The idea has been floated by Miguel Ferrer himself that Granger has a double standard when it comes to proper behaviour. There are many examples of this. He expects the agents below him to act within the law, and then he goes and breaks it to retrieve information from a suspect. He does not support the agents going rogue on a case and pushes inter-agency cooperation, but it has been hinted at that Granger had a lone-wolf tendency in his days as a younger agent. He easily handed credit for an arrest over to another agency, but has also run interference between the team and his bosses. He has ambitions to move upward, but then is found on the ground in Afghanistan acting like a regular agent, not the Assistant Director. His relationship with Hetty, which is a whole different convoluted discussion fraught with ticking bombs and booby traps, also follows a similar theme; sometimes he seems to be afraid of her and then he purposefully provokes a response from her. His personality is like two sides of a coin and until you flip it, you don’t know what side will be facing up this time.
With input from Diane
Exactly!!! I thought it was just me. Sometimes I love him, and sometimes I make mean faces at him. But most of the time, I just can’t figure the mad out!