Bird Castro, Finding Carter

Bird Castro (Vanessa Morgan): On teen drama series Finding Carter, Bird Castro was described as charming and friendly to most but was also portrayed as a sad, lonely, and depraved jealous girlfriend. Despite series protagonist Carter being her closest and possibly only female friend, Bird had betrayed her multiple times. At one point, she reveals to Carter she was once assaulted by a guy in a mask. Bird was frightened of what her parents and others thought of her and spent most of her time either at school, partying, or using drugs. Bird’s parents were very well-off, leaving her to raise herself for the most part. After her parents skip town, their home was foreclosed and she was forced to deal with the repercussions.

Bird had a one-night stand with male character Crash, because Carter claimed she didn’t like him and “allowed” it, but this later created tension between the two friends, and Bird later helped them get together as a couple.

When Carter’s old friend, Madison, visited Carter after getting kicked out by her parents, who despised her for being a lesbian, she and Bird began a brief relationship; it ended when Bird’s parents returned home and Madison decided to leave.

At Carter’s first underground party, Bird met Seth, whom she quickly began seeing. Shortly after, Seth died unexpectedly from purple pills from the last underground party, and Bird learned she was pregnant. Though Carter and her twin sister, Taylor, promised to be there for her every step of the way—and their friend Gabe offered to marry her and raise the baby together—Bird decided to have an abortion; Taylor accompanied her to the appointment.

Bird’s sexuality was not made clear, but she had an attraction to men and women. The show was cancelled after the second season.

Appearances:

• 27 episodes. 1x02 - 2x23

Female love interests:

• Madison (Molly Kunz, recurring, 5 episodes)

Relationship story arc with a woman: No

Male love interests:

• Seth 💀 (Kristofer Holst, recurring, 2 episodes)
• Cameron 'Crash' Mason (Caleb Ruminer, main cast, 14 episodes)

Relationship story arc with a man: No

Filter Relationship Arc:

• None

Storyline during sweeps? No

[1] A relationship story arc is defined as explicit, developed on screen, and lasting more than 3 episodes. It is listed as questionable or subtext if romance is only implied, mentioned instead of shown on screen, part of a dream sequence, or otherwise not explicit for the viewer.
[2] Sweeps episodes air in February, May, July and November, the periods when advertising rates are set. A character is marked as "sweeps" when there is a very limited number of episodes that address their sexuality, all air during sweeps period, and the storyline is otherwise ignore/dropped.