Charlie Crewe

**Charlie Crewe**was a main character from the sixth season until the tenth season of ***Why, Me?***. He was notable as he the only main character to end up permanently in jail and end up as “evil”. After copyrighting Max‘s album, named *Tempo*, the gang decided to take him down and send him to prison. After his trial, Charlie did not appear again in the series for awhile yet soon resurfaced in at least one episode of each season between the show’s fourteenth and seventeenth seasons.

Despite the *Tanzania* producers facing backlash for giving platform to an ex-criminal, they soon defended the star lamenting him as “good”. Charlie, turning his life around, is featured on the guest appearances - even if it almost ruined by some of the gang! His final appearance shows him and his new fiancée, Ariel Dungres, inform her previous boyfriend, Jax Garcia, that they have become engaged; securing many more anxieties for the latter. Their marriage is objected by Garcia during the show’s four hundredth episode.

## Summary

In Season 6, he moves into Northdale and gets a tour by Ariel and Daniel. As he starts Northdale University, many of the gang get chills from his snarky personality and persona. As he gets more familiar with the gang, he has both a dance-off and later, a troublesome friend round which manages to influence Dan; which makes Jax stay skeptical of him and makes him angry. Once he is caught influencing gang members with his law breaking, he gets into serious trouble and has to decide whether it is jail or a job. At the end of the season, Charlie attempts to get rid of enemies, Jax and Jack, from Northdale.

In Season 7, Charlie is left to explain his actions that nearly got gang members thrown out of Northdale. He is also advised by a counsellor and a couple of the gang members, to enter rehab after his bad streak. As he gets a bigger heart, he settles in more with the gang and looks to a brighter future. He even helps Daniel with his lemonade stand. Yet, he breaks everyone's trust when he gets caught vaping and turns it on Jack using technology.

In Season 8, Charlie is forced to work at an elderly’s home which changes his view on life. Also, he is forced to patch up things with Jack after their ongoing anti-friendship. He manages to make things worse once a game of Truth or Dare looms and he challenges Dan to a kiss. His friendship with Dan also takes another turn for the worse as they do a school project “together”. Charlie also finds himself unintentionally breaking the law.

In Season 9, he kick starts the series with trying to break a slide record. Tables are turned as Dan repeats history, this time him being the one in the wrong, which worsens their friendship. Charlie also faces his fear as he goes on The Tower Drop. Charlie becomes a magician for a day with Lila after a little inspiration. Finally, Charlie has to face up to the fact that he has a fear and that he must brave it.

In Season 10, Charlie challenges some gang members to build a new treehouse. He also embarks on his dream to join the army after his track record is cleared. Charlie is put to the test once he is challenged as Dan’s second best friend and also risks his friendships with the gang as a temptation is up for offer. He later goes back to his old rebellious ways and gets written off the series as he tries to claim the album, Tempo, is his and therefore gets locked up for an indefinite amount of time.

## Appearance and Personality

Charlie is a tall boy with brown hair and brown eyes. He is described to have both a “cheeky and young face” and he is usually seen to be wearing causal clothes - mostly shorts and long-ish tops (with the occasional hoodie). He is addicted to breaking the law, vaping and parties. He is quite bright but chooses to ignore it and party all day long. Charlie develops a passion of hatred for fairground rides and heights after an incident in Season 10.

## Casting

On February 1, 2025, the full line-up for the sixth season was announced which featured Charlie Crewe. Post the announcement, Crewe appeared on *The Talk*, and expressed his excitement for production. Crewe remained on the show for five seasons and was eventually written out of the season; finishing his stint just before the tenth season’s finale. There were claims that Crewe was ‘having disputes with most of the crew and was therefore released from his contract earlier than planned‘. However, he claimed that he had other commitments and therefore left slightly earlier than planned.

Crewe did return to the show in a guest capacity from the fourteenth season and appeared in this capacity up until the eighteenth season. Crewe was quizzed by *US Weekly*, whether he would return to the show in a larger capacity and he stated he would not due to starring in his own show which ‘drained all of his energy and time’ but ‘loved his new role on the show’ yet ‘he hoped to do more’. Crewe was not asked back for the nineteenth season.

## Episode Count

### Season 10

* Why, Me? (Part 1) *(No Longer In Series)*
* Why, Me? (Part 2) *(No Longer In Series*)

## Trivia

* In total, Charlie starred in ten different seasons of the show.