Marshall Gregson

CHARACTER
Marshall Gregson
Gender	Male
Date of Birth	-
First Appearance	Pilot
Last Appearance	- From This Day Forward
Occupation	Student
Number of episodes	36
Relatives	Tara (Mother Max(Father) Kate(Sister) Charmaine(Aunt) Beverly Craine (Grandmother) Frank Craine (Grandfather) Wheels (cousin) Courtney (girlfriend) Lionel Traine (boyfriend) Noah (boyfriend)
Portrayed by	Keir Gilchrist

Marshall Gregson (Keir Gilchrist ) is Tara and Max's son, and the "baby" of the family. He is old-fashioned, loves classic films and wants to be a director when he grows up. Creator Diablo Cody has addressed Marshall's being gay as "just matter-of-fact" and "definitely wasn't intended as any sort of plot point." Though the family is supportive of Marshall, Buck is slightly homophobic and often makes disparaging remarks; Cody thought "it would be really fun" to have the dichotomy of Tara being "incredibly supportive" while Buck is "kind of a homophobe", though "he actually does love Marshall." Tara's pet name for Marshall is "Marshmallow," while Kate endearingly calls him "Moosh." He crushes on Jason , an older boy at his school. The two kiss but after an incident with T , Jason ends things with Marshall. He then begins to date a girl, Courtney . However, after having sex with her, Marshall comes to realize he is gay. Marshall gets a boyfriend in season 2, Lionel, his openly gay best friend and first official boyfriend. In season 3 Marshall and Lionel break up and Marshall begins a relationship with Noah, a new classmate. Gilchrist has been praised for his portrayal, and singled out as "the real breakout star ... [his] expressive, trusting face will definitely break your heart in some scenes".