The Diary of a Nobody the first, "The Diary of a Somebody", is a direct reference to the Grossmith original. Reviewing this volume in "The Spectator", Benny Green points out several parallels with the original, in both character and event. Matthew's book, says Green, is amusing, but the Grossmiths' book is superior; it is "affecting as well as comical, in a way that the Matthew pastiche is not". In 1982 came the first appearance of Sue Townsend's teenage creation, Adrian Mole, whose passage into young manhood and early middle age is charted in a long series of diaries. The more middle-aged he becomes, says Morton,
The Mole (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) job with all three plots." Andy Crump of "Paste" gave the episode a 8.4 and wrote, "There's a lot to laugh about here - Samberg's climactic 'whaaaaaaaa' and Terry's headphone check in the silent disco in particular, but Melissa Fumero's line-read of her texting history with Gina is probably the funniest non-Braugher moment 'The Mole' has to offer. Since "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"s premiere, we've known that Braugher is its secret weapon; now we have proof that he's one of its essential building blocks. But more than that, 'The Mole' reminds us of just how good the show can be when it