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  • ABC
  • Oct 15, 2007
  • ABC
  • Oct 15, 2007
Samantha Who?

Summary 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. Sam discovers that she wasn't a very nice person to most people an...

  • ABC
  • Oct 15, 2007
  • ABC
  • Oct 15, 2007
Samantha Who?
Season 1
Season Premiere: Oct 15, 2007
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 25 Critic Reviews
59
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
7.4
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Summary 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. Sam discovers that she wasn't a very nice person to most people an...

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Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Oct 15, 2007 • 24 m
Pilot
A woman suffering from amnesia tries to rediscover her life.
Episode 2 • Oct 22, 2007 • 22 m
The Job
Episode 3 • Oct 29, 2007 • 22 m
The Wedding
Samantha finds herself a bridesmaid in a wedding planned before her memory loss, only to arrive and find that she's not welcome.
Episode 4 • Nov 5, 2007 • 22 m
The Virgin
Beacause of her continuing amnesia, Samantha cannot remember anything about her sex life. So, she decides to embark on a personal quest to find the right guy to experiment with.
Episode 5 • Nov 12, 2007 • 22 m
The Restraining Order
Samantha finds out she's had a restraining order placed on her and finds out about the strained relationship she's had with her father, all as a result of hearing a song from her past, not realizing what it's all about.
Episode 6 • Nov 19, 2007 • 22 m
The Hypnotherapist
In an effort to recover her memories, Samantha turns to a hypno-therapist, only to find out that she might be adopted.
Episode 7 • Nov 26, 2007 • 22 m
The Hockey Date
After finding out she likes hockey, Samantha decides to get re-involved in her lost interest in an effort to impress a blind date in which her parents set her up. Andrea decides to go to Rome with her new-found boyfriend.
Episode 8 • Dec 3, 2007 • 22 m
The Car
Things are not as they seem as Samantha remembers what happened in the past after she dumps her father's car into the lake.
Episode 9 • Dec 10, 2007 • 22 m
The Break Up
Samantha's first night of intimacy with Kevin has her falling head over heels over the guy, and some drastic changes at work have her friends concerned, as well.
Episode 10 • Apr 7, 2008 • 22 m
The Girlfriend
After promising her mother to do 'makeovers' with her, Sam gets a chili invitation from Todd. Problems with his new (and slightly psycho) girlfriend ensue.
Episode 11 • Apr 14, 2008 • 22 m
The Boss
Samantha's boss, billionaire Winston Funk, arrives at his twice-a-year visit at Chapman & Funk... and proposes to Samantha! And Samantha has no recollection of her past, secret (especially from Andrea) intimate relationship with Funk.
Episode 12 • Apr 21, 2008 • 22 m
The Butterflies
Sam uses the budding relationship between her boss and her friend, Dena, to stop a construction project that would destroy the home of an endangered species, while trying to figure out why Todd keeps ignoring her.
Episode 13 • Apr 28, 2008 • 22 m
The Gallery Show
Sam ponders over the idea of using the invitation she got from Todd send her for his gallery exhibit and wonders what kind of message she'll be giving by attending with someone else.
Episode 14 • May 5, 2008 • 22 m
The Affair
All signs point to the fact that Samantha's mother is having an affair, while she sneaks around with Todd under Chloe's nose and Andrea ponders over the possibility of going into a partnership with Dena in acquiring a coffee shop.
Episode 15 • May 12, 2008 • 22 m
The Birthday
Sam decides she's through sneaking around with Todd, while Andrea and Sam's mother fight for the opportunity to put Sam's birthday party together.

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 25 Critic Reviews
59
52% Positive
13 Reviews
36% Mixed
9 Reviews
12% Negative
3 Reviews

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Critic Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 25 Critic Reviews
59
52% Positive
13 Reviews
36% Mixed
9 Reviews
12% Negative
3 Reviews

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80
It's a bit old-fashioned, which in today's TV universe makes it seem light and fresh--like the entrancing Ms. Applegate herself.
By Nancy DeWolf Smith FULL REVIEW
80
Samantha Who? is as perfectly realized a comedy as the fall has to offer.
By Robert Lloyd FULL REVIEW
75
Convincing both as the terrible woman she used to be and the nicer woman she's trying to be, Applegate holds the character together even when she's yelping or collapsing in a dither--though in the long run, less of that would be more.
By Robert Bianco FULL REVIEW
63
Samantha Who? plays the discovery parts nicely. The question for this show, as it gets a few episodes in, is a trickier one: Once Sam starts recognizing everything and everyone around her, and makes the necessary adjustments, what's left?
By David Hinckley FULL REVIEW
50
Samantha is more of a smiler than a laugher. That's fine. But the comedy straddles straight-up storytelling with clumsy moments of broad comedy (no insulting pun intended).
By Doug Elfman FULL REVIEW
40
As is, though, the series seeks a tone of whimsy and settles for irritating, leaving Applegate to look perpetually baffled and perhaps longing for the subtlety of "Married ... With Children," without doing much to humanize her character.
By Brian Lowry FULL REVIEW
30
The jokes that spring from that laborious setup aren’t all that funny.
By Maureen Ryan FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
7.4
56% Positive
5 Ratings
44% Mixed
4 Ratings
0% Negative
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User Reviews

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
7.4
56% Positive
5 Ratings
44% Mixed
4 Ratings
0% Negative
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