Amy, Jake, Charles, and Rosa are sitting by Jake's desk talking, "For the last time, the best cop movies, in order: Training Day, Lethal Weapon, and Fargo. End of discussion." Amy said

"Wrong. Die Hard is the best cop movie of all time. One cop heroically saving the day while everyone else stands around and watches. It's the story of my life." Jake said

"I've never seen Die Hard." Harper said

Jake gasped, "Okay you and I are going to watch every single Die Hard movie tonight." He said

"I like Turner & Hooch. Tom Hanks, reluctant friendship with a dog. That hits me where I live." Charles said

"You know I heard they were making a remake with Josh Peck from Drake and Josh." Harper said

"No. Robocop. It's got everything Ike--gratuitous violence." Rosa said

"Oh, I thought you were listing things." Jake said

"I was. I'm done." Rosa said

"Okay." Jake said

"Let's talk Bad Boys. That's the perfect cop movie. Mr. Smith, lookin' fine. A hot cup of tea leone. Come on." Gina said

"Francois Truffaut's Breathless. What? Terry likes foreign films." Terry said

"Even though I agree with Gina on Bad Boys because I loves me some Will Smith, my favorite cop movies of all time will always be Rush Hour. Jackie Chan is such a badass." Harper said

"Mm-kay. There is a correct answer for this question, so gather around for the greatest cop film of all time, please refrain from texting

during our presentation."

Jake turned on the computer and showed a video in which Hitchcock tried to talk to prostitutes but was hit in the testicles.

"There it is." Jake said

"Come on, guys, that happened four years ago." Hitchcock said

"Shh, this is the best part. She comes back, takes the wallet and here she goes!" Jake yelled

Hitchcock was hit in the balls, again.

99th Precinct

Morning Briefing

"Hey, love the sweater. Who you slayin' tonight, lady killer?" Jake asked Boyle.

"Well, we shall see what we shall see" Charles answered.

"No, you're dressed exactly like the lady killer" Jake said, pointing to the poster of the wanted 'lady Killer'.

"Damn it! This is Jeffrey Dahmer's corduroys all over again." Charles said

"All right, let's get started. Scully, where are you on digitizing the old case files?" Terry asked.

"As of yesterday, I'm officially 1% done".

"Why are you smiling? That's nothin'." Terry said

"There's thousands of cases, and for each one, I have to fill out 200 little box thingies on 50 different screens." Scully said

"At least you get to sit on your butt all day." Rosa said to Scully said

"That's actually the worst part. My doctor said I have an anal canyon." Scully said

"And that's the end of this latte." Harper said as she disgustedly put her drink down.

"Ugh, god, Scully. Why are you always telling us about your disgusting body?" Jake said

Flashback

Jake is eating food while Scully has his foot on the table.

"I don't see anything." Jake said

"That's because it's all wart." Scully said

Jake retches as he walks away.

End of Flashback

"How are you married?" Harper asked

"Peralta, Benson, where are we on the Adams Street burglary?" Holt asked

"We are very close, Captain. Aside from a complete absence of evidence, suspects, or leads. So, in conclusion, not at all close." Jake said

"And the Vickers Street aggravated assault?" Terry asked

" Stalled out, and the Calloway robbery also remains unsolved.. Due to a lack of solving it by Jake." Harper said

"Hey." Jake said clearly offended

"Sounds like someone's in a little bit of a slump." Gina said

"I'm not in a slump." Jake said

"You're not? Scoreboard." Amy said

Jake has 35, Amy has 44, and Harper has 50.

"I don't slump, people. I opposite slump. I p-muls. That's "slump" backwards, and it's what I do. I p-muls all over this bitch." Jake said

"Dismissed." Terry said

"Slump." Amy said, mocking him.

"P-muls!" Jake said

......

Jake was sitting at his desk talking animatedly with Harper, when the captain approached.

"Wait...Before you say anything, I want to guess what happened, based on your face. Someone died. No! You won a prize! I'm not getting better at this." Jake said

"I'm concerned that the open cases mound of garbage on your desk has become so much higher than the closed cases mound of garbage." Holt said

"All right, sir. Let me hit you with a little analogy. Are you familiar with racecars?" Jake said

"Formula 1 or Stock?" Holt asked

"That's already way more than I know about it. The point is, I'm a super-awesome race car who's hit a couple of unlucky speed bumps." Jake said

"You got speed bumps on a race track?" Holt asked

"Is that not part of car racing? It should be. All I'm saying is, it's open road again. I'm about to close a case. Missing grandma Helen Sterrino. Last Sunday, her grandson Judd reported she went out for bagels and never came back." Jake hands the report to Holt. "This morning, we picked up an old lady matching her description exactly. I showed her pictures of Judd, and she said, and I quote, 'That's my grandson.'" Jake imitated

"What did I say about doing voices?" Holt asked

"I'm a storyteller, sir. It's my craft." Jake takes the report back from Holt.

"Anyways, grandson's coming in. They reunite, and I throw another case on the old "Solved it" pile." Jake puts a file on a stack of other files and it falls off his desk.

"Hey my croissant." He picks up a croissant that was under the stacks of papers then bangs it on the desk, showing it's rock solid, and proceeds to eat it.

"I think I'm going to puke." Harper said

.....

"You wanted to see me, Captain?" Amy asked, walking into his office

"Yes, the D. A. wanted me to personally thank you for your work on the Jay Street drug bust." Holt said

"That's why we do this, sir." Amy said, feeling proud of herself

"For praise?" Holt asked

"Uh..."

"There's a community outreach program that's very important to me. I was wondering if you'd like to head it up." Holt said

"Absolutely, sir. I won't just head it up, I will head and shoulders it up. I will dive in, swim around it, and just be altogether good with it." Amy said

"Be more articulate when you speak to the children." Holt said

"Yes, sir, I will make better mouth." Amy said

......

Charles walks over to Terry's desk, "Hey, Sarge, I need someone to fill out a lineup. Will you be Scary Terry?" He asked

"Oh, I love being Scary Terry. He says what regular Terry's thinking." Terry said

Flashback

Terry was in the recognition room waiting, but he started yelling, "This is takin' too long! I'm gonna miss the farmer's market!"

End of Flashback

"But I'm too busy. I've got a special case I'm working on. Uh, Hitchcock, Boyle needs you to fill out a lineup." Terry said

"Oh, great. I'll take my shirt off." Hitchcock said

"No one asked you to take your shirt off. Stop volunteering to take your shirt off." Charles said

"I can't hear you! Shirt's over my ears." Hitchcock said

.......

Amy walks up to Rosa's desk, "Hi, Rosa. Ooh, I like your shoes. They're a really pretty–"

"What do you need?" Rosa asked

"--Color. Okay. You know how, every year, the precinct does that junior police program seminar?" Amy asked

"That thing where we try to get a bunch of loser kids to become student snitches?" Rosa asked

"No, the thing where we try to get at-risk kids–" Amy said

"Losers." Rosa said interrupted

"To sign up to become junior police officers." Amy said

"Snitches. What about it?" Rosa asked

"Captain specifically asked me to run it this year. I signed you and Harper up to do it with me. Here's the info." Amy said, handing the packet to Rosa.

"Now I gotta read something?" Rosa asked

"Greetings. Fine. I guess I can help you with those at-risk kids." Gina said

"I don't need your help. It's nothing personal. It's just... You're not a cop, so I'm not really sure you could help." Amy said

"Okay. No hard feelings. But I hate you. Not joking. Bye." Gina said

......

Jake, Holt, Harper, and Charles are with a family and an old lady by Jake's desk

"Ah, mr. and mrs. Terrino. I'm glad you're here. May I present to you..." he said, imitating a trumpet fanfare and pointing to an old lady.

"Oh, my darlings. Thank god I found you. Oh, look at those beautiful cheeks." The old lady said

"I have no idea who this lady is. I've never seen her before in my life." Mr. Terrino said

"What? No, she recognized you. This is Helen." Jake said

"Who's Helen? Oh! That's my husband. Solomon." The old lady said, pointing at and hugging Charles.

"I'm--I'm not really her husband." Charles said

"You're so much shorter than you used to be. What did the Japanese do to you?" The old lady asked

"Different generation." Jake said

"Okay, this is Ethel Musterberg from the Prospect Heights Senior Center. There was an I.D. card in her back pocket." Charles said

"Why was your hand in her back pocket?" Harper asked, baffled

"Well, she told me she didn't have any I.D., and unlike Boyle, my first instinct was not to caress her butt." Jake said

"Frisked! I frisked her butt!" Charles said

"It looks like this case remains unsolved, Peralta." Holt said

"Oh, my god. I'm in a slump!" Jake said

.....

99th Precinct

Break Room

"Oh, cool. You're all here in the break room." Jake said

"You asked us to come in here." Rosa added

"What? Here's a hypothetical question. Let's say I knew someone that, for the first time in their career, was experiencing, like, a minor slump. What do you think you would suggest to that person if they were going through that?" Jake said

"Well, I haven't really been in a slump since my divorce. So I'd tell this person, "Maybe get divorced." He'd have to get married first." Charles said

"Okay, so the suggestion to beat is get married and then divorced. Rosa?" Jake said

"Fly to Montreal, hit a classy hotel bar, bone a stranger, slump over." Rosa said

"Wow, that sounds amazing." Jake said

"Yeah." Rosa said

"What about you Harps?" Jake asked

"Whenever Severide and I were in slumps we'd just bang each other until it went away." Harper said

"Who's Severide?" Charles asked

"He's a Chicago FireFighter, my childhood best friend, and the father of the twins." Harper said

"Okay, so getting banged. That's a good one. Sarge, what would you do?" Jake asked

"10,000 sit-ups." Terry said

"Okay, do you have a backup plan in case my hypothetical person can only do 9,500, or 3?" Jake said

"What's going on in here?" Holt asked, walking into the room

"We're helping Jake's friend get out of his slump." Charles said

Jakes makes a motion telling Charles to shut up.

"Or try working a case until it's solved, Peralta. I always find that closing cases is the best way to end the slump." Holt said

"Thank you, Captain!" Jake said

"He's right. You just need a win. Pick your easiest, no-brainer case, and work it till it's done." Terry suggested

"Fine! Right after I do Rosa's Montreal sex thing. That sounds fun." Jake said

"Yeah." Rosa said

.......

"Okay, this is the Junior Police Program. AKA "Mission Possible."" Amy said and then she clicks something and the TV starts playing spy music. "Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to get your life back on track." She said pointing to the kids.

"Narc!" Gina coughed

The kids laughed.

"Hey, Gina. What are you doing?" Amy asked, irritated

"Oh, hi, Amy. Since I have nothing to offer, and since I'm not a cop, I thought I'd just show up and learn." Gina said

Amy turns to Rosa, "Do you wanna help me out here?" She asked

"Nah, I think I'm good." Rosa said

"Amy, if you want my opinion, I do think Gina should be involved." Harper said

"Thank you, Harper." Gina said

"I know you think getting in trouble is cool. But let me show you what can happen if you continue down this path" Amy said, trying to recover the situation.

"Hey, yo, I'm an at-risk kid, and I think it's cool to sell drugs." She said, this time in a different voice

"Hold up--Why does the kid selling drugs sound like he's black?" A kid asked

"He's not." Amy said

"Well, why not? Are you saying that black people can't sell drugs?" Gina asked

"No, I'm not saying that." Amy said

"We have a black president. Why can't black people sell drugs?" Another kid asked

"I'm so confused." Amy said

"Black people can sell drugs!" Gina yelled

Gina and the kids chanting "Black people can sell drugs!" as Holt walks in and Amy gives him a thumbs up.

..........

Charles is outside the door listening to Terry who is yelling.

"Don't make me hit you again." Terry said, grunted

Charles busts in to find Terry working on a doll house, "Um...I'm building this dollhouse for my girls. It's their birthday tomorrow. I told my wife I'd get it done." Terry explained

"I had the same exact one when I was a kid!" Charles said

Flashback

"Mom, Charles is hogging my doll house!" A little girl yelled.

"Grandma bought it for the both of us!" Young Charles snapped back

End of Flashback

"You want some help, big man?" Charles asked

"No! I can do this. It's just driving me a little crazy. Where do I affix the princess tower, Boyle?! Where do I affix it?!" Terry yelled

"On the side of the turret–" Charles began

"Not now, Boyle. Let a brother breathe. Let a brother breathe." Terry said

Slowly Charles walks away from the door.

........

"Why would I swap cases with you? I got multiple calls that a guy in the Sackett Towers is dealing meth out of his apartment. It's a guaranteed arrest." Hitchcock said

"And therefore will have a ton of paperwork. Which I know you hate. I have a murder here with no leads and no evidence. It's unsolvable, and thus... shall have no paperwork." Jake said

"You had me at "No paperwork."" Hitchcock said

"That was the very end of the sentence. All right, Boyle. Let's hit it." Jake said

Boyle got up from his desk and walked over to Jake, followed by Ha, approaching the water dispenser to fill her cup.

"So, where are you going, Peralta?" Holt asked

"I am on my way to ending the slump. I got a dunker, Captain. Nothin' but net." Jake said

"Hey, slump, you're about to get nailed by the Jake Hammer." Charles said, clapping his hands

Harper walks up to them with her coffee, "You are such a simp, Charles." Harper said

"So you haven't solved any of your old cases, and yet you've taken on a new one. I mean, shouldn't you at least solve this Helen Sterrino missing grandmother case first?" Holt asked

"Or I could solve a super easy one, get my mojo back, and move on to help Harper catch The Zodiac Killer. Am I getting ahead of myself?" Jake said

"Yes, yes you are." Harper said and then she leaves

"No, you are not, Jake Rabbit." Charles said

"I like Jake Hammer better. Let's go. Ah." Jake said

Amy and Rosa at the Junior Police Program staring through the window, "How's it going?" Harper asked as she arrived

"I did not think getting these kids to sign up would be this hard." Amy said

"These kids don't wanna listen to you. You're like... Smart and articulate." Rosa scoffed

"So are you! Why am I offended by that?" Amy said

"Rosa made it sound like an insult. It probably was." Harper smirked

"They don't identify with you because you're not from the streets. I am. Follow, watch, learn. All right, listen up." She rips earbuds out of two girls' ears. "I know you think you're badasses. But deep down, you're scared. How do I know? Because I've been that same scared kid, and if you don't get your crap together, I'm gonna end up busting you and throwing you in jail. Got it?" Rosa

"Remix, yo!" A kid yelled and he clicked something on his device and a remixed version of Rosa's speech plays.

The kids begin to laugh

"What's happening?" Rosa asked

"I think they're laughing at you." Harper said, trying not to smile

"That's never happened before. I don't like it." Rosa said

Sackett Towers

2:12 pm

The team barges into a room, "NYPD, hands where I can see them." Jake said

"Don't shoot! I was just practicing my minuets, but I'll hold it down." The old man said

"All right, flute man, who else is in this apartment? Where's the dealer?" Jake asked

"I live here alone with my birds." Flute man said

"What, you don't think I know this M.O.? These are mules. They're drug mules. They're bird mule drugs. Drug bird mules." Jake said

"Apartment's clear." Charles said

"We got multiple calls about a dealer here." Jake said

"I bet it's the silly kids down the hall. They love prank calling me. The only drugs in this apartment are for my heart, my liver, my kidney, my salivary glands, and my penis and my feet." Flute man said

"Oh, bird pooped on your shoulder. No, wait... Pooped on your head, then dripped onto your shoulder." Charles said, touching Jake's head.

99th Precinct

11:22 am

"I'm telling you, it's good luck." Charles said, trying to comfort Jake

"No, it isn't, okay? That's just something people say when a bird poops on you to make you feel better because it's terrible." Jake said

"A bird pooped on you?" Harper asked as she approached them, "Why do I always miss out on these things?"

"Fore, comin' in!" Hitchcock said

"Oh, come on." Jake yelled

"I was at the crime scene. This guy comes up out of nowhere, confesses. Well, he says he's gotta make things right, so helps me track down his accomplices." Hitchcock said

"How the hell is that possible? No offense, but you're an idiot." Harper said in shock

"That is so great, man. Looks like everything's comin' up Hitchcock." Jake said

.....

Gina walks into the men's bathroom, "Hey, Jake. You busy?" Gina asked

"Yes, I very clearly am busy." Jake said

"The medical examiner's office just called. They mishandled some evidence. So the D.A.'s gonna have to dismiss your last two busts." Gina announced

"Great. And the slump gets worse." Jake sighed

"I don't think it's a slump. Honestly, you are straight-up cursed." Gina said

"Good to know." Jake said, he tries to flush but it just ends up spraying water all over him. "Can you hand me a paper towel, please, Gina?"

Gina looks to paper towel dispenser to find it's empty, "There's no more left." She said

"Yeah, that sounds right." Jake said

.......

"Hey." Jake said, he greeted as he walked in with Charles still dripping wet

"You're dripping on my carpet." Holt said

"Oh, don't worry, sir. It's just urinal water. Clean urinal water." Jake said

"You could eat off his shirt." Charles observed

"Why would I ever eat off his shirt?" Holt asked

"Look, sir, I don't know what's going on, but I think I'm cursed." Jake said

"Cursed, huh?" Holt asked

"The freakiest things have been happening to me. I mean, I can't solve a case to save my life. I just had a fight with Harper. Birds are unloading on me left and right. And, two seconds ago..."

Flashback

Jake walks into the room Terry is working on his doll house in, "Hey, Sarge, do we have any old t-shirts in here? I–" He trips and stumbles into Terry which causes the doll house to fall over.

Terry breathing heavily and turning to look at Jake.

End of Flashback

"Cursed." Jake confirmed

"Yeah, I've seen this kind of thing before. It happened to a friend of mine back in the 1-8. Detective Smith. We called him Smitty. He thought he was cursed, and because cops are superstitious, the whole precinct thought he was cursed." Holt said

"But then he found a case, and he solved it. And now he's married to Kate Upton." Jake said

"No. No one would go out on calls with him. He responded to a riot at a gym without backup, and got beaten up by a girls' volleyball team. It was actually quite violent." Holt said

"Man... Girls are so scary." Charles said

"I don't want you out in the field again, Peralta. I'm pulling you from casework. You can digitize old files with Scully." Holt said

"You're benching me? No, no, no, look-- I've got a plan. Give all my open cases to Hitchcock, who's suddenly on a roll, and assign me 20 fresh ones. Eventually, my luck will turn." Jake said

"No, I don't think that's what's best for you or the squad. Not until this blows over." Holt said

"And how long will that be?" Jake asked

"Could be a week, could be a month." Holt said

"Could be a year. Could be a decade. Sorry, we're just saying bigger and bigger numbers." Charles said

.......

Amy, Harper, and Rosa sitting at a table in the kitchen, "I don't know how to connect with these kids. They're mean and shallow and respect nothing. I mean, what kind of person would they even listen to?" Amy asked

"Hitchcock, stop bringing your food in little tupperware containers. It hurts my fingers when I'm trying to open it." Gina ordered

"Sorry!" Hitchcock yelled

"You guys thinking what I'm thinking?" Harper asked

"We give up?" Rosa asked

"No, come on." Harper said and they get up from the table

"Hey, Gina. That's a super cute–" Amy asserted

"What do you want?" Gina asked bluntly

"--Sweater. Okay. Rosa, Harper, and I think it would be great if you talked to the kids." Amy said

"Mm, I thought only cops could help." Gina said

"In this case, not being a cop might actually be better." Rosa said

"Mm, that's true. In all cases, cops are the worst." Gina said, leaving everyone to look at her weird.

.......

Jake is at his desk digitizing files.

""Enter the numbers from this report into the corresponding boxes on the screen. Then fill out these fields." And I'm in a coma. Hey, Hitchcock. Help me out, man. I'm so bored. Let me jump back on that murder with you." Jake said

"No. I got it." Hitchcock said

"Come on, man, let me just–" Jake said

"No, don't touch it! You're contagious. Everything could fall apart!" Hitchcock said

"Peralta, leave Hitchcock alone! Come here. I got in touch with Smitty. He says that you should rub this rabbit's foot with your left forefinger and your pinky, like this, for good luck. Okay? Now you try it." Holt said

"Okay." Jake said and he starts rubbing rabbit's foot, "Yep. It's definitely helping. I can feel it. The curse is lifting off of me. Ah, hand cramp!"

"Rub, rub, rub." Holt said

"Yeah... Hey Harp" Jake yelled as he goes over to hug Harper

"No! Do not touch me." Harper said

"Oh come on, you believe it too?" Jake asked

"No, I just wanted to use it as an excuse for you to not touch me." Harper said and she walks away from him.

"I love that woman." Jake whispered

.......

Charles walks in to check on Terry only to find him groaning and whimpering on the floor, "You okay?" Charles asked

"The fairy princess castle has defeated me. I'm a grown man with man hands and a man brain. I should be able to put together a dollhouse in less than four hours. Why does it have to be so hard? Look... This screw has three point sides. And nowhere to screw it in!"

The screw clatters to the floor.

"And there's wheels. What kind of castle has wheels?" Terry screams as he starts destroying what's left of the castle.

........

Jake is at his desk, still digitizing files, "117A. Yes. 117B. Yes. 118A. Wait a minute. Hey, just heading to the can." Jake said

"Take the rabbit's foot." Holt said

Jake grabs rabbit's foot from his desk, "Roger that." He said

.......

Jake, Harper, and Charles are in the bathroom.

"Hey. What's going on?" Charles asked

"Well, I'm not allowed to leave my desk, so we have to meet in here." Jake said

"And I have to be here because..." Harper said

"It's because I trust you." Jake said

"So what you're saying is that this is kind of a..." Charles begins

"No, for the last time, Charles, we don't need a clubhouse." Jake said

Flashback

"You know what I'm thinking?" Charles asked

"No clubhouse." Jake/Harper said

End of Flashback

"I need you to make these calls for me. Don't let Holt see you. But if my hunch is right, the slump is over. Come through for me, guys." Jake said

"You know I will." Charles said

"I'll try." Harper said

"All right." Jake said

"I'm just saying, put a couple leather chairs in here." Charles said

"Go!" Jake yelled

Gina is talking to the Junior Police Program kids.

"Children, your problem is not that you're troubled or at-risk or bad dressers. Is that a trucker hat? Still? Come on. Your problem... is that you don't have passion for anything. My life turned around when I found my passion. And today, well I hope to inspire you with it." She clicks on something and turns on Christina Aguilera's Beautiful and she starts dancing, after a while she shuts off the music and sits on the table.

"What are we thinking? Yes, in the denim." Gina said

"I think I speak for everyone when I say your weird dancing was just weird." Kid #2 said

"Fine. Cops make $52,000 a year. You never have to stop at a red light. And you get to carry a gun. Who wants in? Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. Yes." Gina said

"Oh, my god. You got eight kids to sign up. How did you know that would work?" Amy asked

"That's what made me sign up when I was a kid." Gina said

"You did this program?" Harper/Rosa asked

"Mm-hmm. Yeah. It does not work." Gina said

............

Charles and Harper show some people to the men's bathroom and say, "They're here."

Jake shoves the open door of a stall and steps out, "Fantastic. Too dramatic?" He asked

"No." Charles said

"Yes." Harper said

"Hi." Jake said

"Why are we in the bathroom?" Mr. Terrino asked

"I thought you might ask that, and I will answer in due time. But first, I know what happened to your grandma. Nothing." Jake said

"What are you talking about?" Mr. Terrino asked

"The reason I couldn't find her is because she never existed. I had Detective Boyle and Benson make some calls, and it turns out you've done this before. Five missing persons reports in five different states." Jake said and he hands Mr. Terrino the reports.

"Recognize this?" Jake asked

"What are you accusing us of?" Mr. Terrino asked

"Probably insurance fraud. Definitely filing a false report and obstruction of justice. Now, you were wondering why we did this in the bathroom. It's because you're full of crap." Jake said

"Blammo! Jake Hammer strikes again." Charles said

"Jake Hammer strikes again." Jake said

"You guys are so lame." Harper said, rolling her eyes

......

Holt walks out of his office, "Detectives. I see we got eight recruits for the Junior Police Program. Outstanding." Holt said

"Thank you, sir. But, as important as your praise is to me, it should actually go to Gina. She's the one that got through to the kids." Amy said

"Yes, I am amazing. And I only ask for one thing in repayment. A 600% raise." Gina said

"Or... I can give you a zero percent raise and make you my personal assistant, which is what I'm doing. I think you have hidden talents, which will make you surprisingly good at the job." Holt said

"No, I have no talents." Gina said

"You start Monday." Holt said

"Ugh. Constantly getting Holt's approval is the worst." Gina said

"Yes, I can only imagine." Amy sighed

.........

Jake walks into Holt's office, "Well, the curse is over. The slump is done. Jake is back. Permission to take a selfie of the two of us, sir?" Jake said and pulls out his phone in front of both their faces

"Permission denied." Holt said

"Too late." Jake said and the camera snapped.

"Ah, that was a good one." Jake said

"So, the rabbit's foot worked, huh?" Holt said

"Ah, maybe. All I know is my mind was so numb from doing all that boring data entry that my brain kind of rebooted, and I had an inspiration about one of my old cases." Jake takes a deep breath.

"And I now see that that was your plan all along. And that you're capable of smiling." Jake said

"All talented detectives have their ups and downs, Peralta." Holt said

"So you think I'm talented. You said it. No take backs." Jake said

"You know why Boyle and Benson don't have the slump?" Holt asked

"Because his whole life is a slump and because Harper was raised by a wolf?" Jake asked

"Because they don't let adversity get them down. They keep grinding. If I'd given you those new cases, the second you hit a snag, you would have spiraled again. You need to stay out of your own head." Holt said

"Okay. But, sir, I don't get it. If that was your plan, why bother with Smitty and the rabbit's foot?" Jake said

"Well, there's a very good reason for that. I was, uh, I believe the term is, uh... messing with you." Holt said

"Oh... I see what's going on here. We're becoming homies. Office Christmas card candidate, right here! Me and Holt are homies!" Jake said

.........

Boyle and Harper arrived at Terry's desk who has his hands covering his face, "Hey, Sarge. Harper and I assembled the castle for you. Here it is." Charles said

"Oh, my god. What happened to all the princess flourishes?" Terry asked

"Well, they were destroyed, so I turned it into a princess police station." Harper said

"You know, some jobs take brains, some jobs take muscles, some jobs take dainty little fingers. Did I ever tell you I had to wear a woman's wedding ring?" Charles asked

"Thank you, Boyle and Harper. I appreciate it." Terry said

"You're a good dad. Don't put so much pressure on yourself." Harper said

"Oh, check this out. Working siren." Charles said and he flicks a switch and a siren starts blaring.

"BOYLE!" Harper yelled

"I'll fix that!" Charles said