Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season 7 is the first to not have any appearances of Gina Linetti (Chelsea Peretti), who made her exit in Season 6 to become an internet celebrity. Here's why Peretti decided to leave the show in the first place.
In interviews, Peretti has said the decision for her departure from the show is mutual and part of a long running discussion about the role she would play in the overall series. Peretti says that she is good friends with Dan Goor and Andy Samberg, so they often talked about how her character would grow. Eventually the conversations evolved into an exit strategy for both Gina and Peretti.
There is no ill-will between the Brooklyn Nine-Nine team and Peretti. She attributes the separation as a natural part of the complicated world of show business that comes with a unique set of loops and twists that are often too complicated to boil down to interview sized bites without creating the wrong connotation or a general negative energy.
Throughout her departure, she maintained a positive energy about her time there and the impending departure. While she will be missed, her castmates took the time to wish her well and share their excitement for what she will create in the future.
Like with most shows, this could be a case of the character running her course over the duration of the series. From the very beginning Gina did not seem emotionally invested in her career at the prescient as much as she is loyal to Captain Holt and the squad. By the end of her run, her stories may have lost a little bit of the freshness she introduced in the early seasons of the show. Spending so much time and care in developing Gina caused her to outgrow the series.
Due to the Peretti's diligence in maintaining and aura of mystery to the exact nature of her departure from Brooklyn Nine-Nine the details about the situation are vague. However, it does seem to have occurred because of the natural progression of the character and the career growth and schedule of the actor.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine stars Andy Samberg, Stephanie Beatriz, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero, Joe Lo Truglio, Andre Braugher, Dirk Blocker and Joel McKinnon Miller. It airs Thursdays at 8:30/7:30c on NBC.