Gerry Granda

## Gerardo "Gerry" Granda

**Gerardo "Gerry" Granda** is a character in *Control Z*. He is portrayed by Patricio Gallardo.

Gerry was a school bully who tormented Luis on a daily basis. His secret was that he liked to watch gay porn. He has issues with anger, and is currently wanted by the police for Luis’ death and for shooting Javier.

## Throughout the Series

### Season 1

Gerry was part of the popular crowd, but he was also a bully along with his group of friends. When his secret was revealed to the entire school he quickly denied being gay. After his girlfriend dumped him, he then beat Luis up severely, which resulted in the latter being put in a coma. Gerry was then expelled and shunned by his friends. He later admitted to Luis' mother in the hospital that he was bisexual while visiting Luis in a coma. Luis later died of brain damage, and Gerry took a gun and confronted Raul, blaming him for Luis' death. Raul told Gerry that Luis's secret was that he was in love with Gerry. Gerry then attempted to shoot Raul. However, he ended up shooting Javier instead when Javier tried to take his gun.

### Season 2

Gerry ran away from the scene and hid in a motel. He tried to call his mother but couldn’t bring himself to tell her what happened. A little while later, Raúl found him. After a brief fight, Raúl convinced him to hide at his house and bought him a new phone. Eventually the two got into a fight again and Gerry kissed Raúl, but then quickly apologized and denied being gay. Raul made it clear that Gerry’s sexual preference did not matter to him, telling him that it was fine while saying he accepted him.

One night while Raúl was at Rosita’s party, Gerry became frustrated with being cooped up and went to a gay bar. One of the patrons recognized him from Grindr and tried to make a move on him, despite the fact that Gerry told him to leave him alone. This resulted in Gerry becoming violent again and getting kicked out of the bar. On the sidewalk, a bouncer named Felipe began making conversation with him.

The next day while Gerry was laying on the couch, he received a text saying, “I’m coming for you!” However, it turned out to be Felipe. Gerry began to flirt with him but was pretty embarrassed about it. Soon, however, he stripped completely naked and let Felipe look at his body. Later that night, he met Felipe at some gay club called, “Sinner.”

While at the bar, Sofia and Raúl met up with them, as they were afraid for Gerry’s safety, but also decided that in order to find the avenger, they needed him (since he was who the avenger wanted). Pablo showed up as well and took pictures of the three of them before creating a scene during which Gerry fled. Raul found him outside and gave him money and a hug before telling him never to come back.

Gerry ended up at Felipe’s place and the two had sex. In the morning, Gerry was watching the latest video on Luis’ profile—Pablo telling everyone that Gerry was getting drunk and hiding out at Raul’s place. Meanwhile, Gerry had told Felipe his name was Carlos. Because Gerry was being cryptic the entire time with Felipe, Felipe Googled the name on Gerry’s dog tags (his full name Gerardo Granda) and realized he’d been lied to. Convinced that he was being used as a way to hide from the police, he threw Gerry out.

Gerry visited Luis’ grave and remembered how he began bullying him; Luis had given him a portrait he had drawn of Gerry. At first Gerry loved the drawing and showed it to his parents. His father, however, immediately came to the conclusion that Luis was gay and warned Gerry “not to turn into fag.” The next day, Gerry joined Dario and Ernesto in teasing Luis and told them that Luis was in love with him.

Gerry put his dog tags on Luis’ grave and apologized for what he’d done. He then went to see Marta and told her he was turning himself in.

With nowhere to go, Gerry returned to Raúl in time to pull an enraged Pablo off of his friend. Raúl convinced Gerry to contact the avenger. He ended up on the rooftop of the school. Alex, revealed to be the culprit, forced Gerry to make a live Instagram story apologizing for killing Luis. She then forced Raúl (who followed his friend) to make a poll asking people to vote on whether or not Gerry should die. The majority of the student body voted in favor of him dying. Just as Gerry was about to jump off the building, Sofia, Javier, Susana, Maria, and Claudia entered the scene and Sofia calmed Alex down. Gerry watched as the group of them fought over the bag of money, which resulted in Susana falling off the building.

## Personality

In the beginning, Gerry appears to be the stereotype of a "bad body jock". He's an asshole, having multiple traits of a toxic masculinity. A bully who tends to intimidate others, but especially Luis. He also has serious anger issues and tends to react violently. Gerry likes to bully because he feels like a "true man". However, things get out of control when he attacks Luis causing him to be hospitalized.

It's only after that incident he starts to realize the cost of his actions, sincerely regretting what he did to Luis and starts visiting him at the hospital every day. When Luis dies, Gerry feels incredibly guilty and wishes it was him and not Luis, and wants to kill himself with a gun. But later, when it's revealed that Raúl is the hacker, Gerry seeks revenge for Luis and goes to the NONA party to kill Raúl.

## Relationships

### Rosita

Gerry was going out with Rosita at the beginning of the show, but she dumped him when his secret was revealed. He was later shunned by his friends and thrown out of Raul's party.

### Luis Navarro

It's revealed Gerry actually liked Luis and appreciated him, he also liked the picture Luis did for him, however, due to his father's homophobic influence, Gerry rejects Luis' drawing and eventually begins to bully him, which continued even after the start of the series. But when he put Luis in a coma, Gerry regrets what he did to him. His will to pay for the death of Luis goes as far as willingly wanting to turn himself in to the police and even accepting to die for Luis.

### Felipe

Gerry went out to a club where he met Felipe. Gerry and Felipe later became intimate, but once Felipe found out Gerry had lied to him and was wanted by the police for murder, he threw him out.

## Physical Appearance

Gerry likes to wear t-shirts and jeans mostly. He is often seen wearing a necklace with dog tags and sometimes smokes. He has short brown hair and hazel eyes, but is not as tall as his friends. He is muscular, very strong.

## Appearances

* *Victims*
* *Idiots*
* *Night School*
* *Face to Face*
* *How Well Do You Really Know Javier?*
* *Control Z*
* *Public Enemy*
* *The Return*
* *Needs*
* *Nothing to Hide*
* *New Pleasures*
* *A Minute of Silence*
* *Control Z*
* *The Ultimate Revenge*

## Trivia

* **Secret**: He has watched gay porn. It's assumed he's bisexual due to his attraction to both genders and his cyber sexual habits, even though he quickly denies that being his sexual orientation.