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Heres my confession: For a long time, I didnt really getBrooklyn Nine-Nine.
Id seen some of the beginning and been underwhelmed by it.
Stephanie Beatrizs Rosa Diaz was gruff and felt one-dimensional.
I was not a fan.
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I was so wrong.
All the things I disliked from the beginning were also exactly the same thingsNine-Nineworked so hard to dismantle.
He loves John McClane and theRush Hourmovies.
Its true of nearly all the characters.
Gruff Rosa Diaz is also dedicated and talented and wildly romantic, and the final (sob!)
season of the show has included a beautiful story about Rosa coming out as bisexual.
Boyle, Peraltas ever-dedicated partner, could so easily have slid into pitiful hanger-on territory.
Instead, theres a weird, undeniable, and resilient dignity to his goofiness.
ButNine-Ninehas pushed him elsewhere, too.
The course ofNine-Ninetakes the completely predictable (and earned!)
route of pairing Amy off with Jake, and much of her personality gets leavened through that relationship.
She cannot get anything done, and she worries that he undermines her authority.
Holt, invariably, corrects her perspective.
Being in charge of an Amy is a joy, he tells her.
Which brings me finally, inevitably, to Raymond Holt.
He towers looms over the squad room, and every single person in the Nine-Nine desperately want his approval.
Hes a man who signs his text messages, Sincerely, Raymond Holt.
Because thats the most sensible, careful thing to do.
I live in hope thatBrooklyn Nine-Ninewill be rescued by some other outlet.
It was never telegraphing its politics or drawing controversial attention to itself.
If this is all theBrooklyn Nine-Ninewell get, I am so thankful for what its given us.
I feel so silly for all the time I lost.
