"Samantha Who?"
The Affair (2008)

Director:

Paul Lazarus

Writer:

Bob Kushell (writer)

TV Series:

"Samantha Who?" (2007)

Original Air Date:

5 May 2008 (Season 1, Episode 14)

Genre:

Comedy | Mystery | Romance

Plot:

All signs point to the fact that Samantha's mother is having an affair, while she sneaks around with Todd under Chloe's nose and Andrea ponders over the possibility of going into a partnership with Dena in acquiring a coffee shop. |

Plot Keywords:

Apartment | Black Humor | Employee Employer Relationship | Boyfriend Girlfriend Relationship | Female Lawyer

Cast

Christina Applegate	...	Samantha
Jennifer Esposito	...	Andrea Belladonna
Kevin Dunn	...	Howard
Melissa McCarthy	...	Dena
Tim Russ	...	Frank
Barry Watson	...	Todd
Jean Smart	...	Regina Newly
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Soledad Campos	...	Woman
Gerard Sanders	...	Rory
Anthony Winters	...	Man (as Tony Winters)

Directed by
Paul Lazarus

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Bob Kushell		writer

Produced by
John Amodeo	....	producer

Cinematography by
Paul Maibaum

Costume Design by
Susan Michalek

Makeup Department
Kimberly Greene	....	makeup artist: Christina Applegate ) (as Kim Greene)
Melissa A. Yonkey	....	hair stylist: Christina Applegate

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kyle Hollingsworth	....	dga trainee

Art Department
Meagen Minnaugh	....	art assistant

Sound Department
David W. Barr	....	adr mixer
Joshua Chase	....	sound effects editor
Mitch B. Cohn	....	sound utility
Steve Morantz	....	production sound mixer
Philip Rogers	....	adr recordist
Aaron Wallace	....	boom operator

Camera and Electrical Department
Ron Peterson	....	first assistant camera
Scott Toland	....	rigging electrician

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Craig Ames	....	costume supervisor
Jerry Jaeger	....	key costumer
Carla Shivener	....	set costumer

Transportation Department
Steven L. Alpert	....	transportation co-captain
Brian McQuown	....	transportation captain
Jim Oge Jr.	....	transportation
Robert J. Young	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Correne Kristiansen	....	assistant to executive producer
Michael Lisboa	....	production assistant
Nicole Markel	....	production staff
Billy McLellan	....	production assistant
Jen Willis	....	production assistant
Gina Verble	....	payroll accountant (uncredited)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Cecelia Ahern		creator
Donald Todd		creator

Other Companies

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The Affair is another pretty good episode of "Samantha Who?"

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

While Chloe's been away, Sam and Todd have been sneaking around. Suddenly Sam's hearing something break so they stop. False alarm, it's just her back! Then they hear something else that's not a back breaking. It's Frank the doorman who's brought a package. Todd explains he's been having troubles with Chloe while Sam-hiding underneath cushions-tells Frank not to judge her. "It's too late for that!" exclaims Frank. Sam and Todd resolve to meet at a bridge the next day. When Sam tells Dena and Andrea about her and Todd, Andrea points out she didn't start to like Todd again until she found him with Chloe. Sam admits, "I like the buzz." Also, we find out Andrea is considering buying the coffee shop they frequent with Dena perhaps wanting to partner with her. When Sam arrives home, her mother Regina is all dressed up. She replies she's "playing bridge with the girls" when her daughter asks. When Sam relays this to Todd at the bridge as they're kissing, she realizes her mom's having an affair. While Todd thinks she's overreacting, Andrea remembers one night after she and Sam left a dance club also seeing Regina outside with no ring on her finger which was how she was when her daughter saw her that morning. So Sam confronts her mother just as her lunch date with another man has ended. Regina tells her not to judge since Sam had lots of affairs before her accident. While the father, Howard, had been suspicious of his daughter taking drugs because he saw her looking in his and his wife's drawer (because he thought she was looking for money when Sam really was looking for new underwear meant for mom), Sam takes him to the restaurant that Regina was at. With the father driving around, Sam finds out the real truth: Regina is the restaurant's hostess. She tells her daughter not to tell Howard since that would mean to him he doesn't provide enough for her. So when her father comes in having found a parking space, Sam pretends to be guiding customers to cover her mom's butt. When Sam meets Todd again, she tells him she wants him by herself. Todd agrees. Frank's skeptical, but Sam is too happy to care...Not as funny as the last episode but amusing and entertaining enough to pass muster. While I'm willing to believe Regina, that "date" with that man still has me wondering: Who is he? Andrea is so funny being smart-alack whenever Dena says something to the effect of them bonding like when Andrea says this line, "We're twins!" LOL! With one more episode to go, I can't wait to see how it all ends! So until then...