WHAT DO YOU GET A
competitive cop couple
for their wedding? Oh,
just a bomb threat. And
a determined ex-lover.
Perhaps a canine ring
bearer. Definitely a Naka-
tomi Plaza-shaped cake.
Season 5 ofBrooklyn
Nine-Ninewill end with
the nuptials of juvenile
Jake (Andy Samberg) and
assiduous Amy (Melissa
Fumero)—two detectives
who forged their bond by
betting on who could solve
more crimes, strengthened
it when Jake threw out
his gross mattress, and
cemented it with his sur-
prise proposal on the holiest
of holidays: Halloween.
Not to say there weren’t
a few wedding jitters, as
Samberg & Co. aimed
to ensure that their police
comedy didn’t sacrifice
laughs for love. “Anytime
we attempt anything out-
side of pure straight-down-
the-middle silliness, I’m
always concerned it’ll feel
like another show,” says
Samberg. “But it’s been
really exciting to thread
the needle of a new tone
while keeping the core of
comedy that launched us.”
The core of Jake and
Amy’s wedding day is
jeopardized after a myste-
rious bomb threat, whichpropels the duo into detec-
tive mode. “That was just
the cherry on top of a day
already filled with trouble,”
notesBrooklynco-creator
Dan Goor, who reveals
that Amy’s veil gets ruined,
setting Rosa (Stephanie
Beatriz) and Terry (Terry
Crews) on a mission to
fix it; and after the ring
bearer falls ill, Holt (Andre
Braugher) and Gina (Chel-
sea Peretti) train Cheddar
the dog to do the honors.
Another complication:
Amy’s ex Teddy (Kyle Born-
heimer) runs the bomb
squad, and hestillhasn’t
snufed out his Amy torch.
“Teddy showing up is actu-
ally a little worse than the
bomb threat,” says Fumero.
Rosa is rattled by some-
one unexpected too. “She
tells Terry she’s given upon dating for a bit,” says
Goor, “but that’s put to
the test when their driver is
the unbelievably beautiful
Gina Rodriguez.” In other
news, “Holt says some-
thing to Amy and Jake that
they’ve been waiting five
years for him to say,” hints
Fumero. “It’s a quick
moment, but it’s definitely
something Jake and Amy
talk about when they get
home that night. Like, for
alongtime.”
And thatDie Hard-
themed wedding cake?
“When it comes to the
movie-reference part of
Jake’s personality, there is
no diference between he
and I,” quips Samberg.
“It was a thrill and a privi-
lege to see it.” Here’s hop-
ing that fans feel the same
way on finale night.WEDDING DRESSED TO THENINES
Jake and Amy attempt to make it down the aisle inBrooklyn Nine-Nine’s
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