According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 1.83 million household viewers and gained a 0.6/3 ratings share among adults aged 18–49.
During their fight, Boyle steals the bracelet from Jake's pocket and delivers it to Rosa, who knocks him unconscious with chloroform and takes him out of the precinct on a package box.
He faked the Halloween explosion, as it had to happen on a day he could control, sold the billboard to Jake, and during 6 months, incited everyone's behavior which would cause the betrayals, as well as training Cheddar to deliver the bracelet to him just right outside the building.
Instead, the writers adapted the episode to take place on Cinco de Mayo, maintaining the heist tradition while introducing a new holiday theme.
[2][3] This creative decision allowed the show to continue delivering its popular heist episodes despite the shift in the airing schedule.
According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 1.83 million household viewers and gained a 0.6/3 ratings share among adults aged 18–49.
[5] With these ratings, Brooklyn Nine-Nine was the fourth highest rated show on NBC for the night behind Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and two Superstore episodes, fourth on its timeslot and eleventh for the night, behind Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, S.W.A.T., two Superstore episodes, Life in Pieces, Station 19, Mom, Grey's Anatomy, Young Sheldon, and The Big Bang Theory.
But that's also part of the Heist's trick, because the joke machine helps make moments like the proposal and Terry acing the Lieutenant exam function as an added surprise, a good-spirited one in an episode full of deception and insults.
"[7] Alan Sepinwall of Rolling Stone wrote, "Now, everyone goes to such ridiculous lengths to try to win this year that I might worry there's nowhere left to take the heist in Season Seven.
"[8] Nick Harley of Den of Geek wrote, "The Cinco de Mayo heist was a clever way to explain why the game wasn't taking place on Halloween and proof that these reoccurring episode formats still have plenty of life left in them.