Brooklyn Nine-Nine
The Big House, Part 1
TV Flash files “The Big House, Part 1” as a desk essential hour — Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013–2021) on Fox/NBC, season 5, episode 1, aired 2017-09-26, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E01: listed hour 91 of 153 in the Brooklyn Nine-Nine guide, first listed hour of season 5. It aired 2017-09-26 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Crime and Punishment” (S04E22). Next is “The Big House, Part 2” (S05E02).
Essential hour: “The Big House, Part 1”. The Big House, Part 1 moves the sitcom engine into lockup — pride as structure still the beat, not a stunt burial.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Jake and Rosa assimilate to their new lives behind bars, but both are coping in very different ways. Jake bonds with his cellmate, Caleb, and is forced to join a prison gang led by notorious inmate Romero, in order to gain his protection. Meanwhile, in the women's prison, Rosa puts Holt and Terry to the test by having them complete outrageous favors for her. Back in the precinct, Amy and Charles are doing all they can to exonerate their colleagues.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Big House, Part 1 sit in the Brooklyn Nine-Nine guide?
S05E01 is listed hour 91 of 153 — first listed hour of season 5, season 5 episode 1.
When did Brooklyn Nine-Nine S05E01 air?
The Big House, Part 1 aired 2017-09-26 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Why did it change networks?
Fox canceled it; NBC rescued it after a large, fast fan campaign. The later seasons exist because the internet refused the axe.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Brooklyn precinct found family under Captain Holt's deadpan excellence. Goor and Schur's workplace sitcom — Samberg, Beatriz, Crews, Fumero, Lo Truglio — treats jokes as policy and pride as structure. Fox canceled; NBC rescued after a fan revolt. Eight seasons of cop-com with a moral core, Halloween heists, and Braugher as the quiet nuke.
September 17, 2013, Fox. Dan Goor and Michael Schur's workplace sitcom planted a Brooklyn precinct under Captain Holt's deadpan excellence and treated jokes as policy. Andy Samberg, Stephanie Beatriz, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero, Joe Lo Truglio, Andre Braugher's quiet nuke as Raymond Holt. Pride episodes, Halloween heists, found-family arcs. Then the chart that still matters: Fox canceled it; NBC picked it up after a fan uprising measured in **hours, not weeks**. Rex can toast un-cancellations as if they were a…
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- Stephanie Beatriz as Rosa Diaz
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- Melissa Fumero as Amy Santiago
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- Joe Lo Truglio as Charles Boyle
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