Dan Brady

Dan Brady
Occupation	Firefighter (current) Owner of Emerald Lumber (former) Waiter (former) Marine (former)
marital	Lark (girlfriend) Brie Sheridan (ex girlfriend)
Family	Unnamed father Unnamed mother Four unnamed siblings Unnamed uncle
Actor	Benjamin Hollingsworth

Daniel Brady is one of the main characters in Virgin River. A fellow Marine veteran alongside Jack and Preacher, he struggles to adjust to civilian life. Commonly referred to by only his last name, Brady is constantly in and out of Virgin River. After returning once again, he works for Jack at his bar, but quits after a disagreement with him. Following this, Brady begins working for Calvin, an infamous local drug dealer. Some time later, he realises the truth behind Calvin’s operation and after being tasked with killing Spencer, Brady is unable to do so and saves his life. He admits that going into business with Calvin was a mistake. In Season 3, he meets and pursues a relationship with Brie Sheridan, Jack’s sister, which only increases tensions between the two. Their on again off again relationship lasts until Season 5 when Brie ends it due to his continuous involvement with drugs. Despite wanting to move away from Calvin’s dirty work, Brady is constantly dragged in and out of it, often in an attempt to protect the people he loves.

History

The Marines

Little is known about Brady's early history, other than that he was a Marine alongside Preacher and Jack Sheridan, who served as his sergeant. Following their discharge, it is assumed that Brady followed both Preacher and Jack to Virgin River, where he began working for Jack.

Brady's employment with Jack was problematic, however, and on numerous occasions he stole money from the bar. Preacher warned Jack about keeping him employed, and suggested that he fire him immediately, but Jack continued making excuses for Brady. Eventually, Brady asked if he could be made a manager but Jack refused, and the friendship between the two suffered as a result.

Involvement with Calvin

After Jack refused to make him bar manager, Brady left employment at Jack's Bar. Brady was drawn to the large sums of money he could make under the employment of Calvin, the town's local mafia boss. Despite numerous warnings from Jack, Brady began working for Calvin almost immediately.

Brady was tasked with overseeing the acquisition of Lilly's farm so that Calvin could begin using it as a front for the shipment of drugs overseas. Brady falsely made Lilly a deal on the farm, but this fell through at the last stage after she was warned by Jack about Brady's true agenda behind the purchase — this caused huge issues for Brady in his friendship with Calvin, who he blamed for the deal falling through.

Shortly after this, Brady is tasked with killing Spencer, whom Calvin finds out is supplying Jack with information about Calvin in his investigation with the police. Brady is unable to kill Spencer, however, and aids him in escaping from Virgin River with his family, faking his death. Brady shows Mel evidence of this, citing that he knew he had made the wrong decision getting involved with Calvin.

Teaming up with Mike

After Calvin faked his death, a new boss came in the picture. It turns out the real person behind it all is Melissa Montgomery, Nick's sister. She wants Jack's glamping gig to be a cover for her illegal activities with Brady as a person in charge of it. Melissa threatens Brie to get Brady to obey. When Brady wants out, she gets Gene threw a rock in Brie's window. Brady decided to team up with Mike to catch her in the act to protect Brie.

Brady is taken while trying to catch Melissa. Mike is among the cops who headed to bring him home. During this, Mike is shot and taken to the hospital. Melissa is finally aressted.

Relationships

Brie

When he first meets Brie, he does not know about her being Jack's sister. They end up flirting with each other. They start dating soon after without telling Jack.

When he is stabbed in prison by Jimmy, Brie visits him in a ahospital and admits she is in love with him. She teams up with Mike to find out what happenend and to clear his name.

Brady does not tell Brie about his ongoing involvement with Calvin and later Melissa. She tell him she needs a break from him upon learning about his lies from Jeb's wife, Pauline. He is very jealous when she is talking with Mike and almost punches him. This is the last straw she needed to break up with him.

Lark

He meets Lark while rescuing her from the wildlife fire. She wants him to look for her daughter Hazel because she got lost due to the fire.

They start dating but unbeknownst to Brady, she is working with Jimmy to take Brady's money. Brie is the one to catch Lark with Jimmy and immidiately tells Brady about it. Lark confesses the truth and tells Brady that she loves him and told Jimmy that this is over but Brady breaks up with her. He later gives her a second chance after talking with Kaia about trying to be a better person.

At Mel and Jack's wedding he confesses his love to Brie which Lark overhears and gets furious that he lied to her. She ends up stealing his money and leaving.

Personality

Dan Brady is "another former Marine under Jack’s command, Brady differs from Preacher in almost every way".

Trivia

• In The More the Merrier, he reveals that he at one point in time had a D1 hockey scholarship which he lost before joining the marines.
  • He served in the marines with Jack, Mike, and Preacher.

Appearances

Dan Brady appears in the following episodes:

Virgin River appearances	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
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Gallery

Brady meets Lizzie at the town fundraiser.

Brady with Calvin and Jack.