Tucker Mardell is a rich alumnus of Spencer Academy who has donated money to the school. He only appears once in the Season 12 episode "The Courtship of Joseph's Father".
Appearance[]
Mardell is a Caucasian man with a skinny build, pale skin, and short brown hair. He wears a green polo shirt, gray pants and dark brown shoes for casual wear, and for formal wear he wears a navy-blue suit jacket, a light-blue dress shirt, and gray pants. He has a gold ring on his right pinky finger and another ring on his left ring finger.
History[]
Season 12[]
At the same time that Dale Gribble traded off his son Joseph to Sam on the campus, Mardell drove by them to drop off his son. To his left, he greeted Sam, who introduced him to Joseph and Dale. Seeing the Mardell Hall building across the street, Dale asked him if the building shared any relation to him. Once Sam confirmed that he gave the funds to build it, Mardell remarked that he went to Spencer Academy and decided that he should be good to the school since it was good to both him and his son. Adding that he had to leave to go golfing, he asked Dale if he wanted to come along, to which the latter agreed, leaving Joseph behind.
That day, Mardell invited Dale to attend a charity gala. On the evening of the gala, he went with his wife Ashley Rae. Seeing Dale, Mardell said hello and encouraged him to come to the bar for a drink. At the counter, he introduced Dale to Charlie St. Clair and Doug Diamond. As Dale was flabbergasted at meeting St. Clair, the chairwoman of the fundraising committee, Kaydee Taylor, greeted everyone from the second floor and encouraged them to donate items for the new performing arts center. While Mardell stated that he would buy a fountain, Dale tried to fit in by saying he would fund a bench, earning Mardell's favor.
On another night, while he was playing Yahtzee with his family at his home, he heard the doorbell ring. Answering the door, he was surprised to see Joseph, who claimed that he was supposed to live with him because Dale wanted him to live among a rich family. Reconvening with his wife, he relayed to her that he had no idea what was going on. Offering dinner to Joseph, Mardell then called Dale and urged him to pick up his son because he was unsure why Joseph was there. Subsequently, he and his family ate dinner with Joseph, who referred to Mardell as "dad", confusing him. When Joseph claimed that his son was his new brother, he decided that he would drive the teenager back to his house. Outside the Gribble residence, Mardell bid goodbye to Joseph and addressed him as "son" but clarified that he meant "son" in the colloquial sense and not the literal sense.