Portrayed by Trevor Donovan, Teddy Montgomery was introduced in the second season premiere as a recurring character.

In the third season, Teddy deals with the many complications and struggles of being gay, which includes harassment, acceptance and relationships.

Now attending West Bev, Teddy grows close to one of Adrianna's closest friends, Silver, who is struggling to take care of her mother who has cancer.

As time progresses, Teddy develops feelings for Silver and asks her to the West Bev Winter Wonderland Dance.

A saddened Silver is then caught off guard when Dixon kisses her, and Teddy manages to spot the two and leaves heartbroken.

A few weeks later, Teddy's sister, Savanna walks up to Silver and Dixon having lunch, and tells her how she missed out on a great chance on dating her brother.

During the season premiere, an earthquake rocks Beverly Hills, which causes a heavy bookcase to fall on one of Teddy's legs while trying to take cover.

Teddy later finds out he slept with a male student from West Bev named Ian.

As time progresses, Teddy slowly begins to accept his sexuality when he visits a gay bar alone.

Later at Adrianna's party, Teddy reveals to Ian that he has learned to accept the fact that he is gay, but that he just isn't ready to come out yet.

After Christmas break, Teddy comes back to school only to find a note in his locker demanding $50,000 or they will reveal his secret, as well as pictures of him and Ian kissing.

Teddy goes down to apologize and meets a guy named Marco, who is a soccer player at Malibu Country Day.

Silver then talks to Liam, Navid and Dixon to take Teddy to a gay bar as a sign of support after feeling distant from the guys in the group.

Teddy is glad to run into Tripp, but he admits to Silver he wasn't looking forward to a night of acting straight.

In the season premiere, Teddy reveals he had split up with his boyfriend; Marco Salazar over the summer for unknown reasons.

He decides to spend his final days of summer with Silver, Naomi, Annie, Navid and Dixon.

As college begins for most of the group, Teddy decides to take his outing to the next level by coming out to his father.

While attending CU, Teddy bumps into the same man from Barcelona, whose name is later revealed to be Shane (Ryan Rottman).

Shane reveals he is working for a congressional candidate; Marissa (Brandy Norwood), who happens to be running against Teddy's uncle in the election.

Shane and Teddy later reconcile and decide to join Naomi and the rest of the gang on a trip to Las Vegas.

Silver also manages to capture their entire wedding on video and accidentally sends it to her candidate; Marissa Harris-Young who then releases the tape to the media in order to cause troubles for her opponent in the election.

In the season premiere, Teddy agrees to be a sperm donor for Silver in the wake of Dixon's horrible car accident, which he and his friends are also dealing with.

In the mid-season finale, Silver meets Teddy for lunch with the intentions of getting his signature that will ultimately take away all of his parental rights to the child.

Teddy, hoping to pleasantly surprise Silver, refuses to sign the papers and reveals that he and Shane would like to help her parent the child.

He was originally supposed to stay as a recurring love interest for Silver, but was later upgraded to series regular for the upcoming third season.

"He's creating his own problems and ... there's going to be a lot of external struggles from other people mostly caused by his frustration, his anger, his denial and confusion.

"[6] With Teddy's storyline coinciding with the recent focus on bullying and teen suicide, Donovan joined other celebrities in Dan Savage's "It Gets Better" project with his PSA.

"It's not like teen suicide or bullying is a new problem, but it has come to the forefront and it's been nationally publicized and ... it's been an amazing opportunity to educate people," he says.

"[7] Donovan also revealed that he was honored and flattered that the writers thought he could take such a story and handle it in the way it was written.

As people began to see the sensitive and caring side of Teddy as the character grew extremely popular and was well liked by both critics and fans.