Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticSPOILER ALERT: This piece includes spoilers for “The Good Ones,” the eighth season premiere of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” airing Aug.
12 on NBC.The eighth and final season of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” opens by immediately establishing that it will, in fact, be taking place in our pandemic reality rather than sidestepping it for convenience’s sake.
First, a masked Jake (Andy Samberg) and Boyle (Joe Lo Truglio) demonstrate their solution for socially distanced high-fives involving broom handles and rubber gloves.
Then, their taciturn coworker Rosa (Stephanie Beatriz) throws them into further chaos by announcing that she’s quitting, a choice she later chalks up to the George Floyd protests making police brutality too big.
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