It’s little surprise that everybody was hyped beyond all reason for the Brooklyn Nine Nine panel at this years San Diego Comic-Con. The show amassed a cult following in its first five seasons that was so large and fervent that when Fox (inexplicably) decided to cancel it last year, the fans took to the internet and saw it picked up within a day by NBC.
At its new home, the show had slightly less tight censorship laws, so fans were treated to bleeping, blurring, and the occasional bare bottom. It made for a riotously wonderful season that ended with Captain Holt being demoted to traffic policeman by his nemesis, Madeline Wunch.
In the panel, Joe LoTruglio, who plays Charles Boyle, said that one of his favourite thing about the friendship between Jake and Charles is that the show displays men being unabashedly affectionate with their friends. LoTruglio also revealed that the soundtrack to a meet cute between Charles and Jake would be ‘Wind Beneath My Wings’.
Show creator Dan Goor teased the audience about what we can expect in season 7, noting that the season 6 cliffhanger will definitely alter the dynamic between the squad. He also noted that “there will be kissing…and more”, which was met by an excited exchange of glances between Andy Samberg (Jake Peralta) and Melisso Fumero (Amy Santiago – who is married to Jake). Also in exciting news about what to expect in the forthcoming season, is the return of the Jimmy Jab games!
In an earlier EW interview, some members of the cast and crew expressed that the ultimate dream guest star would be Bruce Willis who Samberg freely admits to having publicly begged to appear on the show. Jokingly, the group suggested they should start a social movement to pressure Willis into appearing, with the hashtag #BWilly99 ultimately being decided upon. This was picked up in the Comic-Con panel, too, and a subsequent tweet from the official Twitter page of the show has put out the call to get people in support of the movement.
Start the Twitter campaign, fam. Let’s get Bruce Willis on #Brooklyn99! #SDCC
🚨 #BWilly99 🚨 pic.twitter.com/SHCT6APDhg
— Brooklyn Nine-Nine (@nbcbrooklyn99) July 21, 2019
So we can look forward to a great deal in season 7, and remember…#BWilly99.
