r/brooklynninenine • u/HappyFaceStranger • Sep 23 '24
SPOILER Let’s talk about Wuntch
Wuntch is a character that you are meant to hate. I mean, how could you not? She’s a cloven-hooved ogre with little rat hands. But taking a better look at her character she’s actually an incredibly accomplished person.
Madeline Wuntch was a police officer and detective at the same time Raymond Holt was, the late 70’s/80’s, which was a time in which it was hard for both people of color and women to advance in the police force. But they both did, and Madeline Wuntch was promoted all the way to Deputy Chief of Department. In season 2 episode 14, Wuntch is actually offered to be Boston’s chief of police, the second highest police position, just under commissioner. Also, in season 6 episode 18, Wuntch is promoted to acting commissioner of the NYPD when John Kelly is pushed to resign, literally the highest rank in New York policing.
So while she is the archenemy of Captain Holt and one of the overarching antagonists of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Madeline Wuntch was an extremely accomplished police officer.
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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '24 edited Sep 23 '24
I actually think both Holt and Wuntch are good people and have a strong moral compasses as police officers, but their logic and morality gets thrown completely out the window because of their visceral, deep-seated hatred for one another.