Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Season 8 - TV Reviews (2024)

So far, its final season is very funny, and its certainly rewarding for longtime fans. Most importantly, its also growing, changing, and asking tough questions about its own premise up until the very last moment.

Full Review | Mar 30, 2022

With one last caper, the wacky precinct that stole our hearts and tickled our funny bones signed off after eight seasons on two networks. As Jake would say: Noice.

Full Review | Jan 3, 2022

This final season is an awkward combination of tones, as it aims to be both insightful and funny and ends up being neither.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/10 | Nov 1, 2021

The final season was a chance for the show to engage in some systemic critique; its attempts to do so, however, largely fell flat... A soft-pedaled version of policing and the people who do it.

Full Review | Oct 20, 2021

It was a warm-hearted, densely crafted comedy that was one of the networks' last decent originals. Fortunately, the two-part finale did the series justice, and you should check it out if you were ever a fan.

Full Review | Oct 20, 2021

There will surely be some watchable gags... but between the consistently uncertain run and a world that has seen such a substantial shift in mindset, it's safe to say that viewers are more than ready to say goodbye.

Full Review | Oct 12, 2021

"The Last Day" is far from Brooklyn Nine-Nine's finest hour, but it deserves credit for checking off every series finale box while telling a fun story without going overboard on saccharine material.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Oct 12, 2021

For a show that has always been enviably confident in its comedic tone, the start of Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season 8 falters, but not without showing its potential.

Full Review | Oct 12, 2021

It somehow manages to be topical and ridiculous; on-trend and off-kilter.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 12, 2021

"The Last Day" really was the perfect goodbye.

Full Review | Original Score: 9/10 | Oct 12, 2021

There can only be so many twists and turns with only a couple of episodes left before the series finale.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Oct 12, 2021

It's really a very well-constructed hour of television, always moving with a momentum that a lot of this season lacked.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 12, 2021

Season 8 of Brooklyn Nine-Nine wasn't the triumphant victory lap that it should have been, but "The Last Day" absolutely sends off our favorite precinct with grace, humor, and heart.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Oct 12, 2021

Ultimately, the series finale delivered on everything we've come to expect from Brooklyn Nine-Nine: plenty of humor, plenty of heart, and a soulful and satisfying farewell to a warm and wonderful series. NINE-NINE!

Full Review | Oct 12, 2021

The final season of Brooklyn Nine-Nine came with intense pressure to deliver humor while also reflecting the changed world it inhabits.

Full Review | Oct 3, 2021

Brooklyn Nine-Nine signs off with a season that feels contrived in places, but reminds us about everything that made it so widely loved.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Sep 21, 2021

There's not a lot of runway left before the end of the series but if anyone is able to thoughtfully balance the big questions with the demands of a weekly comedy, it's going to be the Brooklyn Nine-Nine writers.

Full Review | Aug 21, 2021

[Provides] a parade of comedy while also leaning into serious socio-political issues. It deftly navigates this tricky balance all while making sure each character remains true to their own personalities and motivations.

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10 | Aug 13, 2021

With all your material under scrutiny, what exactly can you do? It's a question the Nine-Nine is still looking to answer for themselves, and that's okay.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 13, 2021

Everything people still adore about the show remains intact, particularly in a subplot involving Sergeant Amy Santiago (Melissa Fumero) diving into her fear that her strange, geeky chemistry with Holt is off.

Full Review | Aug 13, 2021