10 Best Brooklyn Nine-Nine Cold Opens
The weirdest scenes on Brooklyn Nine-Nine often happen in the earliest moments of the episode.
The cold open as been used by numerous TV series over the years, both dramas and comedies. Having a scene before the opening title sequence drops the audience into the show before the plot of the episode has been established.
First popping up in the late 1950s, the practice wasn't in wide use, yet, but there were some that had cold opens. Primarily, it was dramas but by the mid 1960s many TV shows in a variety of genres were widely using the technique. It went worldwide when Lew Grade's work in American TV forced him to use cold opens before returning to the UK with them in the 1970s.
One modern day TV producer who really seems to love cold opens is Michael Schur who has incorporated them into almost every series he's worked on. While The Office and Parks and Recreation have some incredibly epic cold opens, Brooklyn Nine-Nine seems to have perfected the art form.
The story of a group of detectives in the fictional 99th Precinct in Brooklyn has often taken absurdity to new levels. But some of the craziest things that happen in the series go down in the cold opens, and there have been some ridiculous ones.
10. I Want It That Way
Even for a detective, it can be incredibly easy to get distracted on the job. That's doubly true if you're Jake Peralta and the jingling of keys is enough to occupy you for the better part of the day. Sometimes, that distraction can happen at a really inappropriate time.
While running a police lineup with a witness, Jake found himself in a unique position. The witness didn't see the person who committed the crime but she did hear him singing "I Want It That Way" by the Backstreet Boys. As such, the only logical thing to do was have five members of the lineup sing the song.
Naturally, Jake got way too caught up in the moment and the quality of the song. The lineup actually delivered a solid rendition of the boy band classic, much to Jake's delight. Unfortunately, Jake forgot that the witness was there to identify her brother's murderer. It was an awkward moment to say the least.