Brooklyn Nine-Nine Teaches Us How To Attend Adult Parties

Captain Holt's birthday should be a joyous occasion both for the birthday gentleman himself (calling him the "birthday boy," even in jest, feels extremely wrong) and for the colleagues invited to the party. However, as soon as the invitation arrives, so do the inevitable problems. Peralta is pretty sure that, since the invitation came from Holt's husband Kevin, Holt doesn't actually want anyone on the squad to attend. Furthermore, it's obvious that none of the characters we have met is capable of behaving properly at a grown-up party. And as soon as Peralta presents his two-pronged plan to win Kevin over — grisly tales of police work past and a karaoke backing track for "Rolling In The Deep" — Terry takes action.

When the time for the party actually arrives, Peralta has already fucked up, showing up "three...ty-five minutes late." But he had a good reason for breaking one of Terry's rules: he was following another, by picking up a bottle of wine. In a flashback, we see the transaction, as Peralta bounds into a wine store, excited to take the first step toward impressing both Holt and Kevin: "Hello, good sir! I'd like your finest bottle of wine, please." Told it will cost him $1600, Peralta corrects himself:

What are the odds that every other member of the squad is exactly as cheap as Peralta and fine with bringing wine from the finest vineyard in Arkansas?

Pretty good.

Also, it's wine drink.