Rosa maintains her "antisocial warrior" persona in prison. While her colleagues try to keep her spirits up, she eventually admits to hating the environment and being forced to act ruthlessly to survive.
The breakthrough occurs when they realize that Matthew Langdon , the man who testified against Jake and Rosa, has been force-feeding diamonds to pigs on his farm to hide them.
To meet with the warden secretly, Jake is forced to spit in a guard's face, resulting in five days of solitary confinement. During this time, he famously makes a version of Amy Santiago out of mashed potatoes.
While Jake and Rosa struggle to survive their respective prison environments, the rest of the Nine-Nine works frantically to exonerate them by proving Lieutenant Melanie Hawkins’ guilt.
Jake discovers that Romero is smuggling a drug called "Blizz" (which turns out to be methamphetamine) through bars of soap.
This report covers " The Big House (Pt. 2) ," the second episode of Season 5 of Brooklyn Nine-Nine , which originally aired on . It serves as the conclusion to the "prison arc," resolving the season 4 cliffhanger where Jake Peralta and Rosa Diaz were framed and incarcerated. Episode Overview Title: The Big House Pt. 2 Season/Episode: Season 5, Episode 2 Director: Michael McDonald Writers: Justin Noble, Carly Hallam, and Jessica Polonsky Plot Summary
Jake continues his unlikely friendship with Caleb, a soft-spoken cannibal who "helped" Jake navigate prison life in the previous episode. Rosa's Experience
The precinct’s efforts to catch Hawkins initially fail when she realizes they are hacking her Snapchat account.