S05E08 - The Job

"The Job" is the eighth episode of Season 5 of We Can Fix Pawbert and a crossover with Brooklyn Nine-Nine. It is the first of a two-part B99 crossover arc.

Synopsis

The Precinct 99 squad arrives at Pawthorne Mansion for a heist-style infiltration of the Otterdam shipping facility. The extracted data confirms the MV Frost Crown will arrive at Zootopia Harbor in forty-eight hours, and Nick quietly reveals his intention to marry Judy.

Plot

The Precinct 99 squad pulls into Pawthorne Mansion's circular driveway on Halloween night. Jake is the first out, jaw dropping at the estate's columns, dry fountain, and guest wing. Charles sprints for the kitchen the moment he hears the napkin exists, then discovers his pancake recipe has been framed on the wall and breaks down sobbing. Rosa silently catalogues every window and entry point, while Terry admires the structural integrity. Captain Holt surveys the corkboard in the living room—the Polaroid, Maddie's card, the Deersneyland photos—and tells Pawbert it is gratifying to observe the life he has built. Rosa and Luther exchange a wordless acknowledgment across the driveway: two predators who understand each other.

The planning session unfolds around the dining table with Costa on speakerphone. The Otterdam facility has three floors, rotating guards, and biometric server room access, and official channels would tip off Icener's port contacts. Jake assigns the teams: he and Nick will pose as HVAC maintenance technicians for the front-door insertion; Rosa and Luther will enter through the basement service entrance to disable cameras; Amy and Holt will coordinate from the surveillance van while Judy handles phone deception and then deploys as ground-level mobile insurance; Terry and Pawbert handle the extraction vehicle. Amy has prepared contingency protocols for eleven scenarios—the twelfth being Jake doing something unplanned.

On Halloween night, the heist unfolds with classic precision and chaos. At the front desk, a bored beaver blocks Jake and Nick until Judy calls from the van, overwhelming him with an avalanche of work order numbers, form citations, and thermal compliance jargon scripted by Amy. The beaver waves them through. Rosa picks the service entrance deadbolt in three seconds and she and Luther disable the camera system from the basement junction box, creating a twelve-minute window. Jake and Nick take the elevator to the third floor, enter the ventilation system, and crawl toward the server room. Jake gets genuinely stuck in a narrowing section, his coyote tail swishing into Nick's face from stress, until Nick shoves him through with a shoulder push.

Outside, Terry's extraction vehicle draws the attention of a patrol car. In a panic, Terry drives in circles around the block trying to evade it, his GPS tracing a pretzel shape on Amy's monitor. Judy intercepts the officers on foot, flashing her badge and claiming unmarked narcotics surveillance, then deadpans that Terry's erratic driving was a surveillance pattern in the manual. After the patrol is redirected, Terry accidentally parks in a residential driveway, drawing out an angry hippo in a bathrobe. Pawbert de-escalates using his ZRS training, buying the team the minutes they need.

Jake and Nick extract the data from the server room as the progress bar counts to completion. An alarm triggers—not from their operation, but from the building's own HVAC system creating a temperature differential that trips a motion sensor. The false alarm sends guards to the wrong location, giving all teams a clean extraction path. Rosa kicks open the service exit; Jake and Nick burst from a fire door. Terry collects everyone and floors it. The hippo shakes her fist as they leave.

Back at the mansion, O'Brian confirms by phone that the files show the MV Frost Crown will arrive at Zootopia Harbor in forty-eight hours—the only port with berths large enough for the ice-class vessel. Nick presents Jake with a handmade trophy reading "BEST HEIST - HALLOWEEN," and Jake tears up. Charles produces Nana Boyle's veggieballs, sparking a tournament. Holt quietly tells Luther that while the Nine-Nine did the work, Luther provided the framework—the safe location, the trust that allowed them to function without hesitation. The squad stays overnight at the mansion.

In the tag, Luther and Pawbert settle into their bedroom while B99 chaos drifts up from downstairs. Pawbert reflects that using his knowledge for something meaningful felt good. He notes the house is full of people and that he likes it. They exchange their anchor phrase using intimate nicknames for the first time together. In the guest wing, Jake does a starfish on the enormous bed and marvels at how far Pawbert has come since the scared kid hiding in a safehouse, then asks Amy to help him turn on the fountain one more time before she throws a pillow at him.

Key Moments

• The Precinct 99 squad arrives at Pawthorne Mansion and Jake reacts to the estate
• Charles discovers his framed napkin recipe on the kitchen wall and sobs
• Holt observes the corkboard and tells Pawbert the life he has built is gratifying
• The planning session assigns heist teams around the dining table
• Judy overwhelms the front desk beaver with Amy's scripted bureaucratic jargon
• Rosa picks the service entrance lock in three seconds
• Jake gets stuck in the ventilation shaft and Nick has to shove him through
• Terry drives in circles trying to evade a patrol car
• Judy redirects the patrol officers by claiming narcotics surveillance
• Pawbert de-escalates an angry hippo using his ZRS training
• The building's own HVAC system triggers a false alarm that covers the team's extraction
• O'Brian confirms the Frost Crown arrives at Zootopia Harbor in forty-eight hours
• Nick gives Jake a handmade heist trophy
• Nick reveals his intention to marry Judy while waiting in the server room
• Luther and Pawbert exchange their anchor phrase with intimate nicknames for the first time together
• Holt tells Luther that providing the framework and trust is not a small contribution

Key Lines

Locations

• Pawthorne Mansion - Circular driveway, foyer, kitchen, living room, library, dining room, master bedroom, guest wing
• Meridian Shipping Facility - Otterdam district; three floors, rotating guards, server room with biometric access
• Surveillance van - Parked near the facility; Amy and Holt's coordination point
• Shaw's Bar - Referenced from previous episode (B99 hangout)

Items

• Framed napkin — Charles's pancake recipe from the S02 crossover, preserved behind glass on the kitchen wall
• Heist trophy — "ULTIMATE HEIST CHAMPION/GENIUS" still on the mantel; Pawbert remains defending champion
• Handmade BEST HEIST trophy — "BEST HEIST - HALLOWEEN" in marker; Nick gives to Jake
• Data drive — Extracted from Otterdam server room; contains Frost Crown arrival data
• Amy's binder — Contingency protocols for twelve scenarios (the twelfth being Jake)
• Nana Boyle's veggieballs — Homage to Nana Boyle's meatballs, reworked for Zootopia's mammal-only diet
• Maintenance tech uniforms — Jake and Nick's cover; Jake's is slightly too big
• Personalized key hooks — L.P., P.L., N.W., J.H.; Jake calls them "adorable security"

Notes

• This is the third B99 crossover in the series, following the heist in the first two seasons.
• Nick's quiet admission about marrying Judy plants the seed for the dual proposals later in the season.
• Holt's line "Peralta, calibrate your enthusiasm" is an Andor easter egg.
• "Jurgen. Klaus. GÜNTER." is a callback to Brooklyn Nine-Nine's Die Hard Christmas episode where Jake, Charles, and Gina are trapped with hostages.
• "Come out to the coast, we'll get together, have a few laughs..." is a Die Hard reference—John McClane's sarcastic summary of his trip to Los Angeles.
• Nana Boyle's veggieballs are a homage to Nana Boyle's meatballs in the Brooklyn Nine-Nine universe, reworked for Zootopia's mammal-only diet.
• The "Always, Paw" / "Always, Lute" exchange marks the first time both intimate nicknames are used together in the same exchange.
• The work order number "9-5-4-4-stroke-B" that Judy rattles off to the front desk beaver is a reference to Jake Peralta's badge number 9544 from Brooklyn Nine-Nine.