Brad

Portrayed by: Joe Manganiello

First appearance: Ted Mosby: Architect

Full name: Brad Morris[1]

Occupation: Lawyer at Honeywell & Cootes

Romances: Kara (ex-girlfriend)

Gallery of Brad images (12)

Brad Morris is a friend of Marshall's from Columbia Law School.

Show OutlineEdit

Season 2Edit

He is first seen in Ted Mosby: Architect, hosting a party that Marshall and Barney attend.

After Marshall's break up with Lily, Marshall and Brad become good friends as Brad himself had just been dumped. (World's Greatest Couple)

He attends Marshall's bachelor party, disappearing at the start of the party and reappearing at the very end, standing by the side of the road naked. (Bachelor Party)

He attends Marshall and Lily's wedding as a groomsmen. He tried to help Lily by attempting to toss out her ex-boyfriend Scooter, who crashed the wedding. Brad took the bar at the same time as Marshall and was one of the first to call to see if Marshall too had passed. (Something Borrowed)

Season 5Edit

He asked Robin out on a date. They went to a hockey game, and tells her he "was born a little different" below the belt, this suggests he might be a transsexual, but this is unlikely given his appearance. It is more likely to be some sort of problem with his genitalia, maybe three testicles, which has been mentioned by Stella at another point in the series. (Definitions)

When they go on the Kiss Cam, they kiss, but Barney appears and punches Brad in the face.

Season 8Edit

In The Stamp Tramp, Marshall sees Brad outside his law firm, where Brad tells him that he has been unemployed for two years. Marshall, because of his kind nature, gets him an interview at his firm, but Brad gets in a fight with Marshall's boss. While at the courtroom for the Gruber Pharmaceuticals case, Marshall sees Brad who tells him that he is already working for Gruber Pharmaceuticals for two years and pretended to be unemployed to get into Honeywell & Cootes to steal their case strategy.

In Twelve Horny Women, at the trial, Marshall does his best to explain his camp's position on the case (including showing a bird from the lake suffering from acute dermatitis), Brad tries a different approach. He talks while using his muscular frame in several ways to try winning over the all-women jury and even the judge. He also questions a quack doctor and exhibits a video that aims to prove that Frog Lake was safe, mostly footage of him dipping in the water while flexing his body before the camera. However, upon seeing the video, Marshall calls Brad to the witness stand and asks him to unbutton his shirt; it is revealed that Brad's chest also showed signs of acute dermatitis as a result of his frolicking in the lake. The judge finds Gruber Pharmaceuticals guilty of the contamination, but only orders that it pay $25,000 in damages instead of the original $25-million claim.

Brad reconciles with Marshall by saying that he has left the company and joined Marshall's firm to try using his courtroom skills to save the world. He also says that the judge who oversaw the trial was bad and he knew Marshall can do better.

Episode AppearancesEdit

1. Ted Mosby: Architect
2. World's Greatest Couple
3. Bachelor Party
4. Something Borrowed
5. Definitions
6. The Stamp Tramp
7. Twelve Horny Women

Notes and TriviaEdit

ReferencesEdit

External LinksEdit

• Joe Manganiello at the English Wikipedia
• Joe Manganiello official site
• Joe Manganiello at the Internet Movie Database
• Joe Manganiello on Twitter
• Joe Manganiello at MySpace