According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 1.88 million household viewers and gained a 0.4 ratings share among adults aged 18–49.
Jake (Andy Samberg) organizes a last "heist" before Holt (Andre Braugher) and Amy (Melissa Fumero) leave the precinct for their new roles as deputy commissioner and chief of the reform program.
These include visiting Caleb (Tim Meadows), Wuntch's grave and a clue involving the time Jake made suspects sing.
Rosa expresses her concerns to Amy about Adrian Pimento (Jason Mantzoukas), as he is heading back to Canada and thinks she still has feelings for him.
He reconciles with Charles by telling him they'll still be friends even after he leaves and gives him his gift: Their favorite magazine (Fancy Brudgom) with a picture of them on a page, delighting him.
She tells him Boyle survived the incident and moved to Arizona out of guilt, where he became a Sheriff, and that she is back in a relationship with her ex-boyfriend Teddy (Kyle Bornheimer) to help her raise Mac.
Mlepnos (Fred Armisen) helps Jake and Charles escape and they confront Amy, but they find out that the tube is not where it was planned to be and that it is moving somewhere.
Bill (Winston Story) is revealed to have the real tube and locks them in the storage unit, as the heists are his only source of income.
Jake then unceremoniously crowns Hitchcock as "The Grand Champion of the Nine-Nine" and tells the squad he planned the heist as his goodbye so he wouldn't be so sad leaving his job.
Jake, Amy, Holt, Rosa, and Gina suddenly appear, wanting to continue with the Halloween Heist tradition as an annual reunion.
Lisa Katz, President of Scripted Content, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, said "I still remember the palpable excitement that night in 2018 when we announced Brooklyn Nine-Nine would be returning to its rightful home at NBC.
A big thank you to our wonderful partners – Dan Goor, the writers, producers and the incredibly talented cast and crew – for a comedy whose legacy will stand the test of time.
"[2] Series co-creator Dan Goor said, "I'm so thankful to NBC and Universal Television for allowing us to give these characters and our fans the ending they deserve.
"[2] In August 2021, it was announced that the ninth and tenth episodes of the season would be titled "The Last Day" and that Luke Del Tredici and Audrey Goodman would serve as writers while Linda Mendoza would direct the first part.
[7] In the United Kingdom, Channel 4's digital network E4 showed the last two episodes back-to-back on June 8, 2022[8][9] alongside a documentary called Goodbye Brooklyn Nine Nine.
Commissioned from Wise Owl Films,[10] this one-off special included behind-the-scenes footage along with interviews with the cast and British & Irish comedians such as Nish Kumar and Catherine Bohart.
[11] According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 1.88 million household viewers and gained a 0.4 ratings share among adults aged 18–49.
Club gave the episode a "B+" rating, writing, "'The Last Day' is far from Brooklyn Nine-Nine's finest hour, but it deserves credit for checking off every series finale box while telling a fun story without going overboard on saccharine material.
It runs through the series' greatest hits while reuniting the original core ensemble and bringing back numerous guest stars without any of it feeling too labored.
'The Last Day' underlined that what made Nine-Nine special wasn't the cop stories, but the characters and the silliness they got up to every week.
"[16] Tara Ariano of Vanity Fair wrote, "The true marvel of this short final season is that, despite the way it — belatedly, perhaps — faced down the complexities that underlay the workplace at its center, Brooklyn Nine-Nine still delivered the same kinds of good, hard laughs as always.
)"[17] Nick Harley of Den of Geek gave the episode a 4.5 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "Season 8 of Brooklyn Nine-Nine wasn't the triumphant victory lap that it should have been, but 'The Last Day' absolutely sends off our favorite precinct with grace, humor, and heart.
'Silly cops' is how Bill Hader once dismissively ripped on Andy Samberg at a Comedy Central Roast, and in today's climate, it's probably never felt more biting, but Brooklyn Nine-Nine was always something more.