"Sal's Pizza" is the ninth episode of the first season of the American television police sitcom series Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
The episode was seen by an estimated 3.26 million household viewers and gained a 1.4/4 ratings share among adults aged 18–49, according to Nielsen Media Research.
However, she reveals that this was the plan, to test how the applicants handled the high-stress environment of the precinct, and suggests the hacker be given the job due to his skill.
This convinces Boone to hand over the investigation to Peralta and finally find the culprit: Gino, one of the competitors who stole Sal's recipe to use in his new restaurant.
In its original American broadcast, "Sal's Pizza" was seen by an estimated 3.36 million household viewers and gained a 1.5/4 ratings share among adults aged 18–49, according to Nielsen Media Research.
With these ratings, Brooklyn Nine-Nine was the second most watched show on FOX for the night, beating Dads and The Mindy Project but behind New Girl, fourth on its timeslot and eleventh for the night in the 18-49 demographics, behind The Goldbergs, New Girl, The Biggest Loser, Chicago Fire, Person of Interest, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., NCIS: Los Angeles, David Blaine: Real or Magic, NCIS, and The Voice.
It was nicely book-ended with an overeager Santiago kowtowing to authority figure Holt and her admission that in a family of seven boys, competition was the way to success.
"[4] Alan Sepinwall of HitFix wrote, "'Sal's Pizza' was another episode that didn't quite have Jake dialed in right, but that worked anyway because the supporting characters have become so rich so quickly.