Byron is one of the secondary characters in the first season of H2O: Just Add Water.
Biography[]
Byron is a skilled swimmer and windsurfer. Miriam plans a party for Byron to celebrate him winning a windsurfing competition, but Byron doesn't turn up, as parties aren't his thing. This shows that Miriam sort of likes Byron but when the girls ask he why he's not at the party Miriam is throwing, he replies "You mean the blond one," which shows he didn't really know who Miriam was[1].
Emma becomes the first mermaid to get moon struck, and Cleo, Rikki and Lewis have to hide Emma's tail. While Emma is in the jacuzzi, Byron sees her, luckily not her tail. They share a kiss, then when Emma is moved upstairs, she shares another kiss with Byron on the floor. At the end of the episode Byron compliments Emma for having great lips, but Emma doesn't remember the events from last night and is confused. Emma just shrugs and then they all go back to their smoothies[2].
Byron asks Emma for training help prior to the school's swimming contest. Emma turns him down, but then changes her mind. Emma and Byron eventually share a kiss, but Emma dumps him, as she believes that coaches should not be involved with their students. Byron and Zane both compete in the school swimming contest and Byron beats Zane. After the victory, Emma and Byron become friends[3].
Byron goes to the School dance with Miriam, but he is not enjoying himself. He keeps looking for Emma, who he really wanted to ask, but was too nervous to do so. When the girls disappears for a while, Byron, Zane and Lewis sit at the side looking other people dancing. Byron starts to think that Emma went to home, but she does return to the party and they share a slow dance after everyone else has gone home[4].
Relationships[]
Emma Gilbert[]
Main article: Byron-Emma Relationship
Emma seems to think that Byron is cute right from the beginning, but doesn't make any moves until she becomes moonstruck for the first time and kisses him. Cleo and Rikki catch them and make them stop kissing, however, since Emma is moonstruck. Emma makes even more moves on him throughout the night, like grabbing his butt while being moved in a wheelchair upstairs by Cleo (Byron believes that Cleo did it instead, though). As she is left alone in her bedroom, Byron finds her again and the two end up kissing again until Emma's family walks in on them and makes them stop. The next day, Byron tells Emma that she had "great lips" that night, but she doesn't remember that they kissed at all and is confused[1].
Emma and Byron was an instant match, because when Emma was coaching Byron for the annual South Coast High School swimming competition. Byron wanted to beat Zane, who usually won the competition, and went to Emma for help in training him to be better. In this training they started to get close and ended up fighting, and that saddened Emma, because Byron was her crush. After the fight Rikki went to talk to Byron and made them make up after one more training they kissed. As the training was about to begin Zane goaded Byron into a swim challenge, and Byron lost, leaving Emma angry, causing them to quarrel. On the day of the championship Emma was not present when Byron competed. Later, when Emma arrives she sees that Byron is swimming super well, and that is in first because the fight had left him angry. When Byron won, he wanted to thank Emma more, but when approaching her, Emma refused his hug because he was wet. Emma ended the relationship and saying that it was only friendship. Emma goes to swim alone as she was sad her relationship did not work out[3].
Byron goes to the dance with Miriam, making Emma jealous. However, he seems more interested in Emma at the dance than Miriam. Byron reveals to Emma that he was too nervous to ask her to the dance in the first place so that was why he went with Miriam instead and she reveals that she was nervous too. He is sad when Emma disappears from the dance, deciding to wait for her with Zane (who was also waiting for Rikki to come back). Just as him and Zane are about to leave, Emma and Rikki come back for them and both couples slow dance together[4].
Miriam Kent[]
Miriam and Byron never dated, but it was clear that Miriam liked him. She throws him a pool party[1], but he doesn't even show up, telling Emma that parties aren't his thing. Miriam invites Byron to the dance, because Zane was with Rikki. And also wanted to cause jealousy in Emma[4].
Behind the scenes[]
He was portrayed by actor Christopher Poree.
Byron mysteriously vanished after episode "Love Potion #9." His last appearance was in season one when he took Miriam to the school dance, and he was never seen on the show since. Byron didn't appear, nor was he mentioned, in Season 2 and Season 3.
Trivia[]
- He was the first boyfriend of Emma Gilbert, before Ash.
- Byron is the first and only love interest of a main character who never found out about the existence of Merpeople.
Gallery[]
- Main article: Byron (JAW)/Gallery
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Pool Party
- ↑ Moon Spell
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sink or Swim
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Love Potion #9