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Captain Raymond Holt has died! A thread of his best lines

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TheWetBandits · 13/12/2023 07:55

I'm absolutely gutted this morning to read the actor who played Raymond Holt on Brooklyn 99 has died. Of course he's played other roles but this for, for me, the iconic one!

I used to love all his barbs at Wuntch

Captain Wuntch, good to see you. But if you're here, who's guarding Hades?

What are your favourite quotes?

https://amp.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/dec/13/andre-braugher-dies-cause-of-death-illness-61-brooklyn-nine-nine

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BigBundleOfFluff · 13/12/2023 12:47

I'm really sad about this. I binged watched all of it last month when recovering from surgery. And cried at the last episode. He was a beautiful man, inside and out.

SoupDragon · 13/12/2023 13:52

Vuurhoutjies · 13/12/2023 12:40

Oh yes, the text messages. LOVED the text messages.

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Sincerely, Raymond Holt.

TiredandLate · 13/12/2023 13:56

I saw this when I woke up and actually text a few people the news, I'm never usually too bothered about celebs but this one.. RIP.

99!

Badaba · 13/12/2023 14:02

'Hello, Deputy Chief Wuntch. You've aged.'

RIP!

KatBurglar · 13/12/2023 14:06

I refused to watch 99 for at least 3 years after my kids got into it because Braugher was and always will be Frank Pembleton, one of the greatest TV cops in the world. He and Timmy Bayliss were perfection. The stroke imagery haunts me to this day.

And then I fell in love with him as Holt, so I am mourning both today.

Rest in peace, you wonderful man.

KenAdams · 13/12/2023 14:54

Captain Holt: I must say, this is going considerably better than when I came out to my colleagues. They were not, as the kids say, awake.

Jake: Do you mean woke?

Captain Holt: I did mean woke. But it's grammatically incoherent.

Okaygoahead · 13/12/2023 17:32

I've never known who I aspired to be more, the Dowager Countess of Grantham or Captain Holt. They're both me.

tothesea · 13/12/2023 19:27

I just thought of another one…

’antique globe’

I mean how do you make those words funny! But he did.

Rewis · 13/12/2023 19:34

Okaygoahead · 13/12/2023 17:32

I've never known who I aspired to be more, the Dowager Countess of Grantham or Captain Holt. They're both me.

I'll add Ron Swanson to the list.

Amara123 · 13/12/2023 19:43

He was divine. A really underrated show and he was so talented.

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TheWetBandits · 13/12/2023 19:43

I follow LucyClaireIllustrations on instagram who does some wonderful watercolours (one was shared widely after Matthew Perry passed away)

She just posted this and it got me teary 🥲

Captain Raymond Holt has died! A thread of his best lines
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AlexCabot · 13/12/2023 19:51

HOT DAMN!

Rewis · 14/12/2023 07:09

VINDICATION

dressedforcomfort · 14/12/2023 07:20

That moustache was era appropriate....

SoupDragon · 14/12/2023 09:17

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Captain Raymond Holt has died! A thread of his best lines
ohfook · 14/12/2023 09:28

Boooooone?

Soubriquet · 14/12/2023 09:29

BONE?!!!!!

ohfook · 14/12/2023 09:33

TheWetBandits · 13/12/2023 08:16

I loved him playing straight when he was undercover

She was such a strong female woman with nice, heavy breasts

There is nothing more intoxicating than the clear absence of a penis

Oh that second one is one of my favourites too!
What a fantastic character.

And the line when Rosa comes out about every time someone steps up to say who they are, the world becomes a better more interesting place. Always moves me to tears.

I read a quote the other day that said B99 is so popular with so many people because it has has characters that are of colour and/or gay but neither is a defining characteristic of their personality. Instead we get these lovely well rounded characters that are not bland stereotypes or caricatures.

Oh and I've just remembered another. The bit where he says Kevin's academic friends just see him as Kevin's bimbo!!!

And the bit where they're betting on why any is late and he demands she tells him the reason.

captainsudoku · 14/12/2023 09:48

There's the episode where he and Jake have mumps and are delirious but are still trying to solve a case. He scribbles on the window Beautiful Mind-style and shouts

Cake!

(I think it's Cake but may be wrong)

DejaVoodoo · 14/12/2023 10:04

Oh! I haven't got around to watching Brooklyn 99 yet. I'd only seen a 5 minutes clip and it was so funny. Looks like I'm in for a treat, but sad to see this actor has died.

35965a · 14/12/2023 10:56

captainsudoku · 14/12/2023 09:48

There's the episode where he and Jake have mumps and are delirious but are still trying to solve a case. He scribbles on the window Beautiful Mind-style and shouts

Cake!

(I think it's Cake but may be wrong)

He shouts ‘case’ because he’s writing it over and over again on the window in his delirium! One of my favourite episodes!
”Balthazar is a thirsty bitch”

35965a · 14/12/2023 10:56

DejaVoodoo · 14/12/2023 10:04

Oh! I haven't got around to watching Brooklyn 99 yet. I'd only seen a 5 minutes clip and it was so funny. Looks like I'm in for a treat, but sad to see this actor has died.

It’s such an amazing show, I’m jealous you get to watch it for the first time 😃

captainsudoku · 14/12/2023 11:09

35965a Thank you, Case makes much more sense than Cake! It really is one of the funniest episodes.

CarterBeatsTheDevil · 14/12/2023 11:14

BINGPOT!!!

I don't really have a favourite line because it's his general delivery that gets me every time. But BINGPOT!!! has found its way into our family vocabulary. Gutted that he died so early. He was a wonderful actor. I must now watch every single episode of 99, H:LOTS and Glory.

Chamomileteaplease · 14/12/2023 11:15

Really sad news.

Does anyone know how to find Homicide: Life on the Streets, that isn't on DVD? ie on a channel? I would love to see Andre Braugher in something else.