On June 1, 2022, a man jumps from a plane and knocks Britt into the Metro Court pool during a Society Setups charity mixer. Maxie assumes it was a stunt that was arranged by the party. Dante recognizes the man and calls him Cody. Then Cody recognizes Dante and laughs that he became a cop. He was told the pool was supposed to be empty during his skydiving gig. Brad flirts with Cody while offering him a towel as Cody only has shorts on. Spinelli is impressed with the stunt but Britt is upset that Cody almost drowned her and she demands Dante arrest him. Dante cuffs Cody and takes him away. Britt seems to be attracted to Cody despite their introduction.
Dante takes Sam and Cody to Charlie's Pub. Cody tells Sam his name is Cody Bell and he and Dante used to get into all kinds of trouble together. Dante introduces Phyllis to Cody, his friend.
Dante explains to Sam that he met Cody when he was twelve and his mother sent him to summer camp to become well behaved. He ended up befriending Cody at camp and they faked a drowning and stole cigarettes. Cody smoked all of them which made him throw up. They would meet every year afterwards at camp. Cody says he was just passing through town and would be heading to the Finger Lakes for a job next. Sam says she may have a job as her kids got a new horse and they are looking for a handler. Cody turns her down although he does have experience with horses.
On June 8, Cody is back at the pool laughing at the gif of Britt climbing out of the pool that Brad made. He talks with Brad about the party until Britt shows up. Cody shows the gif to Britt and she argued with him about almost killing her.
On June 14, Cody argues with Zelda about not being paid the agreed amount for his stunt. When she leaves, he follows her to a Metro Court suite where Spinelli is also staying. Cody blackmails Spinelli for money and joins a poker game after learning the password. He is beaten up by Selina's bodyguard after ending the poker game early and losing her money. She takes his winnings and leaves him $50. Britt finds him in the alley and takes him to the hospital. He goes back to GH and finds out he has bruised ribs so he crashes on Dante's couch to recover. Cody later makes another arrangement for Spinelli to get Britt to try Society Setups again.
On July 5, Olivia finally meets the infamous Cody and he is interested in her job for overseer of the Quartermaine Stables. Sonny runs into Cody as he is wrapping up his business with Spinelli. Cody introduces himself to Sonny as Dante's old camping friend. After Cody leaves, Sonny is suspicious of why Cody was with Spinelli. Cody later accepts Olivia's job and points out to Britt that he isn't broke anymore. She isn't impressed as he is still accident-prone and uncouth. Cody ends up leaving his belt buckle at GH and Britt brings it to the Stables. Cody tries to convince her to go riding with him but she isn’t interested.
Zelda calls Britt and convinces her to try Society Setups one more time. Cody is her match and Britt agrees to one date with him.
On July 19, Cody tells Dante about his crush on Britt while in the gym's steam room. Dante says Cody needs to grow up.
On July 20, Cody and Britt have a disastrous date at the Stables where he forces her to bond with Comet, says he wants kids and then clarifies he doesn’t really want them when he sees how upset it made Britt due to her Huntington’s diagnosis.
On August 10, it was revealed that Dominique Baldwin is Cody's mother. Cody says she rejected him and he lived with the Bell family as stablehands at Serenity.
Crimes Committed
Blackmailed Spinelli into giving him cash to keep quiet about Spinelli data mining clients in Society Setups [Jun 15, 2022; reason revealed Aug 8, 2022]
Blackmailed Spinelli into making Britt his match on Society Setups [Jun 30, 2022]
