“Even with the success of this scenario’s gags, it all leads to the (still very fun to watch) plot point of having two parties, a real, fun one and a boring, Holt one. This is a plot that, much like the stakeout and “no-no list” in “Stakeout,” makes the show enter the realm of coming across as too much of a sitcom.”

The AV Club’s Brooklyn 99 reviewer and I are not on the same wavelength.