Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Halloween II

October 19, 2014 6:31 PM - Season 2, Episode 4

It's the sequel to last year's "Halloween": To win a bet with Capt. Holt, Jake orchestrates a daring wristwatch heist with the help of an expert pickpocket (guest star Apollo Robbins), but quickly discovers that he's been had. Meanwhile, Gina's dance troupe doubts in her commitment to Sparkle Motion Floorgasm.

Real-life sleight-of-hand artist/theatrical pickpocket Apollo Robbins demonstrates his technique in this 2013 TED talk.

posted by Strange Interlude (7 comments total)

Apollo Robbins?! Oh man. Since it moved to Sundays I can never to remember to watch it live, so I just wait for it to pop up On Demand, which is usually fine, but now I'm angry at myself for playing video games when I could have been watching Apollo.
posted by rewil at 11:48 PM on October 19, 2014

TBH, Apollo isn't really in that much of the episode, but I just thought it was cool that B99 went to the trouble of casting a real pickpocket-artist instead of resorting to typical TV fakery. Now that I know the final twist of the episode, I want to watch it again just to see if I can spot where it happens.
posted by Strange Interlude at 5:36 AM on October 20, 2014 [1 favorite]

The middle 10 minutes of the episode was kind of middling, but I love the payoff scene so, so, so, so much.
posted by Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish at 10:53 AM on October 20, 2014 [5 favorites]

This show makes me laugh so much. I can't think of anything that makes me laugh as consistently as this show. This episode was great.
posted by bleep at 3:57 PM on October 21, 2014

It's the throwaway lines that kill me the most. "You can't wash a car."
posted by wabbittwax at 3:42 PM on October 22, 2014 [2 favorites]

I love the payoff scene so, so, so, so much.

I applauded.
posted by louche mustachio at 10:08 AM on October 23, 2014

Halloween II: HOLT'S REVENGE!

(Yeah, I'm catching up on shows late.)
posted by jenfullmoon at 9:06 AM on November 4, 2014