'I called back Dan Goor, who I think is the Norman Lear of his generation, and I told him nothing cries the character of Frank more than 'Archie Bunker meets Yosemite Sam'. He was in as soon as he read the scripts. John C McGinley was brought in for a four episode arc as the head of the patrolman’s union, Frank O'Sullivan, to help tackle the issue. They're going to be forced to look in the mirror and see who they're complicit with.' 'Our characters need to examine their roles in the world. 'The challenge is going to be being honest about what is going on in the world and not shying away from the fact that there are serious problems, and also not punishing viewers who like our show and care about our characters,' Andy Samberg (Jake Peralta) told Variety. 'We're going into an eighth season with a new challenge, which is that everyone's knowledge and feelings about police. that police breaking the law is okay because somehow it's in the service of some greater good, is a myth that needs to be destroyed,' Andre Braugher (Captain Raymond Holt) told Entertainment Weekly's The Awardist podcast. 'It's a very complicated subject, but I think they have to be portrayed much more realistically, in terms of this: the convention. Season eight tackles the Black Lives Matter movement, with the four episodes that had already been written scrapped to refocus on this vital conversation. Brooklyn Nine-Nine season 8 plot: What will happen? While you prepare yourself for the emotional final season, you can catch up with seasons one to seven on Netflix. We had the best of the best working on this show, and I learned so much through the course of it.' 'It still astounds me that I got to be on such an amazing show with so many talented people. It was that wonderful Andy Samberg mix of funny and heartfelt.' He wasn't looking at a paper or anything, so he either just came up with it ahead of time in his head or he was speaking in the moment. It felt really joyful the way that we finished it,' Beatriz said of the final season.įumero also shared her thoughts about the final day of filming in an essay for Entertainment Weekly. 'I think we all really feel exceptionally proud of the work that we did this last season, with all the strange challenges, the writing challenges, the acting challenges, the crew challenges, but it felt joyful. 'I'm constantly in a fetal position, pulling my hair out and convinced that we've destroyed the legacy of the show,' said Goor about bringing the show to a close.

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