Nick and Jessica's eager-to-please, self-conscious 13-year-old son Chris was too young to remember his father when he left. Like the rest of his family, Chris had trouble adjusting to his newly returned dad, but was ultimately happy to have him home. But as Nick Brody's lies begin to unravel, it becomes increasingly difficult for Chris' mom Jessica to shield her youngest child from the tension at home, and it hits the young, naive Chris hard.