History Recap / BrooklynNineNineS6E08HeSaidSheSaid

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: "Beefer" tells Jake and Amy that the decided giving them evidence was the right thing to do... for his career. If Seth gets fired for assault, he moves up in the pecking order.

* AscendedFridgeHorror: Jake doesn't react well when he learns that his wife was forcibly kissed in her previous precinct, and that ''every woman'' she knows has a similar story. As he puts it, every time he thinks it couldn't possibly get worse, he's proven wrong.

** Amy and Jake are able to prove that Seth did indeed assault Keri. However, she still decides to leave the firm she worked at, although [[IRegretNothing she regrets nothing]]; her colleagues either [[DontYouDarePityMe pity her as a victim]] or continue to exclude her from the company's frat-like "bro" culture. The only person who seems to benefit from the whole mess is Seth's male co-worker "Beefer", who blew the whistle on him in order to take his job. But then we learn that another woman from the firm has been inspired by Keri to tell the Nine-Nine her own story of being assaulted. As Rosa sums it up, "Two steps forward, one step back is still one step forward."

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Amy and Rosa are both proud feminists, but their approaches to Keri's case differ. Amy believes in fighting for her no matter what, while Rosa thinks that they should consider taking the settlement. On Rosa's side, Amy's failure would result in Keri losing the job she loves and the settlement money. However, Amy's success would go towards fixing a broken system. In the end, Keri loses the money and has to quit, but she doesn't regret it and women from her workplace are also moving forward with their stories. Lampshaded in the end scene.

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Not uncommon in the world of finance, and demonstrated by "Beefer" when he gives Seth's texts to Jake and Amy in order to take his job.
* TheCloudCuckoolanderWasRight: Holt, who insisted that the Disco Strangler was alive and had planned to fake his death as an escape.

* MisaimedFandom: InUniverse, Jake admires the characters in ''Film/TheWolfOfWallStreet'' for being able to partake in ridiculous stunts with their wealth while missing the fact they're also abusive misogynists who mistreat women.

* RealityEnsues: Much to Jake and Amy's surprise, Keri still quits her job after the police obtain proof she was assaulted. Because she ratted on a co-worker, the other employees are hesitant to invite her to after work events that are vital for people looking for promotions to attend and her job is now a dead end.

* MisaimedFandom: InUniverse, Jake admires the characters in ''Film/TheWolfOfWallStreet'' for being able to partake in ridiculous stunts with their wealth and missed the fact they were also abusive misogynists who mistreated women.

Meanwhile, Holt learns that an old nemesis of his--Ernest Zumowski, aka the "Disco Strangler"--has supposedly died during a prison transfer. However, Holt suspects that the notoriously elusive murderer has faked his death and escaped, despite evidence to the contrary. When the captain tries to prove that the Disco Strangler is still alive and track him down, Terry and Boyle fear that he's gone off the deep end in an attempt to relive his glory days.

** Holt succeeds in re-capturing the Disco Strangler--who turns out to be a decrepit old man who can barely hear it when [[IShallTauntYou the captain taunts him]].

** Holt re-captures the Disco Strangler--who is now a shriveled old man, so it's not the glorious comeback that he'd been hoping for.

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Amy and Rosa are both proud feminists, but their approaches to Keri's case differ. Amy believes in fighting for her no matter what, while Rosa thinks that they should consider taking the settlement. On Rosa's side, Amy's failure would result in Keri losing the job she loves and the settlement money. However, Amy's success would go towards fixing a broken system. In the end, Keri lost the money and had to quit, but she didn't regret it and women from her workplace are also moving forward with their stories. Lampshaded in the end scene.

Captain Holt assigns Jake to investigate when finance consultant Seth Haggerty presses charges against Keri Brennan, a female co-worker who has broken his penis. Jake and his colleagues think the incident is hilarious until Holt tells him that Keri was retaliating against Seth because she claims he sexually assaulted her. And when Amy joins the case for personal reasons, she takes actions that might hurt both Keri and herself.

* BadassGrandpa: ZigZaggedTrope with the Disco Strangler. He's clearly on his last legs, but considering the shape he's in, it's a miracle he got as far as he did. And as the transport van driver can attest, his "groovy voodoo" still works.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Jake and Amy initially believed "Beefer" to be this, but it turns out he just wanted Seth's job.

* MisaimedFandom: InUniverse, Jake admires the characters in ''Film/WolfOfWallStreet'' for being able to partake in ridiculous stunts with their wealth and missed the fact they were also abusive misogynists who mistreated women.

Captain Holt assigns Jake to investigate when finance consultant Seth Haggerty presses charges against Keri Brennan, a female co-worker who has broken his penis. Jake and his collleagues think the incident is hilarious until Holt tells him that Keri was retaliating against Seth because she claims he sexually assaulted her. And when Amy joins the case for personal reasons, she takes actions that might hurt both Keri and herself.

* GeekyTurnOn: Jake admits that the case was disturbing him so much he ended up staying up and watching a Documentary aout Feminism on Netflix. Amy is briefly shocked before saying she loves him.

* StayInTheKitchen: In one of Amy's flashbacks, a man who's looking for a cop ignores her (although she's ''in uniform'') and talks to Jake instead.

Captain Holt assigns Jake to investigate when finance consultant Seth Haggerty presses charges against Keri Brennan, a female co-worker who has broken his penis. Jake thinks the incident is hilarious until Keri tells him that she was retaliating against Seth because he sexually assaulted her. And when Amy joins the case for personal reasons, she takes actions that might hurt both Keri and herself.

Meanwhile, Holt learns that an old nemesis of his--Ernest Zumowski, aka the "Disco Strangler"--has supposedly died during a prison transfer. However, Holt suspects that the notoriously elusive murderer has faked his death and escaped, despite evidence to the contrary. When the captain tries to prove that the Disco Strangler is still alive, Terry and Boyle fear that he's gone off the deep end in an attempt to relive his glory days.

* GolfClubbed: Keri hit Seth with a golf club.

* ShooOutTheClowns: Holt sends Hitchcock on vacation in the ColdOpen, leaving Scully to mope about missing him. Considering the inappropriate comments Hitchcock likely would have made about the sexual assault case, it's all for the best.

* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Keri hesitates on this when her firm trie to pay her off but Amy, a firm believer in this trope, encourages her to do this and she agrees.

* SexForServices: Amy's old captain expected her to provide this; she refused and transferred to the Nine Nine as a result.

* MoralPragmatist: Rosa, at the beginning of the episode. She believes Amy shouldn't have talked Keri out of taking a settlement, because the likely consequences of pursuing charges would be that she'd lose her job, they won't find enough evidence to charge Seth, and even if they do, her name will be dragged through the mud, especially at the trial (two steps forward, one step back). Her reasoning was that if she signed the NDA, then at least she gets money and can keep her job. She ends up being half right; Keri leaves her job and will likely be blacklisted in the industry, but they find enough evidence to press charges against Seth, and a female coworker at the firm steps forward.

* MoralPragmatist: Rosa, at the beginning of the episode. She believes Amy shouldn't have talked Keri out of pressing charges because she'll lose her job, they won't find enough evidence to charge Seth, and even if they do, her name will be dragged through the mud, especially at the trial (two steps forward, one step back). Her reasoning was that if she signed the NDA, then at least she gets money and can keep her job. She ends up being half right; Keri leaves her job and will likely be blacklisted in the industry, but they find enough evidence to press charges against Seth, and a coworker at the firm steps forward.

* ICallHimMrHappy: According to Keri, Seth called his penis "[[Series/SesameStreet The Cookie Monster]]". Jake sarcastically guesses that he calls his testicles Bert and Ernie, and Keri informs him that he's actually correct.

-->'''Ernest:''' She couldn't resist my disco voodoo!

* CallingCard: Holt has a theory about piece of string found where the transport van crashed: "It's a yo-yo string, the most dangerous part of the yo-yo. The Strangler wanted me to find this. He's out there, and he's taunting me." Despite Terry and Boyle's skepticism, it turns about to be true.

[[caption-width-right:350:"If I had to do it all again, I would. Especially the broken penis."]]

* WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency: Seth insists he's a feminist because he's occasionally told other men that a woman should direct the next ''Franchise/StarWars'' movie. One of his coworkers defends him by saying he doesn't think Seth has ever hired a prostitute.

* WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency: Seth insists he's a feminist because he's occasionally told other men that a woman (not a specific woman, just any woman) should direct the next ''Franchise/StarWars'' movie. One of his coworkers defends him by saying he doesn't think Seth has ever hired a prostitute.

[[caption-width-right:350:"Is not hanging out with Beefer really a punishment, per se?" "Yeah, but if I'm not at Beefer's for whiskey and cigars, then I don't get invited to [[UsefulNotes/LasVegas Vegas]] with Slurpie and Trundle, and I'm definitely not at Skidmark's pig roast."]]