Theo Carver is a fictional character from Days of Our Lives, an American soap opera on the NBC network.

As a teenager, Theo struggles to accept Abe's first attempt at romance after Lexie's 2012 passing with Valerie Grant (Vanessa Williams) and he is romantically linked to his childhood best friend Ciara Brady (Vivian Jovanni) and later her niece Claire (Olivia Rose Keegan).

In 2017, the unarmed Theo is shot by rookie police officer JJ Deveraux (Casey Moss) which leaves him paralyzed and leads to him being written out of the series when he relocates to South Africa for treatment.

Brandon's new wife and Lexie's rival Sami Brady (Alison Sweeney) later reveals that she tampered with the baby's original paternity test to make sure Abe believes he is the child's father.

In the fall of 2008, Abe decides to run for mayor and the parents struggle with the idea of forcing Theo to live a life in the public eye.

Fortunately Abe and Lexie's friend Bo Brady (Peter Reckell) tracks the boy down and brings him home.

He is also very close friends with Bo and Hope Williams Brady's (Kristian Alfonso) mischievous daughter Ciara (Lauren Boles).

In November 2015, a 16-year old Theo (Pettis) attends Hope's wedding with his father and spends most of his time with Ciara (Vivian Jovanni).

Theo initially panics, but eventually calls Lani Price (Sal Stowers) for help, and Joey is rushed to the hospital.

Theo is shocked when Ciara reveals that her stepbrother Chase Jennings (Jonathon McClendon) is the one bullying him and he furiously confronts him.

While they are preparing for prom, Mark McNair (Connor Weil) forcibly kisses Ciara which leads to Theo attacking him.

When Abe is shot during a press conference, a distraught Theo pulls a gun on the shooter, Clyde Weston (James Read).

However, they ultimately make love for the first time in April 2017 and Theo plays matchmaker for Ciara and his Wyatt Stone (Scott Shilstone).

When Theo apologizes for not trusting her, but Claire admits she hid the love letter Ciara wrote him before she left and he dumps her.

Abe furiously chastises Theo for breaking the law fearing the DiMeras' crimes will put him in harm's way.

When Val's son Eli Grant (Lamon Archey) suddenly arrest Abe for pedaling counterfeiting, Theo fears he'll lose his only parent.

[52] A representative for the series said "Cameron is excited to be making his daytime drama debut on NBC’s Days of our Lives stepping into the role of Theo.

"[53] According to a statement from Ron Carlivati in Soap Opera Digest, Pettis declined to come back to the series which led to a recast.

[55] In preparation for the role, Johnson "binged the series" to make sure he was up-to-date on current plots and "I went on the fan pages for Theo and found his backstory, so I did all my homework."

[63] The actor's mother, Katrina Ransom explained that she wasn't aware that her son would portray an autistic character until after Terrell was hired.

[63] NBC's senior vice president Bruce Evans praised the decision and said "We are hopeful that this storyline will serve as a resource for our viewers."

"[64] The plan was to have the story play out long term, with viewers seeing Theo and his parents deal with his condition throughout his life.

[65] Days would become only the second soap to address the issue of autism after ABC Daytime's All My Children which introduced the character of Lily Montgomery (Leven Rambin) in 1993.

[75] Playing a young man living with autism, and who is growing up through teen angst and beyond right before the audiences’ eyes, has made Kyler Pettis’ Theo a character to root for on the NBC daytime drama series.

Omar White-Nobles of TVSource Magazine praised the decision to age Theo into his teen years just in time for the show's 50th anniversary.

TVSource Magazine's Coryon Gray praised the actor for his "spot on" and "believable" portrayal of the autistic teenager upon his debut.

"[82] Cindy McLennan said "Kyler Pettis has done a deft job with Theo Carver, a character on the Autism spectrum.

McLennan gave Pettis a grade of "A+" for his portrayal and said the actor "managed to make our sweet Theo both relatable and unique."

[87] Alina Adams criticized the inconsistent writing for Theo's autism which she said "seems to come and go as the story demands, so he doesn't feel like a very strong presence.

"Kyler Pettis' hurt expressions made me want to send Theo a flock of puppies to brighten his day.