"Pilot" is the first episode of the first season of the American television police sitcom series Brooklyn Nine-Nine. It is the first overall episode of the series and is written by series creators Dan Goor and Michael Schur and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. It aired on Fox in the United States on September 17, 2013. The pilot was watched by 6.17 million viewers, the most watched show on Fox that day and earned positive reviews from critics, who cited the performances and the setting as highlights.