Excellent ending to the show's most complex/controversial character(s) study (career criminal being best friends with a career constable).
What's irritating is how people are negging Jake and how he influenced the ending to this story arc. Jake did nothing wrong. It's not illegal to give your friend a pen in the real world--they weren't in a holding cell or in a visitation room nor were they anywhere near a prison or police precinct. People let their friends borrow pens and pencils all the time.
It was Doug Judy who used the pen to circumvent his police fetters (this is actually impossible with today's handcuffs due to their double-latch design, so it's even dumber that people are getting so emotionally irate over what is quite obviously an extreme fantasy in the show's script) in the civilian world. So get over yourselves and delete the urge to try and string Peralta up by his heels because he gave Judy a pen before the payphone ending scene.
This episode was classic PB&J double-trouble with lots of comical twists, turns, and Judy/Peralta taking turns bending and blasting each others minds with fakeouts and double-crosses. This was a classic 9-9 episode for the OG fans of the show and it was an excellent way to end the Judy/Peralta timeline. It's also in the top 3 episodes of the final season thanks to its apolitical, laugh-only fueled agenda. 10/10 Judy and Peralta 4 life.
What's irritating is how people are negging Jake and how he influenced the ending to this story arc. Jake did nothing wrong. It's not illegal to give your friend a pen in the real world--they weren't in a holding cell or in a visitation room nor were they anywhere near a prison or police precinct. People let their friends borrow pens and pencils all the time.
It was Doug Judy who used the pen to circumvent his police fetters (this is actually impossible with today's handcuffs due to their double-latch design, so it's even dumber that people are getting so emotionally irate over what is quite obviously an extreme fantasy in the show's script) in the civilian world. So get over yourselves and delete the urge to try and string Peralta up by his heels because he gave Judy a pen before the payphone ending scene.
This episode was classic PB&J double-trouble with lots of comical twists, turns, and Judy/Peralta taking turns bending and blasting each others minds with fakeouts and double-crosses. This was a classic 9-9 episode for the OG fans of the show and it was an excellent way to end the Judy/Peralta timeline. It's also in the top 3 episodes of the final season thanks to its apolitical, laugh-only fueled agenda. 10/10 Judy and Peralta 4 life.