Ted turns out to comfort Emmett telling him that he can't be positive if he has been safe every time. This alarms him to thinking he maybe positive. Emmett originally does it for moral support despite always having safe sex, however, a voicemails comes on a Friday saying they are requesting him to report to office for an issue. Ted later finds out that Blake called for an ambulance after he fled.Īfter Ted has an encounter with a man who is positive without protection, Emmett criticizes him and goes with Ted to the clinic to get tested for HIV. Ted falls into a coma and Blake runs out. Ted takes him home, and Blake gets him to try GHB, with disastrous results. His earliest attempt, with a younger man named Blake whom was flirting with Ted Schmidt at Babylon. Ted is a few years older than his friends and was portrayed as having difficulty in finding sexual partners or building a romantic relationship.

This portrayed often with his character during the series such as his experiments with drugs and certain sexual endeavors. This conservative upbringing consist of a certain late bloomer and naïve trait where he is susceptible to believing others at their word even if it is a lie, and even acting on them which can have deadly consequences. When judgmental and over bias, he can have an unforgiving, nasty disposition towards others. He also has a tendency to be judgmental due to a certain conservative upbringing and still bears a 'republican' position politically. Matter of fact, woman tend to hit on him due to his clean-cut appearance. He is another LGBT male in the series that is not obviously gay. He is intellectual and has a heart of gold, However, he is also very conservative, ODC, anxious with low self esteem despite having a certain ingénue, clean-cut attractive presence. Because of this he is very doubtful when someone as attractive as Blake shows an interest in him.

He tends to go after men who are out of his league to prove to himself that he is not attractive. He looks rather intelligent and acts in a shy manner, lacking the confidence and self-worth of those around him.

Ted is a white man in his mid-thirties, he has short dark brown hair, brown eyes, and an average build. While going through the program, he gets the internship and he continues to work for the same employer he interned with for a decent stability until his mid thirties where he eventually meets Michael and the rest of the gang. He reveals an attraction for one of the members which he was punched in the face and 'unzapped.' He later goes to graduate school and attains his MBA to become and accountant. He goes to college for finance and joins a fraternity.

Ted queer as folk