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You don't have a Father. You have Command. |
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— Tom Larsen to Olivia Pope, Where the Sun Don't Shine |
Thomas "Tom" Larsen was one of the secret service agents assigned to POTUS detail, protecting President Fitzgerald Grant III, along with Hal Rimbeau until he was accused of killing the president's son, Jerry Grant Jr. He was also a B613 agents who worked under Rowan and Jake.
About
The character of Tom is a minor supporting character for the series first appeared in the season one episode "Crash and Burn", portrayed by Brian Letscher.
History
Season One
Tom took President Fitzgerald Grant to Olivia's apartment when Fitz wanted to see Olivia about the Amanda Tanner scandal. (Crash and Burn
Season Two
Tom was the agent who informed Fitz about all the cameras in the White House and that every morning an agent goes through the footage and either archives or erases footage. He told Fitz this when he saw him making love to Olivia in the Oval office the night before. Tom warned Fitz that he wouldn't always be the one to check camera, that's when Fitz asked for his options... asking where there weren't cameras. (Happy Birthday, Mr. President)
He took President Fitzgerald Grant to Olivia's apartment when Mellie was threatening to go public about Fitz's extra martial affairs. (A Woman Scorned)
Season Three
In a shocking twist it is revealed that Tom is the B-613 inside man at The White House and around the same time his last name, "Larsen" is revealed. (We Do Not Touch the First Ladies)
Season Four
Rowan interrogated Tom for the death of Fitz's son, Tom gives up Jake Ballard as a name. In Season 4, Episode 7 Olivia visits Tom in Supermax and interrogates him on who killed Fitz's son. Tom sticks to his story and says that she's the "face that launched a thousand ships", he also informs her that Fitz attempted suicide after Olivia left. Olivia later arranges for him to be stabbed in prison. Tom, thinking it was Rowan, gives up Rowan which Olivia records. She plays the tape to the president.
Season Five
Tom has been sleeping with Cyrus Beene. Cyrus makes Tom hold hostage Francisco Vargas in the Pennsylvania capital. (Wild Card)
Season Six
Relationships
Romantic
Cyrus Beene
Professional
Fitz Grant
Career
As a secret service agent assigned to the President of the United States, he is very loyal to the president, Fitz Grant. Although it's not in his job description he lies for the president, withholds information for the president. Tom is also former Navy like President Grant. It is unknown if they served together; but what is known is that Tom knows Jake Ballard. Tom contacted Jake when Fitz wanted to put Olivia under surveillance.
Tom works alongside Hal Rimbeau and many other secret service agents who are assigned to protect the president. He was one of the agents that were with President Grant when he was shot, as well as shielding the President from any other gunshots and stayed with him at the hospital.
Gallery
- → See and enjoy 28 pictures of Tom Larsen at Images of Tom Larsen.
Videos
Quotes
Appearances
Season One: | ||||||
Sweet Baby: Absent |
Dirty Little Secrets: Absent |
Hell Hath No Fury: Absent |
Enemy of the State: Absent |
Crash and Burn: Appeared |
The Trail: Absent |
Grant: For the People: Appeared |
Season Two: | ||||||||||
White Hat's Off: Absent |
The Other Woman: Absent |
Hunting Season: Appeared |
Beltway Unbuckled: Absent |
All Roads Lead to Fitz: Absent |
Spies Like Us: Absent |
Defiance: Appeared |
Happy Birthday, Mr. President: (Flashback) |
Blown Away: Absent |
One For the Dog: Appeared |
A Criminal, A Whore, An Idiot, and A Liar: (Flashback) Absent |
Truth or Consequences: (Flashback) Absent |
Nobody Likes Babies: (Flashback) Absent |
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: Absent |
Boom Goes the Dynamite: Mentioned |
Top of the Hour: Absent |
Snake in the Garden: Absent |
Molly, You in Danger, Girl: Absent |
Seven Fifty-Two: (Flashback) Absent |
A Woman Scorned: Mentioned |
Any Questions?: Appeared |
White Hat's Back On: (Flashback) Absent |
Season Three: | ||||||||||
It's Handled: Appeared |
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner: (Flashback Episode) Appeared Present Day Only |
Mrs. Smith Goes to Washington: Appeared |
Say Hello to My Little Friend: Appeared |
More Cattle, Less Bull: Appeared |
Icarus: (Flashback Episode) Absent |
Everything's Coming Up Mellie: (Flashback Episode) Absent |
Vermont is for Lovers, Too: Appeared |
YOLO: (Flashback Episode) Absent | ||
A Door Marked Exit: Absent |
Ride, Sally, Ride: Absent |
We Do Not Touch the First Ladies: (Flashback Episode) Appeared Present Day Only |
No Sun on the Horizon: Appeared |
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang: (Flashback Episode) Absent |
Mama Said Knock You Out: Absent |
The Fluffer: Absent |
Flesh and Blood: Appeared |
The Price of Free and Fair Election: Appeared |
Season Four: | ||||||||||
Randy, Red, Superfreak and Julia: Appeared |
The State of the Union: Absent |
Inside the Bubble: Absent |
Like Father, Like Daughter: Appeared |
The Key: Absent |
An Innocent Man: Absent |
Baby Made a Mess: Appeared |
The Last Supper: Absent |
Where the Sun Don't Shine: (Winter Finale) Absent |
Run: (Winter Premiere) Appeared as a Hallucination |
Where's the Black Lady?: Appeared |
Gladiators Don’t Run: Absent |
No More Blood: Absent |
The Lawn Chair: Absent |
The Testimony of Diego Muñoz: Absent |
It's Good to Be Kink: Absent |
Put a Ring On It: (Flashback Episode) Absent |
Honor Thy Father: Absent |
I'm Just a Bill: Absent |
First Lady Sings the Blues: Absent |
A Few Good Women: Absent |
You Can't Take Command: Absent |
Season Five: | ||||||||||
Heavy is the Head: Absent |
Yes: Absent |
Paris is Burning: Absent |
Dog-Whistle Politics: Absent |
You Got Served: Absent |
Get Out of Jail, Free: Appeared |
Even the Devil Deserves a Second Chance: Absent | ||||
Rasputin: Appeared |
Baby, It's Cold Outside: (Fall Finale) Appeared |
It's Hard Out Here for a General: (Winter Premiere) Absent |
The Candidate: Absent |
Wild Card: Appeared |
The Fish Rots from the Head: Appeared |
I See You: Absent | ||||
Pencils Down: Appeared |
The Miseducation of Susan Ross: Appeared |
Thwack!: Appeared |
Till Death Do Us Part: Absent |
Buckle Up: Absent |
Trump Card: Absent |
That's My Girl: Appeared |
Season Six: | ||||||||||
Survival of the Fittest: Absent |
Hardball: Absent |
Fates Worse Than Death: Appeared |
The Belt: Appeared |
They All Bow Down: Absent |
Extinction: Absent |
A Traitor Among Us: Absent |
A Stomach for Blood: Absent | |||
Dead in the Water: Absent |
The Decision: (Alternate Universe) Absent |
Trojan Horse: Absent |
Mercy: Absent |
The Box: Absent |
Head Games: Absent |
Tick Tock: Absent |
Transfer of Power: Absent |
Season Seven: | ||||||||||
Watch Me: Absent |
Pressing the Flesh: Absent |
Day 101: (Flashback Episode) Absent |
Lost Girls: Absent |
Adventures in Babysitting: Absent |
Vampires and Bloodsuckers: Absent |
Something Borrowed: Absent |
Robin: Absent |
Good People: (Flashback Episode) Absent | ||
The People v. Olivia Pope: Absent |
Army of One: Absent |
Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself: Absent |
Air Force Two: Absent |
The List: Absent |
The Noise: Absent |
People Like Me: Absent |
Standing in the Sun: Absent |
Over A Cliff: Appeared |