: Shifting the action from the gritty streets of Brooklyn to the humid suburbs of Florida allows the show to lean into a fresh, surrealist brand of comedy. The sight of Holt as "Greg," a power-walker with a passion for local municipal issues, is worth the price of admission alone.
: Maya Rudolph shines as their witness protection handler, U.S. Marshal Haas. Her deadpan delivery and obvious disdain for their constant "detecting" provide the perfect foil to Jake’s inability to stop being a cop. Episode 01: Coral Palms (1)
: From Jake’s bleached tips to their tragic job at "The Fun Zone," the episode finds humor in the mundanity of suburban life while maintaining the high stakes of the Figgis threat looming in the background. Final Verdict : Shifting the action from the gritty streets
—the Season 4 premiere of Brooklyn Nine-Nine —is a masterful subversion of the show's status quo, dropping Jake Peralta and Captain Holt into a pastel-colored, Florida-themed witness protection purgatory. Review Highlights Marshal Haas