‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’: First Look at Maya Rudolph as a U.S. Marshal

Maya Rudolph catches up with fellow SNL alum Andy Samberg (above) when she guest stars as the U.S. marshal in charge of keeping tabs on his NYPD troublemaker Jake Peralta, still in the witness protection program with Holt (Andre Braugher) when Season 4 kicks off.

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“Having Maya on was a real shot in the arm for the show…and that shot was a measles vaccine,” jokes Samberg. “It’s unpleasant and makes you a little sick, but it keeps you from getting more sick down the line. And that’s my friend Maya in a nutshell. She’s a measles vaccine. Literally.”

Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Season Premiere, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 8/7c, Fox.