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Callie Quinn Adams Foster (born Callie Quinn Jacob) is a main character in The Fosters and the most recent teenager to come into the home of Stef Adams Foster and Lena Adams Foster. She is the older daughter of Robert Quinn and the deceased Colleen Jacob. Until the Season 1 finale, she was thought to be the biological daughter of Donald Jacob before realizing he was her step-father. She is the maternal half-sister of Jude Adams Foster and paternal half-sister of Sophia Quinn. She also has been described as broken, particularly in the beginning of the series.
Biography
Callie is a troubled and headstrong sixteen year old who faced many hardships and an unstable childhood growing up. At the age of ten, her mother and step-father went out one night when her step-father became drunk and caused a car accident - killing her mother as a result. Callie struggled with deep regret on how her last conversation with her mother went, having been mad at her and refusing to kiss her goodbye before she left. After hearing about her mother's death, Callie suffered a mental break down, completely destroying her bedroom, which she blocked out from her memory. Her six year old brother Jude, was forced to witness this mental breakdown.
She and Jude were placed into the foster care system because their father was sent to jail for manslaughter for the accident, and they didn’t have any relatives to care for them. Callie was forced to quickly grow up in order to care for her younger brother during their time in the foster system, often moving in and out of many fosters, some which proved to be abusive. This also forced her to become a motherly figure to Jude. As a result, Callie was often determined to shield him from any harm even if at the cost of her own personal safety. While at a foster father's home, Jude tried on a dress owned by the man's ex-wife. Their foster father walked in on him wearing it and began to violently beat him. Callie attempted to intervene, but was kicked in the stomach and tossed aside. Refusing to watch her brother be assaulted, she took a baseball bat to their foster father's car in order to distract his attention onto her.
Despite successfully saving her brother, Callie was sent to juvie for her action until it was decided what would happen to her. A social worker, Bill, from child protective services soon decided to send her to Lena and Stef, thinking a home without any male authority figures would do some good for her. In Consequently, Bill tells Lena and Stef that Callie and Jude never stay at a particular foster home for more than six months, something which initially alarms them. But he insists that, while they themselves are not bad kids, something bad always seems to happen to them.
She develops a romance with Brandon Foster shortly after moving in and dates him for a brief period, but they break up when realizing that Callie needs a family instead of a boyfriend. They have since tried to behave more like siblings and are on good terms. She has had an on-again/off-again romance with Wyatt. The status of their current relationship is unknown following Callie discovering he slept with Mariana.
She has since fought to be a legal part of the Foster family as her biological father, Robert Quinn, begins a custody battle over her. She agrees to try to form a relationship with Robert, saying that she does want him in her life as her father. However, Callie also tells Robert that her "forever home" is with the Fosters and that they are her family. Robert finally allows the Fosters to adopt Callie in the season 2 finale, The End of the Beginning, withdrawing his custody suite and officially signing away his legal parental rights to her. After a fight with the legal system, Callie is officially adopted by the Adams-Foster family in Lucky.
Physical Appearance
Callie is a beautiful girl with an oval shaped face, light-olive complexion, almond shaped brown eyes, and shoulder-length brown hair. Her hair was normally straightened during the beginning of season one, but then in later episodes was normally curled. Callie doesn't wear a lot of make up unless attending a formal event. Her fashion sense is very casual and comfortable; usually wearing jeans with t-shirts of various colors and casual shoes. She usually only makes an effort into dressing and fixing herself up for special occasions.
Personality
Callie is independent, intelligent, artsy and very loyal as well as protective over her loved ones. Throughout the show, she is shown to always put the needs of others ahead of herself, even if it costs her trouble. As a result of living and growing up in the foster system for the majority of her life, Callie is tough and sometimes closed off. However, she is also compassionate and kind at the same time.
She loves her younger brother Jude very much, always putting him ahead of herself and has even risked her life for him as seen in the Pilot episode. It is also shown that she doesn't care what happens to her, also seen in the pilot, as long as she knows that he is safe. As a result of taking care of Jude for most of her life, she has a strong tendency to sometimes act like his mother instead of his sister, much to Jude's frustration.
Series
Callie in juvie.
Callie faces mistreatment from many of her inmates at the Chula Vista Juvenile Detention Facility. Before Callie’s release from juvie, some of her inmates (Daphne Keene amongst them) physically assaulted her because they were jealous that she was leaving.
When Lena comes to pick her up, she learns that Callie has trouble with male figures and is in juvie because she damaged her foster father's car. Lena is reluctant to take Callie in because she doesn't want someone violent to be in the house with her children. As Callie gets out, she is flustered and confused why Bill, the usual social worker, isn't there, and tells David, his substitute, that she needs to speak to Jude.
Callie getting out of juvie
Callie meeting the family.
Callie talking to Lena.
Callie at school.
Callie using Brandon's phone to talk to Jude.
Brandon sees Callie leaving school and follows her, abandoning his jealous looking girlfriend. Callie tells him to leave her alone and mind his own business. After her foster father disrupts her call with Jude, she reveals to Brandon that she’s trying to get her brother back. Brandon suggests that they involve Stef since she is a cop, but Callie refuses because she thinks that she will be sent back to juvie.
On the bus, Callie tells Brandon how abusive her foster father is and how she ended up in juvie. She reminds him that he has a music competition, but he tells her that there will be others, giving up a huge scholarship.
Outside, Stef tells Callie that she isn’t disposable and makes the decision to keep Callie and Jude, refusing to send them back into the foster system just yet.
Sitting inside the car, Callie apologizes to Brandon and tells him that he didn’t have to come, to which he replies “Yes I did”. A long look passes between them, hinting chemistry and a possible future relationship. Callie and Jude are both now staying at the Adams-Foster's home.
At the breakfast table, Lena tells Callie that Jude will go to school at a later time than the rest of them which kind of worries her. But Lena reassures her that she is not going to let anyone split the two of them apart.
Callie sees Jude in his classroom and signals to him to come out. When he’s outside, she asks him how well he is doing and tells him to go learn something.
Mariana thinks that Callie might want to wear something different to school and tells Callie that she can borrow something, but Callie doesn’t mind wearing the same clothes. Mariana thinks that Callie might steal her jewelry so she slyly tries to hide it in a drawer. However, Callie catches her doing it and tells her that she is not going to steal anything. They get into an argument about Mariana’s drug trafficking secret.
At school, Callie seems uncomfortable while she peeks at Talya and Brandon kiss. During Timothy’s class, Callie is assigned to write about guilt in her journal so that she can get in the habit of writing regularly.
Lena tells Callie and Jude that Jude needs to pass an exam to remain a student at Anchor Beach. Callie thinks that it is unfair, but Lena tells them that she will work with him to pass the exam.
In bed, Mariana tells Callie that she is selling her brother’s pills to help her birth mom, Ana. Callie continues to listen and understand Mariana.
The following day, Timothy checks if his students completed the assignment and finds out that Callie and Wyatt did not do it. He asks them to come after school so that he can help them write. Later in the day, Talya tells Callie about Brandon’s decision to move in with his dad. When Callie finds Brandon, she asks him if it was because of her and Jude to which he replies “no.” She questions him about his decision because he seems happy to be living with his moms. The conversation with Callie conflicts Brandon more.
Back in Timothy’s classroom, Callie and Wyatt are still having trouble finding the inspiration to write. Timothy gives them a small meaningful lecture which incites Callie to write about the mysterious Liam. She continues her thoughts about Liam at home. She places the journal in a specific place after she is done writing.
When Brandon comes home, he finds his family playing a board game and reveals to them that his final decision is to move in with his dad which upsets some of them. Afterwards, Callie finds Brandon and tries to give him back his guitar, but he refuses and tells her to keep playing it.
Mariana and Callie get into a huge row because Callie thinks that Mariana read her private journal. Callie suddenly stops the argument when she spots Jude because she doesn’t want them to get kicked out of the Foster’s house. She takes Jude outside and shows him why she got so angry at Mariana. Jude understands her actions when he finds out that she wrote about Liam.
The Fosters have a family movie night and invite Lexi and Talya over. Before the film starts, Lena asks Jude if he needs help with his homework and he says that he needs a name for the villain in his story. Some of them suggest names but when Talya says the name Liam, it dawns on Callie that Talya was the one who read her journal.
Mariana asks Callie to take Kelsey’s place in her court since Kelsey is in rehab. Callie agrees but seems uneasy when she finds out that she has to wear a gown. Talya is jealous at Callie for being Brandon’s waltz partner, and even though Brandon tries to ease Talya, Stef picks up on the tension between Callie and Talya.
In Mariana’s room, Callie tells Mariana that she knows that Stef and Lena made Mariana invite Callie into the court. Callie suggests to Mariana that she doesn’t have to join the court if Mariana doesn’t want her to. However, Mariana lets her decide and she says yes.
The following day, Wyatt steals a seat next to Callie while she is eating lunch by herself. He comments on how sad her lunch is and asks her about her rap sheet. Callie demands his motives and he reveals that he wants to be in a stimulating conversation and sex. He also invites her to hang out with him and his friends at the beach on Saturday, but Callie declines due to the Quinceanera.
Brandon enchanted by Callie.
Callie appears to be slightly uncomfortable while she practices with Brandon for the waltz. Talya glowers at Callie and Brandon intently when the dance instructor tells the two of them to connect and be closer to one another. Later that night, Callie and Jude meet Lena’s mom Dana who welcomes them with open arms.
The following morning, everyone in the house prepares for the big Quinceanera. Brandon gets distracted from carrying gift bags to the car when sees Callie. He is mesmerized by her beauty and stammers when he compliments her. Talya threatens Callie to stay away from Brandon and Callie seems to follow her wishes because she doesn’t want to lose the Fosters.
Before the court enters into the hall, Callie decides to switch partners to make Talya happy. While Mariana is dancing with Mike, Brandon asks Callie if he did something wrong to make her choose Sam as her partner. She tells him to let Talya know that there is no competition for his affections. Brandon seems dismayed by Talya’s actions so he takes Callie back as his dance partner.
Jallie!
After the court’s waltz, all the guests are invited on the floor to get their groove on. Talya goes over to Callie and Brandon dancing which prompts Callie to leave. Jude tells her that Lena and Stef are probably not going to keep them [Callie and Jude] because of Callie’s hidden feelings for Brandon. He also tells his sister that although she is not stupid, she does many stupid things.
Brallie!
Callie caresses Jude while the video of the twins is playing; they feel the love that family has for one another. While the camera flashes for a family photo, Callie asks Brandon if he is alright but he is not.
Brandon takes Callie outside and tells her that he broke up with Talya. She becomes worried that it was her fault and that Brandon knew what happened with Liam. Brandon didn’t want to know because he answered: “I already know everything I need to know about you." Callie runs off after seeing where her relationship with Brandon was going and goes to Wyatt’s beach party.
Callie.
Callie invites Wyatt over to Stef and Lena’s party which troubles and upsets Brandon. When the family talks about going to a slam poetry reading, Callie declines the offer. Callie tells Brandon that Wyatt has been the only person who has accepted her at school when he asks her why she has been hanging out with him. Brandon tells Callie to be cautious because “he is not a good guy”.
Callie and Wyatt.
Before school, Callie comes into Mariana’s room and sees Mariana paint nail polish on Jude’s finger nails. She tells her brother to not where nail polish at school. At school, Callie confronts Wyatt about what happened with him and Talya. She finds out that Wyatt dumped Talya because she became controlling after they had sex. Callie apologizes for giving him the third degree and he says that she can only make it up him by going out with him.
Lena tells Callie that a few kids gave Jude a rough time at school for wearing nail polish and Callie goes tell Jude to take it off. Callie tells Lena that she appreciates being in a safe home, but she doesn’t want Jude to get comfortable with this type of lifestyle since the real world is much harsher. The doorbell rings and Callie goes on her date with Wyatt but not before Lena gives her a cellphone.
Wyatt and Callie kissing.
For their date, Wyatt takes Callie to “his parent’s beach house” to see the meteor shower. A dense layer of cloud blocks their view so Callie and Wyatt end up kissing. However, their moment gets interrupted when the owner of the house shows up. Wyatt tells Callie that it is not his house and they hurry out.
Callie and Wyatt.
They hide behind a dumpster from the police. Callie is very distressed by the whole situation because she is on probation and would have been sent back to juvie if they were caught. She calls Brandon to come pick them up and he does.
Brallie moment.
The following day at school, Wyatt apologizes to Callie for putting her in a tough situation. They make up and kiss. However, she seems to long for Brandon when she sees him in the hallway.
Wyatt and Callie kissing.
At home, Callie tells Jude to take off the nail polish so that no one mistreats him, but he refuses. He tells her that he likes having this family even though it might not be forever and that he is already hurting inside. At the slam poet reading, Callie is captivated and moved by Garret’s performance.
When Callie goes inside of the house, she immediately wants to go home. However, she is forced to stay and look after Mariana who embraces the partying mood. She sees Wyatt and tells him that she doesn’t understand why he is letting people ruin his house. He tells her that he is remodeling it for the bank which is due to his anger at the bank for taking his house away from him.
Callie looking outside her window.
Inside the house, Brandon munches on his breakfast while neglecting to talk to Callie who is preparing hers. When Callie confronts Brandon about the silent treatment, Brandon seems infuriated that Callie brought Mariana to Wyatt's party and got her drunk. Callie sets the record straight that it was all Mariana's doing and Brandon retracts.
At school, Wyatt asks Callie about Liam and if Liam is harassing her in any way. She tells Wyatt that he has nothing to worry about and that she only made her Instagram account private because she didn't want the world to see all her posts.
After school, Brandon asks Callie if she wanted to walk home with him, but she declined the offer because she was going to hang out with Wyatt. As Brandon leaves, Liam viciously approaches Callie and tells her to stay away from Sarah and for Wyatt to stop sending him threats. Liam grips Callie's wrist violently. Out of nowhere, Wyatt tackles Liam to the ground and a scuffle ensues. Hearing the confrontation, Brandon rushes back to end the fight. After Wyatt and Liam are disentangled, Callie tells Liam to go away and tells Wyatt to go home. On their walk home, Callie tells Brandon about her relationship with Liam. She also tells him that she fears for Sarah who is following in her footsteps as Liam's next victim.
Liam threatening Callie.
The following day, Brandon tells Callie that it might be a good idea to call Bill and tell him about Liam's nature with foster siblings. Callie explains to Brandon that if she tells Bill about her relationship with Liam, it's her word against his and that it goes on her record. She continues to stay that the system can label her as sexually volatile if they find any supporting evidence, in which case, she would be placed in a group home and never be fostered again. Realizing the difficulty of Callie's situation, Brandon switches subject and asks Callie what she is going to do with Sarah.
During group therapy, the psychiatrist asks Callie if she wanted to share and Callie finally opens up. She tells the group about her relationship with Liam, mentioning subtle moments in the hope of letting Sarah know that Liam's not the guy she thinks he is.
Sarah rushes off when she has finally had enough of Callie's story. Callie follows her out and tells her that even though Liam may seem caring and sensitive, he doesn't love her at all. Sarah refuses to believe Callie and goes home. Brandon tells Callie that she did all she could to help Sarah and now it's Sarah's choice. But Callie tells Brandon that it isn't Sarah's choice just like it wasn't her choice when Liam had sex with her. When Callie and Brandon arrive home, Callie tells Lena and Stef about her relationship with Liam.
Stef talking to Callie.
During math class, the teacher leaves the room and a group of students start laughing at a video. Talya asks them what is so funny and they show the video of her drunken state from Wyatt’s party for the whole class to see. Talya rushes off feeling embarrassed and Callie follows her. Callie tries to comfort a teary-eyed Talya by saying that people will forget about this video by tomorrow and that she shouldn’t care about what her peers might say.
The following day at school, Callie finds Wyatt and asks him if he wants to go see a film with her for her photography class. Wyatt says that he has a “thing” and Callie replies that when his “thing” becomes boring he should join her. Callie waits for Wyatt outside of the theatre but after a while she goes in. During the middle of the movie, Wyatt joins Callie on the condition that it is a date. She agrees and they kiss.
At the hospital, Callie tries to quiet Brandon’s fury while he angrily reproves his adopted siblings. At the new waiting room, Mariana asks Callie where Jude is and Callie tells her that he is at Connor’s house. She also tells her that’s probably better that Jude doesn’t know about Stef.
There’s a knock at the door and the kids are alert since it’s the middle of the night. It turns out to be Jude and he tells them that he couldn’t sleep because of Stef. Callie becomes mother-like and tells him that he should never do that again.
In the morning, Brandon finds Callie making biscuits and gravy and asks her how she and Jude ended up in the foster system. She tells him that her mother died in a crash that her father caused while he was intoxicated. Since her father was charged with manslaughter and she had no other relatives, she and Jude ended up in the system. Callie reveals that she used to write her father letters but he stopped answering them.
Brandon asks her if her father will take them back if he gets out of jail but she doubts it. Wyatt walks in on Callie’s and Brandon’s moment.
Outside the hospital, Wyatt tells Callie that she is just using him and that the person who Callie really likes is Brandon. He understands why she won’t let Brandon know how she feels about him because of the foster system rules. Wyatt also tells her that to be happy she needs to tell Brandon. Callie realizes that Wyatt is right, so she rushes back to find Brandon; but stops short when she finds him with Talya.
At the court hearing, Callie sits at the stand questioned by her ADA. When the ADA asks her if the sex was consensual, Callie tells the court that it wasn’t. She also tells them that although she wants Liam to be imprisoned, she doesn’t want him to be confined for the wrong crime because she doesn’t want to lose the truth of the situation. Back home, Callie plays the guitar to drown out the injustice that she experienced.
Jude reprimands his sister by saying that the Fosters are not going to keep them if she has a relationship with Brandon. Callie feels Jude’s wrath when he tells her that she’s being selfish because a loving family is much harder to get a hold of. Callie promises to Jude that she won’t be selfish anymore.
The Honeymoon Wyatt and Callie are at a gas station filling up his car. Wyatt refuses to let her in until he tells her what happened, and she tells him that she was going to be sent to another foster home and couldn't handle that as she wanted to take charge of her life. They drive off and leave the state of California. Wyatt and Callie are visiting an area where aliens have supposedly landed. They order ice flavored ice cream, and they discuss about their future. She says that Jude is better off without her. They arrive at a motel room settling for the night. While Callie takes her shower, Wyatt receives a call from Lena. She leaves a voice mail for him after he rejects her call. She asks him about Callie, making him realize that Callie ran away and she lied to him.
Wyatt and Callie are having dinner in their motel room. He asks her if she was going to call the Fosters. Callie disagrees. She says that she ruined things for Jude and either way she violated her probation. Wyatt asks her what is her plan, and she possibly makes the decision of going to Indiana with Wyatt. She suggests that if she went to Indiana with him, she could find a job as well as finding a place to live. Wyatt asks if she could stay with her father to which he is prison. Callie says that her father doesn't want her and Jude. Wyatt takes another wind with advice as he tells her that he doesn't understand why her father suddenly abandoned her, and he tells her that Callie always automatically assumes that somebody gives up on her. He suggests that maybe her father is looking for her. Wyatt goes to bed when he doesn't receive a response. Wyatt and Callie end up sleeping together in the same bed. During the night, Callie approaches Wyatt in her sleep and wraps her arms around him to which they cuddle until Wyatt gets too uncomfortable. Callie is looking out the window when she says Stef and Lena in talking with Wyatt. She bolts again. Callie jumps in a truck and leaves.
Callie is dropped off somewhere, and she walks around. She walks towards a diner who are needed help. Callie is in her interview with a waiter who questions everything about Callie whom doesn't have a residence or a phone number. She is then rejected of her application, and she leaves.
Callie is walking down a street and takes the bus where she falls asleep and is forced to get out. She goes to a corner's store where she meets a prostitute. The hooker tries to help Callie to which she rejects. She tells her that if she ever needs a place to stay for a little while, she could join her and her girls. Callie asks to borrow her phone. She calls Lompoc Federal Prison where her father supposedly lives temporarily. She finds out that her father has been released over a year ago. The hooker tells her that if she needs anything, she knows where to find her. Callie enters the corner's store. She heads for the fridge where she takes a sandwich and eats it in front of the cashier present. He tells her that she has to pay for her food. She grabs a can of soda and starts to drink it. The man threatens her to call the police if she continues. She grabs a chocolate bar, and the man tells her that if she eats one bite, he will call the police. She ignores the cashier and takes the bite. The cashier calls the police to report a burglary. Callie is filled with emotion as she deliberately turns herself in.
House and Home The episode begins with Callie's meeting with her social worker. He questions why she is getting in trouble again when things were going well. She tells him she doesn’t care what happens to her, as long as her little brother stays with the Fosters. At the house, Stef, Lena, and the kids talk about what’s going to happen with Callie. Brandon asks if they can go to court, Stef says Callie doesn’t want them there. Brandon finally shares that Callie ran away because he kissed her. Stef and Lena talk to Brandon privately about the incident. They tell him that CPS could take Callie and Jude away if they find out what happened. The next day, Callie goes to court. Stef and Lena tell the judge that while Callie progressed well in their home, they don’t feel they can have her back in their home at this time. Callie arrives at her new group home, ran by Rosie O’Donnell, I mean Rita. Rita shows Callie to her room. Callie is surprised there are no bars or locks on the doors to keep the girls from running away. Rita tells her that they trust the girls won’t do anything to violate the group home’s trust, because they will go back to juvie if they do. Callie attends her first group session at the home. The girls introduce themselves one by one to Callie. Rita informs Callie of their no-tolerance policy for violence. Then Callie has to introduce herself. At the group home, Callie has her first cleaning duty with the other girls. The other girls exchange barbs at one another while Callie keeps quiet. Callie is uncomfortable with a girl she met in juvey who beat her up. The girl tries to make peace with Callie, but Callie isn’t having it. Callie asks her what her job is, Rita says that basically she’s the referee for the girls in the home. Callie’s roommate gives her advice on how to get the girls to agree to give her the privilege to see her little brother. At the Foster house, Jude comes to Marianna’s room to ask if he can have Callie’s pillow. She asks Jude if he wants to sleep in Callie’s bed tonight. He does, making them both happy. Rita invites Callie and her new roommate, Cole, down for snacks. Cole goes downstairs, leaving Rita alone with Callie. Rita tells Callie she’s sorry that Callie couldn’t see her brother. Then, Callie spots Brandon standing outside across the street from the home. She runs outside and jumps in his arms as Rita and the group home girls look on from the porch.
Things Unsaid At the group home, Daphne tells Callie to hurry with her chore, the van will be picking them up soon. Daphne walks away, so Callie retrieves a phone she’s been hiding under the house. Later, Stef asks if there’s any word about the investigation, and when Mike can come back to work. Meanwhile, the group home girls go on their field trip, Callie wanders off for a secret rendezvous with Brandon. It doesn’t take long for Rita to realize that Callie’s missing. She goes back to find Callie, who is still with Brandon in the art room. Callie tells Brandon she wants out of the house, then asks about Jude. She thinks Jude hates her, but Brandon says he just misses her. Daphne finds Callie just before Rita and saves Callie from getting caught with Brandon. Daphne tells Callie things are even between them now. Callie for what she said in the group meeting. Kiara tells Callie that she’s getting out in two weeks thanks to the Independent Living Program. Daphne informs Callie that she has to do well at the group home for awhile before she can apply for the program. Then, Daphne surprises Callie by sharing that she has a two year old daughter that she hopes to get back from foster care one day. At the group home, Callie sneaks off to call Brandon, but is caught by Cole, who demands that Callie give up the phone, but Cole’s not doing it to be mean, he’s trying to help Callie. Brandon texts Callie, then receives a text back telling him things are over between them. He has no idea that Cole sent the message.
Family Day Callie and her housemates have been taking various cooking classes. So there was an arrangement of Asian cuisine and soul food waiting for the families. That was until she return to the home. Cole had overdosed on his hormones injections. After apologizing for the text to Brandon, Callie allowed him to continue to use her phone. Cole explained that she needed those injections because she couldn’t live with her body slowing turning back into a girl. Then this happened. As Cole’s roommate, she had a responsibility towards him. The rest of the group doesn’t want her halfhearted apology. They’re at the house because it was the last place for them but no one has sympathy for Callie. They saw her family. Everyone knows she has a place to go to while the rest of them have to fend for themselves. Rita catches Callie alone. She tried to get through to her that she couldn’t keep evading everything and everyone. Eventually Callie had to stop running from her problems. Rita didn’t think her advice sunk in but it must have. When Cole returned, Callie finally figured out she should try listening for once instead of thinking she could solve all of her own problems. She gave Rita her cell phone. The first step into making a second chance was to admit what she was doing was wrong.
Padre The funeral is hard on Callie. It brings back old memories of her mother and how she lost her. While at the same time it appears to have an opposite effect on Jude. He called Lena “Mom” for the first time and he hardly noticed. Callie caught it though. She saw how easy Jude is fitting and in and that’s leading her to push Brandon away. For some unknown reason, Brandon though announcing his relationship with Callie at his grandfather’s funeral was a good idea. Callie advised him against it. Callie is also feeling guilty about leaving the family the way she did. Being back home has reminded her how much she misses Mariana. Callie freaks out when she was helping everyone in the kitchen. It was because she had lost her necklace. The same one she wore everyday seeing as it used to belong to her mother. Jude told her after she began to hyperventilate that she was acting the same way she did when they learned their mom had died. Callie had destroyed her room and completely blacked it out of her memory. Jude was worried she was close to doing the same thing when Stef intervened. Stef managed to calm her. She told Callie that she didn’t need a necklace to remember. Her mother was always going to be with her and it was time Callie stopped trying to deal with these things on her own. It was good advice that extended towards the both of them. Luckily Brandon found the necklace and safely returned it to Callie. Nevertheless it was a bittersweet moment for them. Callie does love him and she is grateful that he found her necklace but she couldn’t continue with their relationship. And to be fair Brandon saw it coming. He realized she would have to give up their family once he saw her with his mother. It made he accept that Callie is going to need more than just him. Jude knows that he’s going to stay with the Fosters and now so does Callie. She wants to come back home.
Us Against The World Callie is returning home. She chose to go home to the Fosters and get adopted alongside Jude. Yet as her new found friends at group point out her return won’t be easy as she thinks. Mainly because Callie has to deal with Brandon on a regular basis. It’s easy to say she’s over him right now with the distance between them but living together will be a whole different story. And unlike how it would have been when she first arrived, Callie is finally able to listen to their legitimate concerns. She understands her return is going to be difficult and knows it’s still the best option for herself. She gets to go home to a family that loves and not everyone gets that chance. Daphne is also leaving the group home. Only she’s going to live on her own and while that sounds like a nice fantasy; Callie knows she can’t pick it. Luckily her living situation improved without her even knowing. Brandon and the rest of their family held the truth from Callie up to the last minute. It seems Brandon thought it would best to live with his dad for a while. Just until Callie gets readjusted back home. He assured her that he needed the move for him and that it wasn’t her fault. But a lot of thing is starting to look like her fault. Although Callie went back with the knowledge she had to earn everyone’s respect; she didn’t count on Jude being part of that group. Jude is distant with her. She hurt him when she left him the way she did. And it’s going to take more than simply checking in like she has to do with Stef and Lena to reassure him that she’s not going to up and run away again. Callie figured out the best way to get Jude’s trust back is to celebrate his real birthday like they used. Their mom had Jude at home and when she got around to registering him; he was given the wrong birthday. The foster system never found out and ever since he and Callie have been celebrating his birthday privately. At first Jude was stump over why he was getting mysterious gifts. The he realized it was a puzzle. Apparently Callie knows him so well that he’s on his way to forgiving without even realizing it.
Kids in the Hall Callie on the other hand is still proving to be a model citizen since returning. She even helps out Mariana. Last week Mariana had foolishly ditched her friend, Zach, just to spend time with the boy she had a crush on. Too bad he was jerk then and is a jerk now. He told everyone at school about her putting her underwear in his pocket. And in his version of events they hooked up. That’s not the truth but who’s going to believe her. Callie is keeping her friendships with Kiara and Daphne. They got close during their time together at the outreach house. And now they’ve helped her see what she couldn’t before – Callie has a talent with photography. She took a picture of Kiara and it helped her friend find a decent foster family. So Callie wants to pursue taking more pictures to help out foster children and while Lena is pleased by this; Stef is hoping she’ll make better friends from the venture. She wasn’t feeling too comfortable finding two juvenile delinquents in her kitchen. Callie can’t make any new friends because Talya has already poisoned the water. The very same night Callie is taking pictures for the foster kids, a couple of e-readers were stolen. Callie thought Daphne had did it seeing as her friend has been struggling with independent living. And that’s why she lied to Lena by saying she didn’t give the keys to anyone. Yet she still confronted Daphne and got yelled at. Daphne swears she didn’t steal anything and if someone committed a crime then it was probably Brandon.
Escapes and Reversals Then there’s Callie and the secret she’s been sitting on. She knows that Brandon lied to her about being at the school during the e-readers heist and she’s mad at him. Callie risked a friendship over him and he shook it off like it didn’t even matter. So Callie started to look into why Brandon was a part of the theft. She saw his interactions with Vico which was unusual enough. Vico isn’t really the type of Brandon would normally be friends with but she later spied Vico making one of his transactions and decided to act. She pretended like she wanted to buy a fake ID and Vico obliged her by taking her picture. When Brandon had heard about it through Vico, he confronted Callie. She tried to tell her to stay away from that scene and she called him out on hypocrisy. She did all of this as a test to draw him out which he obviously failed. Callie knows that he’s helping Vico sell fake IDs and that they were the ones that stole the e-readers. She tried to get the reason behind why he would do something like that and he refused to tell her the truth. But Callie can’t doesn’t have the time to grill him about it. She got called in for a family meeting with Stef, Lena, and Jude. Her foster parents wanted to inform that they were filing the adoption forms but first they had to get the kids’ father’s to sign off on his rights. Callie was upset to learn he still had any. Stef informed them that technically going to prison doesn’t terminate parental rights. That’s why they need his signature. Jude didn’t mind that they were going to contact his dad. That’s because he thought his father was still in jail. He’s not and Callie admitted as much. She told them how she tried to contact him after she ran away only to find out that he’s been out for over a year now. Jude is angry that she kept such a secret from him. And he’s starting to get tired of her excuse about how she wanted to protect him.
Don't Let Go The episode begins with Callie paying a visit to her dad to figure out what he is going to say to Jude when he stops by to visit him. Her dad says that he is going to say that he wanted to wait to see and communicate with everyone when he was stable and was prepared to get them back. Callie is frightened by this and when she gets back to her house she asks Jude how he would feel if dad asked if he could get back custody of them. Jude responded by saying, “I don’t know, he is our dad”. This makes Callie nervous that one of them or even both of them could get hurt by having contact with their dad. At the breakfast table the next day, Jude says that he doesn’t want to see his father after all, but everyone convinces him that he might regret it later. He said he would go if Callie goes too, and she agrees. The episode ends with Callie and Jude’s dad showing up and telling them that he loves them but that he is signing away his rights. When asked why he says because it was the truthful thing to do, and that he could never provide for them the way that Stef and Lena have. And this is where the episode ends with Callie and Jude being able to be officially adopted by Stef and Lena.
Metropolis The episode starts with Callie and Brandon at school in the music room. They talk about everything that has happened. With his parent’s adopting all of these children and his love for music coming back. After she leaves the music room, Callie receives a call from an old friend. Shen then turns around and there he is. Callie shows up to talk to Wyatt whom she got a job filling drinks so he could get money to get his car back. Lena then goes to Brandon and tells him to ask Callie to dance so the principal will see she is participating. The episode then swings back to Brandon and Callie who says she is tired of being judged by everyone. He agrees but it is because he is mad that she did not meet up with him the other day. They talk about being together, but she really wants a family; and, when she is adopted by Lena and Stef, technically Callie and Brandon would be brother and sister. She does not want to mess up the family dynamic by dating her foster brother. He then tells her to tell him something to make him get over her. She tells him that when she and Wyatt ran away together, that they slept together. The nominees for Winter King and Queen are then announced. Callie wins the Winter Queen title and is forced to dance with another guy. Meanwhile Marianna and Zac leave to go look for his mom. The principal then goes into the bathroom to find kids drinking alcohol. She asks where they got this from and everyone says that Callie gave it to them so they would vote for her. The principal then goes and accuses Callie of buying alcohol with a fake id. Back on the dance floor, Jesus gets into a fight with his tutor’s boyfriend because he thinks he is going to drink and drive. It turns out she was driving and she tells Jesus to get lost. Zach and Maria find his mom. She is outside looking at the water, but when they get to her, she doesn’t recognize either of them.
Adoption Day While Brandon is practicing his piano at Mike’s, he gets interrupted by someone knocking at the door. It’s Callie. She wants the final verdict on where they both stand; if Brandon is really and truly okay with Callie being adopted into this family. Brandon simply says he’s fine with it and that she isn’t hurting him by getting adopted. Wyatt surprises Callie with not only his surprise appearance, but with Rita and everyone else from Girls United! While much excitement is happening all throughout the lobby, lawyers pull Stef and Lena aside to have a chat with them. It is then that Stef and Lena pull Callie and Jude aside. They explain to her that there seems to be a mix-up with her original birth certificate. A different person is listed as her father, not Donald Jacob like she always thought. So unfortunately, at this time she can’t get adopted. Tears are shed between both Jude and Callie. Stef and Lena reassure Callie that just because this little hiccup occurred does not change their mind; she will be adopted by them one day. Jude cries and says he doesn’t want to get adopted with Callie. That’s when Callie takes him by the shoulder and ever so sweetly and sisterly calms him and says that he should get adopted today and that everything is going to be okay. He eventually agrees with his big sister. Getting some fresh air away from everybody, Callie bursts into tears herself. Rita later joins her to where Callie states the entire universe must be against her. That everything can go wrong always does for her. Rita immediately shoos that idea away and says that things happen, but you can’t let that stop you. Feeling a bit better, Callie goes inside to witness the adoption. Jude, Stef and Lena sign the papers and the entire Adams-Foster family (including Callie) takes a picture with a judge. They finally did it! Jude is adopted; he has a family again! Everyone goes back to the house for celebrations. While everyone is munching on cake, Callie heads outside to the patio to which Brandon joins her. She asks about the audition and Brandon replies he got it. He leaves to go and get the last of his things from Mike’s and Wyatt takes his place. He is curious because of this recent error with the adoption, will things change between Callie and Brandon. She says no and the two kiss.
During a song Callie plays for Wyatt on the guitar,
Things Unknown Callie gives Jude a hug after he receives his updated birth certificate in the mail. Stef assures her that she will get adopted too. Callie goes to court with Stef and Lena hoping that she can get adopted without her birth father's permission, but the judge says that since he may not even know she exists, they need the signature from him.
Callie hears Brandon playing the piano. they talk to each other about Callie not getting adopted and Brandon not being able to play piano.
Callie has started working at 'Not A Burger Stand' with Daphne. While at work, she is telling Daphne and Wyatt about how she can't get adopted because Donald is not her birth father. During dinner, a social worker comes to collect Callie, as Lena and Stef's foster license has expired, and since Callie isn't officially adopted she can't live with the Adams Fosters for the time being.
At her new foster home, Callie is being looked after by an elderly lady. When finding out that Callie has been in six foster homes, the lady gets the idea that Callie will try to escape at night. That night, she locks the door to Callie's room to prevent her from leaving. The next day as Callie is about to do chores, Stef and Lena appear at the door to collect Callie. Back at the house, she receives hugs from everybody. Callie decides to find Robert Quinn to prevent this from happening again.
At her work Callie tells Daphne about her search for Robert Quinn. A man comes and leaves Callie a huge tip for two milkshakes.
Take Me Out A man gives Callie another $100 tip at her work, believing Daphne to think he likes her. Later on, Callie learns that Robert Quinn won't sign the adoption papers until Callie gets a DNA test to prove she is his daughter. At the DNA test, Robert doesn't show up.
Callie and Mariana are talking about their absentee parents. Mariana says "At least when my mom bails I can say it's because she's a drug addict.' To which Callie replies, "Jealous."
Callie decides to Google Robert Quinn, and finds out that he is the man giving her $100 tips. She decides to talk with him, and he says that he never knew Callie existed. He gives her a letter from his other daughter.
The End of the Beginning
Callie and Brandon bask in the afterglow of their lovemaking.
Callie learns Rita persuaded Carmen to silence.
Callie goes over the implications of having slept with Brandon.
Callie shares a brief romantic moment with Brandon.
Callie and Brandon put their night of passion behind them.
Callie tells her followers she's getting adopted, on her app, Fost And Found.
Callie is finally officially adopted.
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Girls United
Season 1
Relationships
Brandon
- First Relationship:
- Start Up: House and Home (1x12)
- Broke Up: Padre (1x15)
- Reason: While admitting they loved each other, both realized Callie needed a family more than a boyfriend.
- Second Relationship:
Main article: Brallie
In Consequently, Brandon and Callie's relationship was foreshadowed early on in the series when he ditched his girlfriend Talya, who had become jealous of Callie, in order to make sure Callie was okay. Their relationship grows stronger, and they continue to connect, all leading to them sharing their first kiss in I Do at Stef and Lena's wedding. They date for 4-5 episodes, even admitting they loved each other, but break up when they both realize that Callie needs a family instead of a boyfriend.
They briefly share a kiss in Someone's Little Sister after she reveals that Sophia tore up the abandonment papers and Robert wants official custody of her. Brandon later tells her that he cannot be with her because he doesn't trust her as she only ever comes to him when things are bad for her and, while he will always love her, simply can't trust her. He declares they are done, breaking Callie's heart. They have since tried to move on, attempting to behave more like siblings.
In the season 3 episode Idyllwild, Rita is about to be charged with child abuse when Carmen claims that she punched her, but Callie sends in a recording that proves she lied about it. However, Carmen earlier threatened that if she did then she would tell Callie's social worker about sneaking around with Brandon while on probation - ruining her chances of adoption. Believing Carmen, Callie tells Brandon, while they two stayed in a cabin for his music performance at Idyllwild, all about this and that she believes that the adoption will never go through. As a result, the two end up having sex under the belief they will never be siblings.
However, Rita ends up saving Callie by convincing Carmen she is above ruining a person's life - ensuring Callie's promised adoption. After a difficult time on deciding what to do, Brandon tells Callie that the family is what she truly needs and they agree to simply put their night of passion behind them. When Judge Ringer asks her about her relationship with Brandon during the official adoption, Callie truthfully tells him she and Brandon no longer have anything between them.
Wyatt
- First Relationship:
- Start Up: The Morning After (1x05)
- Broke Up: Vigil (1x09)
- Reason: Wyatt realized Callie had feelings for Brandon and encouraged her to go after him.
- Second Relationship:
- Start Up: Adoption Day (1x21)
- Broke Up: Leaky Faucets (2x09)
- Reason: Wyatt got into a fight with Liam, and Callie didn't approve of his form of "protection" by getting into fights.
- Main article: Wallie
Wyatt and Callie became acquaintances in school, both bonding over being outsiders, which later turned into a relationship. When Wyatt steps in on Brandon and Callie having a moment, he comes to realization of her feelings for Brandon in Vigil. Wyatt tells her that he knows about Callie's true relationship with Brandon and encourages her to follow her heart - marking the end of their relationship. They resume their relationship in Adoption Day. However, they soon break up again when Callie believes she can't be with Wyatt after seeing how he handled running into Liam, after learning he previously assaulted her, and getting into a fight with him.
Liam
- First Relationship:
- Main article: Calliam
Liam and Callie were foster siblings 2-3 years prior to the Pilot episode. Liam started acting friendly towards Callie when she and Jude stayed with them. He soon began flirting with her, eventually bringing Callie to start a relationship with him despite the rules that foster siblings cannot be romantically involved. One night, he snuck into Callie's room and asked if she wanted to have sex. Despite telling him she wasn't ready yet, Liam raped her.
Afterwards, he lied and claimed that she came onto him, therefore resulting in she and Jude being kicked out. This resulted in Callie's immense guilt about dating him in the first place. She has since dragged him in court in I Do, but she loses the case due to insufficient evidence. They briefly see each other in Leaky Faucets at the Mexican Street Festival after Wyatt gets into a fight with him when attempting to force him to leave so Callie wouldn't have to see him. She has since finally gotten her justice for what he did to her, proving that he stole her identity by creating credit card debt in her name and effectively sending him to jail in Not That Kind of Girl.
AJ
- First Relationship:
- Start Up: Minor Offenses (3x15)
- Broke Up: Sixteen (3x17)
- Reason: AJ saw how Callie acted around Brandon and believed she wasn't over him.
- Second Relationship:
- Start Up: Safe (4x02)
- Broke Up: Collateral Damage (4x10)
- Reason: AJ and Callie got into a big argument and AJ assumed that Aaron was trying to take Callie from him.
- Third Relationship:
- Start Up: Insult to Injury (4x11)
- Broke Up: Dirty Laundry (4x18)
- Reason: AJ kissed another girl and when Callie confronted him he admitted he liked her more than he loved Callie.
Trivia
- Callie's instagram account: @calliejac
- She was raped by Liam Olmstead at a previous foster home that she and Jude had been to, having entered a relationship with him some time after moving in, that she describes as the best she had before the Fosters. The next day after being attacked, Liam lied and claimed that she came onto him, resulting in her and Jude being kicked out. Callie felt great guilt over the event, believing that if she had not been with him then nothing would have happened.
- She often wears her hair up in a ponytail when she is sleeping.
- Callie works at Not A Burger Stand with her friend Daphne Keene. She also regularly volunteered at a drop-in center for foster kids until she is fired in Wreckage.
- Her middle name is Quinn, the surname of her birth father on her birth certificate. Callie's mother, Colleen, told her that her middle name was an old family name.
- She lost her virginity to Liam Olmstead due to him raping her prior to the Pilot
- Callie has an auricle piercing in her left ear.
- Her favorite milkshake flavor is Vanilla, a detail she shares with Robert Quinn, her birth father.
- As a result of being in the foster system since the age of 10 with her younger brother, she had to essentially take on the mother role of Jude and take care of him like a parent. Even after moving into the Foster home, she is shown to still be stuck in this mode, sometimes treating him like a mother does her child and often coddling him. This is shown to sometimes annoy Jude, who gets tired of such treatment. When he makes this clear to her, she is shown to have trouble easing out of it.
- She is the only teenager out of her siblings who has never been drunk or tried to drink alcohol on screen.
- In The Show, it is revealed that Callie is a very talented singer as she sang "Love Will Light The Day" with Brandon.
Gallery
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Quotes
- Click here to see Callie's quotations.