A furious Holt activates detective mode and interrogates the squad.

It perfectly satirizes the extreme stress couples go through when trying to merge two vastly different family dynamics for the holidays.

Despite the disaster, the episode highlights that both sets of parents genuinely love Jake and Amy and fully support their upcoming marriage. 🥧 The B-Plot: The Mystery of the Stolen Pie

Hitchcock and Scully are brought in to analyze the crime scene because of their unmatched expertise in food logistics and behavior.

The competitive chaos leads to the fathers getting heavily intoxicated and Roger accidentally cutting off his thumb in a disastrous carving incident.

Jake's parents, Roger (Bradley Whitford) and Karen (Katey Sagal), are flighty and unpredictable. Amy's parents, Victor (Jimmy Smits) and Camila (Bertila Damas), are strictly organized, traditional, and intimidating.

The dinner immediately goes off the rails when Amy's mother brings her own backup turkey. This sparks a toxic, heavily competitive turkey-carving and drinking contest between the two fathers.

is one of Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s standout Thanksgiving installments. It masterfully balances a high-stakes, chaotic family dinner with a workplace whodunit.