DFW (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)

In its original American broadcast, "DFW" was seen by an estimated 1.48 million household viewers and gained a 0.7/3 ratings share among adults aged 18–49, according to Nielsen Media Research.[1] This was 18% decrease in viewership from the previous episode, which was watched by 1.79 million viewers with a 0.8/3 in the 18-49 demographics.[1] This means that 0.7 percent of all households with televisions watched the episode, while 3 percent of all households watching television at that time watched it. With these ratings, Brooklyn Nine-Nine was the third highest rated show on FOX for the night, beating The Last Man on Earth, but behind Bob's Burgers and The Simpsons, fifth on its timeslot and ninth for the night, behind Little Big Shots, Bob's Burgers, The Simpsons, 60 Minutes, America's Funniest Home Videos, American Idol, a James Comey interview, and the 53rd Academy of Country Music Awards.

"DFW" received generally positive reviews from critics. LaToya Ferguson of The A.V. Club gave the episode a "B−" grade and wrote, "Kate Peralta is a lot to take in a one-episode dose, and unfortunately—both because of how much she is and because she's played by the always wonderful Nasim Pedrad — 'DFW' has to hit a lot of beats quickly just to hit them. Unlike in 'NutriBoom,' the rest of the episode isn't all that full outside of the A-plot — even with two other subplots and things like Terry Crews' beautiful physical comedy — so there's nothing really to balance just how off the rails the Kate character is. Kate is too much of a mess to enjoyably stick around for multiple episodes in a row, which is of course disappointing because of the Nasim Pedrad of it all."[2]

Alan Sepinwall of Uproxx wrote, "There were some good jokes scattered throughout the rest of the episodes, but Jake meeting his half-sister Kate (played by Samberg's old SNL co-star Nasim Pedrad) as the main plot of 'DFW' was mostly a miss, in part because her behavior never seemed quite terrible (or, other than the bag of glass, creatively terrible) enough, since the episode had to hedge enough so that you'd buy the siblings reconciling by the end."[3]