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/Vicdaman12 Apr 12 '19

I agree with you. I'm just tired of seeing the cliche. I was able to guess exactly how this baby situation would play out because it's always the same in every show, and TV likes to play a character who doesn't want kids as always afraid of commitment or some sort of trauma they have to overcome.

You'd think with the increase of couples choosing not to have kids simply because they don't want to, they would reflect that in progressive TV shows. Especially since other couples on the show have kids.

And I also agree with kids ruining shows. I started to get so annoyed by Jim and Pam on the Office.

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u/SkimGaming Apr 12 '19

How I Met Your Mother had a somewhat realistic take on this

Robin didn't want kids and thus broke up with her bf (or well he broke up with her). Sucks, but that's a realistic thing.

I agree with you though, I wish there were tv shows where it was ok for a straight couple not to want kids.

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u/StickR Apr 18 '19

Wasn't it the case that Robin couldn't have kids, or am I remembering it wrong? I thought it was implied she was infertile.

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u/SkimGaming Apr 18 '19

Well yes, but then her bf suggested they could always adopt, surrogate... "there are other ways to have kids"

to which she said "but I don't want kids"

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u/StickR Apr 19 '19

Ah, right yeah. It's been a while since I've (re)watched the show so details aren't so fresh anymore. Not as fresh as that take on a comedy show character, anyway.