

The heist was to feature “drama, glamour, shocking twists and turns,” and the whole thing would end with the entire gang gathered at the Brooklyn Bridge for “the perfect goodbye.” (When Ames asked if they’d ever all been to the Brooklyn Bridge before, Jake alluded to the slow-motion walk in the opening title sequence, which was apparently filmed when the squad was out getting falafel.) “Now all I care about is what’s best for our family,” he said. I don’t want Mac to feel the way I felt growing up.” It was true that being a detective was all Jake ever wanted to be, but that had changed. “But if I do this, I have a chance to be the exact opposite. “Look, you know I was scared about having kids because I didn’t want to be like my dad,” Jake continued.

They had other options, sure, but this was the best one. And I really think this is it,” Jake explained. “For weeks, we’ve been trying to figure out how you can do your new job and still have us be there for Mac as much as we want. He was going to announce at midnight that he was leaving the Nine-Nine, a decision that took even Amy by surprise when he first revealed his master plan. It’s the final heist, and I will chop off your limbs and feed them to your young.”Īll past heists would be forgotten, and all that would matter was this year’s winner, who would be crowned “The Grand Champion of the Nine-Nine.” The victor would receive a medal of valor modeled after the medal Holt received for saving the life of Maya Angelou - but this one, Jake argued, was even better!Īs it turned out, Jake, who had planned the heist well in advance, intended to use it not to mark Holt and Amy’s last day, but his own. “I will always cherish our time together… but not as much as I will drowning you all in your own blood. “These last eight years have been some of the best of my life,” Holt said ahead of the annual competition. And to mark the occasion, Jake was granted permission to throw one last, non-holiday associated heist.

Thursday’s hour-long swan song, fittingly titled “The Last Day,” revolved around Holt and Amy’s last day as members of the Nine-Nine.
