5 Questions "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" Needs to Answer If It's Going to Succeed

The FOX sitcom feels all too familiar. How can it set itself apart?

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Brooklyn Nine-Nine isn't changing up the sitcom game. Led by SNL's Andy Samberg and Homicide: Life on the Street's Andre Braugher, the cop show follows the shenanigans of Brooklyn's 99th precinct, from cracking cases to navigating interpersonal relationships. Standard stuff, drawn from shows like The Office and Parks and Recreation (where some of the show's producers and writers hail from) but that's not to say it doesn't have potential. It does, loads of it. That is, if it can figure itself out first. 

Last night's premiere episode on FOX felt like your prototypical pilot. You're inundated with the exposition around all the characters, and each one's got the energy of a dog dying to pee. The pilot essentially built a stage, and now it's up to cast to do their thing for the rest of the season.

It's got all the major pieces set to survive. So now it's only task is to address these: 5 Questions Brooklyn Nine-Nine Needs to Answer If It's Going to Succeed.

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What the Hell Is This About?

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Who Are These Supporting Weirdos?

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Can Samberg Be More Than a Joke Machine?

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Is This a Parody of a Cop Show? Or a Funny Cop Show?

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Can Any of These Characters Make for Convincing Cops?

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