The Best Episodes of Samantha Who?
Every episode of Samantha Who? ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Samantha Who?!
Samantha Newly has been a bad, bad girl. But thanks to an 8-day coma, she can't remember a thing. Fortunately her best friend Andrea is by her side with a cocktail and the 4-1-1 on every dirty deed. But the more Sam pieces together her past, the less she likes her old self. Maybe this is a chance to start over and do it all again.
Top Episode Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Samantha Who?" is "With This Ring", rated 8.2/10 from 120 user votes. It was directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller and written by Donald Todd. "With This Ring" aired on 7/23/2009 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Pill".
8.2/10 120 votes#1 - With This Ring
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 7/23/2009
It's Andrea's wedding day! While Andrea has chosen her life partner, Samantha has to make a decision as to who she wants to be with. Will it be debonaire millionaire Winston Funk or her not-rich-but-ever-reliable ex-boyfriend Todd. Even Sam's parents are at a crossroad as Regina and Howard begin to take separate paths.
Director: Beth McCarthy-Miller
Writer: Donald Todd
8.0/10 141 votes#2 - The Pill
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/27/2008
Desperate to regain her memory, Sam opts to join a clinical trial and starts taking pills for her memory. Sam's memories start coming back, but she doesn't like what she learns about her former self. Elsewhere, someone confuses Dena and Andrea as being a gay couple, which frustrates Andrea and sends her on the hunt to find someone hotter than Dena.
Director: Peter Lauer
Writer: N/A
7.7/10 172 votes#3 - The Boss
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/14/2008
The guy that Andrea has a thing for, asks Samantha to marry him. He also turns out to be the wealthy owner of the real estate firm that they both work at. Samantha worries that it may harm their friendship more than anything else.
Director: Julie Anne Robinson
Writer: N/A
7.7/10 110 votes#4 - The Other Woman
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 7/23/2009
Samantha vaguely remembers something about Winston Funk's ex wife Gigi before the accident. Chapman tries to ask Dena to marry him. Andrea tries to lure Tony Dane into bed. Regina is caught in a love triangle as she prepares to leave on vacation with Howard.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10 121 votes#5 - The Amazing Racist
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 4/9/2009
Sam tries to become friends with Frank, once she thinks her old self was a racist. Andrea doesn't want to lose all the glamour of dating a celebrity, after Tony is outed as being gay.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel, Jason Winer
Writer: Marco Pennette
7.6/10 99 votes#6 - Todd's Job
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 7/2/2009
Thinking she already ruined one job for him, Sam tries to secretly help Todd out by distracting the competition up for the same job as Todd. Unbeknownst to Dena, Regina tries to sell Dena's house, so that she can still work with Sam.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Alex Reid
7.6/10 105 votes#7 - The First Date
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 7/9/2009
Sam decides to give Todd a second chance by going out with him on another "first date," but Todd doesn't trust Winston Funk, believing he and Sam may continue the affair they were having before the accident. Meanwhile, Andrea appears on a reality TV series about celebrity weddings, along with her gay basketball star Tony Dane.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Bob Kushell
7.5/10 196 votes#8 - The Job
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/22/2007
It's Samantha's first day back to work and her first board meeting gives her a shocking look at just how cutthroat and competitive she really was.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Donald Todd
7.5/10 156 votes#9 - The Gallery Show
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 4/28/2008
Sam is going to Todd's photo exhibit, but doesn't want to go alone, so she asks Craig, whom she thinks is a complete stranger, to join her. Sam soon gets the hint that they've met before and things doing go smoothly. Kevin discovers a demeaning picture of Sam in Todd's photo collection.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Alex Reid
7.5/10 122 votes#10 - My Best Friend's Boyfriend
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 3/26/2009
Andrea has a new boyfriend and Sam wants the couple to actually go on a real date for once. Todd doesn't like being just the roommate. Dena has a new penpal in Iraq, but she wonders if it means she's cheating on Chase.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 120 votes#11 - The Debt
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 4/16/2009
Sam 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 financial dilemma.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: N/A
7.4/10 158 votes#12 - The Break-Up
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/10/2007
Sam thinks she's in love with Kevin and steps things up a bit, but it may prove to be more than Kevin can handle.
Director: Tucker Gates
Writer: N/A
7.4/10 144 votes#13 - The Birthday
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 5/12/2008
In the season finale, Samantha is beginning to think that Chloe is using the sympathy card by saying her aunt is sick, just so Todd won't break up with her like he promised Samantha. Andrea and Regina are having several disagreements over how to plan Samantha's birthday party.
Director: N/A
Writer: Donald Todd
7.4/10 121 votes#14 - The Family Vacation
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/2008
After the breakup between Owen and Sam, The Newlys, Dena, and Andrea decide to pack it up and head out for an overdue family vacation to a lodge. Sam is met by an unexpected friend at the lodge, Brad, who was her childhood sweetheart. Things get turbulent when Andrea makes a pass at him.
Director: Paul Lazarus
Writer: N/A
7.4/10 112 votes#15 - The Rock Star
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 6/25/2009
Sam dates a rock star to whom Dena and Andrea take a liking. Their unruly behavior toward Sam's new beau causes Sam to inch farther and farther away from her friends.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Marco Pennette
7.4/10 102 votes#16 - The Dream Job
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 7/9/2009
Sam becomes the head of the charity foundation for Winston Funk and hires Andrea as her vice president of legal affairs. She soon regrets this idea when Andrea shirks her duties in favor of planning her wedding.
Director: Joanna Kerns
Writer: N/A
7.3/10 228 votes#17 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/15/2007
Wretched with amnesia after an accident, Samantha attempts to discover her life again. After being the victim of a hit and run, Sam awakens to the shock of everyone that she doesn't remember any of them, not even her parents who were standing over her bedside.
Director: Robert Duncan McNeill
Writer: N/A
7.3/10 186 votes#18 - The Virgin
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/5/2007
Since Samantha has no memories of the past, including her sexual experiences, she is faced with the decision of waiting this time for the right guy to come along, or to experiment.
Director: Barnet Kellman
Writer: Bob Kushell
7.3/10 177 votes#19 - The Hockey Date
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/26/2007
Regina sets Samantha up on a blind date with the man who is refinishing her floors. She turns to Todd for advice when she leads the guy to think she is an avid hockey fan.
Director: Tucker Gates
Writer: N/A
7.3/10 158 votes#20 - The Girlfriend
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/7/2008
Sam is forced to move back in with Todd and his new girlfriend, Chloe, after she finds out she could face an eviction because she sublet her apartment to Todd. Regina and Dena bond when Sam misses a makeover night.
Director: Julie Anne Robinson
Writer: N/A
7.3/10 137 votes#21 - Help!
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/10/2008
After being given community service for her altercation with a cop, Sam tries to help out Natalie, a wayward young woman, despite pleas from her friends not to. Howard tries to give Todd advice on how to win Sam back, even though he told Howard he wasn't interested anymore.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: N/A
7.2/10 187 votes#22 - The Wedding
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/29/2007
Sam attends the wedding of one of her so called friends, only to realize that she forgot that she had been uninvited by the bride earlier.
Director: Michael Spiller
Writer: Christine Zander
7.2/10 173 votes#23 - The Hypnotherapist
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/19/2007
As a last ditch effort to try and regain some of her lost memory, Sam seeks professional help from a hypnotherapist, but doesn't get the help she expected. Sam hears a bombshell confession from Todd.
Director: Michael Spiller
Writer: N/A
7.2/10 155 votes#24 - The Car
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/3/2007
Sam gets her father's car into an accident and pushes it into a lake, making him think it was stolen. He feels so bad for her that he ends up buying her a new car. Regina discovers clues about the accident and uses that as blackmail to force Sam to model at a party.
Director: Paul Lazarus
Writer: N/A
7.2/10 150 votes#25 - The Affair
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 5/5/2008
Samantha is suspicious about Regina's action, which lead her to believe she is having an affair. But she's not alone. Todd is cheating on Chloe, who is none the wiser, with Samantha. Dena and Regina are contemplating opening up their own coffee shop.
Director: Paul Lazarus
Writer: Bob Kushell