Kyle Townsend

**Kyle Walter Townsend** is one of the main characters in Sweet Magnolias. He is portrayed by Logan Allen.

## Personality

**Kyle Townsend** is a sensitive, somewhat nerdy and shy teenage boy. He is a theatre kid who has been in many school plays and productions. He also enjoys graphic novels and playing video games.

## Physical Appearance

**Kyle Townsend** is a teenage boy the brown hair.

## Biography

### **Early Life**

**Kyle Townsend** is the middle child of the Townsend family.

### Current Life

**Kyle Townsend** is Maddie and Bill’s younger son and middle child who is a freshman at Serenity High School. He has a crush on Annie. Out of all the Townsend children, he was shown to be the one that handled his parents' divorce the best, even befriending Noreen who was his father's ex-mistress. He is a self-proclaimed theatre nerd and the most sensitive of the Townsend children.

At the end of Season 1 he is involved in a car accident where he was driving Ty´s car. Nellie Lewis was later revealed to be the other person sitting in the passenger seat. Nellie was later revealed in Season 2 to be fine, only suffering a few minor injuries.

## Throughout the Series

### Season 1

In Pour It Out: Kyle going for a walk with Ty and Annie. He mentions to have obtained the role of Puck in the school play, *A Midsummer Night's Dream*, despite only being a freshman. Kyle also is seen with Noreen, being the only Townsend child to actually have a relationship with Noreen: they tell each other the news about the day and use each other to get through loneliness.

In A United Front: while Kyle and Annie are having lunch at school, a girl in Ty's form asks Kyle about Ty's interests, wanting to impress him. Kyle, jealous that his brother is getting all of Annie's attention, tells the girl that Tyler secretly likes ballet and *High School Musical*, causing the girl to embarrass Ty in front of Jackson, Gabe and the rest of Ty's baseball teammates. Later, Ty and Kyle have a chat at their house's front lawn, with Ty having enjoyed the joke.

In Give Drink to the Thirsty: Kyle opens up to Noreen about the girl he has a crush on, without revealing her name. Noreen gives him love advice and they talk about the loneliness and unrequited love they feel: Annie doesn't pay attention to Kyle, while Bill and Ty don't seem to notice Noreen and her feelings. Kyle tells Noreen about his role in the school play, and Noreen promises to search for information about his character, which she later does.

#### Lay It All Down

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In Dance First, Think Later: Kyle receives love advice from Isaac while they're helping Maddie and Dana Sue at the spa's opening day.

In All Best Intentions: Kyle attends a family meal at Bill and Noreen's place with his siblings. They are asked if they want to have a role at their wedding, and Kyle stays silent, while Katie shows happiness. However, they end up leaving on Ty's orders, as his brother isn't too keen on the idea.

In Hold My Hand: Kyle learns about Annie and Ty's kiss and confronts his brother. Ty replies that Annie is the ones who kissed him and not the other way round, which leaves Kyle even more upset.

In What Fools These Mortals Be: Kyle is sent a flower by Noreen to wish him luck on the play: *A Midsummer Night's Dream*. After it finishes, Noreen visits him and tells him that Bill couldn't attend it as he was on call. She also says that he was great but that she was going to return with her family and leave Bill. Back at Maddie's place, Kyle intends to opens up with Annie about his feelings for her, and when he tries to kiss her she awkwardly turns away.

In Where You Find Me: Kyle disappears: after his awkward moment with Annie the night before, he decides not to go to mock trial to avoid further embarrassment. Instead, he goes to church, where June Wilkes tries to help him. At mock trial, everyone is worried about Kyle's whereabouts, and even Bill is looking for him too. Pastor June is forced to call his mother so she stops worrying. When Maddie arrives, he explains that he disappeared because he thought nobody would notice or care. Later, when he gets home, he is asked by Annie to play cards with her. She tells him that she had to fill in for her.

In *Storms and Rainbows*: Kyle has dinner with his family, where Cal is present. Kyle is surprised to hear that Cal has looked up a baseball musical to impress him. Later, Kyle agrees with Annie to have a "no prom night" in which they'll play videogames. Kyle buys *Cuphead: The Videogame*. However, Annie is asked out to prom by her friend Simon, and she goes with him instead of spending her evening with Kyle.

Kyle is a bit upset about this, but instantly forgets when Bill tells him that he has bought tickets to take him to see *Hamilton*. Later, Kyle has a "no prom night" with Jackson's sister Nellie at the Lewis house. They spend the whole night playing the videogame he had bought for Annie, but the fun doesn't last for long because Jackson decides to host the prom after-party there. A fight breaks out between and Ty and Jackson when the former intends to defend his brother. Then Kyle intervenes and, upset about how he lives in the shadow of his brother (who, in Kyle's opinion, always comes to save the day without Kyle needing someone else to defend him), runs away and takes Ty's car. There is a cut to him is in a car accident, unconscious, with many wounds; it is also mentioned that another person was in the car with him .

## Book

* Kyle’s car accident is an event that didn't happen in the books.
* Kyle never had a friendship with Noreen.

## Gallery

**Kyle Townsend** has a **photo gallery**.