Croop (portrayed by Cedric the Entertainer) is a smooth gangster who works closely with his son Carter.
Croop is the minor antagonist in season 6 and served as a secondary antagonist in season 6 episode 14.
History[]
Season 6[]
During It's All Your Fault, Croop makes his debut while shooting at James St. Patrick and Tommy Egan. St. Patrick and Tommy team up while Ghost covers Tommy to shoot at them. Croop and Carter duck for cover before they are spotted by Tommy who manages to shoot and kill Croop, while Carter gets away. Seeing the dying Croop, Tommy realizes he's not one of Benny Civello's men. Tommy promptly fled after being shot at by Carter and running out of ammo.
He is properly introduced in Reversal of Fortune, where it is revealed Croop was contacted by a drunk Rashad Tate to come to New York to take care of a mess. Croop tried to bring up how he was in Washington DC but was told to come anyway and he complied. Croop and his son Carter are first seen when Croop is torturing a pedophile named Frankie, who was also an acquaintance of theirs. Croop instructs his son on how to properly go about inflicting pain, though criticizes Carter on the method. Carter soon reminds his father they have to go to New York and Croop speaks to Frankie asking if he would go after children again and the latter says he won't, and Croop confirmed that he will not before he shoots Frankie in the back of the head. Croop then shoots Frankie again for good measure. Later, he notifies Tate that he and Carter come all the way to New York, but Tate tries to cancel the hit as he heard the FBI are on to Ghost. Croop didn't like it, because he wants his money for the drive and suspects Tate hired someone else. Despite the latter denying it, Croop tells him that he wants to get the job done or he will kill Tate otherwise. Reluctantly, Tate gives the okay to kill Ghost. Croop and Carter wait near Truth in a car and follow Ghost to his meeting to see Tommy Egan, however, they get in position to assassinate Ghost but they fail. St. Patrick and Tommy team up while Ghost covers Tommy to kill them. Croop orders his son to fall back before he confronts Tommy who shoots Croop, while Carter gets away. Seeing the dying Croop, Tommy realizes he's not one of Benny Civello's men. Carter later calls Tate to blame him for not giving him the heads up on Tommy. At night, Carter subsequently tries to avenge his father by killing Tate's family only to be killed by the latter's brother.
Murders committed by Croop[]
- Frankie: Shot in the back of the head.
Notes[]
- Croop implies Tate had him kill multiple people while Tate was serving as a cop.
- He enjoyed music that reflected his heritage.
- He appeared familiar with Frankie before killing him.
- His one redeeming quality was killing Frankie who was a pedophile.
- Tate had a fear that Croop had his number and worried that could implicate him but its unknown if he did.