Brooklyn Nine-Nine: 10 Best Characters Only In One Episode
1. Philip Davidson
It would be easy for an episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine made up entirely of one interrogation, with no sub-plots, to come off as boring or lacking. Season five's The Box however, is anything but. A lot of this is down to Jake and Captain Holt, and their chemistry together, but another big reason is the suspect himself.
Sterling K. Brown plays Philip Davidson, a dentist suspected of murdering his partner. With Peralta needing a confession from the suspect by the end of the night, the pressure is on, but Mr. Davidson is simply unflappable, and will not crack.
He literally has an answer for everything Jake and Holt throw at him. From who saw the victim last, to why he couldn't be traced through his phone, to even defeating Great Tiger from Mike Tyson's Punch Out. Not just anyone could reduce Peralta to merely guessing, or make the usually ultra composed Raymond Holt lose his cool.
Eventually, Peralta found Philip's weakness - his ego. The suspect confessed with just eight minutes left on the clock because he didn't like Jake thinking he got away with murder just because he was lucky. Holt's three 'oh, damn's just highlight one of the most satisfying convictions the Nine-Nine has ever seen.