Andre Braugher (who picked the role to see if he could do comedy) plays Captain Holt with a dead pan face and booming voice. And he’s hilarious. There’s gravitas given to his every word (“call me velvet thunder”) or mannerism (his entering the office on Halloween with a brass-band playing Rise of the Valkyries). Even when he yells “bone!” at the top of lungs. More often than not, early episodes put him in conflict with the carefree Peralta and his chirpy sidekick Boyle, with the expected comical results. But along with being the perfect foil to the buddy-cop horseplay, Holt is also the kind of wise, warm figure you’d want as your dad. [Read more on goodcharacters.blogspot.com]
