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â Greg to Logan Roy[src]
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Gregory John[1] "Greg" Hirsch is the grandson of Ewan Roy and great-nephew of Logan Roy. He is portrayed by Nicholas Braun.
Personality[]
Having been far removed from the Roy family's wealth, Greg Hirsch is initially introduced as a bumbling, nervous young man who's recently become unemployed. Greg ingratiates himself with the Roy family, initially uncomfortable with the new lifestyle he's found himself in. However, as time progresses, so does Greg's vulgarity and knack for deception and blackmail when dealing with family, coworkers, and prospective girlfriends.
Being that he's consistently bullied and outcast by the rest of the Roy family, he finds a confidant in Tom Wambsgans, the husband of Shiv Roy.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Greg was raised by his single mother, Marianne Hirsch, most likely in Canada. His nickname as a child was "Greg The Egg" since, according to Caroline, he appeared misshapen like an egg as an infant.
Season 1[]
Somewhere, presumably in Canada, Greg Hirsch is taking a training course to be an amusement park mascot for Waystar Royco. He'd gotten high in his car beforehand, and is now becoming overheated in the suit. Some kids run up to him and start hitting him, causing him to vomit in the suit. He is promptly fired and sent home. He then calls his mother, who tells him to fly out and see his great-uncle Logan for his 80th birthday party and try to get a job with him. Greg reluctantly agrees.
Upon arriving in New York, Greg greets his great-uncle at the bottom of his apartment building with a present. Greg is then promptly slammed against the wall by Logan's body-man, Colin. He explains that it was his mother who said it was okay that he come to the birthday party. Colin releases and Logan allows Greg to ride on the elevator with him. They get off the elevator and see that the rest of Logan's family has arrived. Logan absentmindedly thanks everyone, and introduces Greg.
Greg grabs Logan and asks for a job, briefly explaining what had happened earlier. Logan tells him to call his grandpa, Ewan Roy, and ask him to intercede with Logan for a job. Greg is aware that Logan and Ewan are not on the best of terms, but agrees anyway. Logan later agrees to give Greg a job.[2]
Logan has had a stroke and the family is gathered at the hospital. Away from everyone, Greg talks to his mother on the phone and updates her on his current situation. She then reminds him that she will no longer send him any money. Shiv takes his last bit of cash for the vending machine.
Back in the waiting room, Marcia tasks Greg with retrieving some things from the apartment, solely to get rid of him for a little while. Roman asks Greg to bring the trust paperwork as well, but Shiv calls Greg and tells him not to, which later makes Roman angry with Greg.
Greg returns to the hospital and speaks with Tom, who assures Greg that he will help him.[3]
Greg arrives at Waystar to check in, but of course the lobby receptionist cannot find anything of his employment in their system. Tom explains the situation, and later takes Greg to his first meeting.[4]
Tom and Greg attend the retirement party of Bill Lockhart, as Tom is expected to take his job. Bill seems very suspicious to Tom, implying that he must not leave anything behind with his fingerprints on it. Before final disclosure, Bill gives Tom a choice: Full briefing, making Tom an accessory, or no information and plausible deniability.
Greg informs Gerri of Tom's decision to go public with the scandals he discovered. This angers Tom, but Gerri reassures Greg that it was a wise decision and thanks him for telling her.[5]
Marcia invites Logan's estranged brother, Ewan Roy, to the Roy family Thanksgiving in America. Greg makes the 12-hour drive to Canada to pick up his grandfather, as Ewan seemingly doesn't like to fly. Greg arrives at his grandfather's and gives him a hug, wishing him a Happy Thanksgiving. He then tells Greg that they must get going. While in the car, after Greg attempts small talk, Ewan insists that they remain in silence and that Greg focus on the road.
Tom then meets with someone to discuss destroying the court documents in his possession. He suggests having them shredded on Thanksgiving day, with the help of a trusted individual. Tom calls Greg, still in the car with Ewan, and tells him that he has a little job for him once he gets back.
Ewan arrives at his brother's apartment with Greg, who Tom asks to head back to the office for paper shredding. Greg has arrived at Waystar and is reconsidering the legality of this task. He then calls Tom, who hangs up on him. Greg then decides that while shredding, he will make copies of the most important documents. While Greg is away, a fight breaks out between Logan and Ewan. Ewan then runs into Greg while leaving, and demands they drive back to Canada right then. Greg is just returning from Waystar and asks if he can at least eat first. Kendall says he can arrange for someone else to drive and Ewan agrees.[6]
Tom thanks Greg for helping out with the court documents by taking him out to a fancy dinner. Greg must first go to dinner with his grandfather, Ewan, while he's in town. Ewan informs Greg that he is there to attend the vote against his brother Logan, and suggests that Greg stay out of it. At his dinner with Tom, he mentions the vote and Tom is surprised, having not been told about it beforehand. Tom then calls Kendall to inform him of what's going on.
Everyone is preparing for Tom's bachelor party in Prague. Logan calls Greg into his office, and Greg brings up his wish to work in a less hostile environment. Logan immediately realizes he's referring to Tom as hostile and is surprised, as he didn't think Tom was capable of such. He promises Greg that heâll look into it, so long as Greg keeps an eye on Kendall during the big bachelor weekend. Both agree.
Greg, keeping close watch, finds Kendall about to snort four more lines of cocaine. Kendall taunts Greg that he may overdose, and Greg feels pressured to snort the last two lines. Never having done cocaine before, he become paranoid and think he may die.[7]
Outside of the wedding venue, the Roy children reunite with their mother, Caroline Collingwood, who is every bit as acerbic as Logan. Caroline has a rather dark sense of humor and is not afraid of stepping on anyone's toes, even alluding to the fact that Greg's father is gay.
Shiv and Nate have a conversation outside and Greg spots them, then growing suspicious.[8]
Greg and Kendall run into each other on the balcony while both are having a smoke. Greg says he is proud of Kendall and wishes him good luck. Ken then asks him if he has anything like cocaine on him, but he does not. Greg confesses that Tom had him destroy evidence regarding the cruise line mishaps, but he kept copies of all the major important documents. In return for them, Greg only asks for a better position at work. Kendall agrees.[9]
Season 2[]
Greg arrives at Kendall's apartment to supply him with some cocaine. Kendall's upset to learn that Greg, instead of Ken's normal dealer, purchased the drug from a stranger in the park.[10]
Greg admits to Tom that ATN is not where he wished to work, and that he does not agree with their values. Tom then meets with the owner of ATN, where he has just been promoted, Cyd Peach. She dismisses Tom as just another bureaucrat, but he is determined to make an impression on her. Tom instructs Greg to sniff out any inefficiencies within the company. By the end of the day, Greg informs him that they should consider digitizing ATN's media library, as the traditional method is too time-consuming. Tom enthusiastically calculates the number of âskullsâ that could be cut from the company as a result of digitizing.[11]
Greg meets with book editor Michelle Pantsil, who wishes to gain information on his uncle Logan Roy, but he quickly becomes scared and leaves. Greg and Kendall then meet and Greg appears to give him cocaine, per Kendall's orders.
News has broke to Logan that someone in his inner circle has been in touch with Pantsil. Greg informs Tom that he did in fact speak with Michelle Pantsil and begs Tom to keep this secret. Tom demands that he tell no one else, and hopes the mess will blows over but to remain wary of Sam. Not long into dinner, Logan confronts his staff members, demanding to know who had been in contact with the Pierce family, as well as with Pantsil. He first insults Frank, then asks Karl if his wife knows of all his visits to the whorehouse. Logan proposes that they a play a game called "boar on the floor", and has Karl, followed by Tom and Greg, stand in the front of the room. They're then instructed to get on their hands and knees and fight over sausage, the loser being considered the mole. While doing so, Logan berates and shouts at them, and has everyone else join in.
The next morning at breakfast, everyone is seemingly still shaken up. Karolina updates Logan that Moe had spoke to Michelle Pantsil, prior to passing away just the night before. Logan considers the issue resolved, relieving Greg.[12]
Everyone at Waystar scatters in different directions upon hearing a gunshot. Greg and Tom immediately meet up and stick together. They are directed towards a panic room by security.
Tom and, especially, Greg panic upon discovering that they are in the wrong safe room. Tom insists they go to the better safe room, but security declines, insisting that it's dangerous. A bit later, as things appear to have calmed down, Greg admits to Tom that he wants to have, what he calls, "a business open relationship" and no longer wants to work in ATN. This upsets Tom, so much so that he begins throwing water bottles at Greg. Eventually, however, Tom agrees to let him go.[13]
Greg announces to everyone that he would like to be referred to as Gregory now.[14]
The Roys finally arrive at the conference and soon meet up with Tom and Greg Hirsch, who is excited to have possibly touched Bill Gates.
Greg runs through the rain to find Tom, who'd been enjoying a tour guide through the waterfalls. Greg informs him that the quote they wanted to use to address public-outcry over the cruise of âwe're listeningâ was no longer a valid option, as it says in the contacts that Waystar Royco actually was listening. They debate on changing it to âwe hear youâ but think it may be equally as shady, legally.
Later, during his speech at the panel, Tom announces the new slogan to be "We Hear For You." Greg is in the audience and claps for his friend.[15]
Tom finds Greg at his apartment and demands the papers that Greg preserved, threatening him with violence. Greg confirms that the papers are still at Waystar Royco, and Tom informs him he will be staying the night and they will arrive at work together. The next day, Greg finally gives him the papers and Tom suggests they destroy them together. Later, Greg records himself in the bathroom, making sure his phone can pick up the conversation around him. While Tom is gone to retrieve matches, Gregory grabs a couple of papers and stuff them in his back pocket. Tom returns and lights the rest of them on fire.[16]
Ewan tells Greg if he doesn't quit working at Waystar Royco he will be cut off from his inheritance and his $250 million will go to Greenpeace. Later, inside the banquet hall, Ewan asks Greg if he has turned in his resignation yet, insisting that Logan's denial of climate change will result in more deaths than Hitler.
In the bathroom, Logan is cornered by Greg. Greg tells Logan that while he has absolutely loved working alongside him and hopes he has impressed him, he unfortunately must resign. He then admits his grandfather will cut him off if he does not, to which Logan promises that Ewan has always been a coward but he must do what he feels is right.[17]
The Roys are at Congress regarding the cruise-line allegations. Tom is the first one to be called to the stand and is understandably quite nervous, while Logan, Ken, and Shiv watch from the boardroom. He is confronted by an aggressive Gil, who persistently questions him about Lesterâs nickname Moe. When asked about missing documents and Greg Hirsch, Tom panics and claims he does not know who Greg is. This leaves the boardroom, as well as Greg who will later testify, in a state of distress.[18]
Greg is called to testify before Congress and fumbles his way through the testimony, seemingly nervous in front of Senator Gil Eavis. Greg then soon arrives at the family yacht's with Kendall and Naomi Pierce.
At breakfast the next morning, Logan is taking suggestions for who should be sacrificed following the cruise-line scandals. Roman says that Tom is the logical choice due to his previous involvement with the cruise-line. Roman also adds that Greg could be sacrificed as well.
The next morning, Kendall and Greg leave for a press conference back in New York, Jess and Karolina joining them upon arrival. Kendall, in front of the press, begins to explain his role as scapegoat, but suddenly deviates and begins blaming Logan. He states that his father is a "malignant presence, a bully, and a liar" and has been aware of the events for many years but made efforts to cover them up. Additionally, he informs the reports that he has brought documents proving his father's guilt, which Greg seemingly has on hand.[19]
Season 3[]
Greg accompanies Kendall, Jess and Karolina after the press conference into a car. He momentarily monitors Kendall's media but seems to be terrible at it, and it gets handed off to Comfrey and Berry (Kendall's PR consultants). As the investigation turns into a legal matter, Greg is at Rava's apartment with Kendall's team as the siblings come by to hear him out. When Tom calls to ask which side he's on, he lets him know he hasn't picked a side but that Shiv is at Kendall's. Greg asks Ewan for legal assistance in the park.
While evidently siding with Kendall, Tom moves Greg's office to the mail room as punishment. He offers Greg private legal advice for his involvement in the cruises scandal, but Greg blows him off because he believes Kendall will buy him a watch as a thank you. After the journalism dinner, Kendall scoffs at the idea of buying Greg the watch, and Greg feels pressured into buying the watch to impress Comfrey.
Tom visits Greg as he begins to feel the stress from the future inevitability of going to prison. In an effort to get Greg to join their side legally, Greg's been gifted a fruit basket. Tom tells the anecdote of Nero and Sporus, where Emperor Nero pushes his pregnant wife down the stairs, then castrates and marries his favorite slave Sporus and makes him dress up as his dead wife. He then tells Greg he would "castrate and marry [him] in a heartbeat.", implying that it was a metaphor for the two of them. Greg signs the joint defense agreement after meeting with Logan. Before the shareholder meeting, Ewan tells him that he's donating Greg's share of his inheritance to Greenpeace after Greg rejected his legal assistance. Greg is overheard attempting to ask friends and Gerri for advice on suing his grandfather or Greenpeace. During the meeting, Greg acts as messenger from the siblings to Frank to stall as Logan becomes incoherent due to his urinary tract infection. After, Greg tells Tom he's going to sue Greenpeace for his inheritance.
At the Future Freedom Summit, Greg and Tom share their stresses and seek advice about going to prison from other attendees. Greg also shares with other attendees that he's attempting to sue Greenpeace. While Tom is with Kendall, Greg sits with the siblings and Logan to debate which candidate they should publicly. Greg is asked not to contribute, is told he gets a vote "in the general election" by Roman. He's pressured to say he would vote for Connor, but upon leaving, he states he doesn't believe they "should crown Connor president". Tom walks by Greg being hoisted on the shoulders of the young attendees, who are shouting "F*** Greenpeace!" while Greg seems awkward and uncomfortable.
Gerri gets notification from the DOJ that there will likely be no jailtime for anyone from Waystar, and Tom goes to tell Greg the good news. He destroys Greg's mailroom office in a fit of excitement and then kisses Greg on the forehead, stating "the Waystar two are free". Other employees walk by the office and are evidently disturbed, and Greg gives them a thumbs up stating "It was good news". During Kendall's party, Greg drinks with Tom and tells him of his intention to ask Comfrey out, to which Tom scoffs. He tries and fails, and tells Kendall he'd like to ask Comfrey out. Kendall calls him "the world's biggest parasite". Finally he tells Comfrey who agrees to go out with him.
At Caroline's wedding, Greg lets Tom know he and Comfrey are "separate-bedding" and he's interested in the Countess, implying his interest is merely shallow and he's attempting to date as part of working his way up the social ladder. Greg attempts to woo the Countess as the wedding weekend continues, and mentions that his basis for suing Greenpeace is a comment on their website that could be interpreted as defamation. While the siblings make their move to block Logan's sale of Waystar to Mattsson, Tom cryptically offers Greg protection, to which Greg agrees stating "Who needs a soul anyway? Boo souls."
Notes[]
Relationships[]
Mother[]
Greg is Marianne's only child. In the first season, Greg reaches out to her several times asking for assistance or advice. After he is fired from Brightstar Amusement Parks, she advises him to visit Logan for his birthday and ask for a job. When Shiv and Roman ask Greg for opposing favors, he calls her for advice. She tells him to "strategize" and he says "I'm trying to strategize with you, Mom, but you won't strategize!". From what we hear of her advice she's unfamiliar with the Roy siblings' relationships to the companies and tells Greg to determine "which sibling is more important".
Later on, Greg mentions his mother is "debt-free". In 3x01, after Kendall's press conference, Greg tells Comfrey he has to cancel Marianne's credit card because she thought the company was being taken down by Kendall and she was panic-buying "Nutri-bullets and Krugerrands" (a South African currency). He also mentions he got her a gold card "to be a good son" and that Ewan, her father, cut her off.
Ewan Roy[]
Tom Wambsgans[]
Tom and Greg are like bros, man.
Roy siblings[]
Trivia[]
Gallery[]
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Appearances[]
| Episodes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
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| Season 1 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Season 2 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Season 3 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Season 4 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
References[]
- â Too Much Birthday
- â Celebration
- â Sh*t Show at the F**k Factory
- â Lifeboats
- â Sad Sack Wasp Trap
- â I Went to Market
- â Prague
- â Pre-Nuptial
- â Nobody Is Ever Missing
- â The Summer Palace
- â Vaulter (episode)
- â Hunting
- â Safe Room
- â Tern Haven
- â Argestes
- â Return
- â Dundee
- â DC
- â This Is Not for Tears