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BROOKLYN NINE-NINE AIRS ON FOX ON TUESDAYS -- Just in time for the S4 premiere, we're covering Greg & Larry. Aarthi and Carl talk about how the finale stacks up against the episode previous, its position as the ending to the arc, and just who IS Rosa Diaz anyway? There's segues about The Mindy Project, Central Intelligence (the Hart-Johnson comedy from summer 2016), and POPSTAR, and maybe some blather about What Is An Apatow Film Anyway? We speculate on how the Jake/Amy relationship will be handled (we recorded this before the 4x01 press release came out, so bear with us) and wonder if this could be how the show rolls Jason Mantzoukas in as a full-time cast member. Unfortunately, those developments and more are going to have to happen without us. With this, Episode 64, Back in the Field is packing up its mics. We've been so honored you gave us an hour of your time, now and then, for the last two years, and we hope you'll all continue to shout at us on Twitter, Tumblr, and wherever about how much you love this special little show. Thanks for listening, we'll see you around.

The S3 finale recap is also going to double as our finale. Carl and I have tried and tried and talked it over. We had actually begun discussing ending the podcast back in October or November of last year but things got hectic and strange and hard. It’s easy to blame my move, Carl’s job, my (now previous) job, the time difference, the show moving to Sundays, all sorts of things. But the honest truth is: we don’t love the show with the intensity we used to. And that’s okay, obsessions wax and wane, love never dies. We both love this show, we both feel it’s special and important -- so much the more so for the amazing fan community we got to be a part of! We just also recognize that the time has come for us to step aside and let others, whose love burns more brighter, to shine through. 

So here’s the end: thank you, so much, for everything. For listening, for reblogging, for tweeting, for sending asks, for sending emails, for favoriting, for being present. We couldn’t have done this without you. We wouldn’t have wanted to. ♥ 

-- Carl & Aarthi

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BROOKLYN NINE-NINE AIRS ON FOX ON TUESDAYS -- We are FINALLY back with our last catchup episode. We talk about Paranoia, Maximum Security, and Bureau. Carl and Aarthi discuss heistfulness, Jake and Amy's relationship progression (and a retread of an older conversation about Jim and Pam and Jake and Amy and Leslie and Ben) and how time and distance will/are going to impact it. We also talk about the excellence that is Jason Mantzoukas, the OINTB-ness of it all, Melissa's real and Amy's fake pregnancy, and most importantly, continue to lament the tanking of Gina/Boyle as a viable ship. Also, Aarthi talks about her then-single, now twice appearance on @howdidthisgetblogged , and Carl offers for listeners to "fight me" as he usually does.

Happy Emmy night! I FINALLY managed to eke out some time to edit this episode together, just in time for us to drop one more episode before the premiere of S4. As always, our askbox is open and please retweet and reblog to support us. Love y’all!

--Aarthi

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BROOKLYN NINE-NINE AIRS TUESDAYS ON FOX -- Your favorite hosts decide that a better way to talk about this string of episodes is to basically focus entirely on Adrian Pimento. Aarthi may or may not objectify Jason Mantzoukas along with Jake, Carl and Aarthi talk about Pimento being the Darkest Timeline version of Jake, and pretty much every other plotline and character is ignore. Just kidding, we talk about how Pimento interacts with just about every character during his arc, and how his addition to the team would be terribly welcome. Plus, Aarthi brags about kind-of-sort-of meeting JMantz a time or two.

Sorry it’s late! Carl finished this ages ago but I’ve been too busy to get things in order. Hope you all enjoy!! 

--Aarthi

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Look, I don’t really have a description this time -- we talk about Karen Peralta, The 9-8, and House Mouses. It’s rambly and giggly and probably (definitely) too long. The next episode is a lot better I promise. And, we’ve been having tech delays and Real Life delays. But I wanted to get this out while I was thinking about it and doing my best to get this stuff done for y’all. So: enjoy! 

--Aarthi

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WE ARE BACK AGAIN

BROOKLYN NINE-NINE AIRS TUESDAYS ON FOX -- In our second catching up episode, Carl and Aarthi discuss Hostage Situation, Nine Days, and The Cruise in quick succession. Neither of your hosts pretend to like anything about Hostage Situation, and Nine Days was largely glossed over in our efforts to get to The Cruise, which we really enjoyed. Technical difficulties made this episode shorter than we wanted it to be, but we talk about the good stuff. As always, please reblog, tweet, and share BITF if you enjoy it. And please, leave a review on iTunes :)

There were so many technical problems with this episode that, despite it having a raw runtime of 45 minutes, it got chopped down to under 30 and took two and a half hours to edit (for reference, a 2.5 hour edit usually means the raw runtime was 75-90 minutes, and the final product will be 70-80 minutes with a bonus gag as our “cold open” so yeah this was a struggle) which I did while in layover hell in Kentucky.

One of the things we had to cut out (because half the audio was missing, ugh) was a section where we talked about Amy’s straight man/wet blanket role in Nine Days and how that particularly bothered Aarthi, since women tend to get shunted to that role by default. Carl had some good counterpoints (largely about how Amy’s role there is defined not by her gender but by the situation) and it was a compelling conversation -- however, it had to go because in its raw state it made no sense. If you all still want that audio, incomplete as it is, please reblog and leave commentary, or drop us an ask; I’ll do my best to grab it for you. 

We have one more catchup in the bank and we’ll be recording our fourth catchup this weekend, so hopefully it won’t be to much longer til we talk about Adrian Pimento and the other developments since the last time. 

As always, reblogs are life, and we appreciate every ask, like, retweet, and shoutout. 

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BROOKLYN NINE-NINE AIRS ON FOX ON SUNDAYS AT 8:30PM ET/PT -- We took a long hiatus that ended up getting extended for a host of reasons, but the short version is: WE ARE BACK, baby! Carl and Aarthi catch up on various real life occurrences, then get down and dirty with Ava, The Swedes, and Yippee Kayak. The usual banter, back-and-forth, and regular charm is on full display as your favorite cohosts puzzle out their feelings about the new Jeffords child, the introduction of weirdly racist-against-Danes Swedish detectives (who are definitely banging), and the true perfection of Yippee Kayak. And, as always, there's wrestling, books, and internet culture jokes. It's a wild ride, overlong, and overdue.

We are super overdue to talk about Ava, The Swedes, and Yippee Kayak, but hey: better late than never!

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Aarthi reacts to the end of the most recent b99 episode

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BROOKLYN NINE-NINE AIRS ON FOX ON SUNDAYS AT 8:30PM ET/PT -- This week, we open with a ten-minute discussion of what the future of BITF looks like given our recent run of delayed or skipped episodes, various other troubles, and personal changes in our lives. After that (and our jazzy intro) we get into the episode, talking briefly about the B and C plots (and mourning the sinking of Gina/Boyle) while appreciating a lot of things about this episode's structure. Around 34:15 we switch to the A-plot and our feelings about it. Aarthi starts out rather negative, but Carl presents a reasoned, alternate viewpoint that seems to better fit the narrative arc the show is going for. We're curious what our listeners think, both about our decisions regarding BITF's future as well as about our speculation about the latter half of the season. Plus: we reference the Godfather once or twice, so you know it's a great podcast.

There’s a lot we put up front in this episode, stuff that a lot of y’all have been (very kindly) tolerant of, but which speak to bigger issues in Carl and mine’s life insofar as our ability to sustain this project. We went a full year pretty much stopping only when the show did, but we reevalute our positions on the show, on air no less, and come to a decision about BITF’s future. (Spoiler alert: we’re aren’t ending, I promise.) 

Otherwise, we make a reasonable effort to cover the B and C plots, but by 34:15 we talk about the A plot at length, pretty much up until the very last second of the podcast. This one is long, mostly because we talk through possible motivations of both characters, as well as possible future outcomes. It’s thinky, and thought-provoking, and we’d welcome your questions and thoughts in our askbox!

Enjoy listening, we’ll see you next time.

--Aarthi