Bradin Westerly
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Bradin Westerly is the name of the character which Jesse McCartney played on The WB's short-lived show, Summerland, which is now being broadcast on The N.
In Season 1, Bradin, along with his brother, Derrick, and his sister, Nikki, loses his parents to a flood in Kansas. When he and the rest of the Westerly kids move out to Playa Linda, California, he goes through a lot of troubles. He comes home drunk and beats up one of Ava's roommates, Jay Robertson, played by Ryan Kwanten because Bradin saw Jay kissing his surf teacher, Erika Spalding, played by Taylor Cole on the date Bradin and Erika had planned. He gets in a fight with a boy, Tanner, played by Riley Smith that was harassing Erika. He meets a deceptive girl named Sara Borden, played by Sara Paxton with whom he has promiscuous sex. Then, he is pushed into stealing a jet-ski with Sara, causing him to be arrested by the police, instead of Sara.
In Season 2, once Sara is sent to boarding school, he meets a girl named Callie, played by Danielle Savre, who he finds out is from Nebraska. He has sex with her after his aunt's rehearsal dinner, and enjoys it. He becomes so obsessed, it causes Callie to consider breaking up with him. Before she can consider, they have sex again. This time, Ava walks in on them, causing Callie to explode and Bradin to break up with her. After Callie leaves disappointed in Bradin, he tries out for the surf team. He struggles and consider taking steroids. He overdoses on the drug, causing him to fall down the stairs. He goes to the emergency room after being banged up. Then, he goes on a surf tour with Jay. While he is there, he is signed to WaveCrasher Boards, and meets a "friend" named Brice. Brice's sister, Faith (played by Danielle Panabaker), comes to town, searching for colleges. She consults Bradin about college and changing his life for the better, using Brice as an example.
After Bradin saves Brice from drowning, he considers becoming a paramedic and using Faith's advice wisely. Brice tells him not to go to college and to keep surfing professionally. Then, he walks out on a photo shoot for WaveCrasher, because of the bad image they're giving him. WaveCrasher sues him. In Season 2, it was never established whether Bradin went to college to study a pre-medical degree or kept surfing. On the last episode, he did say that "surfing wasn't for him," leaving viewers to conclude that he went to college.
