TV: Alyssa Milano is back on TV. In the new ABC sitcom Romantically Challenged, which debuts tonight at 9:32 p.m. ET, she plays Rebecca, a newly single divorcee testing the dating waters once again. Although ABC is helping to revive the sitcom with the brilliant Modern Family, we don’t think Romantically Challenged will help us forget that they canceled Samantha Who?. Also this week, Party Down, “the best comedy you haven’t heard of”, returns to Starz with its second season on Friday at 10 p.m. ET. And, this show has a Glee connection: Megan Mullally is stepping in for Jane Lynch, who is too busy with Glee to star in the quirky show about party caterers and their misadventures. And after Party Down, at 10:30 p.m. on Friday, Starz is debuting a new show Gravity, about a support group for people who have tried to commit suicide. Sounds like a Nick Hornby book.

Movies: Jennifer Lopez returns to the rom-com genre that made her famous with The Back-up Plan, in theaters on Friday. If you’ve missed the endless, cloying promos for this movie, here’s a rundown of the plot: J. Lo plays a New York woman who is desperate for a child but hasn’t found the right man yet. After opting for artificial insemination, she meets the man of her dreams, and so husband and baby come all at once, just not in the order she was expecting. Kind of like Baby Mama without the surrogate. Australian cutie Alex O’Loughlin plays her love interest, a huge break for the relative newcomer. We expect bigger things to come.

Also in theaters Friday, The Losers, a movie about a rag tag group of crime fighters, starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Chris Evans and Idris Elba.

Music: Last week, we were soooo excited about the return of Glee, and this week we’ll get to see all our Gleeks performing Madonna covers. What could be better? How about a special seven-song album featuring all those songs? Glee: The Music — The Power of Madonna, sung by the cast of Glee is available on Amazon starting Tuesday.

Also this week: Crazy Heart, which earned Jeff Bridges a Best Actor Oscar, it out on DVD Tuesday.

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This was a show I really enjoyed, particularly as the second season evolved to involve more plot lines around the sub characters.

If you’re new to the series, you can also purchase Samantha Who?: The Complete First Season and check out my past recaps.

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On Andrea’s wedding day to gay pro-basketball player Tony Dane, Sam finds herself at a crossroads and must choose between being with Winston Funk or Todd. Meanwhile, Regina and Howard discover that their lives are beginning to take separate paths.

Samantha Who? Highlights:

• Dena and Andrea both enjoy the self-indulgent lifestyle of the rich, as they prep for the wedding the next day. Sam doesn’t enjoy it.
• Andrea wants Winston at the wedding, but Sam isn’t yet ready to be a “power couple”…. or for Todd to see photos of them together.
• Chapman comes to drop off Dena’s stuffed animal and Dena, when talking about a how-well-do-you-know-Andrea bachelorette game, drops about Sam’s amnesia. He never knew, and Sam was his best performer for a year! Knowing nothing!
• Regina is now on the RV, cleaning up the mess. Howard confesses to picking up a hitch hiker, a woman “half Regina’s size”. She stalks out, for a number of reasons.
• Funk comes by dressed as a waiter to deliver Andrea a wedding present – his island, for their honeymoon. He’s also trying to impress Sam with his riches – she’s not impressed by that
• With some prodding, Sam invites Winston to the wedding
• Sam is holding up Andrea’s dress pretending it’s her wedding… when Todd calls… then walks in… to take Sam to the wedding!
• Sam spilled orange juice on the dress… so she tries to cover it with goat cheese, like ‘spackle’
• Todd clues in, that Sam has a date for the wedding. Sam mumbles ‘some guy from work’ and Todd guesses Funk. A fight ensues.
• Sam says they’re always out of synch and Todd gets angry that Sam can never make up her mind to be with him. He storms out, but not before finding and taking his engagement ring for Sam with him!
• Regina confronts Howard with photos of him from 4 days of his roadtrip, assuming (correctly) that the hitchhiker stayed with Howard all that time!

(Photo Copyright © 2008 ABC Studios / Bob D’Amico)

Recap continues below…

• Regina is hurt that Howard shared his life with someone, because his life belongs to her (she cries). Howard says Regina didn’t want to go! They try to hug and make-up, and Howard notices Regina’s new tattoo
• Chapman isn’t ready for the wedding yet – he’d stayed up all night, disturbed that Samantha had done her job without knowing anything. It makes him feel unimportant.
• Andrea’s mom hit traffic, so the ‘network’ filming the wedding presents her with alternate parents.
• Seth is interviewed about setting up Andrea and Tony – he’s sad, saying he “really wanted her” for himself, and is upset about the wedding. Andrea looks so sad!
• Sam sees the footage of Andrea talking to Funk about Todd in the elevator – and realizes Funk was the one who gave Todd the job, to get him out of the picture.
• Sam thinks herself a fool for believing Funk and his advances, thinking they were honest
• Funk doesn’t feel bad about what he did – he offered Todd a job, Todd was the one who took it. And all he wants is Sam.
• Sam says she wants to blow off the wedding, grabbing Funk to go with her.
• Todd and Seth are both sitting in the airport bar mourning their lost loves. Todd reminds Seth that “the movie’s not over”, so Seth is inspired to go interrupt the wedding.
• Regina and Howard are fighting about the tattoo, and about Regina’s new lifestyle. Regina doesn’t want to live in an RV, she wants to eat sushi. She apologizes, but says she’s young… she’s not ready to rest. Howard says he wants to look at the past in his future – to see monuments and things. Regina says that’s not for her.
• Sam calls from the helicopter to tell Andrea she won’t be at the wedding, that she has finally realized what she wants and can’t miss it.
• Andrea is in a panic – she’s getting married without her parents and without her maid of honor.
• Just as Andrea is about to go down the aisle, she sees Seth pull up. Cue the music.
• Todd is checking his bags when he sees Sam on tv, and decides to fight for his own true love.
• Sam arrives at the airport, then breaks it to Funk that “he sucks” and she just wanted the ride to the airport to catch Todd. Sam tells Funk she’s not his puppet and he can’t control her fate.
• Todd is trying to get his bag back off from the plane, but he’s willing to leave his bag on the plane if he has to. Cue security (sending a bag you don’t plan on going with is a no-no)
• Sam tries to buy a one-way ticket to anywhere, letting slip she doesn’t plan on making it anywhere (she just wants into the secured areas). Cue security.
• Sam is ushered into security, babbling about Todd and why she wants him. That she doesn’t care if they’re not in synch, so long as they do it together. Todd overhears, and tells her to “shut up and tell him that.”
• Sam and Todd each lean over to get something… Todd, his ring for Sam… Sam, Andrea’s engagement ring (which she was holding for her). They each say “Will you marry me?” at the same time! Cue the kissing.
• Seth is in bed with Andrea. She says it’s nasty, but she still spoons him.
• Chapman and Dena are at the airport, with her dogs. They’re planning on taking off, they’re “free.”
• Sam and Todd return home, saying to Frank that they’re getting married! Todd scoops up Sam and, with his keys (thrilling to Sam), they go home. Frank wishes them lots and lots of luck.
• Though Sam has her happily ever after, Regina has other plans. She’s left Howard, and plans to live with Sam.

What did you think about this finale? Did everyone get the right ending they deserved?

For more Samantha Who? information, visit the Samantha Who? Season 2 summary page.

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Sam discovers that billionaire Winston Funk’s ex-wife, Gigi (Angie Harmon), played an important role in her life before the accident. Meanwhile, Chapman attempts to propose to a reluctant Dena, and Regina’s love of the city life may cause a roadblock in the plan to have her meet up with Howard on the road for their RV trip across the country.

Samantha Who? Highlights:

• Todd has been in London for 2 weeks. He and Sam are catching up by video chat. He’s super excited about his new job and about London. Sam seems sad.
• Sam gets jealous that Todd’s roommate, Mickey, is a gorgeous girl
• Feeling like she’s in Todd’s past, Sam decides to go with her mom to a fancy function hosted by Winston Funk in honor of the Foundation that Sam runs for him
• Regina is apparently skipping out on the RV trip with Howard.
• Regina advises Sam to start dating Winston – something he’s more than happy to encourage.
• Winston’s ex arrives at the function – the ex that Winston was cheating on when he first started going out with the pre-amnesia Sam. She’s gorgeous, this Gigi (guest star Angie Harmon), and a $400 million woman, after the divorce ;)
• Turns out Gigi knew about Sam and Winston, calling her a “homewrecking whore.” Sam tries to explain the amnesia and that she isn’t with Funk anymore.
• Gigi actually likes Sam, making her drop her angry vengeance plans.
• Gigi asks Sam for help getting back together with Winston
• Dena is having lunch with Chapman, the two of them having trouble coming up with time to see each other. His one free day is Andrea’s wedding, and he isn’t invited (either on his own or as Dena’s +1). Andrea apparently believes couples shouldn’t both be invited unless they’re married.
• Faced with that, Chapman “proposes” to Dena, saying “why don’t we just get married”

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Recap continues below…

• Dena is so hurt by Chapman’s “proposal”, which included things like “how much do you make” in its romantic interludes, that she leaves the cafe
• Andrea is starving herself to be uber-thin at her wedding
• Sam wants to email Winston to arrange a dinner – to get him back together with his ex-wife – but instead searches her inbox for his old emails. They are beyond romantic.
• Sam shows up for her dinner with Winston – it’s very romantic, even including the grilled cheese, their first ever meal together – and Sam has a hard time staying on track to talking about Gigi
• When Winston says “Sam, I don’t want Gigi, I want you”, she melts and grabs him for a kiss.
• Sam comes home to find Regina in her bed – she ‘forgot her address’ when out clubbing. Sam worries something is amiss between her parents.
• Gigi stops by Sam’s place, wondering if Sam made progress getting her back together with Winston.
• Flashback - the person who ran Sam over… was Gigi!!
• Sam’s so afraid of her that she tells Gigi to ‘go get him’. She’s inadvertently become ‘the other woman’ again.
• After discussing the problem with Frank, Sam thinks Gigi could have spent the last year becoming lethal in martial arts. She freaks.
• Gigi is in a panic because Winston won’t call her back – she wonders if he’s seeing someone else (meanwhile, he’s sending Sam lots of flowers!!)
• When flowers arrive from Funk, Sam tries to pretend they’re for Gigi!! The note on the flowers was for Sam to meet Winston – so, of course, Gigi goes to meet him
• Sam rushes to try to warn Winston – however, in her rush, she hits Gigi in the parking lot!
• Sam goes to visit Gigi in the hospital, hoping she had amnesia. No luck. Though Gigi is convinced that Winston is in love with her and Sam is now jealous. Sam tries to get Winston to play along, but it fails.
• The girls start yelling that they each ran each other over. Sam says it makes them even. And, gaining her confidence, tells Gigi she’s not the ‘other woman’ anymore. That Winston wants to be with her.
• Winston tells Gigi to move on and get over him
• Leaving, Gigi warns Sam not to ever turn her back on her (oooh, threats!)
• Chapman decides to propose to Dena more romantically, though he’s still very practical about it
• Dena: “You don’t get it, you’re not proposing wrong, I don’t want to get married!” (wow, didn’t see that coming!) However, she softens that blow. She is just afraid marriage won’t live up to how she’s always pictured it. Sounds like she just needs time… and Chapman is willing to wait.
• Sam wonders if opposites attract – if she should be with Winston or Todd. And how her future will align.
• Regina is out having sushi, apologizing to Howard on the phone for again not meeting up with him for the RV trip. She lies, saying she’s busy with work.
• Winston is at the door, and Sam decides she’s “ready”. In more ways than one. She hears Todd on the video phone in the background, but leaves the apartment… as we hear “am I too late?”

Do you think Sam really wants to be with Winston?? Or is she just flattered by his romance? What about Todd?

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Samantha tries to find balance between her new job and Todd. Andrea is shadowed by a camera crew for a new reality show on celebrity weddings. Howard’s retirement causes problem with Regina.

Sadly, the latest news indicates that “Samantha Who?” is not likely to find a home on another tv network!

Samantha Who? Highlights:

• Sam loves her job. Loves having the Senate on her speed dial, even if saying ‘no’ to charities is sad.
• Winston comes by to woo Sam, but when Sam realizes the time, Sam realizes she missed her first date with Todd – and the 14 calls he made to her after.
• Todd went from being mad to being resigned – after 10 calls, he remembered how “awful” it was to be in a relationship with Sam before. He’s glad she reminded him early of why she’s not good for him.
• Sam tries to tell Todd she’s changed and she wants to balance the important things in her life – including him. They try to set a date, but failed… until Sam cancels another work meeting later in the week.
• Sam envisions a full life with Todd, while Andrea tries to get Sam to fall for Funk instead. Because he’s rich.
• And we transition to a new camera… this one, from a reality show taping Andrea for Superstar Weddings, a reality tv series
• Regina shows up at the bar somewhat disheveled. Howard is exhausting her since he retired. All he wants is sex, which seems to be boring her, even though it’s fun. Sam recommends they make lists of their retirement plans, to get back into synch.
• Winston calls and tells Sam about a dinner he had to cancel on with a Senator. He wants Sam to go. She tries to say she can’t, but he reminds her that she wants the Foundation to be taken seriously. Yet she can’t bear to tell Todd. Instead she tries to get him to go to the Harrison club (a stuffy old people place) instead of the trendy new Stingray. He goes along.

(Photo Copyright © 2008 ABC Studios / Bob D’Amico)

Recap continues below…

• Regina & Howard have finished their lists, only to find them quite different. While Regina wants to travel and see the world, Howard just wants to watch DVDs of shows he never watched. Apparently his whole list involves sitting passively in the house.
• Regina tries to remind Howard of their dreams to see and do things… he apologizes for being selfish. Then asks her to take a shower. She walks away.
• Sam’s deceit doesn’t last, so she confessed about meeting the Senator. But she still tries to pass off the meeting as a date. Until it turns out Funk lied to her about being away – he’s there to meet her, drink in hand.
• While Sam lectures Funk, Todd leaves the restaurant. Sam catches up with them and they fight over the fact that Funk wants Sam and whether Sam finds him attractive or not. She’s a little wishy-washy about it.
• Sam and Todd arrive home, each sulking and trying to pretend the other isn’t there. They try to talk as roommates about their dating blunders. It helps them resolve their fight and start making out!!
• Andrea runs into Winston in the elevator, reality tv crew in tow. She’s really over-acting on camera.
• Thinking he’s “off camera”, Winston asks about Sam and Todd. Andrea tries to put down Todd, though Funk is awfully nice about saying perhaps it’s still the best for Sam.
• Howard took Regina’s dream of travel to heart… and bought an RV. You know, so he can have his home comforts (meanwhile, it’s not like she can see Venice in an RV!!). He calls the RV “The Regina.”
• Sam has prepared a romantic dinner for Todd. And she’s made sure there will be no distractions at home.
• Todd got a job offer in London! For a magazine. And they want him to leave the next day. He, however, wants to talk to her about it first. But she can’t ask him to stay, and he can’t ask her to move with him… all after one date. As much as it seems like they both want to!
• Sam tries to pretend she’s happy for Todd, but she’s so sad!! Poor Sam!
• Sam hears the door close the next morning and starts calling for Todd. She finds him gone and sees a photo of them together as a present for her.
• Regina & Howard go to see Sam in the new RV. Seems Regina is pretending she’s happy with the RV.
• Funk comes by Sam’s office, with wine, asking why she’s not with Todd (duh, of course we suspect him of giving Todd that job!). She has wine with him, as if in defeat. Why does she give up on Todd?? And why turn to Funk?

For more Samantha Who? information, visit the Samantha Who? Season 2 summary page.

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After Winston hires her to head his charity foundation, Samantha hires Andrea to be her vice president of legal affairs; Dena, hoping to be a bridesmaid, offers to help Andrea with the wedding plans.

In this episode, we are now back on the pre-cancellation timeline (the last 3 were not edited to remove time discrepancies).

Samantha Who? Highlights:

• Sam now has a job, but she has NO idea what to do!
• Sam’s assistant, Tyler, gave her 8 different coffees, not knowing what she liked. Then Sam does a dance in her new office, which is really just a *huge* boardroom
• Who walks in on Sam dancing? Winston Funk, of course. He tries to romance her, while she wants to “find needy people” for his $30 million
• In a little power spat, it’s decided that Sam will hold a press conference the next day after she’s decided on her first charity contribution
• Turns out, that may be difficult. Tyler is in the lobby being mobbed by pitches from charities! Sam then revises the press conference to next Friday ;)
• Dena is begging Andrea to be in her wedding. She really wants to be a bridesmaid. Andrea hints that if Dena runs her errands, she’ll be in the wedding
• Andrea has picked a Southern Belle dress for Sam – to make her look horrible, so she herself can shine!
• Sam feels guilt now with the charities – thinking saying ‘yes’ to one is saying ‘no’ to thousands of others. Like a life / death situation.

(Photo Copyright © 2008 ABC Studios / Bob D’Amico)

Recap continues below…

• Sam realizes she needs the ‘old’ her, the one who wasn’t too soft to say no. And who’s the closest person to the old Sam? Andrea!
• Sam hires Andrea… for a salary that has something with a 9 in it ;)
• Sam pays a visit to Andrea at her new office only to find Andrea spending her time on wedding plans! Then she runs out for her own press conference with Tony Dane.
• Does Sam regret hiring Andrea? Is Andrea a good worker?
• A lawyer, a very qualified lawyer, comes to solicit Sam for a job. One more perfect for the position than Andrea.
• The lawyer grills Sam on her mission statement, which she of course doesn’t have yet. Having one could help narrow the focus of where to be charitable. Sam, realizing this lawyer knows her stuff and can help her choose reputable charities, hires the lawyer (asking first to make sure she’s not getting married)
• Regina tried to break her fridge to finally get a new one, but Howard refuses to give up on fixing it.
• Sam comes to ask her dad for advice about firing a friend. He’s no help.
• Dena comes by Sam’s place to find a book of sonnets to write Andrea’s vows, still hoping to be a bridesmaid!, but instead she finds the ring that Todd had bought for Sam!
• Dena can’t keep a secret, but Todd tells her about proposing to Sam before her accident. (Sam remembers this now, but he doesn’t know that)
• Todd has plans to pawn the ring so he can get his own place (wow, expensive ring). Dena tries to convince Todd that he’s giving up on Sam too quickly.
• Andrea, getting a pedicure in her ‘new office’, is on the phone quitting her old job with Chapman (quite rudely). Sam steals the phone cord.
• The new lawyer is walking in and Andrea still doesn’t know she’s fired. Unfortunately, Sam does a bad job of hiding everything and the two VP of Legal Affairs… they meet.
• Sam tries to calm down Andrea but ends up insulting her quite badly. Andrea says they’re still friends, but she’s no longer the maid of honor. AND, she’s not leaving work. See, Andrea’s a lawyer. And she signed a contract. So, she has no plans to leave her job.
• Who is the new maid of honor? Dena!! And she LOVES the Southern Belle dress. Sam decides to get payback by saying she’s not stepping down from her maid of honor duties… oh no, she plans to make them quite interesting. Sloppy Joes at the bridal shower!
• Faceoff! Andrea telling Sam her job is a joke – that Winston is just letting her have it to get into her pants. That’s why she blew off her work. So Sam tells Andrea it’s a joke to marry a gay guy just to get an actual wedding.
• The new lawyer, Cheril, has gone through the proposals and has determined that they are ALL ‘No’s.’ Even the red cross. And then she shares that she thinks they’re all showboaters asking for free rides.
• Sam brings up the economy, but Cheril is wise to the tactic. She won’t be fired either - she’s also signed a contract.
• Regina blew out the power to the whole region while trying to break her washer & dryer
• Howard electrocuted Sam to prove that her job is not a problem. It’s her dream job. So what if she’s stumbling a little?
• Sam worries that her job is a joke because of Winston. Howard shares that everyone is a fraud – it’s just a matter of standing up and facing work anyway. At the end of the talk, however, Howard has convinced himself that he wants to revise the rest of HIS life!!
• Sam takes charge of her job – reading all the proposals herself. Andrea watches as Sam exhausts herself with the process, but succeeds.
• Denton Homes for Homeless receives the first cheque for $250,000 (though she has to wrestle it from Cheril)
• Andrea hands in her resignation, telling Sam she’s wrong. Sam is not a joke.
• Sam admits to Andrea that they’re friends because they always tell each other things nobody else would. They’re brutally honest with each other.
• Andrea shares that her 6-year-old self still wants that dream wedding. The guys she meets are not ones she’d marry, and if she did, it’d be shotgun. With Tony, she can have her dream wedding because she knows it’s not a real relationship.
• Sam tells Andrea she wants her to stay and they can learn their new jobs together. Andrea has a plan to get rid of Cheril – though it may involve lying to a grand jury!
• Sam gets back her maid of honor hat, though it still looks like Dena is a bridesmaid
• Regina & Howard are attempting to make new dreams… though they may be thinking separately
• Todd didn’t get rid of the ring!!

Two minutes in is my favorite scene from this episode:

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Samantha is stunned to learn that she has an aunt and a grandmother, although no one has mentioned either of them because of a longstanding family feud over an heirloom.

This was a pretty good episode, I think!! I loved Regina’s messed up family!

Samantha Who? Highlights:

• The episode starts off with a reference to how you can’t choose your family… and shows Regina taking Sam shopping and for a make-over… to look just like her!
• Regina and Sam run into someone named Amy at the mall… turns out, she’s Regina’s sister. They seemed very cold together!
• Regina calls her sister a terrible person and tells Sam she’s better off not knowing her. Sam argues that maybe she’s a missing piece in the puzzle of who she is.
• Sam: “Why don’t you want me to know my family?” Regina: “The same reason I don’t want you to have a gun. Because you could hurt yourself.“
• Regina goes home and Sam decides to chase down Aunt Amy. It’s not long before Amy joins Dena, Andrea and Sam for for shots and dinner
• Andrea and Dena both agree with Sam – they love Amy! “To our new mom”, salutes Andrea
• Andrea has plans to go to watch Tony Dane play – she hopes to get on the jumbotron. Dena goes by Sam’s to watch, but it’s just Dena and Todd
• The crowd Boo’s at Andrea when they see her on the jumbotron!! They think she’s a jinx on the game.
• Amy comes to Sam’s place and complements her pottery – she collects from the same artist. Having no connection to the piece, Sam gives it to her.

(Photo Copyright © 2008 ABC Studios / Bob D’Amico)

Recap continues below…

• Regina and Howard have dropped by unexpectedly. Sam tries to usher Amy out of the building by the stairs.
• Regina wants to know why Sam didn’t answer her phone. She smells Amy’s perfume.
• Turns out, the bowl was a family heirloom. Regina says Amy only became Sam’s friend to get that bowl. It’s “the bowl”, a big deal in this family. Something that’s feuded over.
• Sam refuses to apologize to Regina. But Dena is the unlikely source of the solution – she has a bowl just like the heirloom! Dena will sell it to her ;)
• Frank and Todd are both betting against Tony Dane, since Andrea is his jinx. Turns out Andrea’s not at the game and Tony is doing well! Todd encourages Andrea to go to the game ;)
• Sam gives Regina the bowl and lies about how she got it back.
• Howard freaks out seeing the bowl - he has to go to his ‘happy place’ when he thinks of Regina’s family
• Regina can’t let Amy be the “bigger person” for returning the bowl. She’s going to give it back! But it’s not ‘the bowl’!!
• Sam’s lie falls apart. And yet they still try to fight over the bowl!
• Another woman walks in… it’s Regina & Amy’s mother. Sam has a grandmother!!
• Todd’s plan worked – Andrea jinxed the game. Tony tells her it’s true – that when she’s there, he knows she’s the only one who knows he’s gay and could ruin his career
• Andrea shares her deepest secret with Tony – that she used to have hair all over her face. It took years of electrolysis to get it off! She shares this as a measure of trust.
• Sam is freaking out that she has a grandmother! Sam tries to hug her, but she’s a cold woman.
• Regina and Amy try to get their mother to decide the fate of the bowl. Sam recalls that the bowl ordeal all started because her grandmother decided to leave her ‘crap’ there. I guess she never gave either of her girls anything, so Regina cherished it and Amy grew jealous.
• Sam tries to tell Amy & Regina they’re being silly fighting over a bowl. The sisters then fight over who ‘got everything’ growing up.
• The grandmother: “Stop it, I loved you both the same. I may have only had enough love for one daughter, but you each got half, so what’s the big deal?“
• Sam tries to tell her grandmother that more love from her could have prevented this squabbling
• Grandmother: “Look, they may have had only half a mother, but at least they had 2 Daddy’s“
• Regina and Amy discover their Dad may not have been their Dad. There was “another rooster in the henhouse”, their mother says. That man, their Uncle Luther. Their mother has no idea which is the real dad.
• To stop the yelling, Sam breaks both bowls on the floor. Sam says the bowl was poison, it was hatred. She doesn’t need a bowl to know her mother loves her.
• On that bright note, Sam hears her great-grandmother yelling down the stairs! Regina says she really doesn’t want to meet that one! ;)
• Sam thanks her mother for the fresh start. And Regina gives Sam ‘the bowl’, which she’d kept. She’d bought another fake to return. Regina tells Sam to keep passing it on in the family, $9 bowl or not ;)

Another 2 episodes of Samantha Who? will air tonight. I’ll try to get the recaps of those ones up faster!

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After realizing that “old” Sam may have been responsible for Todd’s not becoming a successful photographer, “new” Sam sets out to sabotage his competition for a job at a local newspaper. Meanwhile Regina, who is desperate for a new listing in order to continue touting her real estate partnership with Sam, puts Dena’s house on the market – unbeknownst to Dena.

Samantha Who? Highlights:

• Sam begins to think herself unlucky that Todd is always in her way at their apartment.
• Feeling crowded in her own place, she heads over to her parents’ house. A brief moment of peace lapses when they come home early!
• Regina shares news that their townhouse listing sold! Except to her, it’s bad news. Because it was their only listing, and she thinks you need a listing to get more listings.
• Regina thinks it’d be a good idea to list their house (not to sell, but just list). Howard doesn’t want strangers in the house.
• Learning that Todd will be at the movies, Sam returns home… except Todd is still there.
• Sam confesses she never gets to be at home by herself because Todd is always there
• Sam remembers that she was the one who didn’t pass Todd the message about a photo opportunity at a collapsed mine… which got another photographer a Pulitzer prize. Oops!
• Since Todd is now up against that photographer for a full-time job, Sam wants to get this other guy (Wes) out of the picture. To cover her guilt and get him out working.
• Dena gets a call that there’s an open house going on at her place! She returns home to find Regina there!

(Photo Copyright © 2008 ABC Studios / Bob D’Amico)

Recap continues below…

• Dena doesn’t want to sell her house, but Regina is tempted by generous offers!
• Sam tries to convince Wes that he owes her for the Pulitzer prize, and should therefore pass on the job he’s competing for with Todd. Of course, he won’t.
• Sam tries to puncture Wes’ tires instead, but fails. Good thing too, since she’s decided it’s not right to vandalize. Andrea reminds Sam of Todd sitting on her couch – she slashes his tires with Andrea’s knife
• Todd got the job!!
• Wes confronts Sam about slashing his tire. Turns out he, too, needs the job… or he’ll lose custody of his kids. Sam now feels obliged to help Wes, by getting Todd fired.
• Regina tries to convince Dena to sell her house, which was her mom’s house. By saying “Dena, I’m giving you the future,” she manages to convince her!
• Sam tries to tell Todd he can do better than this job, or that he’s not qualified. She tries every tactic, including telling Todd she misses him.
• When Todd leaves, Sam tries to slash his tires too. He catches her, so Sam confesses about Wes. Todd thinks he needs to quit now, that he doesn’t deserve the job. Todd starts to feel fatalistic, that he’ll never have a good career in photography…
• Sam confesses about not passing on the message about the mining
• Packing up her house, Dena realizes that leaving it would mean leaving memories of her childhood and her whole life, really.
• Howard realizes that Dena doesn’t really want to sell. He tries to lie to Regina and say the house has mold. Dena then stands up to Regina, realizing she already has everything she wants in the house.
• After a weird fight about their fake kids, Sam tells Todd how sorry she is for ruining his life. Todd tells her that she isn’t the reason for his failures.
• Quite the opposite, Todd credits Sam with ‘kicking his ass into gear’, saying his career sputtering after may be because they’re not together
• Todd decides to quit the job; Sam nudges him in the right direction by preparing his portfolio for an even better future

For more Samantha Who? information, visit the Samantha Who? Season 2 summary page.

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When Sam (Christina Applegate) starts dating rock superstar Tommy Wylder (Duran Duran’s John Taylor) – an idol from a youth that she has no recollection of – she becomes so embarrassed by Andrea (Jennifer Esposito) and Dena’s (Gilmore Girls star Melissa McCarthy) fan-like reactions that she unintentionally begins to alienate them. Meanwhile, with Sam dating Tommy, Regina (Jean Smart) fondly recalls memories of Howard’s (Kevin Dunn) early days as a musician.

Note: they didn’t edit this episode, which was originally supposed to air several episodes earlier in the season. Therefore, there are a few things out of sequence (like Andrea’s relationship with Tony Dane).

Samantha Who? Highlights:

• Samantha meets a pop icon, Tommy Wylder, but doesn’t know who he is (no memories). She even manages to insult him a few times!
• Andrea hasn’t yet met Tony Dane, but she’s gushing all over him
• Dena is planning a birthday for Mr. Cellophane, her dog.
• Upon hearing of Sam meeting Tommy, Dena and Andrea go crazy. Dena moreso (of course).
• Dena brings over memorabilia of her obsession with him (apparently Sam was obsessed too as a kid!).
• Sam shares with Tommy, on their first date, that she and Dena used to laugh that his album, “King of Hearts”, sounds like “King of Farts.” He likes that she’s not shy to be herself with him.
• Just as Sam is being complimented for not bringing the “hero worship” stuff into his life, Dena & Andrea arrive!
• Sam takes Dena & Andrea to the bathroom to tell them not to be crazy fans. Dena doesn’t do so well with that ;)
• Apparently Sam has sent her dad a guitar, to bring back his own dreams of being a rocker. Howard woos Regina with his playing.
• Sam tries to talk to Dena & Andrea about them being too fan-crazy, and how it’s too early for that with her and Tommy.
• Dena & Andrea both get offended. They want to go to Tommy’s concert!
• Being at Tommy’s concert gives Sam a flashback to being 13 and screaming “Tommy, I love you!” to him at another concert!

• Sam is now a crazy Tommy Wylder fan again! She has up posters, is listening to his music like crazy, and even wearing a Tommy shirt.
• Dena & Andrea try to give Sam the cold shoulder, because of the concert
• Dena tries to un-invite Sam from her dog’s birthday
• Regina is all hot and bothered about Howard getting back into playing music. She goes even more crazy once she puts him in leather ;)
• Tommy takes Sam out again, but now he’s distant. Maybe because she’s acting like a crazy possessive fan! Though she doesn’t think so ;)
• Tommy gives Sam the “it’s been fun, but you’re starting to get a little freaky on me” speech
• Regina & Howard share their great relationship with Sam, who’s sorrowful
• Sam convinces Howard to come play at Mr. Cellophane’s party – Frank comes and completes the ensemble as “The Shadowmakers”
• Sam apologizes to Dena. She’s sorry she didn’t remember that Tommy was their “thing”, and just asks that Dena remind her when something is important to them
• Sam is reminded that she may not remember her past, but others will do that for her. That shared past gives her solace.

For more Samantha Who? information, visit the Samantha Who? Season 2 summary page.

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Meanwhile, many of us Samantha Who? fans have wanted to know about the unaired Season 2 episodes. It looks like ABC has plans to air some of them now!!

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On June 25, ABC will air the episode “The Rock Star“, which was one completed much earlier in the season but which never aired.

The schedule for new episodes is:

• “The Rock Star” – June 25, 2009
• “Toddy’s Job” – July 2, 2009
• “The First Date” – July 9, 2009

There were 4 other episodes that were filmed for Season 2, but it’s not clear if those were completed or if they will air.

Update: Ausiello indicates there *may* be hope for Samantha Who? on a cable network (vs on ABC). Cross your fingers!

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