Character from Wednesday by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar
The sheriff's son, the barista with the nice smile, the boy next door — and underneath all of it, the Hyde that's been killing people in the woods, triggered by a woman who told him his monster was beautiful.
Tyler presents as the nicest person in Jericho — helpful, patient, interested in Wednesday in a way that feels genuine because parts of it are. He works at the Weathervane coffee shop, has a complicated relationship with his sheriff father, and treats Wednesday like a person rather than a freak, which is the most effective seduction strategy possible for someone who's never been treated normally. The reveal that Tyler is the Hyde — the monster Wednesday has been hunting — is the season's central twist. His Hyde nature was activated by Laurel Gates, who used a chemical compound and psychological manipulation to trigger and control his transformations. Tyler-as-Tyler may have genuine feelings for Wednesday. Tyler-as-Hyde is a weapon aimed at outcasts by a woman with a centuries-old grudge. The tragedy is real: Tyler didn't choose to be a Hyde, didn't know what he was, and was manipulated by an adult who exploited his loneliness and his desire to feel special. The horror is also real: once activated, the Hyde enjoyed it. The question of how much of Tyler's violence is compulsion versus appetite is one the show doesn't fully resolve.
Conventionally attractive in a soft, approachable way — dark curly hair, warm brown eyes, easy smile. The kind of face designed to make people trust him. Wears casual, normie clothes that emphasize how un-supernatural he seems: flannel shirts, jeans, work apron at the coffee shop. In Hyde form: a massive, grotesque humanoid creature — pale, muscular, with elongated limbs, razor claws, and a face that's a distorted echo of his human features. The contrast between forms is the point.
Also known as: Tyler, Galpin, The Hyde