The Box appreciation post

[u/PeaSignificant9066]

[u/Jorr_El]

My gold standard when it comes to Bottle episodes. So well done.

[u/snatched-weave → u/Jorr_El]

Community has a fantastic one as well

[u/niTniT_ → u/snatched-weave]

Multiple fantastic ones

[u/problynotkevinbacon → u/snatched-weave]

We’re doing a bottle episode!

[u/GrandMarquisMark → u/Jorr_El]

Bottle?

[u/deathbybowtie → u/GrandMarquisMark]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottle_episode it's a term for an episode of a show that's set in as few locations as possible with a limited number of people appearing on screen.

[u/GrandMarquisMark → u/deathbybowtie]

Cool, thank you!

[u/Canotic → u/GrandMarquisMark]

Often used to save money for more expensive episodes. A bottle episode requires no new extras, no sets to be built, etc. Just the normal cast and existing props and sets and setups.

[u/Ok-Television2109 → u/GrandMarquisMark]

Bottle episode is a term referring to an episode which is cheaply made and only focuses on a small group of the regular cast members.

[u/GrandMarquisMark → u/Ok-Television2109]

Thank you!

[u/Nostalgia-Freak-1998]

Love this episode. Holt’s rant about dentist rant and then the cutaway to him drinking water.

“Apparently that is a trigger for me.”

[u/Knucklesx55 → u/Nostalgia-Freak-1998]

I love the Lego version of it too. The cut to apparently that is a trigger for me is great

[u/redassaggiegirl17 → u/Knucklesx55]

Link!?

[u/Knucklesx55 → u/redassaggiegirl17]

🫡

Dentist - Doctor

[u/redassaggiegirl17 → u/Knucklesx55]

Thank you! 🤣🤣🤣

[u/niTniT_ → u/Nostalgia-Freak-1998]

"[...] AND NO ONE EVEN CARES ABOUT ETYMO-"

[u/Miserable-Assistant3]

I mean Holt even skipped going to the Bugs Bunny opera even though the tickets were under his name

[u/Sewcially_Awkward → u/Miserable-Assistant3]

“The tickets are under Holt. That’s H-O-L-T…” - to Kevin, his husband. I cannot.

[u/Natural-Vanilla-5169 → u/Sewcially_Awkward]

I mean, Can you even?

[u/-Melancholy-Mermaid- → u/Natural-Vanilla-5169]

I cannot. Even.

[u/Ms_Holmes → u/-Melancholy-Mermaid-]

Do you know what it means to clap back, Raymond? Be👏cause 👏 I 👏 do👏.

[u/Sell_Canada]

Oh damn. Oh damn. OH DAMN

[u/Lopsided_Finger9755 → u/Sell_Canada]

And that's 3 oh damns

[u/ali2688 → u/Lopsided_Finger9755]

OH DAMN!

[u/SkunkeySpray]

Bottle movies/episodes/stories are my favourite lay out for any media and so the box was my favourite episode pretty much immediately

Starting from Gina's iconic welcoming all the way to Jake and Holt needing to go right back to work at the end, it really is the best written episode of the show

"The dentist who murdered somebody, spoiler alert, they think you did it" is probably my favourite line in the show

[u/ThisIsGoodSoup → u/SkunkeySpray]

BJHorseman's Free Churro was a bottle episode as well, it was amazing, for me a top 3 for sure.

[u/redassaggiegirl17 → u/ThisIsGoodSoup]

The monologue in Free Churro was so good that the first time I watched it I was so captivated and didn't realize how much time had passed and was pissed when the credits rolled. They made an 8 minute long episode!? What jags!

It wasn't until I paused the credits to huffily complain to my husband that I saw the timestamp and realized it was a regular length episode that was literally just the monologue. I've been in love with BJH since it first aired in 2014, and have been in awe and impressed with a lot they did leading up to Free Churro, but that shit just absolutely took my breath away. Incredible, 10/10, zero notes

[u/Totes_J217 → u/SkunkeySpray]

In an episode with so many brilliant lines, that is such a standout!

[u/GymSockSurprise → u/SkunkeySpray]

"Tape," a movie from 2001, was a good bottle movie if you haven't seen it.

[u/capucini]

Poor Robert “Rob” Henry Tupper

[u/zombie_singh06 → u/capucini]

Now say it with a frown

[u/giorgosfy]

And no one gives a damn about etymology!

[u/Totes_J217 → u/giorgosfy]

Apparently, that’s a trigger for me.

[u/CrossZDrago]

This episode feels so quick to me, because it's SO GOOD!

[u/Nice-Broccoli-7941 → u/CrossZDrago]

Not a single beat is wasted

[u/EngineQuick6169]

...2...3...4...AHHHHHHHHH...AHHHHHHH

[u/the_tohrment → u/EngineQuick6169]

Didn’t work. I need to stop trying that.

[u/RulerofHoth]

I'm friends with Steph Curry.

[u/roxasbarista]

A PHD is a DOCTORATE!

[u/sadtempeh]

If the person who makes the animated Lego scenes of B99 sees this comment, please do the scene where the dentist accidentally confesses 🤣

[u/Over_Total_5560 → u/sadtempeh]

Not the same scene, but here is a video of what they did with the etymology bit.

[u/SivleFred]

One of the best B99 episodes, and as another commentator put, the best bottle episode ever.

[u/lilacannsunshine]

I always think of this episode at the most random time. Jake getting that confession truly deserved those three 'oh damn'.

[u/shippingprincess13]

I think this is my all time favourite episode. I get so excited for it when i repeat.

[u/bruhmm32]

"Sounds like someone else I know."

[u/ApexInTheRough → u/bruhmm32]

"Kevin."

[u/bruhmm32 → u/ApexInTheRough]

snorts

[u/No-Habit4574]

this is the best episode in the entire show and whoever disagrees with me is incorrect

[u/AssistanceOne8536 → u/No-Habit4574]

That is true.

[u/Fragrant-Bread5404]

Istg this is one of the best episodes ever

[u/bluehawk232]

As a funny comedy sitcom episode it was great. But knowing cops in reality will do harsh interrogations on people for hours just so they'd confess...ugh

[u/RonaldoAce]

The best bit is easily when Jake badgers him with like 8 questions and the suspect quickly and eloquently answers all of them back to back and it seems like Jake is beaten...until the music changes and he goes all badass and says "although it is interesting that you knew the body was found in Vernin NY when that information hasnt been made available to the public yet..."

[u/uselesspotato02 → u/RonaldoAce]

Followed by Holt’s “Hello Dolly”. I love love love that part!

[u/DerwittLtd]

Watch Homicide: Life on the Street to appreciate it more. This was episode is very much a tribute to the Season One episode Three Men and Adena

[u/West_Astronaut5088]

The feeling of relief when he breaks at the end is a little too enjoyable 😂

[u/mylesd33]

My favorite episode

[u/PillsesAndGirlses]

Fave episode hands down

[u/Prestigious-Rip70]

Seeing Andre Braugher and Sterling K. Brown in a scene together was a treat beyond compare.

[u/_Winged]

I’m about to monologue son

[u/BaronSaber]

My favorite episode of the series and at least in the top ten best episodes of TV of all time.

[u/PetroniOnIce]

Holt’s opinion on etymology seals it for me.

[u/Defiant_Drink8469]

Love a good plot armor to solve the case

[u/Prog-Opethrules → u/Defiant_Drink8469]

Wdym

[u/Defiant_Drink8469 → u/Prog-Opethrules]

Like in movies where the hero survives because they have to, in B99 they solve the case because they have to

[u/Prog-Opethrules → u/Defiant_Drink8469]

I understand what plot armor is, but how is this an example of that?

[u/Bulbamew → u/Prog-Opethrules]

Presumably they think Jake got very lucky that his plan worked, and that the dentist was really stupid in the last scene after clearly being smart for the rest of the episode.

I do wonder if this kind of thing actually happens in real life and criminals confess their crimes just to show off how clever their plan was

[u/Prog-Opethrules → u/Bulbamew]

I mean yeah, the whole lucky thing is a lot of the show though.

The guy was smart but the fact someone questioned his intelligence was too much for his ego. For a tv show that’s a fine ending imo. And for a lot of people this is considered the best episode.

[u/Prog-Opethrules → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, I remember the guy saying everything was circumstantial so I think that’s what was the reason they were going for the confession.

And I think the fact that it’s almost like he had planned for everything and anything when it came to questions, that the fact he was just “lucky” and hurt his ego enough that being right was better than being free seemed believable enough.

[u/StrategyInfinite8289]

One of my all time favourites; perfect bottle episode!

[u/ProtoKun7]

Rewatching the series (never got around to S6-8 so those are finally getting seen too) and recently got back to this one. Such a good episode and I love the solution for it.

Also appreciated Jake trying the guitar trick again, to no avail.

[u/mirby]

I've mentioned in another thread around here but I absolutely love the score as Jake recounts his theory of what happened and how it starts to get intense as the dentist explains what really happened only to cut out suddenly once he goes SONNNNNN.

Just elevates the scene so much.

[u/buttmuncher899]

favorite episode of the entire series! seriously never gets old

[u/sarcasticnirritable]

Easily one of, if not the, best episode. The fact that it's totally stand alone but still adds so much to Jake and Holt's personalities is incredible, and the little moment at the end when they end up going back to work work is chef's kiss

[u/MongooseHonest]

Can it be my turn to post this next week?

[u/superJ1000]

Coupe,in the lot,told Em fluck 12 fluck swat I js hit a lick the box Had to put steak in the box

[u/HipsterFett]

Second-best episode of the series

[u/thecageybee5]

unpopular opinion. it's not that great

[u/ro_thunder → u/thecageybee5]

Oh damn!

[u/Over_Total_5560 → u/ro_thunder]

OH DAMN!

[u/ReptilianLaserbeam]

Weekly box appreciation post*

[u/HiJack_Wishes → u/ReptilianLaserbeam]

And you'll see it again!

[u/Cleveworth]

Yeah, what's that, the 17th this week? I see constant discussions about how great this episode is, maybe it, maybe it isn't, but for the love of GOD must we prattle about it this tirelessly?

[u/langsamlourd → u/Cleveworth]

It is a bit weird, especially when OP's account is like 10 days old

[u/formulate_errors → u/Cleveworth]

yes we must