Gregory Thompson Eddie is a main character in ABC's hit mockumentary sitcom Abbott Elementary. He is a First Grade teacher at Abbott. Greg interviewed at the Willard R. Abbott Elementary to be principal and got it, however, because Ava Coleman caught the superintendent cheating on his wife, he made her principal, and Greg was hired as a substitute first-grade teacher. After talking with the superintendent, Greg becomes a full-time teacher.
He is portrayed by actor Tyler James Williams.
Personality[]
Gregory is nonconfrontational as he does not tell Ava that he is uncomfortable whenever she makes a pass at him. Moreover, it took a while for him to confront the parent of one of his students about their tardiness in class.
He is shown to be level-headed as when there was a partial power outage in school, he tries to think of a solution and tells everyone to stay calm.
He is a bit serious and most of the time, he is usually stoic, but he does show that he has a sense of humor. He is a bit of a perfectionist, but proactive, like when he sees Janine's crooked map and immediately fixes the frame. However, when he is comfortable, he loosens up and is able to share jokes with his co-workers. In Work Family, he showed his fun-side when he danced with his students during Tariq's F.A.D.E. performance.
History[]
Pre-Series[]
Gregory Eddie grew up in Baltimore. In Mother's Day, Gregory revealed that his mother, Faith, passed away when he was 9 years old.
For the first 20 years of his life, he spent every summer vacation "planting, mowing and raking" at his grandfather's landscaping business, Eddie Lawn & Care. His father is Martin Eddie. That resulted in Greg not being able to stand gardening at all.[6]
As a young man he interned at the Baltimore School Board for two summers and went to school to become a Principal. He got his Masters in Educational Leadership and went through a program specifically meant to encourage young black men to become principals.[7]
Season One[]
Gregory arrives at Abbott Elementary to substitute for Ms. Schwartz.
In Pilot, Gregory arrived at Abbott Elementary as a substitute teacher to replace Tina Schwartz, who was fired for "punting a student." When he arrived, Ava told him that she thought her colleagues had hired a male stripper for her, immediately making him uncomfortable. He had initially applied to be the school's principal and thought he got the job but "something happened," although it was revealed that Ava had blackmailed the superintendent to get the job instead.
Later that day, he helped a student who peed himself by accompanying him to the bathroom. It is there where he first met Janine, who tried to call security on him on account of him being in the bathroom holding a student's pants.
He joined the other teachers when Ava called for a "trust workshop" but refused to participate when Ava asked him to say something bad about Janine.
He appreciated what Janine was trying to do for her students and acknowledged that she was on a mission and that it was cool to see. Initially, he said that he took the substitute teacher job so he could become the principal, but when Janine asked if he was subbing to go full time, he responded that he would have to see but that the job definitely surprised him. Janine hoped he would stay for the kids, and he told the camera crew that he would stick around for a little while for the kids.
Gregory tried to confront his student's mother regarding her son's tardiness in class.
In Light Bulb, one of Gregory’s students arrived at his class with his mother an hour late, but he failed to confront the parent. He asked Barbara for some advice on how to handle it, and Barbara told him he should talk to the mom. He did not want to as he thought that being a substitute teacher, he shouldn’t deal with parents. It took Barbara tricking him to going to her nail salon, the same nail salon the student’s mother went to, and a bit of coaxing for him to get over the awkwardness of the interaction to confront the mother about her son coming in late. He convinced her to have her son to school earlier and the mother thanked him for being a teacher that cared for his students.
When Barbara told him that being a teacher meant he had to learn to deal with awkward interactions and that he should learn to say what he needed to get what he wanted. He took this advice to muster up some courage and asked Janine to grab a bite with him, although Jacob invited himself to join them.
Season Two[]
Season Three[]
Season Four[]
Relationships[]
Family[]
Martin Eddie is his father.
Gregs mother died when he was only 9 years old.[8]
Romantic[]
Janine Teagues[]
Janine and Gregory were a will-they-won't-they from season 1 to season 3. In season 4 they were revealed to be a couple, getting together after Janine's party in season three 'Party'.
Friends[]
Jacob Hill[]
Jacob immediately tried to befriend Gregory, although the latter was off put by him at first. As the series goes on, the two actually start developing a friendship as Gregory warms up to him.
Memorable quotes[]
- "The point is, when you give some kids chickens, other kids are gonna get snakes. And if you get snakes for long enough, that's what you think you deserve."[9]
- ”I don’t [BLEEP] with settlers of Catan.”
- ”I don’t sound like that, Janine. My voice is quite deep.”
- "I take all of your recommendations seriously. I want to know why you like stuff."
- "...Please."
- "Fruit should not be hot."
- "It's not my fault! I was born this way."
- Gregory: "Don Cheadle."
Janine: "No. That's you."
Gregory: "Hmm."
Trivia[]
- Gregory is a Baltimore Ravens fan.[10]
- Gregory is a Grape Nuts fan, although he thinks they can get a bit sugary.[10]
- Gregory is a picky eater, as he does not like things such as clam chowder [11], pizza, pie and ribs but loves donuts and likes bacon and boiled-chicken sandwiches.
- Gregory is bad at deciphering students' drawings.
- Gregory loves board games. He'll play almost anything except Settlers of Catan.[12]
- Gregory favorite NBA team is the Washington Wizards.[12]
- Gregory wasn’t in the gifted program as a kid and it gave him self-esteem issues. It discouraged him from trying in school.[9]
- After school, Gregory normally works out and watch Jeopardy. [9]
- Gregory’s favorite day of the week is Friday because it’s his cheat day. He still works out but doesn’t do cardio.[4]
- Radishes are one of Gregory's favorite foods. [13]
Appearances[]
| Abbott Elementary, Season 1 | |||||
| # | Title | # | Title | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Pilot" | Appears | 8. | "Work Family" | Appears |
| 2. | "Light Bulb" | Appears | 9. | "Step Class" | Appears |
| 3. | "Wishlist" | Appears | 10. | "Open House" | Appears |
| 4. | "New Tech" | Appears | 11. | "Desking" | Appears |
| 5. | "Student Transfer" | Appears | 12. | "Ava vs. Superintendent" | Appears |
| 6. | "Gifted Program" | Appears | 13. | "Zoo Balloon" | Appears |
| 7. | "Art Teacher" | Appears | |||
| Abbott Elementary, Season 2 | |||||
| # | Title | # | Title | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Development Day" | Appears | 12. | "Fight" | Appears |
| 2. | "Wrong Delivery" | Appears | 13. | "Fundraiser" | Appears |
| 3. | "Story Samurai" | Appears | 14. | "Valentine's Day" | Appears |
| 4. | "The Principal's Office" | Appears | 15. | "Fire" | Appears |
| 5. | "Juice" | Appears | 16. | "Teacher Conference" | Appears |
| 6. | "Candy Zombies" | Appears | 17. | "Mural Arts" | Appears |
| 7. | "Attack Ad" | Appears | 18. | "Teacher Appreciation" | Appears |
| 8. | "Egg Drop" | Appears | 19. | "Festival" | Appears |
| 9. | "Sick Day" | Appears | 20. | "Educator of the Year" | Appears |
| 10. | "Holiday Hookah" | Appears | 21. | "Mom" | Appears |
| 11. | "Read-A-Thon" | Appears | 22. | "Franklin Institute" | Appears |
| Abbott Elementary, Season 3 | |||||
| # | Title | # | Title | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1&2. | "Career Day" | Appears | 9. | "Alex" | Appears |
| 3. | "Gregory's Garden Goofballs" | Appears | 10. | "2 Ava 2 Fest" | Appears |
| 4. | "Smoking" | Appears | 11. | "Double Date" | Appears |
| 5. | "Breakup" | Appears | 12. | "Mother's Day" | Appears |
| 6. | "Willard R. Abbott" | Appears | 13. | "Smith Playground" | Appears |
| 7. | "Librarian" | Appears | 14. | "Party" | Appears |
| 8. | "Panel" | Appears | |||
| Abbott Elementary, Season 4 | |||||
| # | Title | # | Title | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Back to School" | Appears | 12. | "Girard Creek" | Appears |
| 2. | "Ringworm" | Appears | 13. | "Science Fair" | Appears |
| 3. | "Class Pet" | Appears | 14. | "District Budget Meeting" | Appears |
| 4. | "Costume Contest" | Appears | 15. | "100th Day of School" | Appears |
| 5. | "Dad Fight" | Appears | 16. | "Books" | Appears |
| 6. | "The Deli" | Appears | 17. | "Karaoke" | Appears |
| 7. | "Winter Show" | Appears | 18. | "Audit" | Appears |
| 8. | "Winter Break" | Appears | 19. | "Music Class" | Appears |
| 9. | "Volunteers" | Appears | 20. | "Ava Fest: Tokyo Drift" | Appears |
| 10. | "Testing" | Appears | 21. | "Rally" | Appears |
| 11. | "Strike" | Appears | 22. | "Please Touch Museum" | Appears |
Media[]
Promotional[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Educator of the Year." Season 2, Episode 20.
- ↑ "Open House." Season 1, Episode 10.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "New Tech." Season 1, Episode 4.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Step Class." Season 1, Episode 9.
- ↑ "Mom." Season 2, Episode 21.
- ↑ "Art Teacher." Season 1, Episode 7.
- ↑ "Ava vs. Superintendent." Season 1, Episode 12.
- ↑ "Mother's Day" Season 3, episode 12
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Gifted Program." Season 1, Episode 6.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Wishlist." Season 1, Episode 3.
- ↑ "Zoo Balloon." Season 1, Episode 13.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Teacher Appreciation." Season 2, Episode 18.
- ↑ "Career Day." Season 3, Episode 1&2.
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