Why Brooklyn Nine-Nine devoted an episode to Hitchcock and Scully

TheWrap

The backstory of Dirk Blocker and Joel McKinnon Miller's characters were finally addressed in Thursday's episode. “There were several ideas,” says co-creator Dan Goor, adding that the episode "felt very true to their characters." Blocker, meanwhile, noted that he and Miller didn't think their characters would ever become front and center. “We weren’t regulars in the beginning,” he said. “They didn’t know whether this was going to work or not, nor did we. We were just thrilled every week we got asked to come back.”