the nine-nine our favorite imaginary precinct and the not so imaginary
borough of Brooklyn helmed by captain Raymond holt
until last year's cliffhanger and stats by a squad of capable yet wisecracking
detectives Brooklyn nine-nine is a precinct full of great people who love
their jobs and love each other it was once my captain so he's kind of
like our grand captain because of this we decided to flip the script this time
around this time we'll be counting up four most evil two most good because
while there certainly our fair share of baddies
even some of our villains have good hearts I'm Brad with wicked binge and
this is Brooklyn nine-nine evil - good
last place was a bit of a tough call but we're gonna give it to the Apple Bowl
yet monstrous Commissioner Kelly Commissioner Kelly beat out Raymond Holt
for the NYPD police commissioner job and immediately set to work making things
miserable for holt especially after holt called Kelly out
on his return to stop and frisk I will not be the new commissioner he initially
operates in a bit of a passive-aggressive manner first by
closing half the office space in the 99 precinct to make work life a cramped
hell however as his story arc continues he puts on more and more nefarious plans
still with that same saccharine smile on his face his ultimate dastardly bad guy
plan is the implementation of a crime tip reporting app that secretly doubles
as an illegal wiretap of civilians thus giving the NYPD nearly unlimited access
to its citizens private data you're never gonna get away with this Kelly I
already have now it is true that this scheme never rises to the point of
murder extortion or other awful crimes that have shown up on the show but the
fact that it was so brazen affected so many millions of people it was
engineered by the chief law enforcement officer in NYC makes it much more
heinous ultimately he was taken down by a nearly unsuccessful suicide squad of
past 99 rivals allowing Kelly to retire to cush civilian life crime does pay
when you're the top cop we guess shame put your resignation on my desk in the
morning as second most evil Jimmy the butcher Figgis Figgis is a murderous
gangster who spends the majority this time
the show trying to kill detectives at the nine-nine he puts a hit on Adrian
pimento the detective who went undercover as one of figgis's henchmen
for 12 years after faking pimentos death the nine-nine game continued to foil a
number of biggest criminal enterprises including taking down a mole he had
place in the FBI headshot however what cements his place on the bad guy list is
what he does after the nine-nine takes down his ring he calls Jake directly and
threatens to kill him and Holt Holt and Jake have to spring into hiding we're
finished tracks him down to Florida and nearly succeeds in murdering them for
his cold-blooded crimes lack of remorse and casually shooting a sheriff biggest
easily lands in second for most evil close behind is lieutenant Melanie
Hawkins lieutenant Hawkins heads up an elite
NYPD task force and is idolized by Jake Peralta
and now she's literally my hero after accidentally busting her undercover case
Jake and Rosa end up working closely with Hawkins to help her track back down
the thief Billy Ocampo however in the process Jake and Rosa learned that
Hawkins is in cahoots with Ocampo not only is she a dirty cop her entire
division is dirty she's running a crime ring within the NYPD
I meant to save the file but I deleted it by accident Jake and Rosa attempt to
expose her but Hawkins is one step ahead of them and convincingly pens the entire
crime ring on Jake and Rosa leading to their arrest
we've been onto you for weeks but with finally gotcha it's only after holt
makes a deal with the mobster is the nine-nine able to clear Jake and Rosa's
names and put away Hawkins for good next is Seamus Murphy yet another Irish crime
boss Murphy appears originally as a bit of a
chaotic neutral he supplies Raymond Holt with some quality intel on Hawkins to
exonerate Jake and Rosa unfortunately this Intel comes with a price and Holt
is Bo Holton it's a grant Murphy a favor which turns
out to be turning a blind eye to him stealing two million dollars the
nine-nine foils his plan so Seamus threatens to kill Holt's husband Kevin
that means you mess with my family I mess with yours he eventually kidnaps
'old before being pulled by kevin and thrown away in jail for good steering
away from the truly evil and more the insufferably awful is the vulture the
vulture is a rival detective who has a terrible habit of swooping in at the
last second on a case in order to receive all the glory I bet you don't
even like nip-slips he's a persistent nuisance throughout the entire show what
tips him from a nuisance too bad is at the end of the sixth season when he
double-crosses Jake's mission to expose Commissioner Kelly it's this act of
sabotage and siding with a criminal that makes him nearly irredeemable yeah is
cooked that's not a saying it's goose after the vulture
we have ex-wife Eleanor bane of Charles Boyle the only good thing about Eleanor
is that she's out of Charles life Port Charles they divorced before the
beginning of the show but that didn't stop her from making his life hell for
several more years aside from the fact that she made Charles unfairly split the
beach house with him getting it from December to February she extorts her
ex-husband she locks the door and takes a hand along with her here's the back
story Eleanor hits a 90 year old priest and
tries to get Charles to drop the case as she do this by going to the sperm bank
to withdraw all of Charles em deposits knowing that he in his new love
Genevieve are trying to conceive a child it's my sperm by the end of the episode
she does the unthinkable shooting the hostage
Charles however becomes the bigger man bound to become a father some other way
his triumph over her cruelty shows that she no longer holds sway over him
proving that though she may be evil she's ineffectual I'm gonna be a dad and
there's nothing you could do to stop me our final evil wish character madeline
wuntch Raymond Holts archrival don't sweet-talk me halt I gave it my best
shot lunch isn't an evil lawbreaker like many
of the other characters on our list instead she's just a woman who hates
Raymond Holts and as a result works to make his life miserable this often means
taking out her anger on Holt subordinates subjecting them and Holt to
her petty t4 tatts underneath all that anger surprisingly is a dedicated police
professional it's revealed that she actually admire salt and did not
sabotage him early in his career as he believed she sabotage my career because
I refused to ban her on top of that she teams up with Holt and Peralta to put an
end to Commissioner Kelley's illegal tactics making herself acting
commissioner in the process never one to leave on a friendly note she pulls off
the final t4 tat by demoting home at the end of last season but also I was up to
something moving on to a character who should be in a category of his own is
molinos does anyone actually know who this guy is
he's a mystery man who pops up from time to time leaving our detectives more
confused than the moment before in his last appearance as the last-minute
violinist that Jake and Amy's wedding certainly cements his nature as one
talented if confusing dude holy crap Malik knows plays like an angel time for
another chaotic neutral character detective Adrian pimento pimento places
above Malik knows because at least pimento works to protect the citizens of
the nine-nine Adrian pimento he was an undercover detective for a murderous
crime boss for 12 years and his mental health has suffered as a result he's
unpredictable and untethered and continuously throws himself into
dangerous situations but as we find out these are often for selfless reasons he
puts himself in the harm's way to protect his family from Figgis and even
lets his colleagues beat him up in order to make an undercover case more
convincing on the flipside he's deeply paranoid
he's pulled a gun on Jake in the gang more than once and feared they were
trying to kill him not a problem I've got an arson on my
pan his paranoia is eventually proven right as Figgis does put a hit on him
eventually police work proves to be too much perform Enzo and asked to step away
when I was undercover Jimmy the butcher cut off my little toe with garden shears
and made me eat it while he does some questionable things most of his
instability comes as a price he paid to service city as an undercover detective
a pretty admire both inge to do so we have to give him a bit of a pass and
give him a little nudge toward good goodbye nine-nine and with that I left
our first of the core cast in a total wild card Gina Gina would definitely
classify herself as the number one best person on the show it would in fact ask
why we weren't making a video about Gina's moods good to be on say the world
just lost an angel this gets to the heart of Gina her entire universe
revolves exclusively around herself and how awesome she believes she is and in
all fairness she does pull off some awesome stunts like delivering a
life-size statue of herself to the nine-nine after she quits but often
times her stunts are a nuisance and her work ethic leaves much to be desired
she could be Petty and a bit of a bully especially to Amy and Charles
her love hate continuing hookup affair with Charles is a bit of a negative not
so much because she's sleeping with a co-worker but more so because she
insults Charles and herself about the situation and then continue to hook up
with them everything in her life must be dramatic she's a diva excuse me after
Gina we have Kevin Holt's husband Raymond your work life is here Kevin
starts out the show as a stereotypical intellectual snob
he's dismissive of Jake and the other detectives and it's clear that Holt is
worried that Kevin's colleagues don't respect Holt himself please come in and
take off your shoes I don't respond that this underlying strain over fear of
embarrassment is a present theme across Kevin and Holt's relationship though
ultimately it's unfounded both men are more worried about what the
other thinks and is necessary as the show goes on he also softens his stance
on Jake especially after being stuck in a safe house with them
which culminates in his rescue of Jake and Holt where he lets Jake know we
actually will miss him finally our first good bad guy Doug Judy the Pontiac
bandit Doug Judy is a liar a con a manipulator it runs a car thief ring but
after repeatedly conning Jake he begins a drawn-out process of turning to an
honest life he helps Holt and Jake put away his
brother George gets captain Holt a slick new ride called sex Arella
and gives Jake an awesome karaoke wedding gift best bad guy ever because
drugs are stupid self a weed in sex pills man has knees at a time exactly
how they like it are Hitchcock and Scully the two laziest detectives at the
nine-nine Scully and Hitchcock are best friends who spend their time eating
seeing who can sit the longest in their chair or just not pulling off detective
work I'm not just poor son
but under that lazy facade they're good detectives they crack open the pie
mystery and eventually tell Boyle that they chose to be lazy because they did
all their hard work decades ago and now want a bit of peace and quiet
get ready to meet your new best friend new my ass when Jake and Boyle check in
on their backstory that's all confirmed and on top of that we find out they've
been providing for a witness who was unfairly left out of witness protection
the only downside being she introduced them to winged sluts and it's all been
downhill from there what the heck one wing can hurt next-best though perhaps
the scariest is Rosa Diaz Rosa is a no-nonsense detective who's
exceptionally good at her work though her blunt and intimidating nature often
put her at odds with her more touchy feely coworkers she doesn't like her
co-workers knowing about her personal life which often serves to make her
reveal hilarious like we found out about her ballerina past she's not that scary
she's to do ballet as the show progresses her reveals lose a bit of
their comedic luster and often become quite sweet like when she comes out as
bisexual I'm dating woman her difficulty dealing with her bisexuality as well as
their handling her family's antipathy to this development is a bit of a
heartbreaking character art that really allows Rosa to come into her own she's
deeply upset that her parents don't immediately support her but their
support won't stop her from being who she is okay time
for a top five best characters this was a bit of a tough decision as they're all
so kind-hearted but in fifth wheel and on Charles Boyle exhale girl marry him
Charles is Jake's best friend he's a kind-hearted qualify a detective at the
nine-nine with a pension for obscure cuisine that his co-workers can't seem
to stomach Charles's characters at the crossroads
between extremely caring and extremely oblivious he's a giver he loves to go
the extra mile for all his friends but as Jake points out at the bachelor party
Charles threw for him what Charles often does for his friends is what Charles
would want not what his friends would want all of this puzzle it's what you
wanted not me this puts his friends in a bind as well
they want to be appreciative of what Charles has done for them they often
don't like the things he's doing like bring in the strange and hoof infested
lunch food but that's just a small negative in a sea of Awesome Charles is
a great guy he adopts and raises a kidney collage and is always willing to
give someone the benefit of the doubt even if it might come at his own expense
following Charles is detective Amy Santiago Amy is a rule-following
paperwork loving nerd detective she like all the other detectives is great at her
job but specifically uses her acquired knowledge and police procedure to solve
a case her defining characteristics ambition and a desire to please both
help her and hinder her throughout the show she becomes the youngest woman to
pass the sergeant's exam and goes undercover into a women's prison to help
take down Figgis but the same ambition and desire to get on holds good side
becomes a liability she often comes across as grating and obsequious her
character development comes from her learning to be more confident in herself
to know when to assert her nerdiness and wouldn't it take a step back from the
situation flaws aside amy is another great person she's a wikipedia editor
she loves Harry Potter she saved Jake's life and she's the only person we know
who has the hots for the Dewey Decimal System file that under noise
this is really working for me in a nearly dead heat with Amy
we have Jake Jake Peralta starts the show as an insecure disorganized
manchild who just happens to have a knack for being a good detective he's
immediately at odds with his new boss captain Holt who will have none of his
nonsense oh don't let me interrupt you we're
describing what kind of person I'm gonna be this great Jake but through his
confrontations with Holt he's able to appreciate his bosses wisdom and
eventually makes himself a better detective that's what's so great about
Jake not only does he grow but he wants to grow he often does crack wise and
enjoys being childlike but he understands the value of personal growth
it pushes himself to become a better human being in the process he's also
able to get his boss and fellow co-workers to see the value in his
method of tackling cases and everybody ends up growing in the process he has
self acknowledged daddy issues stemming from his father abandoning him and often
bluntly says that he wishes Holt words dad but he uses this trauma to actually
build a powerful relationship with Holt getting him to become his mentor that's
work good thanks dad as the show goes on Jake puts himself in harm's way often
for the drive to solve a case but just as often to protect the people he loves
if you're having dad problems he helps Holt kick a gambling addiction and saves
his life he goes to jail after being framed for a crime ring you tried to
expose and he and Holt have to go to witness protection after Jake helped
protect pimento from Vegas he's a diamond in the rough who spends years
polishing himself title of your sex tape in second and it's a very close race to
the top we have lieutenant Terry Jeffords there's nothing wrong
Terry loves yogurt Terry loves his kids Terry's a good husband Terry is the only
man will let refer to himself in the third person
and Terry also looks like Terry Crews Terry can't though his family away but
nice suspenders lieutenant Jeffords is unique in that he's a person of
authority who commands respect from his subordinates but also is organically
approachable plus it's good team-building the detectives feel
comfortable speaking to him about issues and he often calmly addresses them he's
a gentle giant who is for the most part at peace with himself and uses that
peace to help others granted he can be a little intense especially when it comes
to dieting cantaloupe yes I can but this comes from not wanting to go back to his
previous obese self he has discovered who he wants to be and will go to great
lengths to maintain it you can't tempt me trader not when I got this big juicy
cantaloupe and finally in first place it's obviously cheddar the Corgi just
look at that cute little thing all right kidding aside our choice for number one
is Raymond Holt Raymond is a stoic captain of the 99th precinct who faced
nearly insurmountable odds to become a police captain he's a black gay man who
served as a detective since the 1970s a time when New York wasn't nearly as
accepting as it has become the kitty he said you'll have to excuse me instead of
please excuse me he's driven by an innate sense to do what's right and he
always makes time to teach and mentor his detectives what's great about Holt
is like Jake he keeps himself open to learning and growth he allows himself to
be humbled admit when he's wrong and change his ways to a more effective
solution of course like all humans he certainly has his weaknesses like a
small gambling addiction an intense rivalry with lunch but he's always able
to patch over his differences when the nine-nine is at stake you might as well
face it you're addicted when Jake is unfairly in prison he's faced with the
moral quandary let Jake stay wrongly jailed or cut a deal with a gangster in
exchange for testimony to set Jake free it's a moral crisis that has no clear
answer and Holt eventually chooses to side with a criminal to help his
detective go free what's amazing about this choice is that it weighs so heavily
on Holt because this has no clear-cut answer we get to see him grapple with
what he values and he and we realized he values the truth that Jake is innocent
and he's willing to take an unknown future offering a future favor to a
criminal over not helping Jake that self-sacrifice
knowing he's compromised himself to save a man he's certainly not alone in
putting his life on the line but as the captain of the entire unit his decision
to put his career and command on the line to save a lower-ranking detective
is admirable and never get stopped in the history of the show yeah that's our
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