Content guide
Skip for under 13
Brooklyn Nine-Nine S5 E11, “The Favor”, scores 3/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13.
Across the episode we counted 12 flagged moments in 6 themes: Sex & hookups (2); Nudity & bodies (1); Porn / strippers / sex work (2); Violence & injury (4); Suicide & self-harm (1); 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.
Parents need to know
Age 13+Violence, strip-club and porn references, suicide references in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that Brooklyn Nine-Nine S5 E11, "The Favor", is a live-action sitcom episode. Driven by violence & injury (explicit, in dialogue), with porn / strippers / sex work alongside it. Suicide or self-harm is raised — for example, Anyway, I was waiting in his favorite car, a white 1980 Rolls-Royce, but he was taking…. Violence includes He only wants to use the block party as a cover for something criminal: a robbery, a…. Sexual content is explicit — for example, Back to no let's just not talk about our sex lives; Wow, you didn't even say "breast. Some mild language appears in the dialogue. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — Rap is here And he will drink three beers I wish he would turn the radio down. 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
Sex & hookups 2 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in Brooklyn Nine-Nine S5 E11:
Back to no let's just not talk about our sex lives.
Those cats are having sex.
Nudity & bodies 1 moment
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Brooklyn Nine-Nine S5 E11:
Wow, you didn't even say "breast.
Porn / strippers / sex work 2 moments
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in Brooklyn Nine-Nine S5 E11:
Where we slept with the same prostitute.
Where we didn't sleep with the same prostitute.
Violence & injury 4 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Brooklyn Nine-Nine S5 E11:
He only wants to use the block party as a cover for something criminal: a robbery, a murder, or something worse.
I guess I'll take the knife out of my pants.
Then Tom Cruise hang glides in with a machine gun and he's like, "This is my party now!" [MIMICS GUNFIRE.]
They might just lightly beat him up, so we could do nothing.
Suicide & self-harm 1 moment
How Suicide & self-harm shows up in Brooklyn Nine-Nine S5 E11:
Anyway, I was waiting in his favorite car, a white 1980 Rolls-Royce, but he was taking forever, so I decided to go catch a matinee of "Suicide Squad.
Alcohol & drugs 2 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Brooklyn Nine-Nine S5 E11:
Rap is here And he will drink three beers I wish he would turn the radio down.
Now, how do we expect Kyle to transfer the bug to Seamus? I got him a very expensive bottle of whiskey to give to his uncle as a gift.
Watch With The Kids · Your kids — your rules! · Informal parent guidance, not an official rating.