Brooklyn Nine-Nine Writers Scrap Season 8 Episodes to 'Start Over'

Terry Crews has revealed that the Brooklyn Nine-Nine writers have thrown the Season 8 scripts "in the trash" after having lots of "deep conversations" about the Black Lives Matter movement. In an interview with Access Daily, Crews, who plays Lieutenant Terry Jeffords on the show, spoke about the impact of the Black Lives Matters movement and how it has affected future storylines on the police procedural sitcom. He admitted four episodes that were "ready to go" have now been scrapped, and that the writing team is starting over in an effort to amplify themes coming out of the movement. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2013/07/12/brooklyn-nine-nine-trailer"] "We've had a lot of somber talks about it and deep conversations and we hope through this we're going to make something that will be truly groundbreaking this year. We have an opportunity and we plan to use it in the best way possible," Crews stated. "Our showrunner Dan Goor, they had four episodes all ready to go and they just threw them in the trash. We have to start over. Right now we don't know which direction it's going to go in." "This is an opportunity right now for us all to unite and get together and understand what this is and that we have to battle this together," he added, reflecting on the broader conversation about racial equality, and calling for permanent change. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=midseason-tv-2020-34-shows-we-cant-wait-to-watch&captions=true"] Crews didn't elaborate on the storylines of the four episodes that won't make it to air, but we are expecting the full regular cast to return for Season 8, including Andy Samberg, Andre Braugher, Stephanie Beatriz, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero, Joe Lo Truglio, Joel McKinnon Miller and Dirk Blocker. IGN stands in solidarity with the black community, and condemns racism. We encourage those reading to donate, contribute, and support Black Lives Matter and the fight for racial justice. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

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