| Chad Norris | |
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| Biographical information | |
| Status: | Alive |
| Residence: | Bailey Downs, Scarborough |
| Other information | |
| Gender: | Male |
| Relationships | |
| Marital status: | Divorced |
| Significant Other/s: | Aynsley † (ex-wife) Alison Hendrix (sexual) |
| Family: | 2 children |
| Series information | |
| Portrayed by: | Eric Johnson |
| First appearance: | Variations Under Domestication |
| Latest appearance: | Beneath Her Heart |
| Appearance count: | 3 |
Chad Norris is the ex-husband of Aynsley Norris. They had two children, and lived on the same street as the Hendrixes. Aynsley and Chad were good friends with Alison and Donnie. One evening, Chad and Aynsley suggested "mixing things up"; at first Donnie and Alison thought in stunned silence they meant an orgy, before awkwardly realizing this was not the case. Instead Chad performed a magic trick, and suggested magic mushrooms. Although Donnie did not (due to sensitivity to them), the three other proceeded to get high.
He seems to be submissive to his wife, Aynsley, who was seen often snapping at him in "Variations Under Domestication". Because of their complicated relationship, both had cheated on one another, possibly on more than one occasion. He had an affair with a spin class instructor and also had a sexual encounter with his wife's best friend, Alison Hendrix.
Months later, Chad had become depressed. His and Aynsley's two children live at her mother's. He met Alison one day and expressed that he blamed himself for Aynsley's death, that their public sex had driven her to a form of suicide.
| Season 1 appearances | ||||
| Natural Selection | Instinct | Variation Under Nature | Effects of External Conditions | Conditions of Existence |
| Variations Under Domestication | Parts Developed in an Unusual Manner | Entangled Bank | Unconscious Selection | Endless Forms Most Beautiful |
| Season 5 appearances | ||||
| The Few Who Dare | Clutch of Greed | Beneath Her Heart | Let the Children and Childbearers Toil | Ease For Idle Millionaires |
| Manacled Slim Wrists | Gag or Throttle | Guillotines Decide | One Fettered Slave | To Right the Wrongs of Many |