Brooklyn Nine-Nine Review: Season 6 Episode 4 (Four Movements)

Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season 6 Episode 4, “Four Movements,” is a tender, tear-jerking episode that uses Gina’s farewell to celebrate the wonderfully unique personalities that grace the Nine-Nine. 

Thank you, Chelsea Peretti. 

Gina is an overtly self-assured and confident, some may say self-obsessed, millennial.

What is most interesting and remarkable about these traits is how well they are suited to let other characters shine. 

Gina’s level of confidence makes us not worry about her; she’s got this. We can channel our fret, angst, worry, and emotion towards the rest of the ensemble.

Typically, self-confidence and self-assuredness are interpreted as conceited. Conceited is interpreted as mean and putting other people down. Not on Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

Gina’s self-centeredness gets to be a virtue. 

GINA: Life is choas, success is completely arbitrary, and confidence is everything.

The dancing queen’s self-confidence actually takes the pressure off of others to tend to her needs.

As a result, Gina’s ego provides the platform upon which Amy, Jake, Rosa, Captain Holt, Terry, and Boyle’s growth is able to be seen.

Basically, Gina is a paradoxical character because her self-centeredness is actually what allows us to have empathy for everyone else. 

Movement 1 – That’s How This Queen Moves

Captain Holt’s stringent and often fixed-mindset is called out in Gina’s first GM (Gina Moment). Gina’s encouragement to Captain Holt, and to all of us in this family, as each of the GMs really applies, is to embrace the uncertainty of the future with zeal.  

Fear of the unknown doesn’t have to control us; risk can inspire us if we believe in ourselves.

The insult-laden chess match reminds us how many times Gina has shown up for Captain Holt. From the big things like his Commissioner bid to the small things like his clap-back game, Gina is there for him.

Not only is she there, but she’s also likely throwing confetti while she does it, which is just the flavor we need and will sorely miss.

Movement 2 – You Be You 

I don’t care what Gina says, Amy’s book of Gina’s twitter account is a brilliant, magical and cool gift. 

I nearly die when Amy mentions the price of the artisanal glue she used to make the book. 

Gina has always found joy in Amy’s quirks, even when that joy is making fun of said quirks. 

Rosa and Gina are by far the coolest members of the 99, but neither cool girl is a mean girl. They champion and support Amy’s career.

While Amy and Gina have never been as close as Amy and Rosa, that doesn’t dampen the special representation and bond that we have been given with this trio. 

Gina tells Amy that her GM is to be herself. And that may be one of the most profound things about Brooklyn Nine-Nine as a show: it lets people be themselves fully, unabashedly, and bravely. 

That crystal in Gina’s pocket is really working. 

One of my favorite moments on the entire series is when Rosa comes back to the precinct after being in a scary shooter situation. Amy is standing by a pulverized toilet, covered in sewer water. Amy runs up to Rosa and throws her arms around her in the most sincere hug ever. Gina flamboyantly wraps her arms around the pair, creating a triple hug. 

It is a beautiful show of affection and love between women who work together. 

On “Four Movements,” we see a similar bonding moment. They are outside the precinct this time, and this reminds us of the urban environment in which they live. The world is so big and there is so much trash. 

But these three women, in that GM, make it clear that they can take out the trash because the world is meant for them.  

Movement 3 – A.C. SlaHaters 

Gina’s third movement is the funniest of the four. Her and Jake’s quest for luxury and celebrity access is wild. 

The best part is when actual real-life Mario Lopez makes a cameo. Gina’s joy from getting to rejection is so directly on brand, I’m still cackling. 

The message to the third GM is something we already know, but I want to be reminded on every episode: the Nine-Nine is a family. 

I am surprised to hear Gina so unironically exclaim her affection and preference for the precinct. 

It’s really nice to confirm that she actually loves spending time with all these people. 

It is also very clear that the message extends beyond the fictional Nine-Nine to the real-life actors, crew, and teams who make Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

Gina Linetti loves her Nine-Nine family, and so does Chelsea Peretti. 

Movement 4 – The Emmy Goes To

The episode opens and closes with golden statue images. I can’t help but think that this alludes to what a star Chelsea Peretti is, and how hopeful she is that Brooklyn Nine-Nine receives the recognition it deserves. 

Perhaps that is a stretch, but it certainly is in line with what I feel about the show and its quality. 

The final movement is also a reminder that Gina knows everyone. Knowing is such a powerful thing in friendship and in love. 

To be seen as you are, to be understood as you are, to be accepted as you are, is a central theme to Brooklyn Nine-Nine. 

The final GM is Gina telling us that we are seen, we are understood, we are accepted, and we are loved. 

We love you too, Gina Linetti. 

Top One Niners

• “I mess with orchids.” – Rosa
• “Rihanna is Queen, Beyonce is King.” – Gina
• “I’m not crying. It’s the dump.” – Amy
• “I never have second thoughts. That’s the luxury of having great firs thoughts.” – Gina
• “Just because you wanna do something doesn’t mean you get to do it.” – Gina

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Brooklyn Nine-Nine airs Thursdays at 9/8c on NBC.

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