Moo Moo
- Episode aired May 2, 2017
- TV-14
- 21m
Terry and Holt have different ideas for dealing with a fellow police officer who creates trouble for Terry in his own neighborhood.Terry and Holt have different ideas for dealing with a fellow police officer who creates trouble for Terry in his own neighborhood.Terry and Holt have different ideas for dealing with a fellow police officer who creates trouble for Terry in his own neighborhood.
- Young Terry
- (as Theodore John Barnes)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaEarly in the episode, when Terry screams about having a big problem, Amy asks if it's a real life or math problem. Terry snaps "Why would I have a big math problem?" Amy replies "I've seen it happen." This is a reference to the earlier episode "The Skyfire Cycle," wherein Captain Holt and his husband Kevin are having an argument stemming from the Monty Hall Problem.
- GoofsWhen Jake and Amy are "driving" the van, interior shots clearly show the gear selector in the park position.
- Quotes
Terry Jeffords: When I got stopped the other day, I wasn't a cop. I wasn't a guy in the neighborhood looking for his daughter's toy. I was a black man - a dangerous black man. That's all he could see: a threat. And I couldn't stop thinking about my daughters - and their future - and how years from now, they could be walking down the street, looking for their kid's Moo Moo, and get stopped by a bad cop. And they probably won't get to play the police card to get out of trouble. I don't like that thought.
- ConnectionsFeatured in MsMojo: Another Top 10 Darkest Sitcom Moments (2019)
Seeing the two schools of thought from Holt and Terry's era intertwining for a better tomorrow was heart-warming. This was stellar writing and handled beautifully by the actors. Even portraying how non-black allies dealt with it i.e Rosa's anger, Jake and Amy's reassuring speech to the kids or even Gina's sarcasm highlights how we must stick together to eradicate and overcome hateful people.
To anyone saying a comedy show should not address these issues - you are part of the problem! There is more to comedy than one liners and gags, it's an expression of irony, hypocrisy and self-reflection which this episode did very well.
- anasgrey
- Feb 19, 2018