Jerry Baynard

**Jerry Baynard** is one of the main characters of *Anne with an E*. He is portrayed by Aymeric Jett Montaz.

## CBC Biography

*Jerry is a young French-Canadian boy who works as a farmhand at the Cuthberts' farm. Because of his stoic, implacable, practical nature, he and Anne bicker constantly. He is played by Aymeric Jett Montaz.*

## Appearance and Personality

Jerry has dark hair and dark brown eyes. In the first season, he is shorter than Anne but grows rapidly throughout seasons two and three, towering over Anne greatly. His practicality and sarcasm clashes with Anne's bold and imaginative personality which is the main reason why they start off on bad terms. He is also hardworking, playful, and unassuming about anything from anyone. When Anne and Jerry go to Josephine Barry's manse for the night, he thinks he needs to sleep at the stables along with the horses. He isn't afraid to speak his mind and openly flirts with Diana, peppering her with genuine compliments, which contrasts most boys in Anne's school who proclaims their admiration through the Notice Board. Jerry comes from a large, poor family and speaks with a French-Canadian or Québécois French accent.

He has a habit of singing French songs, first seen in Wherever You Are Is My Home while riding on a buggy to Charlottetown to sell the Cuthberts' things and a cattle. This annoys Anne as she says that "this is an important journey" but Jerry does not care and continues to sing in glee. This also happens in I Protest Against Any Absolute Conclusion as they journey to Carmody to buy ingredients and run errands. This habit of his is adopted from his family who enjoys singing and dancing a lot after eating dinner. This is depicted in A Hope of Meeting You in Another World when Diana stays for supper.

## History

During a talk with Anne Shirley, he reveals his house is so small that he and all his siblings have to lay on the bed facing opposite ways, to create enough room for all of them. He starts to work at Green Gables to earn money for his family. In The True Seeing is Within, Jerry reveals to Nate, one of the two boarders at Green Gables at the time, that he is a Catholic.

## Relationships

### Anne

At the beginning of season one, Anne and Jerry start off on the wrong foot. They bicker constantly and Anne calls him annoying. Throughout the seasons, their relationship improves and they now view each other as siblings, often helping and supporting each other. An example of this is when Anne teaches Jerry how to read and write English in season two. Jerry later gives Anne a Christmas card he made himself with his newfound knowledge of writing, and Anne hugs him and leaves a kiss on his cheek, much to his delight.

### Diana

Diana Barry and Jerry become acquainted in season one, when they first meet. He is known for casually flirting with her, calling her the most beautiful girl he has ever seen. In season three, they start dating, and she meets his family. Diana keeps her relationship with Jerry a secret from everyone, including her best friend Anne. Later, Anne discovers from Jerry that they are together and he expresses his feelings of confusion and betrayal as he claims that he is not good enough for Diana. Anne wonders why Diana would keep secrets from her and they have a huge fight, Diana ripping off her friendship necklace Anne had given her long before. Later, in season three, Diana ends things with Jerry because of their statuses and differences. Jerry is poor while Diana is wealthy and has strict parents, who would never let her be with a commoner like him. Jerry feels betrayed and upset.

## Episode Appearances

**Season 1**

* Ep. 1: "Your Will Shall Decide Your Destiny"
* Ep. 2: "I Am No Bird, and No Net Ensnares Me"
* Ep. 3: "But What Is So Headstrong as Youth?"
* Ep. 4: "An Inward Treasure is Born"
* Ep. 5: "Tightly Knotted to a Similar String"
* Ep. 6: "Remorse Is the Poison of Life"
* Ep. 7: "Wherever You Are Is My Home"

**Season 2**

* Ep. 1: "Youth is the Season of Hope"
* Ep. 2: "Signs are Small Immeasurable Things, but Interpretations are Illimitable"
* Ep. 3: "The True Seeing is Within"
* Ep. 4: "The Painful Eagerness of Unfed Hope"
* Ep. 5: "The Determining Acts of Her Life"
* Ep. 6: "I Protest Against Any Absolute Conclusion"
* Ep. 9: "What We Have Been Makes Us What We Are"
* Ep. 10: "The Growing Good of the World"

**Season 3**

* Ep. 1: "A Secret Which I Desired to Divine"
* Ep. 3: "What Can Stop the Determined Heart"
* Ep. 4: "A Hope of Meeting You in Another World"
* Ep. 5: "I Am Fearless and Therefore Powerful"
* Ep. 6: "The Summit of My Desires"
* Ep. 7: "A Strong Effort of the Spirit of the Good"
* Ep. 8: "Great and Sudden Change"
* Ep. 10: "The Better Feeling of My Heart"