When Holt comes into work with a wrist brace, the squad (led as ever by Jake) tries to guess how it happened. This one earns the top spot for combining both into one of the show’s greatest jokes. Some of these cold opens have thrived on surprise, while others have pivoted on Holt’s firm, no-nonsense implacability. No regrets.” The long-boiling animosity between these two is one of the show’s best running gags, and a terrific opportunity to let the buttoned-up Holt access a pettier, surprisingly ruthless, and always hysterical side of his personality. “Boom, did it!,” Holt jubilantly shouts after delivering the zinger he’s so proud of. Holt agrees: “I should be the bigger person! That shouldn’t be hard, given that Madeline’s not technically a person.” But when the time comes to maintain a dignified silence, he can only hold it together for so long. Before receiving a medal, Holt tells Jake and Detective Rosa Diaz ( Stephanie Beatriz) that he’s been up most of the night planning his sick burn: “Wuntch time is over.” The unimpressed and frankly concerned Jake and Rosa convince Holt to say nothing. The one consistent chink in that staid armor? Deputy Chief Madeline Wuntch ( Kyra Sedgwick), Holt’s nemesis, NYPD boss, and the only person who can puncture Holt’s propriety. Captain Holt was known for sobriety and maturity, sometimes to a fault.
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