Baker (Shelley)

**Baker** is a major character in the second season of *Shelley*. The groundskeeper of Acton Manor, Baker was responsible for disposing of Oliver Greenwood's corpse. He kept the truth behind his death a secret for twenty years until he was killed by Shelley Carter.

He is portrayed by Russell Biles.

## Physical Appearance

Baker was a Caucasian man in his sixties with white hair and blue eyes. He wore a groundskeeper uniform.

## Characteristics

Not much is known about Baker's personality, but he obeyed Miss Salmon without question.

## Background

At some point in the mid-1900's, Baker became the groundskeeper at Acton Manor, a prestigious all-boy's school in England.

In 1997, Acton's principal J. Highgate was indirectly responsible for the death of a student named Oliver Greenwood. During a confrontation with Oliver, Highgate locked him in a closet full of cleaning supplies, and several canisters fell and shattered on Oliver when he tried to break the door down, resulting in severe chemical burns. Baker was ordered to dispose of Oliver's body by Miss Salmon, the headmistress of Acton's sister school Avon Manor, which he did without question. He buried Oliver's body in an old tool shed on Acton's school grounds.

## Shelley

### Season 2

#### Hands Off

After the news reports on the murders of Avon alumni Lauren Chamberlin, Nicki Johnson, and Heidi Atherton at their twenty-year reunion, Baker is called into Highgate's office to discuss the reporters and police officers that are now swarming Acton. Baker doesn't appear to be paying attention, and is messing with a magnetic ball trinket on Highgate's desk. Highgate makes the balls stop moving, getting Baker's attention, and he tells him that they need to remove Oliver's body. Baker gets up to leave, and Highgate tells him that what happens tonight must stay between them and Miss Salmon.

When Baker goes to the shed to retrieve Oliver's body, he finds the shed lock has been broken and someone has disturbed Oliver's plot of dirt. He is suddenly stabbed in the back by Shelley Carter, who had been brought back from the dead to take revenge on the three students who murdered her. Baker asks her what she wants and Shelley holds out the bracelet she had been given by Oliver, pointing to the plot of dirt. Baker takes the bracelet and puts it on the had in the dirt, begging Shelley not to kill him. Shelley takes her stick out of Baker's back, only to use it to slit his throat.

#### The Old School Tie

Baker appears in a flashback of the immediate aftermath of Oliver's death. Miss Salmon orders Baker to "make him (Oliver) disappear", and Baker nods in affirmation before going to dispose of the body.

#### Justice Is Served

Baker's photograph appears on the news as one of the three people who were murdered that night. The newscaster says that the police suspect they were murdered as part of a debt from decades earlier.

## Relationships

### Miss Salmon

As headmistress of Avon Manor, Miss Salmon was presumably Baker's superior as well. He obeyed her orders without question.

### J. Highgate

Baker and Highgate were on civil terms, though they appeared to have a somewhat tentative relationship.

## References

1. ↑ *Shelley*, Season 2, Episode 1, "Hands Off". Conway, Natalie and Stanley-Ward, Peter (writers) & Stanley-Ward, Peter (director) (January 11th, 2019)
2. ↑ *Shelley*, Season 2, Episode 3, "That Old School Tie". Conway, Natalie and Stanley-Ward, Peter (writers) & Stanley-Ward, Peter (director) (February 8th, 2019).
3. ↑ *Shelley*, Season 2, Episode 4, "Justice Is Served". Conway, Natalie and Stanley-Ward, Peter (writers) & Stanley-Ward, Peter (director) (February 15th, 2019).