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Samantha Who? 1.11 “The Boss” Recap

by Arieanna on April 15th, 2008

Samantha Who? 1.11 "The Boss"
Air Date: April 14, 2008
Recap & Discussion

Samantha Who? Episode Highlights:

• Sam has left Todd 20 or 30 messages, she she considers it rude that he has not returned them. Perhaps not as rude as pretending to sleep with him…
• The Funk of Chapman & Funk (the real estate company Sam works at) is in the office - he travels mostly, much to the displeasure of Chapman.
• Andrea has a crush on the newly-divorced Winston Funk, the "most adorable billionaire ever" - she says it’s not about the money
• Sam returns to her office to find Winston Funk with a giant diamond for her, and a proposal! A day "they have both" been waiting for.
• Sam tries to tell Funk about her amnesia, but he just thinks she wants a bigger diamond. He realizes the truth, and Sam sadly walks away.
• Sam talks to Dena about the vengeance she expects from Andrea, if Andrea were to find out she had a relationship with Funk
• Dena is taking an online romance novel course - though her novel is based on Sam’s life. Her nom de plume is Dena Devereux.
• Dena asks Sam if she’s the heroine who risks it all for the stable boy, or the heroine who throws herself on some rocks
• Sam leaves Todd another message, telling him she knows his routine - she leaves the message while standing right behind him to get coffee

• Sam tries to explain her reasons for doing what she did, but Todd says it doesn’t matter. He’s with Chloe now.
• Winston Funk has invited himself to the Newly, where Sam’s parents become infatuated with him - he’s not quite used to "no", so he came to ask her father’s permission to marry Sam
• So, Winston stayed for dinner but Sam is still saying no. She feels guilty about Andrea, and also doesn’t remember him
• Sam’s feeling warm up after a romantic moment where Winston pretends to make it snow (he just saw it coming first). It’s Sam’s first snow since her amnesia. They almost kiss, but are interrupted by Sam’s parents taking a photo.
• Andrea notices that Sam is now flirting with Winston, and is not happy. Andrea confronts Sam about it, and has to hear about the dinner and proposal
• Andrea says she and Sam are no longer friends - and says Sam is now the "old Sam" again. Sam cries.
• Having coffee with Dena, Sam is approached by a chauffeur, who asks if Sam would like to join Winston in the car. She rebuffs him.
• Dena reads back a part of her "story" and Sam realizes she shouldn’t pine over Todd. And screw Andrea. She can do as she wishes. Like, to "run to the prince’s chariot"
• Sam goes to her "prince" and tells him "ok", that he can buy her (a cup of) coffee
• The smell of cupcakes remind Sam of a time in her past when she asked Chapman not to give Andrea a promotion, when she had told Andrea she was going to help her get it
• Todd sees a picture of Sam and Funk in "Chicago by Night" magazine (obviously Sam’s parents sold their photo)
• Sam finds Andrea at the Sweet Sugar Bake Shop, where they sell cupcakes. Sam apologizes for Winston, and for waking up a different person than the friend Andrea knew. But, she offers to be there now.
• Andrea tells them they sit there to smell the cupcakes - no calories that way
• Sam tells Andrea she sabotaged the promotion because she didn’t want to lose her, and Andrea admits she killed a job for Sam in LA.
• Sam sits amidst a sea of flowers from Winston, eating cupcakes. Another gift is delivered - a snow globe with the note to "snap and shake". Which she does, with a smile.
• Todd rings the bell next and comes in asking who Funk is, all jealous. He asks what she’s doing, after she just told him how she felt. Sam asks if she was supposed to just sit around? So then Todd kisses her!
• Todd gets mad at himself and leaves. So now, Sam has quite the choice to make!

So, what did you think of this episode? Would you choose the prince or the stable boy? Why?

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