You Don't Look Like You: Between his Age Lift, clean-shaven face, and weight loss he looks nothing like Gerald R.By the end, after the whole ordeal and nearly losing Jess, he decides to go back to being a simple vet to be closer to his daughter. Workaholic: He eventually admits that this is responsible for both of his failed marriages.Trust Me, I'm a Doctor: He needs to ensure Nima that he's a doctor before she'll let him treat her bite wound.Team Dad: More often than not, he'll be the one to defuse tension within the group.It is justified under the circumstances since he was taught basic first aid, had radio guidance from someone who knew the relevant toxicology, and was really the only one able to treat Nima in any case. Surgeons Can Do Autopsies If They Want: Although only a vet, much of episode one involves him having to treat a fellow human, Nima, when he discovers her bite wound.He's also involved in solving most of the puzzles, and he's usually the voice of reason when things start going pear-shaped. The Smart Guy: As an employee of the park, he knows a lot about the machinery and facilities used on site, and being a veterinarian means he also knows about the dinosaurs and their behaviour pattern.rex with nothing but a single-shot tranq rifle. Papa Wolf: He will do anything to keep Jess safe, including facing down a T.
Overprotective Dad: Over the course of the game, he tries to keep Jess safe and steer her away from less commendable activities like stealing and smoking.He Took a Level in Badass during Episode 1. Non-Action Guy: He starts out as this, since he's only a veterinarian trying to keep his daughter safe.Keep in mind that these animals must weigh a few tons, and could easily injure him if panicked. Kindly Vet: He gets on very well with the Triceratops and the Parasaurolophus, to the point that he can safely treat the wound of one of them without sedating them first.The Everyman: Has shades of this, as he's the closest to being an ordinary civilian out of the cast.A character who shows up in one scene in the film becomes one of the main characters here. Early-Bird Cameo: See Ascended Extra above.He turns this around near the end by deciding to move back to Dallas, so that he can spend more time with his daughter. Doting Parent: Double Subverted at first it seems he's showing Jess the park so that they can spend some family time together, but it turns out during the third episode that Jess was sent to him after a shoplifting incident, mostly to set her straight.Disappeared Dad: This is implied during the argument in episode three.Badass Normal: For an animal vet, he sure does some awesome things - and lives through stuff that would kill a lot of people.Badass Bookworm: He's as good at lecturing about dinosaurs as he is fending them off with nothing but a steel pipe.Ascended Extra: While he was Demoted to Extra in the film and only got one scene, here he's one of the main characters.He's being visited by his teenage daughter Jess when the Isla Nublar incident occurs, and is quickly thrust into a fight for survival.
Gerry Harding is Jurassic Park's chief veterinarian, and is quite knowledgeable about the park's various dinosaurs.