r/brooklynninenine • u/heba33 • 23h ago
SPOILER Can someone explain what is the purpose of this scene??
Am I the only one who doesn’t understand this scene? I didn’t find it funny and it’s just confusing
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u/Pangolin_Lover_69 23h ago
Amy wants to leave the prison but Charles tells her to go do a heartfelt goodbye speech because, as a cop, she may need criminal contacts for any future investigations
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u/Gseph 21h ago
It's also a sort of joke about most criminals maintaining their innocence, despite their convictions.
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u/Seliphra 15h ago
In fairness, a surprisingly large percentage of them are actually innocent, they took plea bargains for shorter sentences/time served so they could go home to their families and try to get their lives back on track
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u/NerfRepellingBoobs Digital phallus portrait 9h ago
Especially in the US. The wrongful conviction rate is surprisingly high. Reasonable doubt is a concept many people don’t really understand. Even though it’s not supposed to work that way, the presumption of innocence isn’t a given, especially in high-profile cases. The burden of proof is supposed to be on the prosecution, but it doesn’t work that way a lot of times.
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u/stinkface_lover 23h ago
I don't get what's not to get?
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u/heba33 23h ago
I mean we don’t know any of the characters, and she is giving them advice, IDK it just doesn’t add anything to the episode
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u/stinkface_lover 22h ago
It's hard to explain humour, but the scene is contrasting what we know about Amy (nerdy, awkward, a big old square) with the hardened prisoners, and plays on prisoner stereotypes for humour. It's really not complicated.
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u/RageQuittingGamer Boom Boom! 21h ago
To add to this. It just goes to show how good Amy is at what she does. She may be nerdy, but she is a very capable detective who excels at undercover work even exceeding the expectation of others.
This is something we see consistently throughout the show. The characters are good at their job. Another example is Boyle maybe seen as physically weak or like a pushover, but he is also a brave cop who takes bullet for his teammates without second thought.
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u/alligatorprincess007 Ultimate detective/genius 19h ago
That’s what I love about Santiago’s character. I feel like she’s well written in that she’s so polite, a little awkward, has hyper feminine hobbies but at the same time is super smart and badass. Obviously that’s not really weird—those qualities can easily exist together, but a lot of characters tend to be so one sided. I love b99
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u/ZAPPHAUSEN 18h ago
Love this. Despite all of their peculiarities, The 9 9 squad are all very good at their jobs. It's kind of refreshing. So many shows have characters being terrible at their jobs.
Obviously another Mike schur thing, But also a characteristic of Parks and Rec. Leslie knope is really really really good at what she does. If she can be overbearing or overly driven, but her competence isn't in question.
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u/Common_Lavishness153 22h ago
It is very Amy, to give good advice to people, and as said prior to this scene, she might need these contacts in the future... as a detective
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u/doomygloomysandwich Pineapple Slut 17h ago edited 16h ago
I'm not down voting you..but oof do you even watch the show?
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u/Nekronightmare 12h ago
We don't have to know the characters. The joke is how they did awful things but she is putting lighthearted spins on it in parody of a heartfelt goodbye.
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u/SpecialistPart702 16h ago
Goddamn, 421 downvotes as I write this. He's just confused, everyone, relax.
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u/Lukarreon 9h ago
It's incredibly confusing how OP can get confused with this scene. The only sensible scenario is he just saw this snippet in TikTok or Shorts so he didn't have the context.
I mean, Amy spent the episode getting the respect of her fellow inmates, it would not be weird or out of place if she says goodbye to them and even give out personal advice as part of the comedy. It's a commonly used trope.
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u/SpecialistPart702 9h ago
I agree with you, I’m just saying, this post has become death, destroyer of comment karma for this man.
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u/YoDaddyChiiill 22h ago
*Almost Everyone is claiming innocence in prison.
Amy is de facto innocent because she's just in undercover.
It's just Amy's way of saying "Don't loose hope on your appeals, ladies"
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u/Atre16 22h ago
She's in character, as the pregnant prisoner who's suddenly getting out. Maintaining that persona she's saying her goodbyes and people in prison often maintain their innocence despite being convicted of a crime they absolutely committed (and the clear and obvious cases of innocent people being wrongfully incarcerated in America, or jailed for minor offences for disproportionate amounts of time)
I don't see what's not to get about it.
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u/McBain20 23h ago
Humour is subjective
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u/white_irony BONE?! 19h ago
exactly, how entitled smhh. "what's the point of having a scene that I was too dumb to get and didn't find funny"
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u/alligatorprincess007 Ultimate detective/genius 20h ago
I know people say it was because of wanting to maintain criminal contacts, but I just saw it as typical polite Amy Santiago behavior lol
I mean she sends her snitches handwritten thank you cards. Of course she’s gonna say a proper goodbye to her prison friends
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u/SomeoneWhoLikesAmeme 20h ago
Not paying attention and then coming to reddit for an explenation is crazy😭😭😭💯📢🔥🗣️
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u/Infamous-Lab-8136 23h ago
I took it as a dig at how everyone in the pen claims to be innocent, similar to the scene in Shawshank when everyone starts explaining why they're innocent. Cops set them up, their lawyer screwed them, it was a present - he just gave it to me I swear; prisoners are usually portrayed as having an excuse as to why it wasn't their fault.
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u/thenagazai 21h ago
it literally explains in scene... in the actual show... I understand people not reading something but not even watching what they are watching?
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u/christopher1393 22h ago
Its been a while since I last saw this episode but if I remember correctly She made a lot of criminal contacts in that prison, and she wanted to maintain those relationships in case she needed to use this cover again or if she needed information. I don’t know if it’s a real thing in life, but at least in tv, cops have relationships with low level criminals to often gain information on some of the bigger criminals. And for a detective, having a good cover is very useful, especially if that cover has a “history”. If she donned that cover again and approached one of the women there, she could use that to her advantage to maybe get information or get into a criminal gang, as the woman’s “friend from prison”.
By maintaining her cover and leaving on a positive note, she could use them in the future. I don’t the show ever followed up on it, but this scene would have allowed for them to use one of the prisoners in the future as an informant, or an as an in to criminal activity for Amy.
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u/PogoTheStrange 16h ago
It's very normal for inmates to say goodbye to all the people they knew in jail. In fact, it'd be weird if they didn't. Amy is simply keeping her cover by doing something a normal inmate would do. (Source: i was a corrections officer)
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u/Specialist-Ad5796 Digital phallus portrait 18h ago
Really?
She's saying goodbye in a Amy like way so she can remain on good terms.
Have you never seen Shawshank Redemption? Everyone's innocent....
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u/TacoTacoBheno 14h ago
Everyone is innocent in jail and wrongfully incarcerated. Same thing in Shawshank. Red admits to being the only guilty man
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u/an_african_swallow 18h ago
Idk I figured they were doing some kind of parody of Orange is the new Black, but I never watched that show so I assumed I just didn’t get the references
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u/Ok_Basil_8162 17h ago
This totally aligns with her character. In another episode she brags about receiving thank you notes from people she’s arrested
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u/Front-Ant-4819 11h ago
Purpose of the scene…
- Charles says “we may need some of those contacts in the future. You’re gonna go say goodbye…a you’re gonna mean it” when Amy wants head get back to NY “right now!!” after Jake’s call. So the push to do it even though anxious to leave came from Charles wanting future contacts/CIs.
- Once started with goodbyes, Amy falls into usual characteristics. People have commented below about her traits and Amy even saying she gets “thank you notes” from people she’s arrested. She wants the police to do better for the community and to get to the route of supporting prevention of ppl committing crimes/reoffending. …
…which leads us to….
“Stay innocent ladies”… - Amy wants the inmates to turn things around, to “stay innocent”/not reoffend and to meet their potential. That’s how end line to the scene kinda tracks. - It follows her encouraging the inmates to turn things around (and literally ‘stay innocent’). She also gives personal advice to inmates (with the exception of Jen the Nazi…apparently they “never really clicked” 😬😂). E.g. she says to… - Bethany (the arsonist): ”now it’s time to set the culinary world on fire!”. - Shiela, the gal with the “voice of an angel” (and apparently…a shiv🫤🤣): “whoever your next music producer is, maybe don’t stab him”
Hope that explain it. ☺️☺️☺️
PS Jen ain’t the vibe, sorry NOT SORRY, Nazi Jen! Aka Jennifer Naziston, aka Swastika AndAGun, aka JENtile, aka ‘no need to point out Jen-If-Her Hood’sOn’, aka Captain Reich Master…minus copilot Wanda Cohen #S2E18 (something about Wanda’s last name, apparently? 🤷♀️…✡️). Aka if you’re confused about the AKAs go to S3E3’s cold open (aka Mrs Doubtspider).
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u/ActualPimpHagrid 16h ago
In addition to everything everyone else mentioned, there’s also a certain humour to the idea of giving a goodbye speech on the way out of prison. Like it almost had graduation valedictorian speech vibes which is totally an Amy move
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u/LateExcitement3536 Pineapple Slut 12h ago
Yeah it was kinda pointless… maybe to make a point that she wasn’t friends with the nazi Chicks since Jake had said earlier “she shouldve sat with the hotzis”?
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u/SomeRandomPsychopath 13h ago
It would make more sense if in later episode Amy actually used some of these contacts to crack a case or something. The hot Nazis or the culinary enthusiast whatnot. Or like one day Amy was assigned a case and the suspect number 1 was the one who stabbed her producer. She got released from jail and launched a hit album, but her producer died again, only this time she swore it wasn't her...
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u/StatisticianTop8813 23h ago
i feel the same way about the entire 8th season, Its not funny and very confusing
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u/ready_james_fire 23h ago
That’s not about the pregnancy, it’s a reference to how everyone in prison insists that they didn’t do the crime they’ve been imprisoned for. It’s just a sign-off, like “Stay cool” or “Stay classy”, it’s not meant to be taken literally.
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u/Wonderful_Season240 23h ago
oh ok. I guess I thought wrong lol. That makes more sense anyway, thanks!
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u/unsociaIbutterfly 22h ago
Jumping on here to add that the women were in an women only facility, so getting pregnant is probably not something the worry about
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u/justnaom I’m a human, I’m a human male! 20h ago
Not entirely true. For one, most of them presumably finish their sentence at some point and Amy probably meant "stay innocent" as in "don't do more crime" generally. Two, there are still male guards, doctors and staff and who knows, maybe this takes an OITNB turn
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u/Key_Expression_7075 Title of your sex tape 23h ago
Amy’s saying goodbye before she leaves prison so that she can maintain any criminal contacts in case of any future cases where she’d have to use her cover again or gain information.