Fans, like this writer, have been pondering the series’ future since police brutality and police reform took center stage last summer. It stars Samberg as Jake Peralta, a goofy but competent detective in the NYPD who just had a baby with his wife, Amy Santiago (Melissa Fumero), a sergeant in charge of a group of uniformed officers. Braugher, Terry Crews, Stephanie Beatriz, Joe Lo Trugio, Joel McKinnon Miller and Dirk Blocker make up the rest of the main cast, all of whom play NYPD officers.
Crews and Samberg both have said that the show was “taking a step back” from its original season eight plans, with scripts being rewritten after the death of George Floyd at the hands of police.
“We’re all in touch and kind of discussing how you make a comedy show about police right now, and if we can find a way of doing that that we all feel morally okay about,” Samberg told People. “I know that we’ll figure it out, but it’s definitely a challenge, so we’ll see how it goes.”
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