Cooper Whedon

Cooper is the young son adopted by Kevin Walker and Scotty Wandell, folded into the sprawling, loud Walker family as one more small person for everyone to dote on and worry over. He's quiet where the adults around him are not, watching the family's chaos unfold with the wide-eyed patience of a kid still learning its rules.

There's something quietly moving about a show this preoccupied with adult grievances making room for a child who simply needs to be loved well. Maxwell Perry Cotton doesn't try to carry scenes he's too young to carry — he just exists as a small, steady presence, and that stillness is exactly what gives Kevin and Scotty's scenes with him their warmth.