we bust them tonight, and then tomorrow I'm chasing a murderer,…. Some mild language appears in the dialogue. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — Well, the bag belongs to one of his runners, and it contains, like, a football's worth…. 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
Violence & injury 4 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Brooklyn Nine-Nine S4 E9:
Right, I mean, what if we bust them tonight, and then tomorrow I'm chasing a murderer, and I'm about to get him, and my foot cramps up? - Due to lack of massaging.
And then the murderer - gets away.
's wallet, badge, and gun on top of the toilet paper dispenser.
We have to do our stupid jobs, don't we? Yeah, let me get my stupid gun.
Suicide & self-harm 1 moment
How Suicide & self-harm shows up in Brooklyn Nine-Nine S4 E9:
Not to brag, but I was name-checked in my kindergarten teacher's suicide note.
Alcohol & drugs 5 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Brooklyn Nine-Nine S4 E9:
Well, the bag belongs to one of his runners, and it contains, like, a football's worth of cocaine I'm not good with sizes and a cell phone.
So you think we should pose as drug dealers looking for a new heroin supplier and get Severino to hook us up with Flaco.
Well, it all started because I lost a huge bag of cocaine, so I totally biffed it, you know, but - Thank you, thank you, Captain.
Do you guys know - a drug dealer named Flaco? - Oh, yeah, he's a big-time supplier, consolidated half the territory in Brooklyn.
Any questions? Will taking down one drug dealer make a big difference in the overall level of drugs - moving into the city?
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