The very first episode of The Young and the Restless began with Brad
Elliot being mugged, carjacked, and left for dead beside the highway.
A semi-truck driver picked him up and dropped him off in Genoa City,
Wisconsin. Stuart Brooks, owner of The Genoa City Chronicle watched
Brad eat breakfast at Pierre's Restaurant, then admit that he was
unable to pay the check, and offer to work it off. Stuart paid the
check for him, they spoke for a while, and Stuart gave Brad a job at
his newspaper and an advance on his wages, suggesting he rent a room
above the restaurant. Brad did just that and became a friend and
confidant to Sally McGuire, the waitress. Brad went to work at the
newspaper and discovered and destroyed a newswire that declared that
Chicago doctor, Brad Eliot, had died in a car crash, his body burned
beyond recognition. Stuart's oldest daughter, Leslie Brooks, fell in
love with Brad who encouraged her to come out of her shell and enjoy a
very successful career as a concert pianist. Leslie's 21-year-old
sister, Lorie, who had always been jealous of Leslie because Stuart
had spent so much time nurturing Leslie's talent, returned home from
college in Paris, where she had led a wild life of sex, alcohol, and
drugs. Unable to spark any interest from Brad, Lorie started
intercepting their letters and phone calls while Leslie was on tour.
Lorie managed to convince Brad that Leslie was no longer interested,
and convinced Leslie that she had seduced Brad. As the thought of Brad
and Lorie making love haunted Leslie, she had a nervous breakdown,
freezing at the piano during a concert in New York City. After being
led off stage by her mentor, Maestro Fautsch, Leslie wandered through
Central Park, her purse was stolen, and she wound up institutionalized
for weeks with no memory in a ward with a few other mentally disturbed
women who taunted her mercilessly. Eventually her doctor discovered
who she was from a publicity photo and notified Stuart, who flew to
New York and rescued Leslie."Stuart and his wife Jennifer secretly
supported Leslie through her recovery in a sanitarium near Genoa City.
Meanwhile, Lorie became engaged to Brad. After months of therapy
Leslie was released. When Brad found out what Lorie had done, he broke
up with Lorie, and he and Leslie got back together. With Brad's
encouragement, Leslie bought Pierre's Restaurant and turned it into
The Allegro, a nightclub where she could perform without having to
travel. Stuart and Jennifer spent many evenings at Allegro, proud of
their talented daughter who was also singing there. Lorie had dug up
Brad's past, and she exposed it once she was no longer in his life.
Brad had been a Chicago neurosurgeon/psychiatrist who had gone against
hospital rules to operate on his own son who had died on the table.
Brad had been so distressed that he had left Chicago, leaving his
practice, his parents, and his girl friend Barbara Anderson behind.
His wrecked and burned car had been found later with a body inside
which had been burned beyond recognition, and he had been declared
dead. Leslie ended up healing Brad by getting him to talk to Barbara
and other neurosurgeons who convinced him that he had done all anyone
could have for their son, and that their son's death was not Brad's
fault. Leslie also arranged a reconciliation between Brad and his
parents. Brad and Leslie then married. They honeymooned in Palm
Springs where the Mid-America Symphony was performing. Brad had gotten
tickets and arranged a meeting with Maestro Fautsch, who talked Leslie
into resuming her career as a concert pianist. List of The Young and the Restless characters (2000s) Top Movies & Young Movies