Brooklyn Nine-Nine is one of the most charming shows currently on television. That’s really not surprising, considering how adept Mike Schur has been at producing shows that are almost relentlessly optimistic and encourage audiences to look on the bright side of life. Time and again, the titular police precinct has weathered misfortune, always recognizing that their greatest strength is often in their friendships with one another.
Over the course of its seven seasons, the characters have actually undergone quite a few changes, as they have all developed and grown, each of them showing new sides of themselves as they’ve encountered various struggles in both their private and professional lives.
10 Captain Holt Loosened Up
When he first came into the precinct, Captain Holt was, to be frank, very stiff and unyielding. It’s easy to understand why he’d be that way, considering the fact that he had to claw his way up the ladder against steep odds.
However, with each subsequent season, the audience has seen the ways in which he’s learned to loosen up and enjoy life a bit, and it’s been particularly great to see the strong bonds that he’s formed with the men and women under his command.
9 Rosa Learned to Let People Into Her Life
If anyone can match Captain Holt for being aloof and enigmatic, it’s Rosa. From the beginning of the show, she made it very clear to basically everyone that she didn’t want anyone getting into her life. Like Holt, however, she’s slowly learned that there’s quite a bit of value in having friends that care about you and want to be a part of your life.
This has been particularly important as she’s come to terms with her sexuality. Though she’s still a bit of an enigma, that’s less the case now than it was at the beginning.
8 Charles Got More Irritating
It’s very easy to love Charles. With his relentless optimism and his genuine desire to be a good person, he really is one of the better people that the audience sees in the show. However, as each season has progressed, he’s gotten more irritating, particularly in his relationship with Jake and Amy.
There have been quite a few moments when viewers probably just wanted to shake him and tell him to leave the two of them alone to enjoy their relationship in peace.
7 Jake Finally Grew Up
In some ways, Jake has undergone more development than any of the other characters. When the series first begins, he’s basically a man-child, incapable and/or unwilling to really grow up and accept responsibility.
However, he’s changed and grown into a mature adult, and a lot of that is due to his relationship with Amy, who reminded him that there are important reasons why people grow out of their childish habits. His growth is a good reminder that it’s possible for even the most stubborn man-child to grow up.
6 Kevin Becomes A Bigger Part Of The Story
It’s really quite exciting to see a gay Black character on television, but as charming as Holt can be (in his own weird way), he’s matched by his husband, Kevin.
While at the beginning he was only a rather incidental part of the story, each season has seen him becoming more and more a part of the life of the precinct, and it’s been especially hilarious to watch the ways in which he’s engaged with Jake. Who can ever forget the time that they were imprisoned in a safe house together?
5 Doug Judy And Jake Became Genuine Friends
When the audience first meets the infamous Doug Judy, known by his criminal name as the Pontiac Bandit, he’s the perp that Jake could never manage to catch— and one of the series' best supporting characters. As soon as they start interacting with one another, however, a rather strange bond grows up between the two of them.
There’s an undeniable chemistry between the two of them, and it’s been really hilarious to watch the ways in which they’ve grown to be actual friends (even if Doug does continue to give Jake a headache).
4 We Learn More About Hitchcock And Scully
As with so many other Mike Schur shows, Hitchcock and Scully began the series as sort of background characters without a lot of motivation or backstory. With each season, however, the audience has learned more and more about them.
As it turns out, they weren’t always the slovenly creeps that they currently are, but were actually celebrated detectives who were the heroes of the precinct. It just goes to show that everyone has an interesting story to tell.
3 Santiago Learned Not To Be So Uptight
Amy Santiago is one of those people who just has to be right. In fact, her entire way of looking at the world is based on her belief in rules, structure, and organization. However, with each season she, like Holt and Rosa, has sort of learned to let her hair down and not be so concerned with all of those things.
This stems in large part from her relationship with Jake, which has really helped her to embrace some new perspectives on the world and her place in it. And honestly, she's the actual hero of the show.
2 Gina Outgrew The Precinct
In some ways, Gina was always an odd fit at the precinct. Her rather bitter and caustic sense of humor often led her to being a bit more hurtful and dismissive of her colleagues than was always healthy, either for her or for them— and she was often very shameless, to boot. It’s not really surprising, therefore, that she eventually started to outgrow it, and while it was sad to see her depart the show, at the same time it was both expected and understandable.
1 Jake And Holt Have Grown Closer
It didn’t take long for both Holt and Jake to start to get on one another’s nerves. After all, they have almost diametrically opposed ways of looking at the world and at the profession of being a policeman.
However, as the show has gone on, they’ve become closer, adopting a father-son dynamic that is particularly important to Jake who has a very strained relationship with his actual father. It’s quite touching to see how much they’ve grown to love and respect one another, both as cops and as people.
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