Col. Bradford Taylor

Colonel Bradford Taylor arrives at Hillman College carrying the bearing of a career military man—upright, exacting, and unmistakably in command of any room he enters. He expects discipline and respect, and doesn't hide his impatience with students who offer neither, though a dry wit occasionally cracks through the starch.

Glynn Turman plays authority without turning it into cartoon severity; there's a coiled intelligence behind the colonel's stiffness that suggests a whole life of command decisions informing how he handles a room full of undergraduates. He gives the character weight simply by refusing to soften him too quickly, letting warmth arrive as a surprise rather than a given.