Joe Lo Truglio on the Possibility of a ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ Reunion

Is there any chance on planet Earth that "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" gets back together? Joe Lo Truglio's answer was full of love and tempered by loss.

"I love every person in that show. I love that show," Lo Truglio told Rich. "But it's really tough. We're missing the king." The king is Andre Braugher, and as Lo Truglio put it, it is tough to do anything without him.

He never says never. He was also honest about his standing in the room, joking that he is not one of the scribes and not high enough on the cast list to make that call. But the feeling is not complicated. "In a heartbeat I would be all over it," he said. "It's a special show and it still has legs."

Rich pushed on whether the rest of the cast would feel the same way, and Lo Truglio did not hesitate. Absolutely. He credited the chemistry to the moment everyone caught the show. Each person had already had some modicum of success, so they knew how special the situation was. No egos, no attitude. The crew was amazing, the producers were great, and they all treasured it. He called it one of the greatest shows he has ever done.

Asked for his favorite thing he did on it, Lo Truglio went to an early-seasons episode where his character, Charles, and Andy Samberg's Jake are stuck on a stakeout, slowly getting on each other's nerves. It is a sweet one. They were not in a car, he clarified, but in an apartment across the street, writing things on the wall and slamming a Nerf basketball around, basically living together like a married couple. He had known Samberg before the show, but that episode gave them the time to know each other better.

Rich tried to recruit a writer on the spot, floating Mike Schur to draft something in October when, Rich figured, the Red Sox would be out of it anyway. Lo Truglio, a New York guy through and through, did not care for that one. "I don't like that," he said. The Celtics season would just be getting started, and as far as he is concerned, it is a Knicks world right now.