Philip Shea

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Philip Shea
Biographical Information
Gender	Male
Relatives	Anne Shea † (mother) Helen Torrance (foster mom) Gabe Caldwell (foster father)
Relationship Status	In a relationship with Lukas Waldenbeck
Occupation	Student at Red Hook High School
Series Information
Series	Eyewitness
First Seen	"Buffalo '07"
Last Seen	"Mother's Day"
Episodes	10
Portrayed By	Tyler Young

Philip Shea is a main character in the USA Network crime drama series Eyewitness. He is a teenager from the projects who's seen more pain than any adult ever should, gets a fresh chance to start over in an idyllic small town with his new foster mother, Helen. He is on the verge of falling in love, when he witnesses a triple murder with his closeted boyfriend – and the two boys swear themselves to secrecy for fear of being outed.

Early Life

Philip is the only child of his single mother, who suffered from addiction issues his whole life. He would often go out to buy her drugs if she asked, and take care of her when she was unable, causing him to mature quickly. Growing up in the city he didn't worry too much about being gay because no one really cared about that sort of thing, but he still waited to come out to his mother. Due to her addiction, they had issues with child services until he was eventually taken away from her in order to receive proper care. Philip continued to sneak out to see her and make sure she was okay even though it was in violation of the child services agreement, where she had been stripped of visitation. He was taken in by Gabe and Helen in a small town where he found it difficult to connect with them and his surroundings because of the differences from the city.

Throughout the Series

"Buffalo '07"

Philip goes with Lukas into the woods to record him doing tricks on his motorbike to post on youtube, later the two go to the Waldenbeck Cabin to relax and view the footage. Alone in the cabin Lukas and Philip start to express the feeling with each other when they are interrupted by mobsters. The two go into hiding and end up witnessing a triple murder. When the killer notices Philip under the bed Lukas hits him over the head with a cast-iron skillet knocking him unconscious not realizing that he wasn't dead. The two boys escape and go to a pond to get rid of the gun.

After Lukas dropped off Philip took the bus to New York to be with his mother. In the morning Anne sees Philip on the coach in front of her apartment building and wakes him. They talk for awhile and then he takes to bus back to Tivoli where he is picked up by his foster father and brought to school. Philip borrows Tommy's camera but in exchange Tommy wants Philip's jacket as collateral, so they switch. Philip tries to talk to Lukas, but Lukas starts a fight not wanting to be seen talking to Philip.

Philip goes to the Sheriff offices to apologize for lying to his foster mother and see the murder board at the station. That night at the Caldwell Ranch, Philips family is having dinner and trying to have a regular evening dinner but it does not go well. The next day Philip and Gabe meet with the principle about the fight.

That evening Lukas is listening to music and Philip sneaks in to tell him that he thinks they are in the clear due to a shirtless man who was on the murder board. As they start kissing Lukas pulls away, scared about what the town will think about there relationship. After a brief argument Lukas starts to give into his feeling for Philip and starts to strip him down until Philip stops him and tells him he has to decided if he wants to be with him or Rose then leaving the room hoping Lukas would follow. Lukas stands at the stairways and returns to his room, leaving Philip to walk away.

Philip is on the bus when he sees Tommy walk on wearing his jacket, he waves and then notices the killer get onto the bus after Tommy and immediately gets off.

"Bella, Bella, Bella"

Gabe takes Philip to the lake to show teach him about his kayak. Gabe was telling Philip about the kayak, love and life.

Philip goes after Lukas who left during the meeting about Tommy. Philip trys to console Lukas and comes up with a plan so he can stop thinking about the past. The go to New York, get fake IDs to go clubing. While in New York Philip tries to get to know Lukas better and decides to come clean and tell him he is a virgin.  

At the club, Lukas finds out the Philip took him to a gay club and runs out. Later outside Lukas breaks down and kisses him outside in public. Later Lukas drops off Philip to walk home.

Relationships

• Lukas
• Gabe
• Helen
• Rose
• Ryan
• Tony
• Kamilah

Main article: Philip and Lukas

Main article: Gabe and Philip

Main article: Philip and Helen

Main article: Rose and Philip

Trivia

• Philip discloses to Lukas that he is a virgin, despite carrying around condoms.
• He has a very close relationship with his mother and hesitates very little in disclosing his emotions to her
• Philip's jacket was given to him by his maternal grandfather
• He tells Lukas that he can't swim.
• Philip is very fond of taking photographs and videos; he borrowed Tommy's DSLR and takes pictures with a Polaroid that Lukas gave him.

Gallery

• Ep 1
• Ep 2
• Ep 3
• Ep 4
• Ep 5
• Ep 6
• Ep 7
• Ep 8
• Ep 9
• Ep 10