Charlie McPherson - Home and Away Characters

Charlie McPherson (2004)
Lucy & Amelia Marsh, Ashley & Breanna Mackenzie
Episodes: 3741, 3785-3797

Parent: Brooke McPherson

Charlie was first glimpsed in episode 3700, when Irene and Sally stumbled across a photo of a teenage girl with a baby on Barry Hyde’s computer, with the message “He looks like you.”After half of Summer Bay seemed to have seen the photo, Kim finally saw it and realised the baby was his son;the girl, Brooke, was his ex-girlfriend.He confronted Barry who admitted being in contact with Brooke and her son, Charlie or Charles, and supporting them in exchange for keeping Kim out of it.

After much pressure from Kim, Brooke finally brought Charlie to Summer Bay for the day to meet his father.After they had run into each other near the beach, the makeshift family headed back to the beach house where Kim introduced Charlie to Irene and Kane, causing some uncomfortable moments for Kane who was about to undergo cancer treatment and was worried it would leave him infertile.Brooke took Charlie back home but promised to stay in touch.

A few weeks later, Brooke and Charlie returned to Summer Bay and moved in with Leah, since Barry had arranged for Sally to hire Brooke as a nanny.Kim was delighted to spend time with Charlie but didn’t realise that Brooke and Barry were actually hoping that the experience would put him off being a father, since they didn’t want him involved with Charlie.When Kim learned the truth and realised he wasn’t going to be allowed to be part of Charlie’s life, he took Charlie away to spend a last few hours with him, leaving Brooke afraid he’d kidnapped him.Her response made Kim realise that she’d lied and Charlie wasn’t his son, she’d simply claimed he was because she knew Barry would be willing to pay her maintenance without telling him.