The Funeral (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
"The Funeral" is the second episode of the third season of the American television police sitcom series "Brooklyn Nine-Nine". It is the 47th overall episode of the series and is written by Luke Del Tredici and directed by Claire Scanlon. It aired on Fox in the United States on October 4, 2015. The show revolves around the fictitious 99th precinct of the New York Police Department in Brooklyn and the officers and detectives that work in the precinct. In the episode, The Vulture has taken over as the new Captain in the 99th precinct  and tries to interfere into Jake's and Amy's relationship. Meanwhile, Holt returns to the precinct with a PR problem and asks Terry for help while Boyle begins a sexual relationship with a colleague. The episode was seen by an estimated 4.10 million household viewers and gained a 1.9/5 ratings share among adults aged 18–49, according to Nielsen Media Research. The episode received positive reviews from critics, who praised Terry Crews' performance in the episode as well as the funeral scenes. Plot. While the precinct gets ready for Dozerman's funeral, The Vulture (Dean Winters) continues annoying everyone with  his behavior. In an attempt to mitigate it, Jake (Andy Samberg) attempts to befriend him, but the Vulture discovers that he is not sincere, and retaliates by ordering Jake to end his relationship with Amy (Melissa Fumero) or face being demoted to beat cop. At the funeral ceremony, Jake and Amy try to show to their Chief of Detectives evidence of the Vulture's actions, to which they record him demanding they end their relationship. However, their attempts to show it are problematic when Dozerman's wife confuses Jake with one of Dozerman's friends who went on fishing trips  involving prostitutes that nearly ended their marriage. The Vulture finds the recording and retrieves it. Knowing of Vulture's obsession with publicity, Holt (Andre Braugher) gets him publicity just to stop interfering in their lives. Meanwhile, Holt and Gina (Chelsea Peretti) show up at the precinct with a PR problem. Later, Terry (Terry Crews) helps Holt with the problem but both end up drunk. Boyle (Joe Lo Truglio) tries to have casual sex with a colleague during Dozerman's funeral but breaks up with her after learning she is vegan. He later tells Gina and Rosa (Stephanie Beatriz) that he  wants to pursue a serious relationship after his failed relationships. Reception. Viewers. In its original American broadcast, "The Funeral" was seen by an estimated 4.10 million household viewers and gained a 1.9/5 ratings share among adults aged 18–49, according to Nielsen Media Research. This was a 30% increase in viewership from the previous episode, which was watched by 3.14 million viewers with a 1.5/4 in the 18-49 demographics. This means that 1.9 percent of all households with televisions watched the episode, while 5 percent of all households watching television at that time watched it. With these ratings, "Brooklyn Nine -Nine" was the second most watched show on FOX for the night, beating "The Last Man on Earth" and "Family Guy", but behind "The Simpsons", third on its timeslot and fourth for the night, behind "Quantico", "The Simpsons", and "Sunday Night Football". Critical reviews. "The Funeral" received generally positive reviews from critics. LaToya Ferguson of "The A.V. Club" gave the episode an "A-" grade and wrote, "Of the two episodes that "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" has provided for season three so far, the show is doing quite a good job of working with the amount of change that is happening in  its world, and that's an excellent sign. It's great to be surprised by a show's choices, and that's exactly what "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" is doing this season." Allie Pape from "Vulture" gave the show a perfect 5 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "With so much going on in the A- and B-plots, the C-plot about Boyle's attempt to go all the way with his ongoing funeral hookup definitely suffered from being cut for time." Alan Sepinwall of "HitFix" wrote, "Fortunately, there was a lot of funny stuff happening around the spectacle  of the show's two most sensible characters drinking too much after a very bad day." Andy Crump of "Paste" gave the episode an 8.0 rating and wrote, "The one problem with 'The Funeral' emphasizing Boyle's sadsack melancholy is that Gina and Rosa wind up caught in his gravitational pull and find little to do but react to his uncharacteristic display of debauchery."