Brooklyn Nine-Nine: 10 Best Halloween Heist Moments
1. Amy Santiago: Your Worst Nightmare (Halloween Part III)
After
the first two Halloween Heists were won by Jake and Holt, almost as a carbon
copy of each other, the third was set up as a tie-breaker, and to avoid the
surprise element of the squad they held an official draft. Amy however, was
left out completely.
Holt saw her as nothing more than Jake’s girlfriend, while Jake saw her as nothing more than Holt’s lackey. Neither wanted her, which spurred her on to hijack the entire heist without either of them knowing. She really earned her status as the Ultimate Detective/Genius.
The reveal itself was brilliant, as Amy sent them on a wild goose chase after Al the janitor, which involved them running up 31 flights of stairs. There wasn’t even any reason for this, other than an extra little punishment for how they treated her.
Here, Amy was able to stand up for herself and break free from being just an extension of Holt or Jake. She was a badass in her own right and proved it in the best way possible, by beating the two most important men in her life at the very game they excluded her from.