Captain Ray Holt is finally in charge: as the new commanding officer
on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, he arrives at his post intent on making the precinct into
one of the best in the NYPD. But the motley crew of detectives he inherits may
not fit the bill. His two top detectives, the fiercely competitive Amy Santiago and
the immature yet effective Jake Peralta, are continually at odds with each other.
The mysterious Rosa Diaz doesn’t even try to control her temper. Holt’s old friend
and new second-in-command, Sergeant Terry Jeffords, is on desk duty after, upon
becoming a father, he found himself suddenly—and comically—risk-averse.
But Holt is undeterred. He advises his staff that he has high expectations:
regulations are to be followed; paperwork is to be properly filed. With his no-
nonsense style and an imposing presence, he does not seem like a man to be
trifled with. But that doesn’t stop the childish Peralta: when Holt insists he wear
a necktie, Peralta responds by wearing one around his waist.
But before long, Peralta is wearing that tie, Jeffords is back in action, and
Diaz is managing to smile at juries during testimony. Holt earns their respect,
loyalty, and even obedience, not by laying down a hard line but by explaining
himself. When Peralta asks why it took him so long to get his own command,
Holt succinctly explains that it had to do with his coming out twenty-five years
earlier. “The NYPD was not ready for an openly gay detective,” Holt says. “But
then, the old guard died out, and suddenly they couldn’t wait to show off the
fact that they had a high-ranking gay officer. I made captain. But they put me
in a public affairs unit. I was a good soldier. I helped recruitment. But all I ever
wanted was my own command. And now, I’ve finally got it, and I’m not going to
screw it up” (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, 2013).
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