I Will Go Down With This 'Ship: Couple of the Week

I love that cliche "girl doesn't know the guy is staring at her" thing.

You know? As of right now, I would not go down with this ship, but I really really enjoy them, and I can see myself--maybe one day--having uncontrollable feels for them. But they're just getting started, you know? Romantic stylez. Who am I talking about? Jake and Amy on Brooklyn Nine-Nine!
This show is, sadly, officially on it's summer hiatus, but Hulu has just locked down exclusive rights to the show, meaning you can watch the entire first season with a Hulu Plus subscription, and I highly recommend it if you haven't seen it.
Anyway, back to Jake and Amy, they were hinted at from the very beginning because of a bet where if Jake won, Amy had to go on a date with him. But any romance was put on the back burner for the majority of the season and I almost forgot there was any possibility of romance between them at all. That is until Jake won the bet and took Amy out on a purposely terrible date. All of the sudden, out of almost nowhere, we started to realize that Jake actually maybe has real feelings for Amy--and maybe Amy even has some feelings for Jake. For the remainder of the season, we saw Jake (kind of) pine for Amy. Not that Jake Peralta really pines...it was his version of pining. And the season ended with Jake admitting to Amy that he wished they could've given it a go, then he left the precinct for 6 months to go undercover for the FBI before letting her respond.

They've mastered that effortlessly cool mix of formal and casual.

I love how slowly the writers have built up this relationship--they started as friendly adversaries who respect each other's work, and turn into great friends and partners. It just seems very natural. They are very reminiscent of Danny and Mindy in that respect, actually. Which could mean that in season 2, the writers could push them together full speed ahead. All I know is, I'm excited to see how Amy will respond to Jake's feelings and if he will actually spend 6 months away from her and the rest of the Nine-Nine!

Because the relationship has been pretty slow to start, I'm just gonna point out some of my favorite episodes of the first season. I'll put a star next to episodes that actually advance the Jake/ Amy storyline.
1x01 Pilot
1x07 48 Hours
1x10 Thanksgiving
1x13 The Bet*
1x15 Operation: Broken Feather
1x16 The Party
1x18 The Apartment
1x19 Tactical Village*
1x21 Unsolvable*
1x22 Charges and Specs*