It’s been over two years since Brooklyn Nine-Nine ended, and the comedy is still one of the best shows to watch on Peacock. The sitcom ran for five seasons on Fox and an additional three on NBC before ending in 2021. While nobody should ever 100% rule out a potential reboot, there are just some moments that can’t be recreated. Perhaps one of the most well-known and iconic scenes is the cold open from Season 5, Episode 17, “DFW.”
In the cold open, Jake Peralta arranges a lineup so a woman can identify the man who killed her brother, but she never saw his face because she was hiding. She did hear him sing the Backstreet Boys song “I Want It That Way,” so Jake decides to have the five guys sing it. It gave him and fans “Chills, literal chills.” Even today, the scene is beloved and watched by many, as the official clip on YouTube from NBC has a whopping 36+ million views and counting. So, how did the scene come to be?
