I'm surprised you've read Othello

“-black?” jake fills in for him, starting a passionate rant about how fatherhood is about more than just blood and he lowkey mentions roger and how holt was a better father than him than he ever will be and the perp is shown to instantly regret his words while holt is in the back rolling his eyes until he finally interrupts jake and they get on w/ the mission.

throughout the episode, jake is really the only one who’s actively talking about their relation to one another and because of that, people around them start to suspect that maybe they’re not who they claim to be. their cover slowly starts to crumble, but before it does, someone tries to accuse jake of being a fraud and holt steps in with an intense speech about how much he cares about his “son”.

the outburst was unexpected and it surprises jake to say the least, but when holt calms down and looks back at him, they both exchange a look that says that holt is finally devoted to the mission and the story that jake came up with for them, and that maybe holt’s speech is ambiguous. the others may not know it, but holt didn’t only refer to jake’s character as his son, but in a way, jake as well.