The BEST episodes of Samantha Who? season 2

Every episode of Samantha Who? season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Samantha Who? season 2!

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.

Last Updated: 9/24/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
With This Ring
star
8.10
107 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.

Writer: Donald Todd
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The Park
star
7.71
192 votes

#2 - The Park

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/1/2008

Sam tries to make herself appear to be an environmentalist, so Owen might like her more. Andrea doesn't fare well when the basketball player, Tony Dane, is looking for a date.

Directors: Bob Berlinger
Writer: Bob Kushell
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My Best Friend's Boyfriend
star
7.62
167 votes

#3 - 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.

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The Debt
star
7.41
219 votes

#4 - 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.

Writer: Jim Reynolds
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The Dog
star
7.31
163 votes

#5 - The Dog

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/2/2009

When Sam feels her biological clock ticking away and realizes her desire to be a mother, she tries to probe her own motherly instincts by borrowing Dena's dog to find out if she's nurturing enough to care for and love it. Meanwhile, Regina attempts pilot lessons when she learns that Howard's late step-brother has willed them a plane, and Andrea continues to fuel the tabloid fires while she dates famous pro-basketball star Tony Dane.

Directors: Paul Lazarus
Writer: Pamela Ribon
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The First Date
star
7.24
188 votes

#6 - 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.

Writer: Bob Kushell
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The Family Vacation
star
7.23
192 votes

#7 - 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.

Directors: Paul Lazarus
Writer: Jim Reynolds
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The Sister
star
7.21
160 votes

#8 - The Sister

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 7/2/2009

Sam discovers that a family heirloom is the reason why her mom was in a feud with her sister and a mother, that Sam didn't know she had. Andrea is viewed as a jinx to Tony's team, after they start losing when she is there.

Writer: Alex Reid
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The Amazing Racist
star
7.16
215 votes

#9 - 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.

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The Building
star
7.11
217 votes

#10 - The Building

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/3/2008

After pointing out her serious cash-flow problem, Samantha's mother gets her to agree to get back into the real estate game, only this time with her mother. Andrea attempts to use Todd's friend to further her own gold-digging excursions.

Writer: Jim Reynolds
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The Pill
star
7.06
273 votes

#11 - 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.

Directors: Peter Lauer
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The Dream Job
star
7.04
215 votes

#12 - 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.

Directors: Joanna Kerns
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Help!
star
6.95
191 votes

#13 - 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.

Writer: Pamela Ribon
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The Rock Star
star
6.88
186 votes

#14 - 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.

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So I Think I Can Dance
star
6.87
348 votes

#15 - So I Think I Can Dance

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/13/2008

Sam finds out she was a dancer before she contracted amnesia, which prompts her to join her mother in the fight against her mother's nemesis (Cybil Shepherd) in the annual dance contest at the country club. Meanwhile, Todd drags his feet in vacating Sam's place because of his financial ability to secure a new place of his own.

Directors: Wendey Stanzler
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The Ex
star
6.86
196 votes

#16 - The Ex

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/17/2008

Sam thinks it's all right for Todd to be in her life as a friend while dating Owen, but doesn't like the idea of Owen's ex, Willow, being Owen's best friend. Meanwhile, Andrea gets Dena to take pictures of her in hopes of landing a professional basketball player.

Writer: Jessi Klein
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The Other Woman
star
6.85
185 votes

#17 - 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.

Directors: Rebecca Asher
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The Farm
star
6.77
165 votes

#18 - The Farm

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/24/2008

Samantha invites Owen to dinner to meet her parents; Dena worries that Chase isn't spending enough time with her; Todd asks Samantha to stay at her parents' house while his mother is in town.

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Out of Africa
star
6.62
297 votes

#19 - Out of Africa

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/20/2008

The new Sam decides to take a trip to Africa in hopes of providing some help to people who desperately need it, but then chickens out when she finds out what it's going to take to get there.

Writer: Donald Todd
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Todd's Job
star
6.61
184 votes

#20 - 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.

Writer: Alex Reid
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