History Recap / BrooklynNineNineS2E19Sabotage

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Played with. Geoffrey certainly blames Jake arresting him for possession of cocaine for his life subsequently going down the toilet, but while it can be argued that this technically was the inciting incident, as Jake himself points out he actually did Geoffrey a favour in convincing the prosecutors and judge to go for community service instead of jail time. Geoffrey's eventual downfall was actually caused by his [[WhatAnIdiot less-than-wise]] decision to OD on cocaine and meth to try and get all forty hours done in one go.

--> '''Jake''': (reading the cue cards Hoytsman forced him to read) "...which is why I have decided to take my own life--" Wait! No! I didn't decide that!

* RealityEnsues: When informed he's on suspension and will have to [[TurnInYourBadge turn in his badge]], Peralta wants to go into Holt's office so that he can dramatically slam his gun and badge down on his desk while yelling that the system stinks. Instead, Holt informs him of the lengthy bureaucratic procedures that are actually required for him to do so.
-->'''Peralta:''' The system stinks! ''[Sets off to begin the lengthy bureaucratic procedures to turn in his badge]''

* TurnInYourBadge: Jake wants to do this in Holt's office but Holt tells him that the [[RealityEnsues actual procedure involves Jake filling out several forms and handing in his gun and badge to a property clerk]].

* TooDumbToLive: Rather than be grateful for Jake's leniency over his original drug charges or trying to get himself clean, Hoytsman decided to try and complete 40 hours of community service in one go and snorted a whole bunch of cocaine for energy.

* BlackComedy: Much of the episode is darker in tone than the show usually is, since it involves Jake being held hostage by a stoned, desperate and bitter Geoffrey Hoytsman (from "The Defense Rests") who blames him for ruining his life and intends to ruin, frame and kill him. Nevertheless, much of Geoffrey's drugged-up incompetence is played for laughs.
** BlackComedyBurst

* BlatantLies: Geoffrey records Jake reading a statement that is apparently trying to frame Jake for absolutely everything bad he's ever done. Which includes...

* UnexpectedCharacter: Few people probably expected Geoffrey Hoytsman to be the bad guy of this episode.

Also, because they were preoccupied with Jake's suspension, Terry and Holt missed Gina's latest dance performance. Holt's refusal to lie results in Gina becoming depressed and swearing off of dance altogether.

* MoodSwinger: Geoffrey Hoytsman veers wildly between affability, threatening hostility, and forgetfulness throughout the episode. It probably has something to do with the massive cocktail of drugs he's apparently got swimming through his system.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: Scully and Hitchcock are [[LetsGetDangerous actually competent detectives]]. But they believe their glory days are behind them and all they want to do now is sit around the office until they retire.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: Scully and Hitchcock are actually competent detectives. But they believe their glory days are behind them and all they want to do now is sit around the office until they retire.

* RealityEnsues: When informed he's on suspension and will have to [[TurnInYourBadge turn in his badge]], Peralta wants to go into Holt's office so that he can dramatically slam his gun and badge down on his desk while yelling that the system stinks. Instead, Holt informs him of the lengthy bureaucratic procedures that are actually required for him to do so.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Played with. Geoffrey certainly blames Jake arresting him for possession of cocaine for his life subsequently going down the toilet, but while it can be argued that this technically was the inciting incident, as Jake himself points out he actually did Geoffrey a favour in convincing the prosecutors and judge to go for community service instead of jail time. Geoffrey's downfall was actually caused by his [[WhatAnIdiot less-than-wise]] decision to OD on cocaine and meth to try and get all forty hours done in one go.

** [[BreadEggsMilkSquick Inverted]] with Peralta's run of bad luck in the ColdOpen. It begins with his alarm failing, cycles through a range of other small-scale acts of bad luck such as the hot water in his apartment going out and his car running out of gas, and ends with him being suddenly informed that his routine drugs test has come back positive for cocaine and meth.

** Inverted with Peralta's run of bad luck in the ColdOpen. It begins with his alarm failing, cycles through a range of other small-scale acts of bad luck such as the hot water in his apartment going out and his car running out of gas, and ends with him being suddenly informed that his routine drugs test has come back positive for cocaine and meth.

* MoodWhiplash: The second half of the episode is noticeably darker than the first half and the sup-plots surrounding it.

* RealityEnsues: When informed he's on suspension and will have to TurnInYourBadge, Peralta wants to go into Holt's office so that he can dramatically slam his gun and badge down on his desk while yelling that the system stinks. Instead, Holt informs him of the lengthy bureaucratic procedures that are actually required for him to do so.

* SmugSnake: Hoytsman is incredibly smug for a drug-addled ex-lawyer who lives in a beat0up ice-cream truck and doesn't appear to have washed in a good long while.

* BlackComedy: Much of the episode is darker in tone than the show usually is, since it involves Jake being held hostage by a stoned, desperate and bitter Geoffrey Hoytsman (from "The Defence Rests") who blames him for ruining his life and intends to ruin, frame and kill him. Nevertheless, much of Geoffrey's drugged-up incompetence is played for laughs.

* CallBack: Geoffrey Hoytsman from "The Defence Rests" returns, with a grudge.

** Getting arrested for cocaine usage in "The Defence Rests" sent Geoffrey Hoytsman's life on a downward spiral, albeit one mainly of his own making. While Jake helped him out by getting him sentenced to forty hours of community service, Hoytsman's ill-advised attempt to do all forty hours at once led to a drug binge which in turn led to a very public psychotic meltdown which cost him his job, his family and friends, and his home.

* ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud: Jake does this when reading out his 'confession' for framing Hoytsman ("Starts crying.") In his defence, he's no doubt a bit unnerved by the drugged-up gun-toting lunatic holding him hostage, and from the looks of things (and Hoytsman) the cue-cards he's reading from aren't enormously well-written to begin with.

-->'''Hoytsman''': For energy, I did waaay too much cocaine and meth...went on a prolonged psychotic episode involving assault, public fornication, and apparently the touching of my scrotum on every doorknob in a synagogue.