Samantha Who? 2.10 “My Best Friend’s Boyfriend” Recap

Samantha Who? 2.10 “My Best Friend’s Boyfriend”
Air Date: March 26, 2009
Recap

Todd (Barry Watson) discovers something peculiar about Andrea (Jennifer Esposito)’s pro basketball-playing date and Sam (Christina Applegate) decides to meddle in his affairs to keep Andrea from getting hurt. Dena (Melissa McCarthy) must deal with a strange relationship with a soldier.

Samantha Who? Highlights:

Sam is spending her time being single getting caught up on history & pop culture and ‘loving’ it
Dena feels like she’s cheating on Chase because she sent coffee to a soldier and he initiated small talk
Andrea and Tony Dane (McKinley Freeman) are still only “dating” by texting but Andrea doesn’t want to share details with Samantha – who always tried to sabotage her relationships
Todd has women falling all over him, but he’s not falling in return. He still seems hung up on Sam – he hopes it will grow into something more. Seth (Stephen Rannazzisi) tells Todd he’s becoming the “gay roommate” and needs to make Sam miss him.
Sam convinces Seth to give her a press pass to confront Tony about his feelings for Andrea and why he keeps canceling their dates (love that Seth got her in for ‘Hiney Magazine’). Tony says Andrea cancels on him.
Andrea confronts Sam then confesses she’s afraid to meet Tony because it’s the best relationship she’s ever had… and Sam destroyed it
Sam chases after Andrea, telling her she deserves more than a text relationship. Andrea’s afraid her text-self is too perfect for reality.
Sam offers to take Todd on a double date with Andrea & Tony
Dena goes to Howard (Kevin Dunn) in a panic because the soldier sent her a new fridge after she had told her a boring story about her broken fridge. She doesn’t want Chase to think she’s cheating.
When Sam tells Todd they’re going out with Andrea, he tries to be a man and say ‘No’, but he’s tempted by Tony Dane
Regina (Jean Smart) advises Dena to break up with the soldier. Regina practices her break-up speech on Dena but she didn’t realize it was fake and starts crying for being dumped!
Poor Andrea! She’s so nervous meeting Tony that she’s tongue-tied, saying “Hi-llo”

Tony Dane comes into the bathroom after Todd and *very* obviously checks him out! Todd thinks he’s gay.
Sam tries to hide her growing anxiety about Tony being gay and that Andrea is going to get hurt
A stove arrives for Dena after Regina was unable to dump him and instead finds herself drawn to “keep him alive”… and to confess about a broken stove. Howard says he’ll break up with the soldier, and Regina can’t keep the stove.
Sam tries to set Tony up into slipping something “gay” into conversation so Andrea will figure it out for herself. Sam privately tells Andrea to have sex with Tony ASAP, but Andrea wants to go slow. Andrea gushes that maybe some of the “new Sam” has rubbed off on her.
Sam tries to get Todd to flirt with Tony, but Todd flips out: “I’m not your toy, I’m not your pal, I’m not your girlfriend and I’m NOT your gay roommate. I’m here, Ok? Right here! And I guess that’s the problem”
Left alone, Sam confronts Tony to get him to tell Andrea he’s gay. Instead, Tony tells Andrea that Sam was hitting on him! Andrea doesn’t believe Sam when she tries to say Tony’s gay.
2 days later, Andrea comes in saying Tony Dane is gay. And that they are going public with their fake relationship - a cover for Tony – that still gets Andrea the paparazzi attention.
Sam finally realizes Todd wants more from their relationship
Dena shows up at the Newly house with a soldier behind her. Howard says he couldn’t break up with him and that Dena should show him a good time for his week on leave.
Sam confesses to Frank (Tim Russ) that she’s going to settle in with Todd about his feelings for her and what that means. Except, when she comes home, Todd has a date over. Poor Sam.