Killing It Is The Best Evolution Of Craig Robinson's Brooklyn 99 Character
Warning: SPOILERS for Killing It.
Craig Robinson's new sitcom Killing It, co-created by Brooklyn Nine-Nine's Dan Goor, sees the actor play a role that evolves his iconic Pontiac Bandit character. Killing It tells the story of Craig (Robinson), a low-paid security guard and family man who gets drawn into the high-profit world of python hunting. It's an absurd and timely satire of the American Dream, and a role that plays to Robinson's strengths while wrong-footing the audience.
Despite an opening sequence that feels like yet another self-aggrandizing speech by the Pontiac Bandit, Craig is actually a more humble and relatable figure. The opening episode sees Craig move from bank to bank, forced to endure the casual racism and business loan rejections of multiple bank managers. Unlike Doug Judy, Craig is determined to play by the rules, in contrast to his criminal brother Isaiah, who better reflects Jake Peralta's former nemesis.
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In Killing It, Craig Robinson is the straight man of the series, contending with more overtly comic characters like Claudia O'Doherty as Jillian and Rell Battle as Isaiah. In a fun reversal of roles, season 1, episode 7 «Boss Up» finds Craig tricked into disposing of a dead body by his brother. It's a plot that isn't a million miles away from the many scrapes in which the Pontiac Bandit would include Jake Peralta. Isaiah and Craig's relationship is very similar to that of Jake and Doug in Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Jake and Craig are both distrustful of Isaiah and Doug's criminality, and yet they can't help but love them. While Killing It is an incredibly funny satire in its own right, the role-reversal of The Office and Brooklyn Nine-Nine's Craig
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