| 1x1 | | Pilot | When tightly wound Capt. Holt takes over the precinct, carefree Det. Jake Peralta and his dysfunctional coworkers' lives get demanding. |
|---|
| 1x2 | | The Tagger | Jake is assigned a lowly graffiti case as punishment for being late to roll call. |
|---|
| 1x3 | | The Slump | Jake's unsolved cases pile up and the other detectives fear that his losing streak will rub off on them, while Amy must run an at-risk youth program. |
|---|
| 1x4 | | M.E. Time | The team turns on Jake for delaying an autopsy report by flirting with an attractive medical examiner, who turns out to be more than he bargained for. |
|---|
| 1x5 | | The Vulture | A Major Crimes detective known as "The Vulture" takes over Jake's nearly solved case and steals his thunder, prompting revenge. |
|---|
| 1x6 | | Halloween | Halloween-hating Amy is anything but festive when she has to don a costume and hit the streets with Charles on busy Halloween night. |
|---|
| 1x7 | | 48 Hours | After making an arrest with too little proof, Jake has 48 hours to get evidence or the perp will go free, forcing the team to work over the weekend. |
|---|
| 1x8 | | Old School | Jake's dream day with his hero, a former crime reporter, turns nightmarish when his comments about Holt and the precinct go "on the record." |
|---|
| 1x9 | | Sal's Pizza | When Jake's favorite pizzeria is burned down and the fire marshal suspects the owner, Jake steps outside his jurisdiction to catch the real arsonist. |
|---|
| 1x10 | | Thanksgiving | Amy hosts Thanksgiving dinner for the precinct in an effort to get Holt to be her mentor, but Holt and Jake leave early and the rest hate her cooking. |
|---|
| 1x11 | | Christmas | When Capt. Holt receives death threats, Jake is placed on his protective detail and revels in the chance to boss his boss around. |
|---|
| 1x12 | | Pontiac Bandit | Jake and Rosa hunt an infamous car thief, Holt tries to find a home for puppies and the rest of the precinct tries to accommodate a wounded Charles. |
|---|
| 1x13 | | The Bet | After Jake and Amy's bet about who can make more arrests is finally settled, the two go on a stakeout where Jake reevaluates their relationship. |
|---|
| 1x14 | | The Ebony Falcon | On his first task back in the field, Terry takes advice from Jake on controlling his emotions to infiltrate and bust a steroid trafficking ring. |
|---|
| 1x15 | | Operation: Broken Feather | While investigating a string of hotel robberies together, Jake discovers that Amy may transfer to the Major Crimes unit and work with "The Vulture." |
|---|
| 1x16 | | The Party | At Capt. Holt's birthday party, Jake, Amy and the other officers try to make a good impression on Holt's husband but fail miserably. |
|---|
| 1x17 | | Full Boyle | To stop Detective Boyle from getting too clingy, or "Full Boyle," with his new girlfriend, Jake goes on their date, but things don't go as planned. |
|---|
| 1x18 | | The Apartment | When Jake's building goes co-op and he must pay nearly a half million dollars to keep his apartment, he desperately seeks Gina's help. |
|---|
| 1x19 | | Tactical Village | At Tactical Village, where the precinct competes against other precincts in paintball exercises, Jake gets jealous when Amy runs into an old flame. |
|---|
| 1x20 | | Fancy Brudgom | When Charles makes Jake his best man, it means cake tasting, choosing flowers and convincing fiancée Vivian that Charles doesn't want to move. |
|---|
| 1x21 | | Unsolvable | On a solving streak, Jake decides to spend his weekend off with Sgt. Terry trying to crack a cold case that no one thinks can be solved. |
|---|
| 1x22 | | Charges and Specs | Jake risks suspension when the commissioner shuts down his investigation of a civic leader and he gets Amy and Holt to help him work the case anyway. |
|---|