Content guide
Preview first — about 11+
Brooklyn Nine-Nine S6 E2, “Hitchcock & Scully”, scores 3/5 for violence, 3/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 11+.
Across the episode we counted 13 flagged moments in 5 themes: Sex & hookups (4); Affairs / cheating (2); Violence & injury (4); Alcohol & drugs (1); Sexual insults (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 11+Violence, drinking, sex talk in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that Brooklyn Nine-Nine S6 E2, "Hitchcock & Scully", is a live-action sitcom episode. Sits in the gray area mainly on violence & injury (explicit, in dialogue). Violence includes How was that? Like watching a corpse wash up on shore, lifeless. Sexual content includes My testes no longer make sperm; Scully and Hitchcock just got a call from Internal Affairs. Some mild language appears in the dialogue. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — We were working organized crime, and we took down a mafia boss, Gio Costa, for running…. This episode includes sexual insults — for example, You guys go all the way down to Marine Park for wings? There's a waitress there who…. 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 4 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in Brooklyn Nine-Nine S6 E2:
My testes no longer make sperm.
Seems pretty clear-cut, but then why would IA reopen the case? Unless they think it's some sort of "Freaky Friday" situation and you guys traded places with horny singles in your area.
It's just a sketchy old sex van.
I'm just a sucker, trapped in a creepy sex van.
Affairs / cheating 2 moments
How Affairs / cheating shows up in Brooklyn Nine-Nine S6 E2:
Scully and Hitchcock just got a call from Internal Affairs.
Internal Affairs isn't actually investigating your case.
Violence & injury 4 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Brooklyn Nine-Nine S6 E2:
How was that? Like watching a corpse wash up on shore, lifeless.
What is that? - Our guns! NYPD! You're under arrest! [SCREAMS.]
"Top Gun" is crushing the box office, and the Beastie Boys have just been issued - their "License to Ill.
But my gut tells me there's a smoking gun in here.
Alcohol & drugs 1 moment
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Brooklyn Nine-Nine S6 E2:
We were working organized crime, and we took down a mafia boss, Gio Costa, for running cocaine.
Sexual insults 2 moments
How Sexual insults shows up in Brooklyn Nine-Nine S6 E2:
You guys go all the way down to Marine Park for wings? There's a waitress there who always gives us an extra drumstick - in our slut bucket.
Yeah, we never spoke, but if she put an extra wing in our slut bucket, it meant everything was okay.
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