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Rooster<\/a><\/em> brought Greg Russo (Steve Carell<\/a>) further into the fold as a member of the Ludlow College family as he took on the resident writer position at the behest of the school\u2019s president, Walter Mann (John C. McGinley<\/a>), despite it further ruffling the feathers of staff member, Dylan Shepherd (Danielle Deadwyler<\/a>).<\/p>\n As viewers have seen in past episodes, Dylan was left awkwardly rejected by Greg after making a pass at him when he was invited as a guest speaker for her class. Now, Greg is forced to work in close proximity, in part because he\u2019s attempting to save his daughter Katie\u2019s (Charly Clive<\/a>) job after she burned her cheating husband Archie\u2019s (Phil Dunster<\/a>) house down. Fair warning that there are spoilers for Rooster<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Season 1<\/strong>\u00a0Episode 3<\/strong> ahead!<\/strong><\/p>\n Along the way, though, Greg and Dylan\u2019s further entanglement becomes less avoidable as Dean Riggs (Alan Ruck<\/a>) has a medical event in Dylan\u2019s presence, leaving him in the hospital and her to pick up the reins as interim Dean. When Greg finds himself in more than one awkward run-in with students, ranging from a choice metaphor to an accidental groping, he\u2019s forced to face the reality of new power dynamics after Riggs took a particular interest in befriending Greg for the wrong reasons.<\/p>\n HBO<\/p>\n<\/div>\n When Riggs is left with a tube down his throat following a heart attack, Greg awkwardly joins his wife (played by Carell\u2019s real-life wife, Nancy), holding the man\u2019s hand in the hospital. \u201cI think it was just some lies I told my wife,\u201d Ruck jokes about Riggs\u2019 positioning Greg as a good pal, despite barely knowing one another.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, working with Nancy was \u201ccharming, lovely, [and] wonderful,\u201d according to the actor who previously collaborated with HBO as Succession<\/a><\/em>\u2018s Connor Roy. As for his dynamic with Dylan, \u201cthere\u2019s some friction,\u201d Ruck admits, leading up to Riggs\u2019 medical event.<\/p>\n Adding insult to injury, Dylan\u2019s initial bond with Greg isn\u2019t the same, and moving forward, their cooperation is integral to Ludlow\u2019s success, but Deadwyler notes, \u201cRejection feels crazy\u2026 it makes her feel a little crazy, and she thought it was gonna go away, but it didn\u2019t, and so now you have to consistently confront this thing that has challenged you in this way,\u201d Deadwyler continues, adding, \u201cit\u2019s exhilarating and it\u2019s horrifying at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n