The WORST episodes of Samantha Who?

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

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: 3/20/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
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Todd's Job
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6.59
183 votes

#1 - 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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Out of Africa
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6.60
296 votes

#2 - 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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The Affair
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6.71
191 votes

#3 - 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.

Directors: Paul Lazarus
Writer: Bob Kushell
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The Farm
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6.75
164 votes

#4 - 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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The Other Woman
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6.83
184 votes

#5 - 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 Ex
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6.85
194 votes

#6 - 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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So I Think I Can Dance
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6.87
346 votes

#7 - 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 Rock Star
star
6.87
184 votes

#8 - 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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Help!
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6.93
190 votes

#9 - 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 Car
star
7.00
195 votes

#10 - 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.

Directors: Paul Lazarus
Writer: Jim Reynolds
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The Dream Job
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7.02
214 votes

#11 - 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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The Break-Up
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7.04
141 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.

Directors: Tucker Gates
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The Pill
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7.05
272 votes

#13 - 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 Building
star
7.09
216 votes

#14 - 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 Gallery Show
star
7.11
245 votes

#15 - 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.

Writer: Alex Reid
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The Birthday
star
7.12
165 votes

#16 - 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.

Directors: Dennis Gordon
Writer: Donald Todd
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The Hockey Date
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7.13
176 votes

#17 - 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.

Directors: Tucker Gates
Writer: Justin Adler
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The Amazing Racist
star
7.15
214 votes

#18 - 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 Sister
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7.19
159 votes

#19 - 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 Family Vacation
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7.22
191 votes

#20 - 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 First Date
star
7.22
187 votes

#21 - 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 Dog
star
7.30
162 votes

#22 - 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 Girlfriend
star
7.33
220 votes

#23 - 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.

Writer: Jessi Klein
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The Boss
star
7.37
217 votes

#24 - 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.

Writer: Jenny Lee
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The Butterflies
star
7.39
194 votes

#25 - The Butterflies

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/21/2008

Samantha finds out about an endangered butterfly habitat and needs to stop her boss and the firm's construction project that would kill them. She decides to use Dena, who is clueless about Sam's plan, to go out with her boss and persuade him to stop the construction project. After Todd and Sam's passionate kiss, Sam is feeling ignored by him.

Writer: Kim Duran
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