Jake (Andy Samberg) discovers through a criminal that Doug Judy (Craig Robinson) is getting married and he didn't even invite him to the wedding.
In Miami, they run into trouble when they find that Judy's sister, Trudy (Nicole Byer), was released from jail and she nearly blows Jake's cover although they buy her silence.
With Jake's cover blown, Judy decides that the best option is to make a "reverse heist" and return the diamonds before the Russian finds out.
Amy (Melissa Fumero), Boyle (Joe Lo Truglio), Hitchcock (Dirk Blocker), and Scully (Joel McKinnon Miller) explore their options for a third vending machine.
According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 2.32 million household viewers and gained a 0.7 ratings share among adults aged 18–49.
Club gave the episode a "B−" rating, writing, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine does attempt to make up for that choice, in a way, by including a long-established recurring character in the form of Craig Robinson's Doug Judy, the scoundrel and 'best friend' of Jake Peralta.
But unfortunately, 'The Takeback' doesn’t exactly rank high on the list of Doug Judy appearances, and the other plots in the episode range from filler to oddly-timed.
"[3] Alan Sepinwall of Rolling Stone wrote, "The premise of this was sound and could have still been fairly compact even as more time was given to Jake and Doug's Miami misadventure.
Doug Judy and Jake's silly pop culture references made me forget for a minute that I haven't left my house since Monday.