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Samantha Who?

TV·2007–2009·2 seasons, 35 episodes·ABC·Comedy, Romance·30m·7.4·Created by Donald Todd, Cecelia Ahern

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Samantha "Sam" Newly is a corporate executive and hit-and-run victim who awakens after being in a coma for eight days, only to find she has amnesia. With no memories of the past, she must rediscover everything about her life and herself by looking for clues from her past.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Samantha Who? S02E04The BuildingS02E04 · 7.3Desperate for cash and in need of a job, Samantha reluctantly agrees to team up with Regina and start a real estate business.
  2. 02Samantha Who? S01E14The AffairS01E14 · 7.0Samantha is convinced that Regina is having an affair with someone, while Andrea considers opening a coffee shop with Dena.
  3. 03Samantha Who? S01E15The BirthdayS01E15 · 7.0Samantha decides to put her relationship with Todd on hold until he breaks up with Chloe as he promised. Elsewhere, Regina and Andrea disagree on how to plan Samantha's birthday party.

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Episodes by season

Season01Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode15Episodes2007–08Aired 6.5Season avg
  1. S01E01Samantha Who? S01E01PilotOctober 15, 2007 6.9Samantha Newly awakens in the hospital, surrounded by family and friends, but has no idea who they are or who she is.
  2. S01E02Samantha Who? S01E02The JobOctober 22, 2007 5.8Samantha discovers what she does for a living, and tries to diverge from her old workaholic lifestyle.
  3. S01E03Samantha Who? S01E03The WeddingOctober 29, 2007 5.8Sam assumes her role as a bridesmaid at a friend's wedding, but upon arriving, learns that the friend does not want her there.
  4. S01E04Samantha Who? S01E04The VirginNovember 5, 2007 6.8Realizing that she has no memory of sex, Samantha considers re-experiencing her first time or waiting for the right guy.
  5. S01E05Samantha Who? S01E05The Restraining OrderNovember 12, 2007 6.3Sam runs into an ex-boyfriend and discovers that he has a restraining order against her. Sam tries to win her father's love and affection.
  6. S01E06Samantha Who? S01E06The HypnotherapistNovember 19, 2007 6.3Sam makes an appointment with a hypnotherapist to recover her lost memories, but her revelations lead Sam to believe that Regina and Howard
  7. S01E07Samantha Who? S01E07The Hockey DateNovember 26, 2007 6.8Regina decides it's time for Samantha to begin dating again and sets Sam up on an unannounced blind date with a contractor. Meanwhile, Andre
  8. S01E08Samantha Who? S01E08The CarDecember 3, 2007 6.8Guilt overwhelms Samantha when she covers up an accident with her father's car so well that he pities her and buys Sam a new vehicle.
  9. S01E09Samantha Who? S01E09The Break UpDecember 10, 2007 6.3After falling hard for Kevin and feeling that she may be in love with him, Samantha begins to move too fast in the relationship, which may s
  10. S01E10Samantha Who? S01E10The GirlfriendApril 7, 2008 6.8Samantha is forced to move back into the apartment when she discovers that she could be evicted for subletting it to Todd, who has invited h
  11. S01E11Samantha Who? S01E11The BossApril 14, 2008 6.3Samantha is stunned when Winston Funk, the wealthy co-owner of the real estate firm, asks her to marry him, especially since Sam knows that
  12. S01E12Samantha Who? S01E12The ButterfliesApril 21, 2008 6.6Sam tries to persuade her boss to shut down a construction project that would destroy an endangered butterfly habitat.
  13. S01E13Samantha Who? S01E13The Gallery ShowApril 28, 2008 6.6Sam asks a complete stranger to Todd's photo gallery exhibit to make it look like she has moved on, but she soon discovers the man may have
  14. S01E14Samantha Who? S01E14Season's bestThe AffairMay 5, 2008 7.0Samantha is convinced that Regina is having an affair with someone, while Andrea considers opening a coffee shop with Dena.
  15. S01E15Samantha Who? S01E15The BirthdayMay 12, 2008 7.0Samantha decides to put her relationship with Todd on hold until he breaks up with Chloe as he promised. Elsewhere, Regina and Andrea disagr

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode20Episodes2008–09Aired 6.5Season avg
  1. S02E01Samantha Who? S02E01So I Think I Can DanceOctober 13, 2008 6.5Samantha teams up with her mother for a dance competition in order to beat Regina's nemesis, Paula Drake. But Paula hires a ringer who may h
  2. S02E02Samantha Who? S02E02Out of AfricaOctober 20, 2008 7.0In an attempt to find new direction in her life, Samantha suddenly decides to go to Africa and volunteer to help those in need.
  3. S02E03Samantha Who? S02E03The PillOctober 27, 2008 7.0Sam is given pills as part of a clinical trial to regain some of her lost memories. As memories come flooding in, she is reminded of how bad
  4. S02E04Samantha Who? S02E04Season's bestThe BuildingNovember 3, 2008 7.3Desperate for cash and in need of a job, Samantha reluctantly agrees to team up with Regina and start a real estate business.
  5. S02E05Samantha Who? S02E05Help!November 10, 2008 6.3After an altercation with a cop, Samantha is arrested and given community service, where she meets Natalie, a troubled young woman.
  6. S02E06Samantha Who? S02E06The ExNovember 17, 2008 6.8After finally telling current boyfriend Owen that she lives with ex-boyfriend Todd, Sam discovers that Owen's best friend is also his ex-gir
  7. S02E07Samantha Who? S02E07The FarmNovember 24, 2008 6.8Sam's decision to invite Owen for dinner to meet her parents turns into a disaster when his philosophy about chicken farms rubs Howard the w
  8. S02E08Samantha Who? S02E08The ParkDecember 1, 2008 6.8Samantha struggles with trying to be the environmentalist in order to impress philanthropist boyfriend Owen.
  9. S02E09Samantha Who? S02E09The Family VacationDecember 1, 2008 6.5After getting her heart broken, Sam goes on a family vacation - with Andrea and Dena in tow - and discovers an old flame from her forgotten
  10. S02E10Samantha Who? S02E10My Best Friend's BoyfriendMarch 26, 2009 6.0When Todd discovers something peculiar about Andrea's pro basketball-playing date, Sam decides to meddle in the guy's affairs in order to ke
  11. S02E11Samantha Who? S02E11The DogApril 2, 2009 6.0Feeling her biological clock ticking and desiring a baby, Sam borrows Dena's dog in an attempt to find out if she's nurturing enough to care
  12. S02E12Samantha Who? S02E12The Amazing RacistApril 9, 2009 6.5After a series of misunderstandings, Sam discovers that she needs to be a better friend to Frank, while Andrea's boyfriend is outed as gay.
  13. S02E13Samantha Who? S02E13The DebtApril 16, 2009 6.3Sam loses big at the craps table in Vegas. But a chance meeting with her ex-boss, billionaire Winston Funk, could be the answer to her finan
  14. S02E14Samantha Who? S02E14The Rock StarJune 25, 2009 6.5When Sam starts dating a rock superstar, she becomes so embarrassed by Andrea and Dena's fan-like reactions that she begins to alienate them
  15. S02E15Samantha Who? S02E15Todd's JobJuly 2, 2009 6.3To atone for sins of the past, Sam tries to ensure that Todd gets a job by sabotaging his competition. Regina puts Dena's house on the marke
  16. S02E16Samantha Who? S02E16The SisterJuly 2, 2009 6.5Sam learns that, because of a family feud between Regina and her sister, she's been kept in the dark about having an aunt and a grandmother.
  17. S02E17Samantha Who? S02E17The Dream JobJuly 9, 2009 6.0After being hired by Winston Funk to head his charity foundation, Samantha hires Andrea as her Vice President of Legal Affairs. But Sam soon
  18. S02E18Samantha Who? S02E18The First DateJuly 9, 2009 6.5Sam's attempt to plan a new first date with Todd continues getting pre-empted when her boss, Winston, keeps throwing work at her in a effort
  19. S02E19Samantha Who? S02E19The Other WomanJuly 23, 2009 6.8Sam tries to be cordial to Winston Funk's ex-wife Gigi, who played an important role in her life before the accident.
  20. S02E20Samantha Who? S02E20With This RingJuly 23, 2009 6.2On Andrea's wedding day, Sam finds herself at a crossroads and must choose between being with Winston Funk or Todd. Meanwhile, Regina and Ho

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