Jeremy Thompson

This article reveals details from **Part 2**. Read at your own discretion.

> "*Our nation is built on shortcuts. Do you think we settled for sailing around South America when we wanted to get to the Pacific? No! We cut Panama in half!*"
> ― Jeremy in “The Charity Mugger"
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## General

### Nickname(s)

Jeremy The Enemy (By Molly, Becky, Nick, Tamika, and Xuan)
Mr. President (by the student council members and Nick)
 The Great Usurper (by Lisa)
 Boss, El Presidente (by Jim)

## Relationships

### Family

Ed Thompson (father)
 Liz Thompson (mother)
 Molly Thompson (sister)
Liza (great-grandmother)

## Production

### Portrayed by

Kalama Epstein

**Jeremy Thompson** is a main character on the Netflix Original series, *No Good Nick*. He is portrayed by Kalama Epstein. It is discovered throughout the series he is gay.

## Summary

Jeremy is the eldest child of Ed and Liz Thompson, the older brother of Molly Thompson, and older step-brother to Nick Franzelli. Jeremy is an overachieving high school sophomore who is suspicious of Nick throughout the majority of the series. He is the sophomore class representative, and as of "The Badger Game," runs for student body president. This gives him a bit of a popularity boost. As of "The Diploma Mill," he is demoted. It is revealed in episodes "The Big Mitt" and "The Box Job" that Jeremy is gay.

## Personality

Jeremy is an achiever and always strives to do his best. He is a selfish leader and an aspiring politician. He is very serious about what he does. Jeremy in "The Charity Mugger" calls himself "a fixer" and says that he has "great people skills and a can-do hi attitude." Nick also agrees that he has interpersonal skills, as she claims in "The Badger Game" that a girl who she helped become president at her old school "didn't have half the people skills you do."

He is also extremely paranoid of things, always concerned about how things affect him, and can be a little self-absorbed. Liz even apprises him of his personality, assuring him in "The Badger Game" that he's "a questioner" who "doesn't take things at face value." We know from a further episode in late season 1 that Jeremy appeared to be gay.We also know that Jeremy does not like to be wrong.

Kalama Epstein describes his character to be a sensitive and loving person who covers those traits up with a "joke" façade. He also states that Jeremy is uptight and does not like change.

## Trivia

* Jeremy is the first character in *No Good Nick* to be revealed as LGBTQ+.
* Jeremy keeps a future resume on his phone of list of things he wants to accomplish by the time he is 35 years old.
	+ One of those goals is to become president.
	+ It is also revealed in "The Money-Box Scheme" that going to Stanford would be one of Jeremy's achievements.
* Jeremy is the youngest student council president in the history of his school, thanks to Nick.
* Jeremy's personal hero is Thomas Jefferson.
* One of Jeremy's favorite moments in history is the founding of the National Bank.
* Jeremy has been in the emergency room for a concussion twice.
* Jeremy was expelled for stealing student council votes, but then Nick cancelled it by telling his principal that she actually stole it and framed him.
* Jeremy and Eric's favourite movie is *All The President's Men*, as mentioned in "The Trojan Horse".

## References

1. ↑ *Boys by Girls*'s interview with Kalama Epstein
2. ↑ *Tell-Tale TV*'s article "Kalama Epstein Talks 'No Good Nick' and Reflects on His Role on 'The Fosters'"

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