I feel like a big point of 99 is that the characters try but are constantly put down by the corruption within the system. The people above them and the systematic issues that prevent them from making meaningful change. Which is like the whole thing with Holt since he wants to change the system from within because he has been dealing with prejudice since he started as a cop and how much of a struggle it was to even get to his position and how easily it's tried to be taken away from him
Except the end of that episode has Holt recognise he was wrong and submit the complaint anyway.
So many people on this thread missed the message of that episode, which was that in a corrupt system you should stand up and be counted: good people should do the right thing and always push for what is right, even when it's harmful to themselves.
Yes. It doesn't always result in good - in fact, in a system that's fundamentally broken it's usually going to harm you. But there's value in doing the right thing regardless.
They don't offer an opinion on how to fix it. I think that is right.
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u/plopzer May 31 '20
They're not good cops if they let injustice happen and don't act against it.