[SPOILER ALERT: This story contains plot details about the season finale ofBrooklyn Nine-Nine, Greg and Larry.
If you read before watching the episode, you may incur the wrath of Figgis.]
Heres one way to describe the ending toBrooklyn Nine-Ninethis season: Hot.
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So, clearly two of NYPDs finest are now tucked a thousand miles away in the witness protection program.
But who is with them?
What does this mean for the Nine-Nine?
Is Pimento (Jason Mantzoukas) ever coming back?
What is Rosas real name?
So many questions to get answered before the early bird special.
Were you recently re-watching the end ofGoodfellasand had a light bulb moment?
DAN GOOR:No.
It was coincidence with that.
Once it was pitched, we all were like, Oh,Goodfellashad that.
No its worse than before!
It was just a debate about how far we go.
It was like an omen.
And is Kevin (Marc Evan Jackson) with Holt?
And is Bob there?
No details are final yet.
Was that something you discussed?
And for those people, I think its actually very rewarding when you do it in a serialized way.
And does this experiment make you more open to doing more of them in the future?
Or do you still consider stand-alone episodes as the bread and butter of the show?
That is something were talking about right now.
I think thats a really good question.
This arc was so stakes-y, it was very difficult to do too many silly [things].
There is something kind of great about them ending up in witness protection.
No, weve been getting pretty good feelings from the connection.
You watched the end ofParks.
You know our sensibility.
If we thought it was a series finale, I think they all would be embracing in some way.
Or they would have all ended up in witness protection together.
It is interesting, if that had served as the series finale.
Or its fun to think of that as like a spin-off show.
NEXT:More on Charles baby, Ginas love life, and Rosas real name!
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Dennis Haysbert was a hit as Bob, Holts clone doppelganger.
How did you arrive at that casting?
The casting and the character in some ways were developed hand in hand.
It really was just sort of like, Okay.
Is there anybody like Dennis Haysbert?
And then we got Dennis Haysbert, and it was great.
Did Dennis snap into the Holt-esque delivery pretty quickly on set?
When the cameras werent shooting, what kind of things did they discuss?
They had very light, fun, totally non-Holt-Bob conversations.
Obviously, were building up to meeting Figgis.
Do you already know who youre casting in the role?
Youve said thatmore danger lurks ahead for Holt and Jake.What can you say about how season 4 opens?
That said, I dont think every episode in the beginning will be our guys necessarily looking for Figgis.
Season 2, we reversed [the situation] in the first episode, right?
Do you envision that Charles will be a father when we return?
Is that a story line you want to hit right away?
Thats a story line we definitely want to hit right away.
Can we assume that we will see the return of Pimento fairly early in season 4?
We can assume we will see the return of Pimento.
Thats just a question of when the writers get together and also [the] availability of Mantzoukas.
Is there the possibility that he will come back,just to yell at Maggie?
By your request, there is that possibility.
In the [writers] room, we are big fans of their relationship.
How do you balance those things?
So Jake can say the thing on the roof about, Bob is going to zipline off the roof.
Oh my god, thats so cool!
and theyre not like, Jesus, man!
Put your gun up!
What are you doing?
because they know that Jakes a good cop and also they get whats going on.
So, for instance, Bob is trying to kill Holt.
But by Bob being even Holt-ier than Holt, or another Holt, its comedic.
When you look back over the season and the story lines, which are you particularly proud of?
And which do you wish that you could take another crack at?
What didnt quite work out like you planned?
I was really proud of and happy with the Mantzoukas arc.
It was really fun.
It was a challenge.
I also was really happy with a lot of our guest-star episodes this year.
I thought the Damon Wayans episode was one of my favorite episodes.
I saved the most important question for last.
What is Rosas real name?
Do we learn that soon?
I dont know if any of us know.
Only Rosa/Emily knows what her real name is.
