Santiago: So what evidence did you have when you arrested this guy?
Peralta: ...Some pretty ironclad stuff.
Peralta: ...Some pretty ironclad stuff.
48 Hours is the seventh episode of Brooklyn Nine Nine.
When Jake arrests recently-released Dustin Whitman (played by Kid Cudi) for a case that matched his usual MO without sufficient evidence, the entire precinct has 48 hours to find such evidence or they face a lawsuit. Understandably upset at him for ruining their weekends, they get to work. The only problem is this — Whitman knows the law, so he isn't about to crack.
In the B-plots, Gina and Rosa argue over whose favorite pie is better by getting serious foodie Boyle to judge it for them. Terry pushes himself working overtime due to wanting to avoid his hulk of a brother-in-law, who's in town for a visit.
This episode provides examples of:
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: Discussed with Gina.Gina: Do whatever you want, but most women don't really like it when dudes lie to them. Except for me, but I'm wired to thrive on dysfunction.
- Beat Without a "But":Holt: I know everyone is upset about having to give up their weekend.Jake: ...But?Holt: No "but", I was simply demonstrating for Peralta what a fact is.
- Blind Without 'Em: Santiago wears contacts, and can't see well without them.Peralta: You're a blind cop! How has there not been a made-for-TV movie about your struggles?
- "Eureka!" Moment: When Amy mentions "locked up together", Jake realizes Dustin must've asked his cellmate for help
- Formerly Fat: Viewers get a hint of how fat Terry used to be through the extremely large shirt that has a pro-Confederacy slogan on the back, which he lends to Santiago.Terry: When you're that big, you buy anything that fits. A lot of fat guy clothes have racist overtones.
- Gilligan Cut:Santiago: What are you gonna do, annoy him into talking?
Peralta: Ha-ha.
(cut to Peralta attempting to do just that by yelling and playing the guitar) - Good News, Bad News: Scully opens with this, although both his announcements are bad news.
- Hollywood Law: The 48 hour rule is about holding a probable cause hearing, not for merely having probable cause. This means two things for this episode. First, the rule explicitly does not allow for using this time to try to find evidence like they do in this like the Nine Nine does. Second, even if that was allowed, Jake finally finding that evidence at the last minute leaves no time to hold the requisite hearing. Whitman may be guilty, but he still has every right to file his lawsuit and would win it.
- Hypocritical Humor: Holt tells Terry he shouldn't care what his brother-in-law thinks, as he's a grown man."Now take your nap, and if I see the lights on in here I'm going to be very disappointed in you."
- Idiot Ball: Peralta's recklessness is amped up in this episode by him arresting a guy with no evidence for mocking his name. Especially jarring as his smarts had just been proved in the last episode.
- Just in Time: Peralta solves the case with minutes to spare.
- Malicious Misnaming: Dustin calls Jake "Joke" Peralta to piss him off.
- Muscle Angst: Terry apparently has this thanks to his even bigger brother-in-law, who treats him like a wimp. note
- Prematurely Bald: Hitchcock apparently went bald at fifteen.
- Pulled from Your Day Off: Everyone is understandably pissed at Jake for his mistake forcing them to work all weekend.
- Race Against the Clock: 48 hours is given to find evidence. There would be a lawsuit if the team fails.
- Serious Business: Gina and Rosa's pie squabble eventually turns into this when Terry declares that the only way it can be resolved is by having everybody taste every pie from both places. Subverted though in that it's shown later Terry is just looking for excuses to stay at work and not have to face his brother-in-law.
- Sleep Deprivation: Everyone has to work over the weekend to find evidence against the perp Jake arrested and the whole precinct skips sleeping. They just take a three-hour nap.
- She Cleans Up Nicely: When Amy walks into the briefing room wearing her date dress, everyone is quite shocked and impressed with her looks, as she tends to wear modest pantsuits at work.
- Shout-Out: The title, to the film 48 Hrs..
- Squick: In universe, both Amy and Boyle are grossed out that Jake wants to borrow Boyle's toothbrush.
- Take a Third Option: Pressed to choose between pies from Gina's and Rosa's favorite bakeries, Boyle instead brings in a pie from his own favorite bakery, which even Gina and Rosa admit is far superior.
- That Came Out Wrong: "I have to prove I'm not selfish, so I don't care what they want."
- This Is for Emphasis, Bitch!: Boyle does this at the end, after his choice of pie conclusively beats Gina and Rosa's into the dust. They don't particularly appreciate it:Boyle: [Triumphantly] You just graduated Pie School, bitches! [Immediately regretful] Sorry I said 'bitches' — I'm just really worked up.
- Threat Backfire: When it looks like Whitman is about to get off and get a big settlement from the police department, he gloats to Peralta by claiming that he's going to buy the nightclub that provided him with an alibi and place a huge statue of Peralta right in the centre of it. Peralta points out that he would love to have a huge statue of himself in the middle of a nightclub, making that a pretty lame threat.
- Torment by Annoyance: Jake tries to get Whitman to talk by... shredding on an out-of-tune guitar and shrieking at the top of his lungs. Doesn't work.
