According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 2.14 million household viewers and gained a 0.6 ratings share among adults aged 18–49.
The episode received very positive reviews from critics, who praised J.K. Simmons' guest performance, Joe Lo Truglio's acting, Sedgwick's directing and writing.
Dillman's strict and fast-learning methods prove to be difficult for Jake to show he can earn the position in the task force so he sets to investigate on his own.
Desperate, Jake accuses Holt of being part of the bombing but he reveals he had lunch with Boyle (Joe Lo Truglio) to offer him the task force position.
Jake then eventually returns with more evidence: Dillman was fired by the SFPD and now works at a hobby shop and hoped Holt would give him the position at the task force.
Boyle then arrives and solves the mystery: the culprit was the Assistant District Attorney who wanted evidence destroyed to win the trial and had an officer (who ironically was the first one Jake accused earlier) in the precinct plant the bomb.
According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 2.14 million household viewers and gained a 0.6 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, seventh on its timeslot and eleventh for the night, behind Outmatched, A Million Little Things, a Mom rerun, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Last Man Standing, two Young Sheldon reruns, Superstore, Station 19, and Grey's Anatomy.