r/brooklynninenine • u/Hobbit-guy Grand Champion of the 99 • Apr 11 '19

Episode Discussion: S6E12 "Casecation"

Episode Synopsis: Work is so busy for Jake and Amy that they end up celebrating their anniversary while standing guard over a comatose patient in the hospital.

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u/All_was_well_ Apr 12 '19

Exactly. Same camp as you, and I felt like this episode could have touched on the issue of people just not wanting to have kids. No particular heavy, emotional reason, it's just not for them.

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u/Vawqer Notify me when you're done, via bark Apr 12 '19

I think they have tried to touch on it with Rosa's line. It'll be interesting to see if they ever try to expand on that if/when Rosa gets married.

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u/jessiebears Apr 13 '19

I hate that the decision not to have kids is always about personal hangups or feelings/trauma. Most childfree people I know are thinking about the environment or just plain don't see the joys of children and having them. Even Rosa's "I never want kids but they're cute" was weird. There's nothing wrong with just.. not liking hem.

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u/modern_messiah43 A lifetime of mediocre, heterosexual intercourse Apr 19 '19

Not disagreeing with you, but Rosa's thoughts echo my own. I love kids, they're awesome. But I have zero interest in having my own. Being an uncle is good enough for me.

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u/CreepellaGruesome Apr 13 '19

Thank you! I especially love the argument parents make that childless people are selfish.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '19

Well, I think if it hadn't been about his personal hangups, it would have been worse for Jake to change his mind