He has made enemies with many citizens of the town, notably Archie Yates, Sarita, Tim Calvert, and Jo's father Kyle Masterson. Despite making an enemy in Jo's father, her mother Tess Masterson is warming up to the boy. Danny developed feelings for Lacey early on and they secretly dated after she breaks up with Archie then got back together in Home Is Where the Hurt Is. But they break up again in The Son Also Falls after Danny admits he had been hiding from her the fact that he killed his own father (in self defense), and Jo's involvement. With this revelation, Lacey becomes convinced Danny has feelings for Jo, and subsequently ends things with him. Up until this point, Danny had been aware of Jo's obvious romantic attraction to him, but never reciprocated it until Jack made him realize he did indeed have romantic feelings for Jo the entire time due to his jealously of Jo hanging out with Charlie all the time. He then became unsettled when his former juvie cell mate, Charlie McBride, moves to Green Grove and began to pursue a relationship with Jo. In Danny, Interrupted, his dislike of Charlie is revealed to be not only because of his fears of him being dangerous and trying to steal his life, but because he does, indeed, have romantic feelings for Jo. Danny Desai is portrayed by Avan Jogia. Biography11 year old Danny He was best friends with Jo and Lacey since his early childhood. He seems to have had the typical family life with a loving mother and father along with his Aunt Tara who was implied to have been in the picture. However, he soon began acting strange when he was 11 years old, becoming more quiet and mute, as noticed by Jo and Lacey. One day at his house, the two contemplated why there was an abrupt change in his behavior. Lacey suggested puberty while Jo thought it may have been family problems. While they talked, Danny was watching them from an upstairs window. When Jo and Lacey are playing on the swing set outside, he went inside his house, and saw his father Vikram with a red jump rope, with his Aunt Tara lying on the floor after strangling her to death, while she was baby-sitting them. so he gives Danny the jump rope and has him come outside to Lacey and Jo, in a daze, and says that he had no choice and "had to", unbeknownst to Jo and Lacey, that his father is the real killer, so thinking Danny actually killed her they soon end up coming across his aunt's dead body, severely traumatizing them both. Danny was soon charged with his father's crime and arrested for his aunt's murder that he did not commit, silently refusing to tell anyone why he did it until Dead Men Tell Big Tales. PersonalityDanny is confident, charismatic and convincing. He also has a very good poker face and is a very good liar. He attracts people very easily. He is shown to be nice and friendly to his friends, but can be mysterious, since he did not want to tell anybody the real reason his aunt died. He shows a sensitive side at times. Physical AppearanceThroughout the series, Danny typically wears dark and solid colored clothes. He also wears a t-shirt or a long-sleeve shirt with the sleeves rolled up. At times, he is seen wearing an army jacket. He has long, luscious dark brown/black hair that is usually tied back into a low ponytail, but it's often loose at home. He has light facial scruff including a sparse goatee. His eyes are dark brown and his natural skin tone is light brown/tan in color reflecting his half Indian heritage. He's considered universally very attractive by everybody. He is in good shape, well-muscled and handsome. RelationshipsLacey PorterMain article: Danny and LaceyLacey and Danny have been friends since childhood. When Danny supposedly killed his aunt, Lacey lost her trust in him. When Danny returns to Green Grove five years later, Lacey, now a popular girl with a full social life, is very hesitant to trust him, but Danny still tries to rekindle their old friendship. Danny has an obvious romantic attraction to Lacey as evidenced by him gazing intently at Lacey, constantly asking about her, and almost sharing a kiss in the Pilot. Their chemistry comes to a head in The Fest and the Furious (episode 5) as Lacey realizes she is attracted to Danny as well and they end up kissing. They are secretly dating at the end of episode seven and are video-taped by an unknown, masked prankster in a moment of intimacy on Danny's couch at the end of episode eight, then they find out later it was one of their "friends". Lacey breaks up with Danny at the end of episode nine after she discovers Danny was still keeping more secrets and she make him realize he has feelings for Jo and says that it's always been her . Karen DesaiMain article: Karen and DannyKaren is Danny's mother. She is struggling Karen and Danny in her relationship with her son. She wants to help him but he accuses her of neglecting him in his younger years. Nevertheless, she believes that he is innocent. It was revealed that she tried to get the Mastersons to have Jo trial for Danny. She had lost her son for 5 years but is trying to have a better relationship with him now. Jo MastersonMain article: Danny and JoJo and Danny Jo is Danny's best friend from childhood but their friendship was ruined when his dad had killed his aunt when they were kids. When returning to town after five years, Danny tries to reconnect with Jo but she feels that she can't trust him. Feeling that she is the only one who understands him and knows him better than anybody, he regains her trust when protecting her from a guy that was 'having fun' with her while she was drunk at a party. She now believes in him and decides to prove that he is innocent. Jo tells him that, "I couldn't help you five years ago, but I can now." In Poison of Interest she confesses to being in love with Danny in front of the whole school, despite him having no romantic inclinations towards her at first until Charlie an old enemy from his past came to Green Grove and started hanging out with Jo in which Danny became jealous in the next episode, The Son Also Falls, but in Danny, Interrupted, Charlie, is the one proven to be a psychopath who has always wanted Danny's life and that he has always been in love with Jo so he always had pictures of her in his room, so she leaves and breaks up with him because she still has feelings for Danny but it is proven in the episode that Danny does have romantic feelings for her. Regina CraneMain article: Danny and ReginaRegina was shown to wear the same necklace as Terra Desai, and was the only person not afraid of Danny when he returned. She comes onto him sexually in multiple attempts to get him alone. After texting him the truth that she knows why he killed Tara and that's why she needs to see him, she was found murdered the next morning. In the summer finale the murder weapon used to kill her was found, and, according to the police it had Danny's fingerprints all over it. Although the weapon is highly incriminating it isn't known if he killed Regina or if he just touched the soon-to-be murder weapon. Archie YatesMain article: Danny and ArchieArchie is Danny's rival. Despite bullying him in the halls. Archie believes fully that Danny murdered Regina. Kyle MastersonMain article: Kyle and DannyKyle (incorrectly) believes that Danny is guilty in the murder of Regina Crane and doesn't trust him despite his daughter's close friendship with him. RicoMain article: Danny and RicoRico trusted Danny due to Jo's faith in him but after feeling like he is stealing Jo from him and seeing Danny's mom Karen Desai throw Regina/Tara's necklace into the lake, doubts him and tells Chief Masterson what he knows. Rico and Danny are cordial to each other again in Docu-Trauma. AppearancesSeason 1
Trivia
Who does Danny love in Twisted?Danny confesses to Jo that he is in love with her in A Tale of Two Confessions and that he thought he was okay with them being friends but was wrong and wants to be more and that Lacey was right about what she said in The Son Also Falls "It's been Jo all along, it's always been Jo."
Does Danny date Jo in Twisted?We're Getting Mutants in the MCU - The Loop
Danny and Jo is the romantic/friendship pairing of Danny Desai and Jo Masterson on Twisted. They are in love.
Do Lacey and Danny end up together?Lacey breaks up with Danny after she realizes that he actually has feelings for Jo by saying "it's been Jo all along, it's always been Jo."
Who does Jo date in Twisted?Jo Masterson. |