Finn Chamberlain

**Finnegan "Finn" Chamberlain** is a major character in *All the Wrong Kids*. He is portrayed by Eric Martindale.

In his eighth grade year at Marshall Maddox Middle School, Finn served as a detention monitor along with his twin brother Percy; through this duty, he became acquainted with and later befriended fellow eighth graders Liesel Hofmeister, Anastasia Holmes and Nathaniel Ross when they all got detention during the first week of school. He would eventually come to form a close friendship group with them, Percy and Candace Summerfield, a childhood friend of his.

In addition to being a detention monitor, Finn also served in his eighth grade year the editor-in-chief of the school newspaper, *The Weekly Waters*, having served as its associate editor the previous year, and took up the role of co-writer of the eighth grade play *East High Story* alongside Candace and Mia Maddox. Over the course of the show's production, Finn and Mia eventually developed romantic feelings for one another, and became a couple by the end of the school year.

As with much of Marshall Maddox Middle School alumni of 2010, Finn went on to attend Marshall Maddox High School. Once there, he joined the Marshall Maddox High School Band, for which he played the saxophone, and co-founded the school's morning radio show *Good Morning Maddox* with Mia. The two co-hosted the show together, a working relationship the two maintained even after Mia broke up with him in order to pursue a short-lived relationship with Dominique Wolfe and only ended in 2012 when Finn was forced to resign from his position for a year to enter a homeschooling program as part of his mental health recovery. Once he returned to the post the following year, Mia resigned and was replaced by Kennedy Tshuva, with whom he hosted the show for the entirety of his senior year.

Outside of school, Finn was a waiter at The Cool Down from 2011 to 2012. He also became a member of The All That Band after Christina Wen and Jeff English, both of whom he had befriended as a result of his involvement in the school band, asked him to join the group shortly after they formed it in 2011. Finn's friendship with Christina eventually developed into a romantic relationship in 2013 that lasted for the rest of high school.

Throughout high school, Finn struggled with his declining mental health, a battle that led to a suicide attempt in his sophomore year. Following this attempt and Finn's official depression diagnosis, his mother Theodora decided to pull him out of school for his junior year so that he could attend a homeschooling program with other mentally ill high school students as a part of his mental health recovery. During this period, he had a short-lived sexual relationship with fellow homeschooling student Scarlett Wilde.

In his senior year of high school, Finn returned to Marshall Maddox High, resuming his posts as host of *Good Morning Maddox* and saxophone player for the school band. He applied to a number of prestigious universities—including Northwestern University, New York University and the University of Southern California—to obtain an undergraduate degree in journalism and pursue his dream of becoming a journalist. Though he was accepted into Northwestern and USC, he realised that he could not afford to attend either school. He eventually decided to attend the University of Massachusettes, Amherst after receiving a significant scholarship from the school, with hopes of transferring to Northwestern upon completion of his sophomore year.

## Personality

Finn is introduced as a bubbly and friendly if socially awkward boy at the beginning of the series. His social oddities have resulted in a rather small friendship pool, consisting largely of fellow members of the Marshall Maddox Middle School newspaper, *The Weekly Waters*; Candace Summerfield; and his twin brother, Percy. Throughout the first season of the show, he is shown to be hardworking and incredibly loyal, particularly to his role as editor-in-chief of *The Weekly Waters*. He believes strongly in the power of the teamwork and is accountable as a leader, as showcased at the end of "Hooplining" when Courtney resigns from her role in the school newspaper, for which he takes personal accountability.

## Relationships

### Mia Maddox

Finn and Mia develop feelings for one another throughout the first season.

## Trivia

* Finn, Percy and Candace are the only characters in the show to be played by more than one actor. Finn is played by Eric Martindale in the present day, and is played by Timothy Watson in season 3 flashbacks.
* Finn applied to at least eight universities for his undergraduate education: Northwestern University (his dream school); New York University; the University of Southern California; Boston University; the University of Massachusetts, Amherst; the University of Florida; Syracuse University and Arizona State University. It is also very likely that he applied to more state schools in Massachusetts.