Brendan Samuels

Brendan Samuels is a character on the TV Generation series, Our Lives. He is the adoptive son of Mitch Samuels & his first wife, Jasmine Price, and the fraternal twin brother of Bridgette Harper.

Brendan works as a paramedic for the Oakridge General Hospital ambulance service in Oakridge, Illinois.

History
Brendan was born on July 12, 1982 in Crescent Valley, Illinois to Charmaine and Frederick Thompson at 3:04 p.m at 38 weeks gestation. He is 4 minutes younger than his fraternal twin sister, Bridgette. He and Bridgette were conceived around October of 1981. He was 18 months old when his younger brother, Ryan was born.
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When he was 6 years old, Frederick died in a car accident which left Charmaine with minor injuries. Afterwards, Charmaine was unable to function without her husband and became dependent on alcohol which later led to a full-blown addiction.

Brendan and his siblings were placed in foster care when he was 9 years old after Charmaine accidentally set a table on fire when her cigarette lighter fell on the ground while she was passed out drunk. Charmaine's parental rights were later terminated when she failed to follow court-ordered instructions to regain custody and fell out of contract with her kids for years.

Bridgette, Brendan and Ryan lived together in five different foster homes. Between late 1995\early 1996, they lived with a single foster mother, Hilary Davenport, who was the next door neighbor of Mitch Samuels and his first wife, Jasmine.

After it was revealed that Hilary had gotten a job promotion that required her to move out of state and she wouldn't be able to continue being a foster parent to Brendan and his siblings, Mitch and Jasmine decided to start the process to become their new foster parents.

By January of 1997, they became foster parents to Bridgette, Brendan and Ryan, who were 14 and 12 years old at the time. The siblings were adopted in August of 1998 when he was 16 years old.

Four months after the adoption was finalized, the Samuels moved to Mount Larkin, Illinois after Mitch gets a new job at Copeland Bros. Realty once he is certified as a real estate managing broker.

Bridgette and Brendan graduated from Mount Larkin High School in 2000. Around 2001, Jasmine was laid off from her job due to the company filing for bankruptcy which caused to become depressed and she turned to alcohol to cope with it. Mitch tried to intervene and get Jasmine help for her depression and alcoholism; however, Jasmine refused to get any help which put a strain on their marriage and caused frequent arguments between her and Mitch. Eventually, it caused Mitch and Jasmine to separate and they later filed for divorce.

Although Jasmine later sought help, she decided to give up custody of Jake and Darien to Mitch. Afterwards, she moved out of state and cut off all contact with her family.

In August of 2004, Mitch reunites with his former girlfriend, Andrea Watkins after he and his parents attend the funeral of Andrea's husband, Jason.

After Jason's funeral, Mitch offers to help Andrea out with her children which rekindles their relationship and they start dating each other during the summer of 2005.

The day before Valentine's Day in 2006, Mitch proposed to Andrea which she accepted. At the time, Brendan and Ryan were sharing an apartment together. After taking time off work following Devin's memorial service, Brendan is shown to still be reluctant to work out in the field and agrees to take over some of the ambulance driving duties due to one of the ambulance drivers dealing with a family emergency.
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By mid-August, after helping out new paramedic Marlon with a difficult intubation, he decides to work back in the field as a paramedic again.

In late April\early May, Brendan learns that Christian Kelley's case will be going to trial and he works with the district attorney to testify in court. In the two-part season finale, Brendan testifies in court against him and he is very pleased when he hears that Christian has been found guilty on all charges.

The following day, when Brendan goes into work, he sees on the television in the nurses' lounge about Christian escaping from a prison bus and stealing a gun from a police officer, making him fear for his safety and his family's safety. It is later revealed that Cheyenne was kidnapped by Christian at gunpoint and held hostage on a school bus along with a bus driver.

When Christian demands that he wants to see Brendan, Cheyenne calls Brendan on her cell phone, telling him she has an emergency and needs to see him right away.

As Brendan steps on the bus, he is also held hostage on the bus along with Cheyenne and Paul. The police are notified and surround the outside of the hospital as they try to get Christian to surrender. Christian allows medical assistance for Paul and 30 minutes later, he releases Cheyenne off the bus as well.

Meanwhile, Brendan is still held hostage on the bus until the evening hours when Christian decides to release him. Just as the police are about to arrest Christian, gunshots are heard from the bus and Brendan ducks down on the ground. It is revealed that Christian committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. Afterwards, Brendan and Cheyenne reunite with each other in the ER along with Adrianna. In the season premiere, it is revealed that Cheyenne, Corey and Riley have been spending the summer in Wilcox, Illinois, staying with Jamie and Francesca. According to Adrianna, Cheyenne needed to get out of Oakridge following the hostage situation.
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Brendan reveals that she has been having virtual therapy sessions with a trauma counselor to cope with the incident. He is also shown having a therapy session himself before going into work.

When Adrianna expresses her concerns about Cheyenne after having a FaceTime conversation with Riley, Brendan tries to contact Cheyenne on her cell phone, but she refuses to pick up her phone.

Towards the end of the episode, Adrianna gets a frantic phone call from Corey, who says that Cheyenne is missing and left her cell phone behind. She and Brendan become concerned when Corey tells them about the argument Cheyenne had with Jamie and Francesca.

After learning that Cheyenne is missing and reporting it to the police, Brendan and Adrianna drive all the way to Wilcox to help look for her. Meanwhile, the rest of the family helps out by posting about her disappearance on social media.

The next day, the police report that they found Cheyenne's car abandoned near a horse farm with her sandals, keys and wallet left inside which makes Brendan fear the worst about her. Two hours later, the police learn that Cheyenne was found wandering in the woods approximately eight miles away from the horse farm by two patrol officers and taken to the hospital.

Brendan, Adrianna, Jamie, Tiffany (who drove all the way from Ambrose Park) and Michelle (who also drove all the way from Oakridge) head over to the hospital where Cheyenne is shown to have broken her right arm. The treating physician, Dr. Keller explains to everyone that the patrol officers found Cheyenne wandering by herself in the woods. When the officers approached her, she became frightened and ran away from them.

When one of the officers asked her if she was okay, Cheyenne screamed at the officer to leave her alone. As she was running, she tripped over a tree branch, breaking her arm. The officers called for an ambulance to take her to the hospital. When Cheyenne was being examined, she became hysterical and had to be sedated. After her disappearance made social media, one of the nurses recognized Cheyenne and called the police.

As Cheyenne regains consciousness after being sedated, she is happy to see her family and apologizes to Jamie for arguing with him and Francesca. She admits that she hasn't been herself since the hostage situation and feels like everything is out of control.

After speaking with Cheyenne alone, Dr. Keller tells Brendan that due to Cheyenne's behavior, they want to admit Cheyenne to the local psychiatric hospital for a 72-hour hold because they think she might've had a mental breakdown; however, when Adrianna discovers that it has limited resources and poor feedback, Brendan wants to transfer Cheyenne to Oakridge General Hospital to get a second opinion from one of the psychiatrists at Oakridge General Hospital.

Dr. Keller agrees to the transfer if Brendan can get a doctor from the hospital to approve it. He is able to talk to Royce, who talks to Dr. Thornton and he approves transferring Cheyenne to Oakridge General. Dr. Thornton also makes a call to one of the hospital's top psychiatrists for a consult.

When Cheyenne returns to Oakridge, she speaks with another psychiatrist, Dr. Suarez at the hospital, who says that Cheyenne's mental breakdown was caused by PTSD due to the trauma caused by the hostage situation.

She also recommends that instead of being hospitalized in the psych ward for a 72-hour hold, Cheyenne should attend a 90-day stay at the Rosedale Residential Treatment Center in Mount Larkin that specializes in treating people suffering from trauma and PTSD. After talking it over with Brendan, Adrianna and Michelle, Cheyenne agrees to go to Rosedale to get the help she needs.

Brendan is later seen with Michelle and Adrianna helping Cheyenne into Rosedale before saying their goodbyes. He gives Cheyenne a hug and a kiss, telling her he loves her.

In September, it is revealed by Brendan that Cheyenne is settling into Rosedale well and has been seeing a therapist named Kimberley at the facility.