Conceived shortly before his father, Rex, met and became engaged to Bree Mason, Sam grew up in a poor household and spent most of his early years living in a small house (with no central heating) with his mother, Lillian. Rex discovered he had a son and, seeing the way he was living, offered Lillian a choice; Sam could live with him and Bree and be given the perfect childhood, or he could continue living with her. Lillian decided to keep Sam. Rex visited Sam and Lillian occasionally, however, Sam always viewed himself as second-best to Rex's other children, Andrew and Danielle. He regularly stood across the street from his father's house on Wisteria Lane and watched the goings on of the family through the windows, envying the lives of his half-brother and sister. Sam came to despise his mo