Brent Chambers

**Brent Chambers** is Luke's arrogant and entitled older brother. The favorite son in their prominent family, he enjoys exerting his power over the other kids and Luke.

## Early History

Brent was born to Steve and Jane Chambers in Chatham, WA. He is the older brother of Luke.

## Biography

### Summer 1999

On July 16th, Luke, Megan and Isabella walk down the street when they run into his friend group. He introduces her as a visitor from France, most recently. Brent gives a half-assed “bonjour” which isn't the worst accent Isabella's heard. Luke introduces the charmer as his brother Brent, the girl on his arm is Parker, then Kellie, and Amy. Isabella compliments Parker's shirt and she thanks her. One of the boys asks how to say “you're hot” in Isabella's language, which she remarks is English, unless he wants her to translate it into whatever it is he speaks. Jeff introduces himself while holding the camera and she compliments it. He's making cinéma vérité and remarks that she lucked out, as no one could ask for a better host than Megan. He turns the camera to her and she smiles.

Two days later, Luke and Isabella throw a party at the Chambers house. Brent grills while making innuendos to Parker, who sarcastically remarks how great it is when Isabella and Luke drop off more food.

Jeff records Brent making a drink and Isabella flirting with him at the bar. She compliments two girls' suntan lotion smelling great, learning its baby lotion. She's had enough of Jeff's camera and pushes it down as she walks past.

Isabella makes drinks while Brent flirts with her. She tells him to stick to squeezing his own and is sure Parker would love a demonstration. He thought European chicks would be more open-minded. She is open-minded, but not European. Megan greets them and asks Isabella to store her bag behind the counter while asking if everything is cool. Brent warns Megan to be careful as Isabella has a knife, sulking away after. By nightfall, Megan plays Marco-Polo in the water while Parker and Brent make out. The sound of fireworks exploding startles everyone at first but they go back to their activities.

On July 19th, Brent walks into the cabin with Parker, crashing Luke's overnight party. Brent is carrying firewood while joking if anyone wants his wood. Parker jabs that 1989 called and wants their joke back. His presence annoys Luke, but Brent insists that their dad asked him to bring firewood because he didn't want Luke stealing any of Ned's. Luke would catch a bullet in the ass if Ned saw him, adding that the guy gets trigger-happy over anything. Luke tells him he can leave now, and Brent has no intention of staying too long. But he and Parker are going to stay for a beer.

That afternoon, Freddy shoots a shotgun at targets while Brent, Parker, and the guys sit on a picnic table nearby. Brent makes a lame joke about sharpshooters and then wrestles with Freddy.

Megan is making a sandwich when Brent comes into the cabin, assuming it's for him. She smacks his hand away and calls him penis breath, which he approves of. She waves the knife around as she mentions learning from the best. He asks if Luke is going to close the deal with the import. She tells him not to call her that, then mentions that the “bros gone wild” act is getting old. She misses the semi-decent guy she used to know. He's just saying that if she wants Isabella gone, he's got her back. She appreciates it but has it handled. She hands him half the sandwich, telling him to get lost so they can have their lame overnight to themselves. He heads out of the cabin, shouting for Parker to get ready to leave.

### Winter 1999

On December 15th, Brent attends his father's Christmas party. : Steve calls everyone's attention to thank them for coming. When he and his late wife Jane started throwing the parties, it was just a handful of friends with Brent and Luke as babies. Brent is now at Branson and Luke is following in his footsteps this fall, raising his glass as he expresses his pride. Megan rubs Luke's arm supportively. This year's Christmas movie is one of Jane's favorites and one that holds a special place in Steve's heart as well. The movie starts and Megan asks Luke if he wants to go inside, which relieves him. The sounds of gasps and moans distract them, pulling their attention to the screen where a sex tape is projected. It features a girl that everyone realizes is Isabella, because she's wearing the same pink sweater as in the video. The boy in the video isn't seen for a while, and Steve shouts to turn off the film while everyone murmurs. The boy in the video lifts his head, revealing himself as Luke. Megan looks at her boyfriend while Isabella raises her eyes. Steve shouts at Luke to turn it off and he runs over to the VCR, ejecting it. Megan rushes after him and then turns to stare at Isabella, while Kelly sneers to Isabella that she's some best friend.

On December 18th, Luke, Isabella, and Megan believe Brent made the sex tape. Isabella decides to find the other tapes she believes Brent made, and sneaks out to the Chambers house. She finds Parker outside even though they broke up. Parker admits that Brent tried to film her once even though she said no, but now she's worrying that he did and she doesn't know about it. They subsequently break as many VHS tapes as possible.

During the Chambers family meeting, Steve kicks aside the ruined tapes as he steps over the glass, confronting his sons who are on the couch. The tape is the gift that keeps on giving. He demands to know what comes next if someone will burn his house down. He asks if it's the only tape. Luke suggests Steve ask his number one son, and Brent starts to complain about Luke until Steve shouts to ask if that's only tape. Brent says it is though Luke calls it a lie. Steve tells him to stop talking and to clean up the mess. He's done cleaning up their messes. Luke stops him from leaving to say he's sorry. Steve suggests he says that to Megan. They have no idea what it might cost their family.

Brent comes downstairs to talk with Luke now that their father left. They haven't seen him that angry in a while. Luke scoffs over Brent and his tapes, but the elder sibling insists they weren't his. Someone else made Luke the celebrity. From what Luke hears, Brent has a whole collection, asking if he even cares about the girls. Brent takes a seat and insists the skanks love the attention. He got the idea from a girl named Jenny that he dated freshman year, who recorded everything they did together. Luke calls him an asshole, but Brent stops him from passing him on the stairs. These girls love being small-town famous, and when Isabella is forty, she'll look back on these as the best days of her life. The pathetic part to Luke is that so will Brent. Brent can't understand why Luke is being a little bitch about this. Those girls have him by the balls. Luke gets that he doesn't give a shit about the girls, he does, but he can't believe Brent would humiliate their dad like that. Brent insists he doesn't have a death wish. He doesn't know who put that tape in, but it sure as hell wasn't him.

On December 19th, Brent and Steve are called to the sheriff station, where Sheriff Myer has the shoebox open on his desk. Four tapes are inside, each from a different holiday. He asks Brent if these are all the tapes, and Steve tells him to think long and hard about his answer. He seems to have had trouble with that answer in the past. Brent admits that's all of them. Myer reminds him it's a criminal matter as some of the kids are underage. Steve promises that his punishment will be swift, but it's also a criminal matter. Steve insists it's more of a judgment call. Similar to when Myer's roof was leaking and the county didn't have a new one in the budget, so Steve put a new one on and kept him dry. Or when Bonnie was six months behind on rent they worked out a payment plan. That, if they're being honest, was an amnesty. Or when Steve scraped Myers off the floor of Steve's bar after he lost a big bet and made sure he got home safe. Myer appreciates all of that but is trying to do his job. Steve gets that, but when he tells Myer something is being taken care of because his word means something. He instructs Myer to get rid of the tapes, Steve will take care of Brent, and the story ends there. Myer repositions himself while Brent smirks from the couch.

Steve and Brent get in their car outside the station. Brent finds it amusing that Myer looked like he was going to shit his pants. Suddenly angry, Steve grabs Brent by the back of the neck and forces his head down. He repeats how Brent told him it was one tape, which is bad enough, but there are six. He demands to know what's wrong with him, roughly releasing Brent's neck. He thought he didn't have to worry about Brent because he was on a good path. His mother would be horrified. He was this close to letting the sheriff throw the book at him, warning him to not let Steve regret it. He asks twice if he understands and Brent does.

Once home, Brent confronts Luke in the kitchen about giving over the tapes by ratting him out to his sheriff daddy. Luke likes that it wasn't him, but Brent jacks him against the fridge as he doesn't believe his brother. Luke is glad someone did but insists it wasn't him. Brent claims their dad didn't give a shit. He bitch slapped Myer and flexed on him pretty hard, so Brent is in the clear. But if it wasn't Luke, it must have been his little “side skank” and will have to give her what's coming to her. He slaps Luke lightly on the cheek and then leaves.

On December 23rd, the Landry's and Isabella have to stay at the Chambers house after a pipe bursts in their living room. Steve calls for Brent to come down and greet their guests, but the boy doesn't show. He brushes it off as Brent being busy. Megan, Isabella, and Luke head to the kitchen where the sliding glass door is already repaired. Luke warns the girls that Brent is on the warpath because Steve is making him work for the company next year instead of going to college. That excites Megan, and Luke grins that he promised he was going to handle it.

Isabella searches Brent's drawers when Megan catches her. She claims she's seeing if Brent had any more tapes. She sees the bikini that Megan's holding and takes it, glad to have it back as she was wondering where it went. It must have gotten caught up in the laundry to end up in Luke's bathroom. She asks if Megan found anything else, but she didn't.

Brent, Luke, Isabella, and Megan talk before dinner about him being grounded because of his pitiful snitch of a brother. Luke calls him out for the pervy shit he did. As they argue over the table and he makes a crude remark to Isabella, Megan shouts that she used to make excuses for him. That he was just damaged but he went too far this time. He tells them to get over it as it's not that big of a deal. He accuses Isabella of being a slut and banging Luke behind Megan's back. Steve and Debbie enter the room and Steve shuts down the fighting, telling everyone to sit.

The awkward dinner continues in silence until Debbie admits to thinking Brent owes Isabella and Luke an apology. Steve instructs Brent to do that, and he does apologize for what he did. Megan urges him to keep going, though Steve cuts her off as he did apologize. Debbie thinks some genuine remorse would be great. Luke just wants to have a nice dinner, something Steve seconds. Megan refuses as she wants Brent to admit to filming those girls without telling them. Luke asks Megan if they have to do this now and Debbie realizes there was more than one tape. Megan tells him there is and that Steve must be so proud. Debbie is horrified to learn that Steve knew and tells Brent his mother would be so ashamed. She can't believe Steve isn't more upset. He admits Brent made a serious lapse in judgment but has been punished - end of story. She rebuttals that he filmed those kids without their knowledge without consent. That is more than a lapse in judgment that is criminal. Steve doesn't want her to critique his parenting in front of his kids. She accuses him of letting Brent coast for a few months, so Steve offers to talk privately. She refuses as the kids can handle this. Steve had Jack back off so it wouldn't go on his permanent record. Debbie thinks real lasting consequences might just be what he needs. Steve coldly asks when she became the morality police since Keith got her pregnant and she didn't marry him twice. Isabella stands up for Debbie, telling Steve not to talk to her like that. The trio bickers and Debbie accuses Steve of sweeping things under the rug to protect his social status. She knows reputation is everything to him, but this is what he gets when he prioritizes the Chambers name over his family, hoping it's worth it. She leaves the table as Megan smirks proudly.

### Summer 2000

On July 16th, a fisherman finds a body in the lake, and Steve arrives with Brent. Steve pushes past the crime scene tape despite Sheriff Myers trying to stop him. He unzips the bag, pausing before identifying Luke. Brent starts to get emotional as Debbie holds his arm.

Two days later, the Landry family and Megan arrive at the Chambers house looking for Steve. Brent is there, telling them that Steve got called down to the station. Luke didn't just drown, they think he was murdered. The news scares Megan and Isabella.

## Notes and Trivia

* According to Luke in the Summer of 1999, Brent has a fake ID.

## References

1. ↑ **Sweety High:** Lisa Yamada Spills the Details on *Cruel Summer* Season 2 and Her Character, Parker Tanaka
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.01 - "Welcome to Chatham"
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 2.02 - "Ride or Die"
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 2.03 - "Bloody Knuckles"
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 2.04 - "Springing a Leak"