'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' Season 1, Episode 7: '48 Hours' Recap
by Shannon KeirnanJake goes to talk to the Captain. He thinks he knows who hit a jewelry store - someone he put away a few years back recently got out, and the break-in matches his M.O. exactly.
Unfortunately, he has already arrested the man, Dustin Whitman, without sufficient evidence. Now he only has 48 hours to find the evidence to put him away or he has to be released.
Amy comes into briefing, all made up for a date later. Holt tells them what Peralta has done, and that they need to find evidence or they're opening the department up to a lawsuit. They all have to stay and figure things out, effectively ruining their weekend plans.
Holt asks Terry if he's unusually tired. Possibly because Terry fell asleep while going pull-ups. Terry won't go home, however.
Gina and Rosa debate visciously over who has better pie in the city. They consult Charles but he refuses to take sides.
Whitman gets to have a chat with Peralta. He insists he is innocent. Peralta pretends he has all the time in the world, but Whitman is aware he has 48 hours only.
The crew is stuck overnight, and everyone is exhausted. Peralta goes over what little break in the case he has - not much, and everyone is still angry at him.
He goes to Holt and asks him to let the others go home. Holt asks if he is sure Whitman did it, and Peralta insists he did. So everyone must stay.
Amy is mad that she's still there and missing her date. Jake tells her to schedule for that evening, he'll get her to her stupid date. Everyone buckles down, trying to get the case solved.
Gina comes in with a pie from each place she and Rosa debated, for Charles to test. Terry joins.
Making fun of Amy for her thick glasses, Peralta suddenly thinks he has the key to solving the case. He points out that Whitman's debit card was used right near the jewelry store right before the robbery. Whitman says it was his wife on their joint account.
Dressed back up for her date, Amy finds out it won't be happening. Then she sits in pie.
Holt cannot get Terry to go home, so he orders that he take a nap. Terry confesses his giant brother-in-law is staying with them and makes him feel small and weak.
The lawyer has been called in, and is also furious to be called in on a weekend. He tells Peralta that Whitman has an alibi - he was in a night club in Jersey all evening.
Charles admits to Gina that her pie is better, but he wants Rosa to like him. Amy and Peralta go over video footage from the scene, but can only find a random guy with a soul patch. Peralta decides that's Amy's future husband.
Scully returns from the nightclub in Jersey, with proof that Whitman was there all night.
The deadline is closer, and nothing is going well. Holt admits they're on their way to a lawsuit.
Feeling bad, Jake calls Amy's date and convinces him to go out with her again. Amy says something about being locked in together for 48 hours, and Peralta runs into the office where Whitman is threatening a lawsuit.
Peralta remembered the face of a guy walking past the jewelry store on footage as the cellmate of Whitman. He and his cellmate planned the heist while in prison.
Charles brings in the best pie in NYC after finally admitting to Rosa that he lied. She and Gina try the pie and admit is is amazing.
Case solved, Peralta offers drinks on everyone but they want to go home. He offers instead to pick up one shift for each of them.
As Terry is insulted by his brother-in-law, Holt overhears and makes up an excuse for him to get away that leaves the huge man in awe. Terry, grateful, goes to sleep on Holt's couch.