

And it wastes no time in adapting its tone for a post-2020 era. Now, more than a year after that reckoning made national news, "Brooklyn" is back for a pandemic-delayed, 10-episode final season (paired on Thursdays, 8 EDT/PDT).

After the death of George Floyd a month later, the creators and stars said the protests against police brutality and racism deeply affected the show they were writing. Actor Terry Crews confirmed that four scripts were tossed and rewritten following "somber talks and very deep conversations" about reorienting the show as other cop series grappled with the racial reckoning. The eighth and final season of police precinct comedy "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" premiered on NBC on Thursday with a two-episode block, and it's not the same happy-go-lucky series it was when it last aired in April 2020. Spoiler alert! The following contains details from the first two episodes of "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" Season 8.

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