Before diving into dangerous situations, Robbie Prendergrast (Tom Pelphrey) performs a personal ritual. He closes his eyes, takes a deep breath and touches the forefinger and middle finger of his right hand to his lips. Then he reaches across to the opposite shoulder and draws a small circle, doing the same with the other, as if he’s crossing himself.

Robbie is not a religious man. As he stands in the dark with his partners Cliff (Raúl Castillo) and Peaches (Owen Teague), he explains that when he and his brother were kids and went swimming in icy weather, they’d rub cold water on their shoulders. That way, their bodies acclimated to the temperature, he claimed, so their hearts didn’t explode.

A bewildered Peaches counters that they’re not jumping into freezing water. They’re about to rob

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