Thomas Madderal

Thomas Madderal is the biological son of Dave Madderal and Irene Gervais.

Character Bio
Tom was conceived in the last act of Theories, (March 3, 2013) when Irene seduced Dave to satisfy the crush she had had on him, although they were from two different social circles. He was born only a few weeks before the Moriah Blake Massacre, of which his mother was a central figure. Although she had lost all thought of right and wrong, Irene was not insane; she had the foresight to plan out exactly what would happen to her child after her incarceration or death. The latter occurred, and as she bled on the floor of the commons area in Moriah Blake High School, Irene disclosed the existence of her child to Tricia Donovan, who had once been a friend of hers. Tricia, who was dating Dave at the time, put Tom into foster care until graduation, when she officially adopted him. She never told anyone—including Dave, whom she had broken up with—who Tom's real parents were; everyone assumed that he was just a random child whom she had thought to adopt.

After high school, Tricia and an infant Tommy moved to New York City, along with her cousin Ashley Donovan. They lived separately, but saw each other often enough for Tommy to know Ashley as a second mother.

A year after graduation, Tricia returned to Olympia, with Tommy, for Patrick's one-year reunion at his house. The flashforwards in Season Eight, depicting the reunion a year after the main storyline, is the first onscreen appearance of Tommy. No mention is made of his origins for several episodes, and the audience is left to guess whether or not he is Tricia's biological son.

Appearances
Tommy first appears in the second episode of Season Eight, Marilyn's Leaving. He appears in a Flashforward taking place on the twentieth of May, 2015. He is almost a year and a half old.