Terry Jeffords
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Brooklyn Nine-Nine Character Guide
Lieutenant Terry Jeffords is a main character of Brooklyn Nine-Nine. He is a linebacker of a man who is cautious, but not because he is weak, it is because a year prior to the series, his wife Sharon had twin baby girls; Cagney and Lacey, and he can't imagine not seeing them grow up.
Terry is caring, protective over the squad, and hardworking. He has a habit of referring to himself in the third person. When he had twin daughters, he freaked out and ended up afraid of getting hurt, but soon enough he showed himself to be a tough, heroic, fearsome man who would do anything to protect his squad. He fearlessly charged against an armed criminal to save Captain Holt's life twice, and when Jake, Charles, and Gina were trapped in a store with criminals, Terry defied orders in order to prevent them from being endangered. Holt sees potential in Terry to be a captain, and recognizes him as a great leader and a compassionate person.
Terry is a good cop and a serious person, but he is also extremely smooth and everyone in his precinct really likes him. He is almost as much of a father figure to some detectives as Holt is. Terry often jumps at the chance to console or to otherwise help a detective in a personal situation, even if he doesn't understand such situations from personal experiences. He also shows amazing amounts of tolerance with his fellow detectives.
However, Terry is capable of a ferocious temper, almost as ferocious as Rosa's. He is capable of incredible feats of strength when riled, such as ripping a thick book in half with both hands, slamming a door so hard that the window, and the interior of the room, completely falls apart, and even lifting the back end of a car off the ground with both hands for an extended amount of time.
Terry is caring, protective over the squad, and hardworking. He has a habit of referring to himself in the third person. When he had twin daughters, he freaked out and ended up afraid of getting hurt, but soon enough he showed himself to be a tough, heroic, fearsome man who would do anything to protect his squad. He fearlessly charged against an armed criminal to save Captain Holt's life twice, and when Jake, Charles, and Gina were trapped in a store with criminals, Terry defied orders in order to prevent them from being endangered. Holt sees potential in Terry to be a captain, and recognizes him as a great leader and a compassionate person.
Terry is a good cop and a serious person, but he is also extremely smooth and everyone in his precinct really likes him. He is almost as much of a father figure to some detectives as Holt is. Terry often jumps at the chance to console or to otherwise help a detective in a personal situation, even if he doesn't understand such situations from personal experiences. He also shows amazing amounts of tolerance with his fellow detectives.
However, Terry is capable of a ferocious temper, almost as ferocious as Rosa's. He is capable of incredible feats of strength when riled, such as ripping a thick book in half with both hands, slamming a door so hard that the window, and the interior of the room, completely falls apart, and even lifting the back end of a car off the ground with both hands for an extended amount of time.