One Dark Twist in Brooklyn Nine-Nine Sucked All the Humor From the Show After a Storyline Became Too Real
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine season five episode 20 tackled a serious topic in the most humanly way possible.
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine has been praised for handling hard topics in the most easy way for the audience.
- Stephanie Beatriz believed she'd be fired because she's a Latina.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine is a police procedural sitcom series starring Andy Samberg, the late Andre Braugher, Stephanie Beatriz, Melissa Fumero, and more. Created by Dan Goor and Michael Schur, the show follows the lives of detectives in NYPD adjusting under their new commanding officer, Captain Raymond Holt.
The show that premiered on Fox in 2013 was canceled after five seasons, but the next day, NBC picked it up for the sixth season. The final and eighth season premiered in 2021 on NBC. People love Brooklyn Nine-Nine and consider it one of the best sitcoms of the 2010s. It has received praises for portraying serious issues in the most common, humor induced and humanly way possible for the audience.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season 5 was praised for tackling one of the most serious topics
The sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine, starring Andy Samberg, Stephanie Beatriz, the late actor Andre Braugher, and more, is regarded as one of the best sitcoms that has ever premiered on television. Despite having over-the-top characters on the show, the show has always been acclaimed for handling serious topics from around the world at the most common level possible, keeping in mind not to overwhelm the audience.
One such episode is in season 5, titled Show Me Going, where Rosa Diaz, played by Stephanie Beatriz, responds to an active shooter with multiple casualties. After a call comes reporting a shooter at a hotel, the police officers respond with ‘Show Me Going’ which means that they’re responding to the scene, and just then Rosa Diaz responds too.
Hearing Rosa’s voice forces the members to not only worry about her safety but also to look into their issues and the extent of their abilities. Terry is worried about his family and thinks about what they’d do when he’s gone. He tries to update his insurance so that he can take care of his family. Amy gets obsessed with fixing a toilet for Rosa. Gina listens to calming music while Jake deals with this serious situation by trying to find ways to assist his friend, but nothing seems to be working. When he tries to convince Holt that he’s ready to go, Caption Raymond Holt says, (via Collider)
They want us to remain on alert, but not respond.
Rosa Diaz is one of the toughest members of their squad, but her being in danger does affect the team and takes an emotional toll on them. Jake leaves only to return with pizzas for the team and asks them about how they’re doing, which allows the team members to open up about their anxieties and fears. This goes on to show that detectives and cops are tough but at the same time they’re human beings who have the same issues like anyone else. In the end, Rosa walks unharmed, but the episode does make viewers wonder about the real world.
The show is a comic relief in viewers life, but at the same time, it reminds the audience about how tough and dangerous the life of a cop can be. It has always been praised for handling serious topics including race, gender and s*xuality in the most honest and raw way. Collider noted that the episode could have gone into the dark side, but it’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine!
Stephanie Beatriz didn’t know how long Rosa Diaz would last on Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Actress Stephanie Beatriz as Rosa Diaz was highly appreciated for her performance on the show, but she felt she might get fired because she’s Latina. The actress spoke to EW in 2022, where she opened up about the fact that she was cast on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, she thought that either she or Melissa Fumero were going to get fired because they are Latinas. But they didn’t. She added,
I thought, ‘There’s no way that they’re going to keep both of us. We’re going to shoot the pilot. Somebody somewhere is going to say, ‘Well, why do we need both of them? We have one. Let’s slot somebody in this other slot’’.
The actress explained that there was a time when one would do that with actors of color, and she did think that. Beatriz mentioned that she couldn’t speak for Fumero, but she thinks that even Fumero had the same thought.
Compared to now, the actress mentioned that the scenarios have changed and there are multiple shows with multiple Latino and Black actors in the cast. She noted that the more avenues one gets to tell stories that are smart, funny, dramatic, and reflective of the human experience, it’s better.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine is available on Netflix.
