According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 1.79 million household viewers and gained a 0.5 ratings share among adults aged 18–49.
However, while Pimento is describing his history of events, they deduce that Pimento is suffering what Jake calls Memento disease and everyone else calls Finding Dory disease (anterograde amnesia), failing to remember anything from the past four months except that his most recent client hired him to find evidence of her husband's adultery.
While visiting him, Jake, desperate to confide in another person about his plans to start a family, tells Pimento, under the assumption that he will forget it immediately, the same way he has forgotten all of his other new memories.
According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 1.79 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 Superstore and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, seventh on its timeslot and thirteenth for the night, behind Outmatched, Deputy, Superstore, A Million Little Things, Last Man Standing, Carol's Second Act, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Unicorn, Mom, Station 19, Grey's Anatomy, and Young Sheldon.
As a recurring guest character, he's not quite as essential as the Pontiac Bandit or the Vulture, but 'Pimemento' suggests there's occasionally a place for that man here.
"[4] Nick Harley of Den of Geek gave the episode a 3 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "While I've mostly been a fan of Adrian Pimento appearances in the past, 'Pimemento' just doesn't quite do it for me.
That being said, if you love the energy and unpredictability that the character brings to the mix, you might give this episode higher marks, and that's completely understandable.