Bryce Barden - Carl's brother

 Bryce Barden awas born May 5, 1984 at Boston Medical to Mary and Robert. Bryce grew up in an average middle class home.  From a young age, Bryce knew how to talk his way out of anything and everything.  So, whenever he and his brother Carl would find themselves in trouble with their parents, Bryce knew how to flip the story so Carl would take the blame. Carl always disliked this about his brother.  Throughout elementary school, Bryce was always smarter than the kids in his class, and he got straight A’s with no effort at all. When he reached high school, Bryce continued to excel in academics, taking all AP courses, and received a 4.0 GPA every year. Although Bryce got excellent grades, school came effortlessly to him, and he was very popular among his classmates.

Bryce had a very persuasive way of speaking, and he could seemingly convince anyone of anything. After Bryce got nearly perfect scores on he attended Columbia University, and then went applied and got into Columbia Law School, where he met Charlotte, who he proposed to on graduation day, and married a month later.  After he graduated Columbia Law School, he landed a job as an attorney at Ropes & Gray, the most highly rated law firm in Boston, and earns 6 figures a year. He has become known in Boston for defending guilty clients, and Carl believes this is unethical, but no one else seems to care.

Whenever the family gets together, Bryce and Charlotte only seem to talk about and think about their jobs. If everyone gets together for dinner, Bryce’s parents seem to be hanging on his every word, and he loves this. When Bryce tells stories of his job and his successful career, his parents cannot get enough of it. Every conversation seems to end up with Bryce talking about a new car, or other expensive item he's just bought. This is very different from when Carl speaks. When Carl speaks his parent's reaction seem to be very dry, and he hates that his brother gets more attention from them, which he feels is undeserved. Carl and Bryce only seem to interact is when Bryce is taking a jab at Carl’s could have been basketball career, and his now crappy job.