Ethan is is the nephew of Bethenny, Claire Dunphy's friend, whom Claire invites to go to Disneyland with the family in "Disneyland".
Claire invites him because she wants Haley to fall for him and completely get over Dylan, who had moved to Wyoming in "Dude Ranch". Haley, adamant that she wasn't going to babysit him, quickly changes her opinion after meeting him, much to Claire's delight. Much to Claire's chagrin, Dylan shows up at Disneyland completely unannounced. He rushes off after running into them, and Haley realizes that she still likes Dylan. So she ditches Ethan, leaving Alex with Ethan, another thing that Claire did not like. Ethan has a lot in common with Alex, I think he develops a crush on her. After seeing Dylan as a 'Dapper Dan', Haley ditches Dylan and begins talking to Ethan again, bumping Alex out the way.After some time, Dylan meets up with Ethan and Haley again in his Little John costume declaring his love for Haley. Ethan and Dylan get into a minor scuffle. At the end of the day, Haley eventually dumps Ethan, Ethan leaves with some friends he ran into, and Haley and Dylan get back together.
Trivia
- Matt Prokop and Sarah Hyland were dating in real life for a while