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Samantha Who?: The Complete First Season

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Girl gets hit by a car, girl loses memory of everything before the accident,girl finds out that she was a VERY mean person, girl has a change of heart now that she has a chance to start over, gril wants to be nice and correct the mistakes that her mean self did before she lost her memory.

After watching one episode of this show I was laughing and wanting more. Christina Applegate is amazing in this. Her acting is just so dead on making you laugh at how she exaggerates everything. Jennifer Esposito (who plays Andrea, Samantha's best, and only, friend before her memory loss) is also very funny in this because she basically plays a friend that is always drunk/hung over and very mean.
Samantha's parents in this are just hysterical because they are the typical mom and dad that are still treating their adult daughter like a child and ignoring her opinions and driving her crazy.
Even though a lot of people are saying that the story is not very original, I think that they get a lot of mileage out of it.
If you aren't sure that you will like this show after (at most) 2 episodes watch it on abc.com first and then decide whether you want more.
I am absolutely getting this because it kept me laughing through the whole episode. Even though the episodes are less than 1/2 hour long, I think that it is a good way to keep people begging for more. I nearly lost my mind one week when ABC announced that it would instead air "Dancing With the Stars" for the entire night!

i felt it was cute.for a 72 year old conservative male who prefers tv shows from 60 to 80s,i enjoyed the episodes i have watched

It's been a long time since a sitcom has been worth sitting down for every week for me. The canned laugh tracks, the forced jokes become a bit much. Samantha Who is refreshing in it's candor and wit. The jokes don't feel like they're trying too hard, the chemistry between everyone in the cast is undeniable, though some of my favorite scenes are the ones between Frank and Samantha. Every cast member pulls their weight and they feed off of each other. Christina Applegate, Jennifer Esposito, Jean Smart are hilarious, not to mention Suki ( I don't know the actor's name, she will forever be Suki from the Gilmore Girls to me) and her adorableness.
Samantha lost her memory after a car accident and for most of the first season we're treated to a loveable, mildly ditzy, but ultimately charming girl struggling to piece together the puzzle of herself. The answers she finds are shocking and dismaying to say the least.

I really came to enjoy SAMANTHA WHO during its strike-shortened first season. The premise was not necessarily all that brilliant -- a complete jerk of a human being loses her memory in a car accident and gets a fresh shot at her life -- but it provided a great platform for Christina Applegate to play a character who is in the process of self-recreation.

This is not going to go down as one of the great series ever nor even as one of the finest comedies. It was not even the best new comedy of the 2007-2008 season (that title belongs to ALIENS IN AMERICA, but since I apparently was only one of about four dozen people to watch that one, no one knows that). No question most of the appeal lay in Applegate's wonderfully appealing performance in the lead role. Even though everything we learned about the old, bad Samantha was reprehensible, it was delightful to see her gamely take a new shot at life. And she is aided by some great supporting players. I especially loved Melissa McCarthy, best known to most TV viewers as Sookie St. James from THE GILMORE GIRLS, who plays Sam's childhood best friend Dena, whom she jettisoned as they aged and Sam moved into the cool crowd while Sam joined the uncool crowd. Jennifer Esposito is great as the one person who was friends with the bad, old Sam and continues to be friends with the new, nicer Sam. Barry Watson is excellent as Sam's ex-boyfriend Todd (who is still living in her condo), who starts the series off sheepish about telling her that they broke up shortly before her accident to finding himself newly attracted to the nicer version of his old girlfriend. Kevin Dunn and Jean Smart are great as Sam's parents. The one character I wish they could do more with is Tim Russ as Frank the doorman. He is excellent as far as his character goes, but so far they just haven't been able to do much with it. Hopefully that will change. He was one of my favorite characters on STAR TREK VOYAGER as the Vulcan Tuvok. Hopefully he'll have more to do in Season Two.

All in all, this is a fun, well written, and excellent (if unambitious) series. It is a great vehicle for Christina Applegate. Most of all, it is just a very, very pleasant show.

I love this show very much but does anyone know why the last 3 episodes of season one are not on the dvd? Very strange. Had to watch them on YouTube. Also, the special features are not as they are listed on the packaging.

Samantha wakes up on a hospital bed, having suffered a car accident that left her in a coma for eight days. Now she's got amnesia. She's got no recollection of her parents, her best friend and her (ex) boyfriend. So as she tries to regain her life, what little she knows of it, she realizes that she wasn't a very nice person before the accident. She was calculative, backstabbing, self-centered and faithless. And whenever she has flashbacks, it is always about something unpleasant she'd said or done to a loved one. So she sees her lost memory as a clean slate. She is now the "Good Samantha," except that at times this good Samantha finds herself doing some not-so-good things.

I love this TV show. It is so well written and genuinely funny. Christina Applegate is awesome; I have been a fan of hers since Married... with Children. Cecelia Ahern -- author of P.S., I Love You and Love, Rosie (a.k.a., Where Rainbows End) -- created this show and I couldn't enjoy it more. I also love the cast. Samantha's feeble and eccentric parents (Jean Smart and Tim Russ) and her BFF Andrea (Jennifer Esposito) are hilarious. I also like Dena (Melissa McCarthy), Samantha's chubby former high school buddy. I kind of have a love/hate relationship with Todd (Barry Watson), Samantha's ex-boyfriend. She is silly when she's around him, but he also gets on my nerves. I couldn't help but wonder why she doesn't order him to move out of her apartment. Anyway, I like the DVD (in spite of its limited features) and I so look forward to picking up season two. This show isn't as popular as it should be, and I'd be surprised if ABC does a season three. It's too bad, because this is one of the funniest shows on the air, in my opinion.

I have always loved Christina Applegate so when I heard about this show I was excited, while missing most of the 1st season, I didn't want to start
midway through so...I purchased this dvd and watched it 3 times and laughed each time and have passed it on to others for their enjoyment.
She is so cute, ditsy, beautiful and fun!

This show is perfect!!! I watch them over and over again!!! Great gift for someone who loves great comedy!!!

This show is hilarious! I never liked Christina Applegate in Married With Children or any of her other movies she made. But she is hysterical in here. I will continue to buy the next seasons also.

This show is fun to watch but it's not going to blow you away.

***Spoilers***

Apparently no one really liked Samantha (except for her stuck up friend Andrea) prior to her being hit by a car which caused her to have amnesia. She had a good job and boyfriend but when she began discovering herself again she found out that she really didn't like her job (and was eventually fired) and that she was cheating on her boyfriend. When her and her boyfriend broke up all she did was want him back but he had moved on with another girl...while living in Samantha's apartment?!?!

Her chubby childhood friend came back into her life and I like that they added her character into the show...I hate when everyone in a show has to be perfect looking. So the first season is just Samantha trying to remember her life and discover who she is now...that and the pursuit of her ex boyfriend. Of course being a Star Trek fan I have to say that I loved the doorman!!!