I don't think this is the cop show that should target police reform being all the members of the 99th precint are good people that are the idealized form of what police should be: honest, hardworking and ethical. When it tackles key issues like when Terry was profiled or when Any was working that case of sexual assaults and then reflected her own experiences, the writing was on point. All sides of the issues were examined and how the consequences for the convicts at times are not what people expect to be or are far less severe.
At the same time you look at a character like Hitchcock who exists in the same environment but is a perverted and gross old man who hides in the woman's bathroom, needlessly to say he's a comedy character. He's still in there even after the #metoo episode because he fills a role of an incompetent, pervy moron. So how do you equate a show to tackle broader issues when at the same time it's a goofy sitcom, especially in reaction to widespread police brutality seen then done in a way where it doesn't seem half-spirited or too unrealistic? The characters themselves love being cops, and rarely except for older generations into 70s police era through Holt's career does it seriously critique structural and societal problems from the culture of police.
I would expect more of a drama or an HBO cop show to really do it justice, but the show does have great writing so I will have to see it play out.
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