Me: I just don’t feel very motivated to watch television lately.
B99: *acknowledges bisexuals*
Me: Okay so there’s 5 seasons and seasons 1, 4, and 5 have 22 episodes and seasons 2 and 3 have 23 episodes, and every episode is about 22 minutes, so that means if I only take breaks to sleep 5 hours a day I could catch up in 2 days and 3 hours
Been rewatching clips of the B99 finale on YouTube and I don’t get how people are disappointed with how Jake’s story ended? Yes, it’s not what I and most of us expected, but it made perfect sense.
From the very start of the series, Jake already had his biggest goal accomplished: to become a detective. While getting into the FBI was something he wanted (as it was hinted at so many times), his entire arc was more of growing up—as opposed to Captain Holt, Terry, and Amy who were still in the process of reaching specific career goals. Jake was already a detective and he couldn’t want anything more. That is, until, he met Captain Holt and fell in love with Amy.
Captain Holt and Amy showed Jake that there are more things to life aside from his career. Captain Holt showed him that he still had a lot of growing up to do, and Amy showed him that he can have other goals he never thought or imagined of having (falling deeply in love with someone, starting a family, being a father, just to name a few). In turn, the goals Jake realized and made through Captain Holt and Amy beautifully came into full circle in the series finale.
The unpredictability of life was always what Jake experienced and what B99 tries to tell us. Admittedly, I do think it was odd to have Jake say he was bored at home a few episodes ago and then have him suddenly decide to quit the NYPD. However, I’ve given it some thought and it’s not odd at all… When Jake told Captain Holt that one look at Amy was all it took to let him know, I realized that this is exactly what made Jake decide to quit doing police work. Amy was moving up in her career the way she wanted to and the way it should be. Jake never wanted to hold Amy back and he always hoped for her to achieve everything she wanted. He definitely took careful considerations about everything but he concurred that there is only one good decision regarding their current parenting situation.
To sum it up, I’ll tell you guys this: at the end of the day, Jake already got what he wanted in his career. He developed new goals in the process, and along those he now he has to work on achieving those new goals, especially the one that really matters—being a present, active, and dedicated father to Mac (and who knows, Mac’s future siblings?). When Mac grows up or goes to school full-time, it’s possible that Jake could either go back to the 99, be Rosa’s PI partner, or even land in the FBI. After all, his record as a detective has been said to be stellar. I even think that the 99 consults to him the same way they do to Rosa from time to time.
His story is not the typical sitcom ending for a main character and that’s the beauty of it all.
