Brooklyn Nine-Nine is ending after eight seasons, and fans are heartbroken.
The New York cop sitcom has proven a huge hit throughout its eight year run, and was loved by queer audiences for its host of LGBT+ characters.
Kicking off in 2013,
Brooklyn Nine-Nine went on quite the journey. It was abruptly cancelled by Fox after its fifth season, leading to an extraordinary fan-led campaign for the show to be rescued from the scrapheap.
Thankfully, NBC swooped in and saved the day, giving
Brooklyn Nine-Nine three additional seasons – and giving the characters the ending they deserve.
Fans won’t get to see that ending for some time. NBC has confirmed that season eight of
Cracker
When his bungling led to boss Christopher Eccleston’s murder by serial stabber Robert Carlyle (how’s that for a cast?), Lorcan Cranitch’s creepy cop descended further and raped colleague DS Jane Penhaligon (Geraldine Somerville). Even after Beck died, Fitz (Robbie Coltrane) was unforgiving: “I spit on the bastard’s grave every time his name is mentioned.”
Lieutenant Gilles Escoffier
Spiral
“Gilou” (Thierry Godard) was the lover and most trusted enforcer of Captain Laure Berthaud (Caroline Proust). He’d beat up suspects, snort cocaine and steal from gangsters, then give a Gallic shrug and somehow get away with it.
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Our favourite TV shows, albums, films and arts performances that got us through 2020, our least favourite year
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Perry Mason, The Weeknd, Dolly Parton, Measha Brueggergosman, John Wilson, Tehran, Grounded, Mrs. America, Ted Lasso, Schitt’s Creek, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Ridge, Fiona Apple, Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story, I May Destroy You, After Life and Zachary D. Carter’s The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes gave us some of this year’s best content.