{"id":26805,"date":"2014-09-25T18:27:20","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T10:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=26805"},"modified":"2014-09-27T20:22:43","modified_gmt":"2014-09-27T12:22:43","slug":"brooklyn-nine-nine-co-creator-promises-twists-for-cop-comedys-second-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/09\/25\/brooklyn-nine-nine-co-creator-promises-twists-for-cop-comedys-second-season\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Brooklyn Nine-Nine\u2019 co-creator promises twists for cop comedy\u2019s second season"},"content":{"rendered":"

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MONTREAL\u2014It looks like \u201cBrooklyn Nine-Nine\u201d is going to be one of the busiest police precincts on TV when it returns for its second season on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s some new twists,\u201d promised co-creator Mike Schur, who also helped bring \u201cParks and Recreation\u201d and the American version of \u201cThe Office\u201d to TV.<\/p>\n

Capt. Ray Holt (Andre Braugher) goes toe to toe with a new rival and there will be \u201cexciting and hopefully satisfying\u201d resolutions to the romantic cliffhangers and star detective Jake Peralta\u2019s undercover adventure.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of new things that are introduced in the first two episodes,\u201d Schur\u00a0said of the show, which is broadcast on CityTV and Fox.<\/p>\n

Case-cracking mingles with wisecracking in the comedy, which won Golden Globes in its first season as best TV comedy and for star Andy Samberg as best actor in a TV series, musical or comedy. It also won an Emmy for outstanding stunt co-ordination.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrooklyn Nine-Nine\u201d is one of only a handful of police-themed comedies since \u201cCar 54, Where Are You?\u201d in the 1960s. \u201cBarney Miller\u201d in the 1970s, \u201cPolice Squad\u201d in 1982 and \u201cReno 911\u201d (2003-2009) were others.<\/p>\n

Schur\u00a0said he and co-creator Dan Goor, both fans of \u201cBarney Miller,\u201d saw potential in that scarcity.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are certain reasons you would imagine people would be scared off from it because police work is often not hilarious but we felt with the right cast and with the right group of people doing it we can make a funny show,\u201d Schur\u00a0said.<\/p>\n

Melissa Fumero, who plays Det. Amy Santiago, agreed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI actually thought this is great because there\u2019s so many procedurals and cop shows on television, there should be a funny one,\u201d she said. \u201cThere\u2019s so much opportunity there to even poke fun at all those procedurals a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schur\u00a0noted real cops have called \u201cBarney Miller\u201d one of the most realistic fictional depictions of police work ever broadcast. \u201cBrooklyn Nine-Nine\u201d also consults actual police to ensure it\u2019s getting details right.<\/p>\n

Adds executive producer David Miner: \u201cIt\u2019s important at some level, even though it\u2019s a comedy show, to be tethered to reality just a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Samberg said that\u2019s one of the reasons the show has clicked.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt very effortlessly feels true to life,\u201d said Samberg, who sat down with the rest of the cast for an interview prior to a tribute to the show at the Just for Laughs festival in July. \u201cIt felt very current to me, in a nice way. That\u2019s actually a really hard thing to pull off.\u201d<\/p>\n

The show\u2019s cornerstone is the relationship between savvy yet irreverent Peralta and the stern Holt.<\/p>\n

Samberg described the dynamic as \u201chim, sort of a stoic rock and me a yipping dog jumping in circles around him and poking and prodding him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Samberg said unleashing Peralta\u2019s craziness is something that comes naturally to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have two older sisters so I\u2019m basically groomed in trying to annoy someone until they pay attention to me. It\u2019s fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

Braugher, who was nominated for a supporting actor Emmy this year but didn\u2019t win, said the show is \u201cone of the best challenges I\u2019ve had in quite a while.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s terrific. They\u2019re all very accomplished comedians and I\u2019m really learning the art of comedy from watching them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Braugher, who was previously known to viewers as intellectual crimesolver Frank Pembleton on the drama \u201cHomicide: Life on the Street,\u201d praised the \u201cmature\u201d quality of the humour, particularly in the handling of his gay character.<\/p>\n

\u201cTypically, you\u2019re hit over the head with it because they want to make the character\u2019s sexual orientation their defining characteristic and that\u2019s not Capt. Holt\u2019s defining characteristic,\u201d he said. \u201cI actually forget that my character\u2019s gay because it has its place but rarely is it in the workplace.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the other great things about this comedy is that no one\u2019s the butt of the joke and that to me is another testament to the maturity of our creators.\u201d<\/p>\n