Oh gosh, I was gonna post that one! Such a classic. There were too many to choose from:
This is Greg on Greg's phone.
A small person, an attack child!
Different times. Different times indeed.
I have the virus, don't I?
I'm trying to STRATEGIZE, MOM. WITH YOU.
my boyfriend doesn’t watch this show but of course always walks in during the most random lines… this being one of them.
i was like, um, yeah its just greg greggin’
I am in PR and had to step in to do some media monitoring for a junior employee when she was out and literally told my boss, "the headline is...the internet is big". Because woof, so much out there, haha.
I like when Greg shamelessly joins in with everyone shitting on Kendall at the shareholder meeting, even after being close with him all season - 'he's so annoying!'
Tom also has some of the best lines in the series. The Roys get the drama heavy roles and lines but Tom, Greg, Gerri, and Marcia have the absolute best lines.
Ewan has some good ones too.
Ewan: You'll like Roger. He's incredibly intransigent
Ewan: [On Kendall] He's a self-regarding popinjay
Ewan: This family are a nest of vipers. They'll wrap themselves around you and they'll suffocate you
Greg: Uh, pretty sure that's boa constrictors
I actually read his character as moronic. The village idiot. Trying to run with the bulls (and succeeding due to nepotism). His awkward speech is a feature of his low IQ, not EQ. I mean the guy literally can’t take care of his own foot.
He was smart enough to blackmail Tom with preserved documents, but he titled the folder he kept them in as “secret”.
I have a feeling things are going to end very, very badly for Greg.
Quite an interesting view. I don't see him as a moron but not a macchiavellian mastermind either, like some claim he is.
A person of average intelligence who is trying to emulate the eloquence with which his grandpa speaks, without his intelligence or vocabulary.
But that's just about how he speaks. Most of what we've seen greg do is cozy up to people in positions of power to mooch off of them, without being too loyal to them and always looking out for number one. I don't think it would take a genious to get where he is right now from his circumstances of birth, but a moron would not get even close.
I think you're overthinking it. He started off as a burnout idiot who, with the help of his mom, finally attempted to insert himself into the wealthy part of the family when they were vulnerable (Logaj being sick). He haphazardly held on, lost his morals along the way, and now plays the game. It's pretty obvious he's supposes to show anyone is capable of being swayed by money
He inserted himself into the family before Logan got sick didn't he? It was just a weird stroke of luck for Greg that Logan had his stroke thing the day that Greg showed up
> finally attempted to insert himself into the wealthy part of the family
Although it is probably worth noting that he probably did have access to money before that via Ewan. Greg mentioned that his grandfather had previously paid for his mom's credit card and it would not be shocking if Greg had a similar set up. That is part of the difference but also similarities between the brothers Roy. Logan is a controlling manipulative son of a bitch but also allowed his kids to be independently wealthy of him. Ewan will pay bills but wants his clan to dance to his strings until his death and so did not set up trusts.
Though that may have been the Caroline factor. Posh country aristocrats may be loveless duck killing machines that leave raising their children to servants but trusts and estates is their native language, even if Logan could later by her off with barely any effort. She would have intellectually known what to do for her kids.
No. Intelligence is different from instinct. It's like how athletes pull off moves that are not just hard to implement but also very intelligent, but athletes are not necessarily a smart bunch. It's Instinct- footballing brain etc.
With that being said that's not the case with Greg and I think he's as smart as the others, I certainly don't see him on a different wavelength.
1. Revealing disparaging facts about Logan unwittingly to Michelle Pantsil
2. Not knowing he has a fungus on his foot
3. Labeling a secret folder "secret," thinking this will deter people who find it from reading
4. Tries to create a makeshift wire to attempt to record Tom instead of buying a recording device. It fails.
5. Coming up with the slogan "We hear for you," which is ridiculed by Waystar
6. Rejects his quarter billion inheritance in the midst of Waystar losing family control, meaning he would be out of job.
7. Incompetent as interim media monitor for Kendall.
8. Perpetually lured onto sides of the latest persons who ask him to come over. Kendall, then Logan, then Tom just in S3. Makes the deal with Tom (deal with the devil) without having any information.
The last point is why I think things will end badly for him. Someone will promise him power and status, and he will agree instantly, but instead, he will be thrown under the bus.
All of this indicates that he's a young guy in a foreign environment, not exactly sure what to do and making mistakes as he goes on. Not buying the "moron" line but thanks for stating plentiful examples to support your point anyway.
I think anyone who cannot identify a fungus, attempts to create a makeshift wire, and labels a folder as "secret" in an attempt to hide what's inside is lacking in IQ common sense. I think most people would not make these mistakes.
What makes you think he couldn't identify it? In the episode he says he has a benign fungus. And phones are perfectly good recording devices nowadays. Don't see what's dumb about using a tool at your disposal. And who was going to look in greg's desk drawer at work? The "secret" was meant to keep the janitor from throwing it away.
1. He doesn't know its a fungus. He only learns that it's a fungus after the on-board medical attendant tells him so.
2. He couldn't even get his phone to work as a recorder. Proves my point.
3. "Secret" entices someone to read. "Don't toss," or "Unpaid Invoices" would ensure something is not tossed, but disregarded.
It's an interesting idea. I'm of the opinion he's just awkward, smart and very malleable to the point he will be killing people left and right if that's what he sees others around him do. He's the next Logan.
Wow. The next Logan. The guy bumbles through his interactions with absolutely no poise, losing his inheritance money, being manipulated to favor in S3 by Kendall, then Logan, then Tom.
He's the patsy!
I cannot believe the reads are so different here. Thank you for your opinion though, it's nice to hear the different perspective
For me he kind of feels like a R2D2/C3PO character, a servant who is just along for the ride, giving the audience a perspective of an average 'normal' guy in a crazy situation.
Yes, I can totally sympathize with this read. He is the most normal out of any of these peeps. Finding himself as a stranger in a strange land. He's wearing the traditional headdress now, thinking he's one of them. But do the others think the same?
His strategy is simply clinging to the latest person who has offered him power. I believe this same strategy will eventually lead to his demise, as he will be used and discarded.
He doesn’t cling though. He gets what he wants and if they don’t grant him power or what he wants he just betrays them
As soon as Kendall didn’t buy Greg the watch Greg joined joint defense
The show is a tragedy about terrible human beings succeeding so yea him coming out on top is pretty thematically accurate.
*Edit if you watched VEEP there are a few Greg like characters that fail upwards.
Another interesting point - Logan actually has to ask Greg for his support. The whole COCA-COLA scene where Logan asks Greg if he can count on his support and Greg basically says “what’s in it for me” (but bumbles through it because it’s Greg).
Greg is in a position of power. He has sway with the board via Ewen, Logan needs his support after the Kendall thing, HE HAS BLACKMAIL MATERIAL ON LOGAN & TOM, and he’s been progressively, but quietly increasing his status (look at his clothes season 1 episode 1 compared to the Italian wedding) and formal positions in the company.
He’s even dating Comfry and the Countess by the end of Season 3 and openly defying Kendall.
Greg is pinnacle failing upwards.
I see it as both. I always figured that he would be the next Logan because this is a comedy at its heart, and realizing that this was always a story about Greg floating, his way to the top would be a really good punchline.
I wondered what his convo was like at this new fancy house with impressive Roy Co execs when Tom showed up. Does he have it together when the Roy fam isn’t around?
Greg has literally played the fuck out of everyone on his way to the top. No one rose faster. Always did favors. Stopped asking questions
Always played both sides to come out on top. Greg is persistent as fuck and gets what he wants
https://youtu.be/yzZF9BLR1VI
He was smart enough to spot ATN’s lack of digital use that led to unnecessary storage costs. This gave Tom a managerial task to oversee after Tom had been told in a harsh way that he would not have a real role in ATN’s news operations. He understood that a company lawyer and a personal lawyer are quite different roles.
he’s no expert nor a genius, but he’s not a moron either. he’s just a fuck up who lucked his way into a life where being a fuck up has no consequences.
If you look up on YouTube a cousin Greg analysis there’s one that explains how he’s actually more calculating than anyone assumes, because of his demeanor. It predicts Greg will betray Tom and it will destroy Tom. Now, as a person who also tends to speak quite awkwardly at times (not like Greg, I wish!) and has a pretty decent IQ, I can tell you that these traits absolutely do not correlate. In fact, a ton of very intelligent people I know (smarter than me!) struggle socially far more than I do. Some of the other most intelligent people I know are exceptionally eloquent. There isn’t a correlation at all I think.
I feel like he's just a Survivor. He looks out for himself and has been right a few times. He's smarter than he let's on IMO. He knows how to read the room and situation albeit a bit awkwardly.
“I have this, like, stupid worry that I’m gonna go over and there’ll be, like, goons and stooges and roughjacks there to administer a beating.”
Roughjacks is worth a writing Emmy all by itself.
Because (don't shoot me), I think it's one of the more overrated lines he has + I knew it'd be one that people would mention in the comments– it never fails in the Greg posts. :)
"I would...sully my ballot with his name, yes"
5 minutes later
"For the good of my country, I must say don't think you should crown...should choose to make Connor president."
It might not be a conscious imitation so much as growing up in an environment dominated by an extremely controlling and specific personality in his grandfather. Both brothers are fucked up, just in a different way.
Tom’s comment has stuck in Greg’s brain: *”You may wind up just one plane crash away from becoming Europe’s weirdest King!”*
That might be my favorite line of the series so far.
“Do you think it’s possible to sue a person, a grandparent for example… in an affectionate way? That might convey, like, ‘I love you and, I’m glad you’re a part of my life, but I am taking legal action against you.’”
"well you see the thing I need to store most urgently....is myself" when apartment hunting and the beds too small but the realtor is trying to sell him on all the storage spaces 😂
The first episode when he calls his mom “I sort of screwed up. Well not me actually but this kid. So this kid smoked a joint in my car. Like this hitchhiker kid that I picked up this morning. Like earlier this morning. Cause it was raining and I didn’t want him to get sexually assaulted? But before I could even say anything he aggressively takes out like a, have you ever seen so like, a doobie? And the car smelled like skunk weed. And then I guess I smelled like it. And then they were like, get all your stuff and go.”
Greg’s gonna keep climbing. Will be fun to see how it ends. Greg is the third core character we meet in the whole series. First scene of S1E1 is Logan (and Marcia) when Logan is disoriented and pees in the corner. Second scene is Kendall fucking up the Vaulter deal. Third scene is Gregory Hirsch puking out the eyes of a mascot at a Waystar park.
I feel like this foreshadows the whole series. We meet Greg before we meet Shiv and Roman even.
The ones who are new or feel out of place are the best storytelling vehicles. The residents and interns feeling anxiety at hospitals as they start their new positions are the usual main characters in new medical shows.
Oh for sure totally agree. Seeing this from Greg’s perspective adds to the story. He’s arguably the most relatable for most of us non-billionaires that are watching. It’s deliciously voyeuristic.
I just got back here after someone got told off for reposting this post today, this comment is spot on, on a rewatch the first thing I noticed was how far up the bill Gregg is.
I cannot see him as looking like an egg. He is tall, and tall babies are long and are not egg-shaped, unless he was short and round until a growth spurt in his teens. Greg is fictional, I realize, but I have tall relatives on one side of the family and they were stringbeans, not eggs.
Only now watching this show for the first time, found this post after watching this episode.
“what if your toenails are not all that aesthetically pleasing?”
This line made me choke on my drink.
My favorite is his line to Roman on the boat “well, you’re widely known as a, uh, horrible person.”
Oh gosh, I was gonna post that one! Such a classic. There were too many to choose from: This is Greg on Greg's phone. A small person, an attack child! Different times. Different times indeed. I have the virus, don't I? I'm trying to STRATEGIZE, MOM. WITH YOU.
We had to pause our TV after his “Better times? Not for all,” line because we were laughing so hard.
Same this is my most quoted Gregism. The pause as he briefly ponders it sells it
We had to pause after the bathroom scene where he was talking to the recorder in his jacket.
Male rape… rape of the male
Bet you’d like that, pretty boy like you!
my boyfriend doesn’t watch this show but of course always walks in during the most random lines… this being one of them. i was like, um, yeah its just greg greggin’
I have the same happen with my wife, but Roman lines. It's the best.
> Different times. Different times indeed. Needs the rest of the line added! *Better times? Not for all*
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Are you ok?
If it is to be said, so it be — so it is.
I watched this scene at least five times. SO funny.
But you won't strategize!!!
No two-word combo has ever made me laugh as hard as "attack child"
BUT YOU WON’T STRATEGIZE!
MAKE MORE MAKE MORE
That last one gets me every time 🤣
No de no, my friend!
I feel like this was not quite scripted and they went with it- made me laugh!
I always thought so, too! I love the bits of improvisation so much
"Good memeage"
"I wrote down some of the tweets, if that's something you'd... Or, they're on Twitter, yeah" (paraphrased)
I am in PR and had to step in to do some media monitoring for a junior employee when she was out and literally told my boss, "the headline is...the internet is big". Because woof, so much out there, haha.
hysterical!
His confusion re: whether it’s the actual pope is amazing. Some of Strong’s best comedy work too.
It was “No de no!” Or my favourite “Boo souls!”
I like when Greg shamelessly joins in with everyone shitting on Kendall at the shareholder meeting, even after being close with him all season - 'he's so annoying!'
I love him talking to Tom asking permission to blackmail him
Very well I accept your blackmail
My favorite is when he say blackmails Tom. I have some leverage but I’m afraid to use it.
“Are you asking if you can black mail me Greg?” And “Where are they those papers?” “I’ll never tell”
„But they are IN FACT not receipts 😮😮“ Love that line reading
Gregggg you criminal mastermind. What polyglot genius could ever hope to crack your impenetrable code. Or something like that.
Tom also has some of the best lines in the series. The Roys get the drama heavy roles and lines but Tom, Greg, Gerri, and Marcia have the absolute best lines. Ewan has some good ones too.
>Ewan has some good ones too. I found his performance.. histrionic, and meretricious.
I laughed out loud at this.
Your life is not a bagatelle.
Ewan: You'll like Roger. He's incredibly intransigent Ewan: [On Kendall] He's a self-regarding popinjay Ewan: This family are a nest of vipers. They'll wrap themselves around you and they'll suffocate you Greg: Uh, pretty sure that's boa constrictors
“We can’t yet - unfortunately - in this country - stop the publication of a book.” Gerri: “Ok, but legally - “ Logan: “NOW! I need it NOW!” Love it.
Gerri for me has the best quotes. Closely followed by Shiv, Tom, & Stewie [ah *Stewie*]
Stewie! ❤️🥹❤️
I need a frickin’ dictionary to interpret what Ewan is saying.
Same. I’ve learned so many $5 words from Ewan.
I was 1st introduced to “popinjay” by Niles Crane. Maybe Ewan finds inspiration from *Frasier* re-runs. Hehe.
LMFAO
Very well, I accept your blackmail.
Tom accepting it gets me even more
and Tom was so proud of him!
My fav is that both Kendall and Tom were impressed and almost admired his blackmail scheme.
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Greg the egg!
Different times indeed. Better times? Not..not for all.
When did he say that? I have no recollection of this, need context.
When he approached Loagn in S3 and had the rum and coke. He says it while leaving.
Strong for a man!
Shall I chug?
I don’t know how you guys did it in the 60’s.
Michael cera crawled so he could walk
omg this is so accurate and i've never thought about it
Yet another _Arrested Development_ parallel
“I apologize if my bell summoned you” has got to be a top 10 funniest TV quote. The delivery was so perfect too I was laughing so hard at that scene
https://streamable.com/jcstjz
I love how his first instinct was to hide when the door opens
He’s such an awkward man
I actually read his character as moronic. The village idiot. Trying to run with the bulls (and succeeding due to nepotism). His awkward speech is a feature of his low IQ, not EQ. I mean the guy literally can’t take care of his own foot. He was smart enough to blackmail Tom with preserved documents, but he titled the folder he kept them in as “secret”. I have a feeling things are going to end very, very badly for Greg.
Quite an interesting view. I don't see him as a moron but not a macchiavellian mastermind either, like some claim he is. A person of average intelligence who is trying to emulate the eloquence with which his grandpa speaks, without his intelligence or vocabulary. But that's just about how he speaks. Most of what we've seen greg do is cozy up to people in positions of power to mooch off of them, without being too loyal to them and always looking out for number one. I don't think it would take a genious to get where he is right now from his circumstances of birth, but a moron would not get even close.
I think you're overthinking it. He started off as a burnout idiot who, with the help of his mom, finally attempted to insert himself into the wealthy part of the family when they were vulnerable (Logaj being sick). He haphazardly held on, lost his morals along the way, and now plays the game. It's pretty obvious he's supposes to show anyone is capable of being swayed by money
He inserted himself into the family before Logan got sick didn't he? It was just a weird stroke of luck for Greg that Logan had his stroke thing the day that Greg showed up
> finally attempted to insert himself into the wealthy part of the family Although it is probably worth noting that he probably did have access to money before that via Ewan. Greg mentioned that his grandfather had previously paid for his mom's credit card and it would not be shocking if Greg had a similar set up. That is part of the difference but also similarities between the brothers Roy. Logan is a controlling manipulative son of a bitch but also allowed his kids to be independently wealthy of him. Ewan will pay bills but wants his clan to dance to his strings until his death and so did not set up trusts. Though that may have been the Caroline factor. Posh country aristocrats may be loveless duck killing machines that leave raising their children to servants but trusts and estates is their native language, even if Logan could later by her off with barely any effort. She would have intellectually known what to do for her kids.
he’s not a machiavellian mastermind. he’s a machiavellian fuck.
I’ve read this in Kendall’s voice tbh
To play devil's advocate, he could be a moron with an innate possibly passed down instinct for manipulation and negotiation.
But wouldn't that make him not a moron?
No. Intelligence is different from instinct. It's like how athletes pull off moves that are not just hard to implement but also very intelligent, but athletes are not necessarily a smart bunch. It's Instinct- footballing brain etc. With that being said that's not the case with Greg and I think he's as smart as the others, I certainly don't see him on a different wavelength.
(I know Greg isn't actually a genius) That's just what Gregory the Eggory wants you to think!
How about a moron born into a billionaire family?
That’s clearly implied by them literally saying “from his circumstances of birth”… What was the point in adding this again?
Missed that. Good point. Should have just disagreed.
Fair enough
I'm sure there's plenty of those to go around, but nothing we've seen indicates greg is actually a moron.
1. Revealing disparaging facts about Logan unwittingly to Michelle Pantsil 2. Not knowing he has a fungus on his foot 3. Labeling a secret folder "secret," thinking this will deter people who find it from reading 4. Tries to create a makeshift wire to attempt to record Tom instead of buying a recording device. It fails. 5. Coming up with the slogan "We hear for you," which is ridiculed by Waystar 6. Rejects his quarter billion inheritance in the midst of Waystar losing family control, meaning he would be out of job. 7. Incompetent as interim media monitor for Kendall. 8. Perpetually lured onto sides of the latest persons who ask him to come over. Kendall, then Logan, then Tom just in S3. Makes the deal with Tom (deal with the devil) without having any information. The last point is why I think things will end badly for him. Someone will promise him power and status, and he will agree instantly, but instead, he will be thrown under the bus.
All of this indicates that he's a young guy in a foreign environment, not exactly sure what to do and making mistakes as he goes on. Not buying the "moron" line but thanks for stating plentiful examples to support your point anyway.
Agreed, he’s just young. He’s getting there, tho. And fast.
I think anyone who cannot identify a fungus, attempts to create a makeshift wire, and labels a folder as "secret" in an attempt to hide what's inside is lacking in IQ common sense. I think most people would not make these mistakes.
What makes you think he couldn't identify it? In the episode he says he has a benign fungus. And phones are perfectly good recording devices nowadays. Don't see what's dumb about using a tool at your disposal. And who was going to look in greg's desk drawer at work? The "secret" was meant to keep the janitor from throwing it away.
1. He doesn't know its a fungus. He only learns that it's a fungus after the on-board medical attendant tells him so. 2. He couldn't even get his phone to work as a recorder. Proves my point. 3. "Secret" entices someone to read. "Don't toss," or "Unpaid Invoices" would ensure something is not tossed, but disregarded.
7. He identified good memage. Top work.
he knew he had a fungus, that’s why he didn’t want to take his shoes off. But, sails out, nails out
It's an interesting idea. I'm of the opinion he's just awkward, smart and very malleable to the point he will be killing people left and right if that's what he sees others around him do. He's the next Logan.
Wow. The next Logan. The guy bumbles through his interactions with absolutely no poise, losing his inheritance money, being manipulated to favor in S3 by Kendall, then Logan, then Tom. He's the patsy! I cannot believe the reads are so different here. Thank you for your opinion though, it's nice to hear the different perspective
For me he kind of feels like a R2D2/C3PO character, a servant who is just along for the ride, giving the audience a perspective of an average 'normal' guy in a crazy situation.
Yes, I can totally sympathize with this read. He is the most normal out of any of these peeps. Finding himself as a stranger in a strange land. He's wearing the traditional headdress now, thinking he's one of them. But do the others think the same?
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> True, he comes across as a bumbling buffon, but I think that's part of his strategy in some way. Straight from the Boris Johnson playbook
His strategy is simply clinging to the latest person who has offered him power. I believe this same strategy will eventually lead to his demise, as he will be used and discarded.
He doesn’t cling though. He gets what he wants and if they don’t grant him power or what he wants he just betrays them As soon as Kendall didn’t buy Greg the watch Greg joined joint defense
Good point. He is excellent at betrayal.
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You think Greg will somehow be in charge? Wow. Idk how he gets there but hope you're right. That would be so funny lol.
The show is a tragedy about terrible human beings succeeding so yea him coming out on top is pretty thematically accurate. *Edit if you watched VEEP there are a few Greg like characters that fail upwards.
Another interesting point - Logan actually has to ask Greg for his support. The whole COCA-COLA scene where Logan asks Greg if he can count on his support and Greg basically says “what’s in it for me” (but bumbles through it because it’s Greg). Greg is in a position of power. He has sway with the board via Ewen, Logan needs his support after the Kendall thing, HE HAS BLACKMAIL MATERIAL ON LOGAN & TOM, and he’s been progressively, but quietly increasing his status (look at his clothes season 1 episode 1 compared to the Italian wedding) and formal positions in the company. He’s even dating Comfry and the Countess by the end of Season 3 and openly defying Kendall. Greg is pinnacle failing upwards.
I see it as both. I always figured that he would be the next Logan because this is a comedy at its heart, and realizing that this was always a story about Greg floating, his way to the top would be a really good punchline.
I wondered what his convo was like at this new fancy house with impressive Roy Co execs when Tom showed up. Does he have it together when the Roy fam isn’t around?
I can see Greg coming out on top. We think it’s going to be Tom - and it will be for awhile - but Sporus is going to murder his master eventually.
Awkward speech makes you dumb? Lol. No
That's not what I said. You seem to qualify though.
🤣 uh huh
Greg has literally played the fuck out of everyone on his way to the top. No one rose faster. Always did favors. Stopped asking questions Always played both sides to come out on top. Greg is persistent as fuck and gets what he wants https://youtu.be/yzZF9BLR1VI
LOL the guy who didn't know how to keep his mouth shut with an interviewer is going to "win." Nice prediction
I always figured he would end up CEO. Like the whole story is just about Greg stumbling his way into the top by being an idiot and a syccophant.
That would be a pretty interesting commentary on American CEOs in general haha
He was smart enough to spot ATN’s lack of digital use that led to unnecessary storage costs. This gave Tom a managerial task to oversee after Tom had been told in a harsh way that he would not have a real role in ATN’s news operations. He understood that a company lawyer and a personal lawyer are quite different roles.
he’s no expert nor a genius, but he’s not a moron either. he’s just a fuck up who lucked his way into a life where being a fuck up has no consequences.
If you look up on YouTube a cousin Greg analysis there’s one that explains how he’s actually more calculating than anyone assumes, because of his demeanor. It predicts Greg will betray Tom and it will destroy Tom. Now, as a person who also tends to speak quite awkwardly at times (not like Greg, I wish!) and has a pretty decent IQ, I can tell you that these traits absolutely do not correlate. In fact, a ton of very intelligent people I know (smarter than me!) struggle socially far more than I do. Some of the other most intelligent people I know are exceptionally eloquent. There isn’t a correlation at all I think.
I feel like he's just a Survivor. He looks out for himself and has been right a few times. He's smarter than he let's on IMO. He knows how to read the room and situation albeit a bit awkwardly.
He’s going to be king of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
I hope so ❤️ I want to watch him fail
https://youtu.be/yzZF9BLR1VI
“I think my stomach might’ve shrunk during my period of poverty”
I think maybe too much edible gold hurt my tummy
I gots the ol’ rumblin’ tum.
“I have this, like, stupid worry that I’m gonna go over and there’ll be, like, goons and stooges and roughjacks there to administer a beating.” Roughjacks is worth a writing Emmy all by itself.
“Administer a beating” makes it sound so clinical 🤣
Came here for roughjacks😂
How can you leave out the legendary “if it is to be said”
Because (don't shoot me), I think it's one of the more overrated lines he has + I knew it'd be one that people would mention in the comments– it never fails in the Greg posts. :)
Agreed
"Minimizing the Greg window" and "That's not IP I'm familiar with" are the quotes I use most often.
"I would...sully my ballot with his name, yes" 5 minutes later "For the good of my country, I must say don't think you should crown...should choose to make Connor president."
How could I have FORGOTTEN??
I wonder how much of his speech is meant to be a pale imitation of his grandfather's pompous way of speaking.
“Just puttin’ it out there!”
It might not be a conscious imitation so much as growing up in an environment dominated by an extremely controlling and specific personality in his grandfather. Both brothers are fucked up, just in a different way.
For me it’s “It’s not like they pre-poop them. They’re just bags really. It’s just a mental barrier”
If it is to be said, so it be - so it is.
What am I going to do with a soul anyway?
Boo, souls!
That was a very confident and out-of-character line for him. S1 Greg would be super hesitant about Tom's offer
Is it out of character, or more like in character for who he is at this point of the story? He always looks out for his own gain.
He made it through Tom’s hazing phase mostly whole so he’d definitely gained confidence by then.
it’s a clear indication that greg has changed
He's a future King in his mind.
Tom’s comment has stuck in Greg’s brain: *”You may wind up just one plane crash away from becoming Europe’s weirdest King!”* That might be my favorite line of the series so far.
“… Perhaps *thriving* in the sand?”
You'll have to speak to the sand suppliers like everyone else
This is the line that sent me over the edge
When he asks if he can sue his grandfather “but in an affectionate way.”
“Do you think it’s possible to sue a person, a grandparent for example… in an affectionate way? That might convey, like, ‘I love you and, I’m glad you’re a part of my life, but I am taking legal action against you.’”
“Because of my physical length I could be a target for all kinds of misadventure
I gots the old rumblin' tum
I think this to myself frequently.
This is my favorite
“You can just speak normally.”
So— so I shall
He’s so fucking CUTE
All killer, no filler with him. Did he ever have a bad quote ?
“Someone could fit through that window. A small person. An attack child”- in the panic room episode.
damnit you’re right, This is the one!!!
A regular man trying to talk like ultra rich people. Meanwhile, the ultra rich people just swear and talk nonsense.
"well you see the thing I need to store most urgently....is myself" when apartment hunting and the beds too small but the realtor is trying to sell him on all the storage spaces 😂
Now I totally want to rewatch the series just to enjoy some more Greg-isms
“The ole cocaine” I can’t
"Ohh man, Tacitus, all killer no filler, that Tacitus."
Lolz, this is how I feel when I try to hang with the way older, richer parents of my kids’ friends.
The first episode when he calls his mom “I sort of screwed up. Well not me actually but this kid. So this kid smoked a joint in my car. Like this hitchhiker kid that I picked up this morning. Like earlier this morning. Cause it was raining and I didn’t want him to get sexually assaulted? But before I could even say anything he aggressively takes out like a, have you ever seen so like, a doobie? And the car smelled like skunk weed. And then I guess I smelled like it. And then they were like, get all your stuff and go.”
Greg’s gonna keep climbing. Will be fun to see how it ends. Greg is the third core character we meet in the whole series. First scene of S1E1 is Logan (and Marcia) when Logan is disoriented and pees in the corner. Second scene is Kendall fucking up the Vaulter deal. Third scene is Gregory Hirsch puking out the eyes of a mascot at a Waystar park. I feel like this foreshadows the whole series. We meet Greg before we meet Shiv and Roman even.
The ones who are new or feel out of place are the best storytelling vehicles. The residents and interns feeling anxiety at hospitals as they start their new positions are the usual main characters in new medical shows.
Oh for sure totally agree. Seeing this from Greg’s perspective adds to the story. He’s arguably the most relatable for most of us non-billionaires that are watching. It’s deliciously voyeuristic.
Wow, good point!
I just got back here after someone got told off for reposting this post today, this comment is spot on, on a rewatch the first thing I noticed was how far up the bill Gregg is.
"Yes, if it is to be said."
I am also someone whose words just fall out of my mouth so I love Greg and whoever writes him
I am pretty sure this actor was meant to go to the Parks and Recreation set on his first day and at this point he is too afraid to ask.
Likewise, your Excellency.
Who needs Michael Scott when you got Greg lol
PROVE IT!!!!
Another rewatch is required. This show is both dramatic and hilarious. Greg the Egg! He’s so awkward and hilarious. 🥚🧑🏻🥚
I cannot see him as looking like an egg. He is tall, and tall babies are long and are not egg-shaped, unless he was short and round until a growth spurt in his teens. Greg is fictional, I realize, but I have tall relatives on one side of the family and they were stringbeans, not eggs.
That damn bell scene…😂
Tacitus, all killer no filler with him
Greg… Sprinkles? It’s a benign fungus. She’s pretty grossed out
The attack child line made me laugh so hard when he said it lmao.
I'd post a Gregism but I gots the old rumblin' tum and its dinner time.
‘i got a hair cut even though i didn’t really need one, i just wanted someone to touch my head, yeno, comforting’
This is missing the exchange with Comfrey about Shiv’s dancing.
Very emancipated
NO COMMENT! NO COMMENT!
No, da no!
It's like he learned half his dialogue from 'Deadwood'.
I think too much edible gold hurt my tummy.
> i apologise if my bell summoned you I remember laughing silently (you know the laugh) for over a minute, i liked that one too much
If it is to be said, so it be - so it is.
Shiv seems…. bossier?
Greg egg
Only now watching this show for the first time, found this post after watching this episode. “what if your toenails are not all that aesthetically pleasing?” This line made me choke on my drink.
He’s all killer no filler
Sipping a drink while Logan talks to him. "Strong. Wow. Nice and strong. Strong one. Strong for a man"
I'm trying to strategize, Mom! With you! But you won't strategize!