"Samantha who?"
"Yes. 'Samantha Who?'"
"Who is she? Samantha what?"
"Samantha Who."
It's the next great 'Who's on First' bit, just you wait. But what is this "Samantha Who?" show? Probably the best show you aren't watching, and it really is a scripted show too, with actors and actresses, traditional writers and directors. Crazy. And it's good too! Who'd-uh-thunk? .... Samantha. That's Who.
The show which premiered this past fall re-kicked off its first season after the writer's strike last week. It airs Mondays on ABC and chronicles the day-to-day life of Samantha, who has just recovered from an car accident which prompted amnesia only to slowly discover that she was kind of a wretched skank manipulative whore of a person before the accident. This is her second chance, even if she doesn't quite remember her first.
What makes the show so good? Obviously the writing. The show's writers come up with great dialogue as well as interesting situations. Who expected that when Samantha moved out of her ex-boyfriend's apartment she would later discover the apartment wasn't his, it wasn't even theirs, it was hers! And yet, she continues to let him to live there....and now with his new girlfriend!! Oh, the awkwardness. :)
But the writing is only words on a page until the actors come in. I can't argue with a show that has half the cast of "Related" (though no one ever knew what "Related" was) and stars Christina Applegate. And since I can't argue with it on those accounts, Melissa McCarthy (of Sookie on "Gilmore Girls"), Barry Watson (the cute one from "7th Heaven"), and Jean Smart ("Garden State," "Sweet Home Alabama,".....) are some pretty sweet icing on a yum-yum-yummy cake! (And I don't even usually care for icing!) Andrea, Samantha's best friend from before the accident, tries to rekindle the bad girl in Samantha while Dena, a lovingly pathetic character from Samantha's childhood, attempts to persuade her toward good. The constant good vs. evil tug-of-war is a classic one but "Samantha Who?" manages to give it a new twist.
If you've missed it so far, rectify your transgressions now and tune in.
1 comment:
i tried to like this show, i swear! i tivo'd a couple of episodes. but it just didn't connect with me. you and i are going to have to agree to disagree on this one, my dear. (maybe you should go into tv show marketing?!?!?!?)
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