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Brandon Walsh

Jason Priestley portrays Brandon Walsh (Seasons 1–9), the moral center of the show and the glue that holds the gang together (and Priestley was the group's off-screen "quarterback"). After his initial difficulties with Beverly Hills, he became loved by many and liked by all. In Season 1, after one of his drinks was spiked at a party, he briefly experienced a problem with drinking which led to the demise of his first cherished car (which he called 'Mondale'), and a night in jail. In Season 3, Brandon developed a serious gambling problem, which Nat, his boss at the Peach Pit, bailed him out of after he got into trouble with a mobster bookmaker after Brandon placed a few too many sports bets that he could not cover the expense of. Throughout the entire series, Brandon was involved in different journalism projects, from sports editor and co-chief of the Beverly Blaze in high school to co-editor of the CU Condor, a brief stint as news director at CUTV, and a year as student-body president (sophomore year). After graduation from college, he and Steve spent a year cultivating the Beverly Beat, a small newspaper given to Steve by Rush. He finally accepted a position with the Washington, D.C., bureau of the New York Chronicle. He was the person many turned to when the chips were down—from Donna's expulsion from high school, to Brenda's many problems, to Kelly's drug problem, to Andrea's getting into Yale, to Valerie's suicide attempt, to Ray's lawsuit against Joe, to Steve's constant stunts, and even to Dylan's battle with drugs and alcohol and the murder of his wife. Brandon is mentioned in the spin-off 90210 as having a family. Although Priestly didn't reprise his role as Brandon in the spin-off 90210, he directed the episode where Tori Spelling's character Donna Martin returns to town.

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    They can kill us, but they can’t eat us. That’s against the law!
    Gil Doud, U.S. screenwriter, and Jesse Hibbs. Brandon (Charles Drake)

    That a lover forsaken
    A new love may get;
    But a neck, when once broken,
    Can never be set:
    And, that he could die
    Whenever he would;
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