Joseph Elyis, played by Peter Onorati was a character featured in Season One of Cherry Hill, in a flashback of the episode , Bad Twin, he is the father of twins Austin and Nicholas Elyis and the husband of Etta Elyis. He died in 2005 after a suspected overdose., though it was revealed later that it was his own son , Nicholas, that killed him. In Homecoming, we see in another flashback, branching off from Bad Twin, we see him and Nicholas arguing, it is then revealed that Nicholas had planted the drugs that killed him. We also find out his name is Joseph, for the first time.