▁Mol ly ▁H agan , ▁Ken ▁Hudson ▁Campbell , ▁Rick ▁Law less , ▁and ▁Peter ▁Mac K en zie ). ▁ ▁Syn opsis ▁Research ▁assistant ▁H erman ▁Bro oks ▁( Will iam ▁R ags dale ) ▁works ▁in ▁the ▁fact - check ing ▁department ▁of ▁a ▁major ▁magazine ▁publish er , ▁Wat erton ▁Publishing , ▁in ▁Manh attan . ▁H erman , ▁from ▁all ▁out ward ▁appearances , ▁emb od ies ▁the ▁young ▁man ▁on ▁the ▁fast ▁track — amb it ious , ▁clever ▁and ▁sensible — but ▁view ers ▁are ▁shown ▁that ▁a ▁struggle ▁of ▁contrast ing ▁person ality ▁tra its ▁are ▁constantly ▁working , ▁and ▁most ▁often ▁arg uing , ▁inside ▁his ▁head . ▁His ▁dec isions ▁and ▁actions ▁are ▁dram at ized ▁with ▁a ▁" G reek ▁ch orus " – style ▁interpretation ▁of ▁his ▁thought ▁processes . ▁ ▁The ▁series ▁begins ▁with ▁H erman ▁as ▁m ild - mann ered , ▁giving ▁in ▁to ▁every ▁passing ▁sexual ▁desire , ▁bed ding ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁women ▁and ▁not ▁being ▁above ▁b ending ▁the ▁truth ▁about ▁his ▁life ▁or ▁career ▁status ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁impress ▁women . ▁He ▁makes ▁attempts ▁to ▁sett le ▁down ▁every ▁once ▁in ▁a ▁while , ▁which ▁he ▁does ▁not ▁find ▁hard ▁due ▁to ▁his ▁overall ▁willing ness ▁to ▁turn ▁a ▁strictly ▁physical ▁connection ▁into ▁love . ▁However , ▁despite ▁his ▁rom antic ▁re per toire ▁with ▁women , ▁he ▁sometimes ▁los es ▁them ▁over ▁com ical ▁misunder stand ings ▁that ▁are ▁often ▁never ▁resolved . ▁These