In this episode, Jake attempts to mend his father's relationship with his grandfather and break the "father-son curse" his family appears to have.
According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 2.06 million household viewers and gained a 0.5 ratings share among adults aged 18–49.
Jake then shows Amy the real sex of the baby, although they know because Scully (Joel McKinnon Miller) ate the cake.
Meanwhile, Amy and Rosa (Stephanie Beatriz) are notified by the DA to give priority to one of their cases as it involves the Mayor.
Without any evidence, the case falls apart and the DA angrily tells Amy and Rosa to be strict with Scully and Hitchcock.
According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 2.06 million household viewers and gained a 0.5 ratings share among adults aged 18–49.
[2] With these ratings, Brooklyn Nine-Nine was the third highest rated show on NBC for the night behind Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Superstore, sixth on its timeslot and twelfth for the night, behind How to Get Away with Murder, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Tommy, Superstore, Last Man Standing, Man with a Plan, Broke, Mom, Station 19, Young Sheldon, and Grey's Anatomy.
These are all things in Brooklyn Nine-Nine's bag of tricks already, but Neil Campbell's script allows director Linda Mendoza to have a lot of fun using all of them.
"[4] Nick Harley of Den of Geek gave it a 3.5 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "All in all, despite the appearance of Whitford and Mull, this is a pretty unmemorable episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine.