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Sam Gibson (character)

Sam Gibson
Sean Patrick Flanery as Sam.jpg
The Young and the Restless character
Portrayed by Sean Patrick Flanery
Duration 2011
First appearance April 18, 2011
Last appearance November 4, 2011
Introduced by Maria Arena Bell
Classification Former, regular
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Occupation Veterinarian
Home New Mexico

Sam Gibson is a fictional character from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by Sean Patrick Flanery. He made his first on-screen appearance on April 18, 2011. Introduced by head writer Maria Arena Bell, Sam was created as a love interest for long-running Sharon Newman while she was a fugitive. A rural veterinarian, Sam takes Sharon, posing under the alias Sheri Coleman, into his barn. They eventually fall in love; but she is located and arrested. Although they remained friends, the relationship ended when she returned to Genoa City. Flanery was let go after a few months, last airing on November 4, 2011.

On March 9, 2011, the show's executive producer and head writer Maria Arena Bell told TV Guide that Flanery would be joining the cast as Sam. Flanery, primarily a movie actor, is best known for his roles as Conner MacManus in The Boondock Saints, Greg Stillson in The Dead Zone, Jeremy "Powder" Reed in Powder and Indiana Jones in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, as well as Bobby Dagen in Saw 3D. Of working on a soap opera, Flanery said "I enjoy switching it up like that. It was a medium I had never explored before. It is a different kind of break." His full name was later announced as Sam Gibson, and his first air-date was April 18, 2011.

Prior to his debut, a TV Guide Canada columnist Nelson Branco noted in his 'Suds Report' column that Sam's characteristics and traits resembled that of another character Adam Newman's (Michael Muhney) mother Hope Adams (Signy Coleman). Adam is the song of multi-millionaire business tycoon Victor Newman (Eric Braeden), and Branco speculated in his article that Sam could possibly end up being "the real Adam Newman". This led fans to speculate about who Sam "will turn out to be".


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