BWW Recap: Meet 'Captain Peralta' on BROOKLYN NINE-NINE

Jake's father, Roger, pays a visit on tonight's BROOKLYN NINE-NINE! Jake is excited he's coming, but Boyle questions Roger's intentions, since he is an absentee father. Also on tonight's episode, "Captain Peralta," Holt asks Amy, Terry, Gina and Rosa and impossible brain teaser, with the winner receiving Beyoncé concert tickets. For the full recap, read on, but beware of SPOILERS!

Boyle has a goatee, oh no! Thankfully, the precinct lets him know how horrible it is. Oh man he even named it Bianca. However, Holt holds Boyle down and Jake shaves it off of him. Phew!

Jake asks Boyle what restaurant is good for taking someone's dad too, because his dad is coming into town, for the first time in 6 years. Holt goes into the breakroom to tell the guys a brain teaser. The prize for who solves it first is two tickets to Beyonce's concert. Jake's dad, Roger, arrives at the precinct and introduces himself.

Amy and Terry and Rosa and Gina are battling to see which pair solves the puzzle first. At dinner, Roger tells Jake that he's been accused of smuggling and asks him for help. He tells him that that's the reason he visited. Poor Jake.

Jake tells the team that the Canadian cops have a strong case against him, and they need to prove his innocence, and he asks permission from Holt to go to Canada to help his dad. Holt tells him to take Boyle with him, and Jake asks for Scully, who knows French, to translate. Jake is flying to Canada on a plane his dad is piloting.

Amy and Terry are having trouble solving the puzzle. Meanwhile, at the Canadian airport, Roger gets arrested because the cops found pills in his apartment.

Scully tells Jake the cops are holding his dad without bail, and Boyle thinks his dad is guilty, but Jake realizes that because he cheats on his girlfriend, that gives someone motive and opportunity to plant them on him. Jake and Boyle go undercover as pilots to solve the case. Back at the 99, Gina and Rosa beg Holt to help them. Amy and Terry barge in with the answer, but Holt tells them they're wrong.

Jake finds a girl at the airport bar that looks like his dad's type, and tries to find out if she's the suspect. The girl is on to them and realizes they aren't pilots and makes them leave. Thankfully, Jake got a cleaning spray bottle with her fingerprints on them, so he can see if she's a match. Rosa and Gina realize, due to the pictures Gina took, that Holt doesn't have the solution to the puzzle himself, and he needed it to impress his superior. Jake, his dad, and Boyle return to Brooklyn. Jake finds out that his dad's "side piece" framed him. Unfortunately, Jake's dad bails on the plans his made with him and the precinct that night.

Jake tells Boyle he was right about his dad. Jake goes to see Roger, and tells him that he's finally starting to see him for the man he is, a pretty crappy father. At the bar, Amy and Terry give props to Gina and Rosa. Holt comes up and gives Gina the Beyonce tickets. Holt tells Jake he's proud of him for the work he did in Canada. See, Jake doesn't need his dad, he has Holt!

We finally got to me the infamous Roger Peralta, Jake's dad. Unfortunately, he's not a good guy. The only saving grace is that he's played by Bradley Whitford, who is one of my all-time favorite TV actors. I love seeing him on the show, but I only wish he had a nicer/longer lasting role! I do have to say, too, that he and Samberg have great father/son chemistry. Speaking of Samberg, I am very proud of Jake for finally standing up to his dad, and for taking his captain hat! Jake deserves a much better father, but thankfully he has Holt to serve as a pseudo-father. I just hope that Jake's speech to his dad changes him in the future, so that he becomes the father Jake deserves.

It's episodes like these that remind me that Boyle is such a great friend to Jake. Boyle had his suspicions about Jake's dad coming to visit, and he was right, but he never pushed Jake too far. He allowed him to come to the truth about his dad himself, but he was right by his side the entire time. Boyle was even willing to go to Canada to help Jake's dad. Boyle is a very underrated character on TV: he is so funny, caring, and ecclectic.

Favorite Quotes from "Captain Peralta"

Amy: "Don't just tease my brain, Captain, really go to town on it."

Terry: "My girls were conceived to Bootylicious."

Gina: "Beyonce is my spiritual twin, these tickets are my birthright."

Scully: "Look at this nut mix, its half cashews, i hope we never land!"

Terry: "I warned you against donuts, they're my trigger food!"

Jake: "No, I do not want poutine right now."

Gina: "Cliiiiiicccccckk."

Jake: "Got dem wings."

Boyle: "What do we do now? Hug for 10 minutes!"

Jake: "Also I'm taking your captain's hat because its cool and I want it."

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