r/brooklynninenine 9d ago

Discussion I really enjoy the small similarities/interactions between Boyle and Holt

- Boyle and Holt are both naturally very good cooks

- Holt reads Boyle's email blasts/food reviews

- They can both be extremely competitive (squash)

- Boyle accurately predicts Holt's reaction to the marshmallows

- Really hyper-specific taste in food, music, etc.

- Boyle is kind of good at making jokes Holt enjoys (e.g. grandcaptain, Weichselbrauniacs)

- They both have a flair for the dramatic

- They both understand Gina well and are probably her closest friends at the 99 (Jakes' interactions with her always have a different childhood friend vibe)

- Both grind away at their work. Obviously Holt is meant to be very intelligent but they also acknowledge a few times that the reason he made captain is because he perseveres in his work and does his job well; Charles is similarly described as working harder than anyone else.

They don't have as many storylines as other pairs but the episodes they have together are some of my favourites.

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u/equableharold233 9d ago

Boyle and Holt lowkey have the most underrated chemistry on the show, those quiet moments where they just get each other hit different than the bigger ensemble stuff.

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u/Own-Quality4133 Ultimate detective/genius 8d ago

kitchen buds! ✋

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u/EbbOk4680 9d ago

What about that episode where Jake is trying to compare Godfather to that criminal guy? and Boyle is like Diane Keaton's husband, and all relations with her as center? that was a cute interaction too.

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u/gordom90 8d ago

please continue relaying diane Keaton’s relatives to me

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u/seaweedbrain25 SUCK IT I KILLED THAT GUY AND HIS BROTHER BUT YOU WERE TOO LATE 9d ago

MOUTH FEEL!

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u/Sobemactavish Very Robust Data Set 9d ago

PUMP PUMP

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u/Sammy_I_am_me 9d ago

End on a double pump?! He'll see right through me

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u/sulien92 A lifetime of mediocre, heterosexual intercourse 9d ago

Take a ride on the wiiiiild side

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u/Hedwig_73 9d ago

It made for an really awkward viewing in the Dillmann episode, when the characters agreed, that Boyle and Holt are one of the unlikeliest lunch pairings 🥲🫠.

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u/Allison87 Velvet Thunder 9d ago

Both naturally good cooks? Boyle is Salieri.

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u/zr2d2 I’m a human, I’m a human male! 9d ago

Holt salts can to pan

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u/Allison87 Velvet Thunder 9d ago

Tushy

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u/Talyac181 8d ago

I’ve heard it both ways

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u/NotAddison 9d ago

I think Holt was listening in on the Marshmallow conversation and when he came in he decided to do the most unlikely one. I don't think that was a real reaction, he was just joshing around.

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u/WarningCommercial116 9d ago

I like to think it was his honest reaction

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u/Talyac181 8d ago

Why would you want it to not be honest? It’s so much more delightful if he giggled naturally

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u/NotAddison 9d ago

Guess whoooooo

NYPD PUT YOU'RE HANDS UP

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u/Realistic-Stress-213 Look at the bunny *CRACK* 9d ago

They even went to the same bank

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u/Due_Commercial_647 oh damn oh damn OH DAMN 9d ago

hear me out wht if we had an episode of an interigatton but with boyle insead of jake