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Is brooklyn-nine-nine S4 E21 OK for kids?

The Bank Job

📺 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 S4 E21, “The Bank Job”, 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 16 flagged moments in 5 themes: Affairs / cheating (1); Violence & injury (5); Swearing (6); Alcohol & drugs (3); Slut-shaming (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

Affairs / cheating 1 moment

How Affairs / cheating shows up in brooklyn-nine-nine S4 E21:

  • Normally, I'd say we'd report this to Internal Affairs - And twirl back.

Violence & injury 5 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in brooklyn-nine-nine S4 E21:

  • Okay, here are the ground rules: You can punch me, kick me, pull my hair, I am a-ok being stabbed, biting and scratching are on the table, - you can use fire.
  • Everybody down! - [guns cocking.]
  • You just take one of their guys and beat him to a pulp in front of them.
  • Oh, my God, you really punched me.
  • Punch me really hard in the stomach.

Swearing 6 moments

How Swearing shows up in brooklyn-nine-nine S4 E21:

  • But that rule is negotiable if the kids a dick.
  • It sucks, and Maryland is a giant pile of garbage.
  • Okay, so we beat the crap out of my fiancé.
  • These are the ground rules? Is there anything off limits? Damn, man.
  • What the hell? Is she drinking coffee? Boyle, no.
  • What? NYPD, put down your weapons! - Oh! - What the hell? - What is happening? - We're at the wrong bank.

Alcohol & drugs 3 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in brooklyn-nine-nine S4 E21:

  • We can make fake cocaine for ourselves - out of vitamin B powder.
  • If she gets wasted, maybe she'll get sloppy and start talking.
  • It's called a bottle of whiskey.

Slut-shaming 1 moment

How Slut-shaming shows up in brooklyn-nine-nine S4 E21:

  • Why do you even own that? I was banned from Wing Sluts for using too much sauce, so I got it to sneak past the hostess.

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