At the local bar, the detectives complain about the times they’ve been scooped by the Vulture, and a drunken Jake wants to get revenge by pranking the Vulture. The best they can come up with is Doyle’s suggestion to wrap his motorcycle in plastic wrap and heat it with a dryer (he learned it in gift basket class).
While Jake calls from the scene of the bike wrapping, Captain Holt warns him, “If you wanna keep this from happening, solve cases before major crimes can step in. Am I clear?” Jake is smiling because a) he’s drunk and b) he thinks Holt has given him them permission to team up and solve the murder case before the Vulture does. They decide to take the bus (because drunk driving is wrong), and Jake admits he should’ve brought them in sooner. “You wanna be the best. You just don’t have to be a butthead about it,” says Santiago.
The inebriated detectives decide to roleplay at the scene of the crime, reviewing all the possible methods of disposal. During Santiago’s turn, she wonders if the corkscrew wasn’t the magnetic type that sticks on refrigerators, and the detectives decide the corkscrew must be stuck down the metal trash chute (which had been originally checked). While Doyle’s fishing for the weapon, Jake and the others are busted by two cops on patrol.
Jeffords, who got over his fear of shooting (when faced with a future of spending his days in the office with Gina and her dance troupe, Floorgasm) decides to step up to his role as sergeant, and reprimands Jake for the team’s recklessness. Jake decides to be the bigger person (and a team player) by taking the blame for drunken crime scene shenanigans and by handing over the missing murder weapon to the Vulture so that Holt and Jeffords don’t see trouble from Major Crimes. Jake, who tells Doyle to “always take the high road,” ends by sending a cast of his butt to the Vulture.
Final notes: Not sure if I have anything to say about this episode? The writers went with the whole ensemble cast, including bit part detectives, but there weren’t any breakout parts for me (even from Dean Winters). In general, though, the show’s still funny, but (by my humble estimation) at a steady holding pattern. Not sure if that’s good or bad.
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