BWW Recap: Bond with the Squad at the 'Beach House' on BROOKLYN NINE-NINE

On tonight's episode of BROOKLYN NINE-NINE, the team heads out on a detectives-only trip to Boyle's beach hosue, that is until Jake invites Captain Holt. Meanwhile, Charles helps Rosa send romantic texts to her new boyfriend, and Gina tries to get Amy drunk. Read on for the full recap, but beware of SPOILERS!

Jake tells Terry and Amy that Holt has no pants on, because he thinks he spilled hot soup on them and had to take them off. He says he's willing to get visual confirmation to prove it, but after many failed attempts, Holt admits that he is sitting in his underwear. Jake ends up spilling soup on himself, and they both sit behind Holt's desk, pantless.

Jake hands out directions to the Detective's Only vacation, aka Dog Party '15. This year it will be held at Boyle's beach house. Gina hopes to see 6-drink Amy this weekend, a drunk Amy she's never seen and hopefully the side of Amy she can be friends with. Marcus shows up at the precinct to give Gina a phone charger, so that she can text him while she's away. However, Rosa is not very good at relationship stuff. Holt tells Jake that he never got to go on trips with his squad back in the day because of the fact he was black and gay. At the beach house, everyone is relaxing. Jake shows up--with Holt.

Rosa is mad at Jake for inviting Holt since she is dating his nephew, but he tells them how he felt bad for him. Amy says she's cutting herself off from the alcohol since Holt is here, which upsets Gina. Rosa is texting Marcus, and asks Holt for help with her response. At lunch, Holt makes a toast saying thank you for inviting him. After launch, the group takes a walk on the beach, in the dead of winter. They head to the hot tub afterwards and then head to the patio to smoke cigars, and each time Holt ruins the activity. Jake and the team admit it sucks having Holt there. Jake decides to have separate parties one with just them and then an awkward one with Holt.

Jake's plan is for at least 3 of them to be in the room with Holt at any given time, and for them to have 20 minute shifts. The first shift proves to be super boring, with Holt making them listen to recorder music. Meanwhile, Boyle continues to help Rosa text. Gina gives Amy her 5th drink, and she starts getting confident, asking Holt for a raise and then takes her 6th drink. The parties alternate between Holt's boring stories and the fun party playing quarters. Gina finds out that 6th drink Amy is just sad. Holt comes downstairs and finds out that they are having a party without him, so he walks out.

Boyle tells Rosa it's her turn to text Marcus back, and she tells him how she doesn't want to screw their relationship up. She gets a shirtless picture back, proving she did a good job. Amy is super drunk and Gina takes care of her. Jake goes to talk to Holt, who is in the hot tub, but Jake points out that maybe it's time for Holt to stoop down to their level. The squad ends up playing "Real Ray or Fake Ray," where Jake reads out quotes and they have to decide if Holt said it or not.

The 99th precinct is back after a few weeks away! I am glad that the Spring season of the show has started off so strong with "Beach House." I thought this was a great episode to kick off the second-half of the season, because it was full of great moments like "Vacation Terry" and his fanny pack full of goodies, and Drunk Amy who went from being super loud, to a big flirt, to a sad mess.

My favorite part of this episode, however, was Captain Holt. A surprise guest for the weekend, Holt did not fit into the usual customs of the "Detectives Only Vacation." He stopped the squad from being able to do their usual gossip, he had them take a walk on the beach in freezing temperatures, he told a sad story that made them not want to smoke cigars, and made them listen to recorder music. All of Holt's fun ideas just seem so boring to everyone else, but he is so clueless sometimes as to that fact. I love how Andre Braugher plays Captain Holt because he is able to make the character come off so sincere in his ways. I loved how Holt was willing to stoop down to their ways in the end, too, because it's so fun to watch them all interact in a ridiculous manner like that.

Rosa and Boyle had a nice subplot in the episode, as well. Boyle helped Rosa grow by learning how to text her boyfriend, Marcus. Rosa, being herself, was not very good at relationship-y things and was failing at texting, so with Boyle's help she ended up sending a text herself that got Marcus to send a favorable response, that is a "shirtless pic." I liked watching them interact, especially since they never usually spend that much time together.

Favorite Quotes from "Beach House"

Gina to Terry- "How unattached is vacation Terry from his wife?"

Jake- "you guys are being some racist homophobic golf cops."

Jake- "Good plan, an 80 minute walk on the beach."

Gina- "thank you Poseidon, great god of the sea!"

Jake- "Separate but equal--forget I said that."

Jake- "But on the plus side, I now hate a whole new genre of music."

Holt- "It seems to be that all-wheel drive is 4-wheel drive."

Jake- "He looks like a sad block of granite."

Terry- "My fanny is not deep enough to fix this."

Amy- "6 drink Amy is your friend and she's going to be very sick right now."

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