So for the first time, I don't like how #Brooklyn99
handled an issue, & it hasn't been sitting w/me well for a few days. Which says a lot, because Brooklyn 99's handling of issues is my biggest selling point to get people to watch. Spoilers & I'm sorry but I have to talk about it
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1. Amy is too meticulous to have gotten married without an actual conversation about kids. I don't buy that they dated for seasons and have been married for a year in the show, and just now are freaking out about kids. THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A BINDER WITH STATS AND NAMES.
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2. I get that Amy and Jake are going to fight, and I am ALL FOR THAT. But this fight was not good. Jake doesn't want kids for PERFECTLY VALID REASONS. Amy does want kids FOR PERFECTLY VALID REASONS. And Amy's response of not wanting to wait hit me as rude, but her reason then
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punched me in the gut so hard as it MAKES SENSE. If she truly wants kids, then she should be with someone who wants them, & unfortunately, even if women are having kids later & later, the clock STILL TICKS. & she doesn't want to waste her time waiting for him to make a decision!
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But really, the resolution upset me mostly. There are people that don't want to have kids, and that is okay. We cannot keep up this premise that "you just don't want kids until you meet the right person." This isn't something that could be or should be solved in an episode, and
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it wasn't an episode that should have been done post-marriage. Still love
#Brooklyn99
and it still remains my favorite show and I'll give that you occasionally need a bad episode. But I am really bummed it was this.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likesShow this thread
And honestly? I was super stoked for an anniversary episode and also for the idea that they could have a fight but man. I'm so bummed you guys went that route for this episode.
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