Adam Whitney Hayes[3] is a member of the main cast of The Bright Sessions and one of the two main protagonists of The Infinite Noise and The College Tapes. Adam is a non-atypical, gay teenager who suffers from depression and, as of The Bright Sessions and The Infinite Noise is in the same class as Caleb. He is a very smart student who is in the running for valedictorian. Though both of his parents are neurosurgeons, Adam is passionate about English, studying it as his major at Yale in The College Tapes. Caleb and Adam began dating in season 2 of the main series, bringing him into the main cast and setting up the premise for the first novel and the second spin-off.
Abilities[]
No known atypical abilities.
Appearance[]
Adam is one of the shortest characters in The Bright Sessions, with the only characters shorter than him being Sam and Dr. Bright. Adam is half Black on his mom's side. According to The Infinite Noise, he has freckles and he keeps his hair short.
Relationships[]
Caleb Michaels[]
Caleb is Adam's boyfriend. The two were in the same English class in their junior year, where Caleb noticed that Adam's emotions were influencing him more than the emotions of their other classmates. Caleb asked Adam out to lunch and their friendship eventually progressed into a romantic relationship after Caleb told Adam about his ability.
The two briefly broke up after learning about the work that Adam's parents do with atypicals. They spent a summer apart but eventually reconciled.
In season 3, Adam is nearly kidnapped by Damien, prompting Caleb to freak out and beat Damien nearly to death. It is after this that both of their parents decide to keep them away from the atypical world and the rest of their atypical friends, though they frequently disobeyed this.
In season 4 their relationship's arc focused around insecurities about their future and their desire to stay together after high school.
Caitlin Park[]
Annabelle Wadsworth[]
Elijah Hayes[]
Rebecca Hayes[]
Sadie Greenwood[]
Miriam[]
Trivia[]
- Sunday is his "study day"[4]
- Adam is Jewish and Christian. "Double the presents!"[5]
- Adam's Myers-Briggs personality type is INTJ.[6]
- He is the third-shortest member of the main cast.[7]
- He tried to be a vegetarian when he was 14 but liked burgers too much to keep it up.
- His Hogwarts house is Ravenclaw.
- Adam's favorite number is 3.
- His favorite holiday is Halloween.
- He has a dislike for the military.
- He has a history of self harm.
References[]
- ↑ Retrieved from https://twitter.com/marcus_emdanat
- ↑ Retrieved from http://thebrightsessions.tumblr.com/post/154678191369/heeey-im-the-girl-who-harasses-you-and-lauren-on
- ↑ The Bright Sessions Tumblr
- ↑ http://www.thebrightsessions.com/episode-15
- ↑ Retrieved from http://thebrightsessions.tumblr.com/post/156568053344/whos-religious-out-of-the-characters-and-for
- ↑ Retrieved from http://thebrightsessions.tumblr.com/post/152703332129/hey-i-was-wondering-if-you-were-to-assign
- ↑ Retrieved from http://thebrightsessions.tumblr.com/post/149001065654/do-you-have-canon-heights-for-everyone