DFW (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)

In the cold open, Jake helps a sister of a murder victim (Devin Sidell) determine who killed her brother by having the police lineup sing "I Want It That Way" by the Backstreet Boys. Jake (Andy Samberg) invites his half-sister Kate (Nasim Pedrad), one of his dad's many daughters through affairs, to New York to meet with her in anticipation for the wedding. However, when Jake and Amy (Melissa Fumero) meet her, they find her annoying and chaotic. When Kate considers staying in New York after a rough break-up, Jake and Amy call in her ex-boyfriend Kurt (Kirk Fox) to mend everything so she can return to Dallas. Kurt travels to New York and they reconcile but break up again when Jake sees that he is a bad person for his sister and kicks him out. Kurt then reveals to Kate that he came because Jake and Amy called him and she storms off to the airport. Jake pursues her and apologizes to her, saying that they need to have a better relationship than the one their father gave them. Meanwhile, Boyle (Joe Lo Truglio) and Holt (Andre Braugher) practice yoga. Terry (Terry Crews) decides to join them but ends up getting his back so injured that he asks Hitchcock (Dirk Blocker) and Scully (Joel McKinnon Miller) for help. He accidentally ends up stuck in Scully's nap room for the whole day until Boyle carries him out. Also, Gina (Chelsea Peretti) sets a date for Rosa (Stephanie Beatriz) in a bar. However, the date, Trishelle, proves to be annoying for Rosa so she spends the night with Aubrey, the bartender, instead. The next day, Gina reveals that Trishelle was a decoy and that Aubrey was the real date. ==Reception==

Viewers In its original American broadcast, "DFW" was seen by an estimated 1.48 million household viewers and gained a 0.7/3 ratings share among adults aged 18–49, according to Nielsen Media Research. This was 18% decrease in viewership from the previous episode, which was watched by 1.79 million viewers with a 0.8/3 in the 18-49 demographics. Alan Sepinwall of Uproxx wrote, "There were some good jokes scattered throughout the rest of the episodes, but Jake meeting his half-sister Kate (played by Samberg's old SNL co-star Nasim Pedrad) as the main plot of 'DFW' was mostly a miss, in part because her behavior never seemed quite terrible (or, other than the bag of glass, creatively terrible) enough, since the episode had to hedge enough so that you'd buy the siblings reconciling by the end." Cold open The cold open, in which Jake helps a sister of a murder victim (Devin Sidell) determine who killed her brother by having the police lineup sing "I Want It That Way" by the Backstreet Boys, was acclaimed and is regarded as one of the most popular scenes from the show. The idea came from a concept originally thought of by producers Luke Del Tredici and Dan Goor and originally involved a song from The Little Mermaid. Usage of "I Want It That Way" reportedly cost between $30,000 and $100,000. In December 2022, the Backstreet Boys filmed their own version of the scene. As of December 2023, the top two most-viewed videos on the show's YouTube channel are of the scene. ==References==