BWW Recap: It's "Payback" Time for Jake on BROOKLYN NINE-NINE

On this week's episode of BROOKLYN NINE-NINE, the squad decides that Jake needs to pay them back all the money he owes them from over the years. Also on tonight's episode, "Payback," Amy and Holt work together and re-open the Brooklyn Broiler case. Keep reading for the full recap, but beware of SPOILERS!

Rosa asks Boyle for a resturant recommendation for Marcus' birthday. Jake weighs in by telling her to order take out and pretend he cooked it. Gina tells her to take him to Drag Queen Dim Sum. Even a perp weighs in and tells her to go to the top of the Empire State Building, because you can "pee on the whole city from up there." Gross.

Jake asks Terry for a dollar, but Terry tells him he'd appreciate if he'd pay him all of the money he owes him back, which is over two grand. Holt and Amy begin to work on the Brooklyn Boiler case. Jake thinks Terry wants to pay him back because there is something wrong, but Terry tells him he is sick of waiting for Jake to do the right thing. Jake actually figures out that Terry and his wife are pregnant, but Terry tells Jake it's a secret because it is way too early to tell anyone about it. Jake promises he won't tell anyone.

Holt tells Amy he solved the case already, that a man named Richard Wilcox started the fires, and that he has the address to a store he owns. Jake pays Terry an installment of what he owes him, which is $1200. Terry tells Jake that if he doesn't tell anyone about the pregnancy for 4 weeks, he'd consider Jake to be the godfather. Everyone else is suspicious that Jake finally paid Terry back when he didn't pay anyone else he owed back. To keep from telling the secret, Jake tells them "it's payback time."

Jake calls in the squad to figure out what he owes them. Since he doesn't have any money left, he tells them he'll do anything they want to work off the debt. Gina makes Jake call people and tell them she's dead, Scully makes Jake give him a massage, and Rosa made him clean his bike. Boyle comes up and makes Jake wash his dogs, knowing Jake hates them, because he thinks Jake and Terry have a secret. Amy and Holt are waiting for Wilcox and they share "street meat" in the car. Holt talks to Amy about when he originally worked the Broiler case. Holt and Amy find out that Wilcox died a few weeks ago. However, as they are talking to Wilcox's grandson, Holt has to use a restroom due to what the street meat did to him. Jake accidentally hit reply-all on an email about Terry being pregnant, so the whole office knows! Oops!

Jake tells everyone that Terry can't know the secret is out, but Gina points out he got the reply-all email, too. Jake tells them they need to delete the email from Terry's computer. Jake goes to distract Terry at the gym, and asks him to take him through his workout. Jake struggles to keep up with the workout, while the squad upstairs tries to guess Terry's password. Boyle guesses Terry's password, which is yogurt, so all is well.

Terry's wife comes to meet him, and Holt, back early from the stakeout, spills the beans to Terry that Jake sent the email to everyone, which obviously angers Terry and his wife. Jake makes Scully fake a heart attack in order to distract from the situation, unsuccessfully. Jake apologizes to Terry, but he is still upset. Amy goes in to talk to Holt and apologizes, telling him how she just wanted to be a great partner. Holt tells her that they can laugh about this situation one day, and then he laughs!! Jake pays back Terry the rest of what he owes him, selling his car to do so. Terry offers Jake the role of godfather, which excites Jake into quoting "The Godfather."

So Jake still can't keep a secret, no surprise there. However, it was nice to see Jake really care about trying to keep it, even if it was futile. Also that he was willing to sell his precious car in order to pay Terry back the money he owed him. Jake can act like a little kid sometimes, but it's these moments that remind me that he is a really good guy deep down who is mature. Terry giving Jake the role of godfather proves that Jake does have it in him to be someone who could care for a child, proving his maturity is there, even if it is masked by layers of junk food and silly jokes.

Amy and Holt shared a nice, albeit semi-gross, moment in this episode. After sharing "street meat" on their stakeout, Holt has to rush to the restroom because he has diarrhea. Once the lower intestinal issues are settled, Holt can tell Amy that it's those moments that they will be able to bond over when they joke about it in the future. Holt even makes a joke that he LAUGHS at! Showing proof that he and Amy are getting closer, much to Amy's pleasure. I love this duo so much, because of the mutual respect they both have for each other. Amy so badly wants to impress Holt, and it's becoming more evident that she is doing so, first by catching his error in the Broiler case, and now by sharing moments that can make the ever-stoic Holt laugh. I look forward to seeing where their friendship heads.

Favorite Moments from "Payback"

Jake: "Probably, my teeth hurt all the time.

Jake: "Do I even weigh anything to you?"

Terry: "No, its like holding a couple of grapes."

Holt: "I brought these: nutrition bricks. I have regular no-flavor and whole wheat no flavor."

Holt: "Meat from the street, sounds like a nice treat."

Boyle: "They just watched Peabody and Sherman, so they are extra horny."

Holt: "I don't care for it, but I tried. What a story for Kevin."

Jake: "Just drop down onto the ground and wiggle."

Jake: "Yes that is what I want: more harder exercise."

Jake: "My arms don't seem to be responding to my brain anymore."

Boyle: "Terry loves yogurt."

Jake: "So how much blood do you usually have in your mouth when you do this."

Boyle: "All my theories were bowling alley related."

Jake: " I don't know what to do! Oh wait, Yahoo! answers!"

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Photo Credit: Eddy Chen and Ron Eisenberg/FOX

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