“We wanted to make a show that was unlike anything else on TV, and that is increasingly challenging when there are five shows on TV,” he said. “So we thought that that tonally and subject matter wise, we just worked very hard to make this something that you can’t see anywhere else.”

More than anything else, Goor wanted to show off a different version of what fighting for one’s own American dream looks like.

“We sort of wanted to investigate the myth of the American dream. This idea that just anybody can pick themselves up by their bootstraps and make it, and that there aren’t obstacles that really make that very difficult for people,” Goor added. “And so I think that that it is ultimately universal because we’re all struggling on some level and struggling to succeed.”

Killing It is streaming now on Peacock.

Watch the full interview above.

Claudia O’Doherty