CRAIG ROBINSON's bank security guard in Killing It is a man of belief. The character's father, who died interrupting a burglary, instilled in him the tenets of meritocracy and its rewards. If he only works hard enough at his dream of opening a saw-palmetto-berry farm that supplies pharmaceuticals, success will inevitably come. His conviction inspires his 4 a.m. pitch practice sessions and guides him into loan meetings with his employer and a potential investor. "This is everything that I've ever believed in," he pleads. "Please, reward my faith." Craig (also the name of Robinson's character) is speaking to viewers as much as he is to the slick moneyman listening to his proposal, whose swift rejection makes the show's villain clear: not so much the man himself but the fantasy of upward mobility.
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