Maybe placing Samantha Who? in the same category with those shows may be a stretch. Still, Samantha Who? has proven it’s self with every season by being nominated for a slew of awards including an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Comedy Series in the first season for Jean Smart. So why did ABC give up on this funny talented show after only two seasons?

Samantha Who? centers around Samantha Newly (Christina Applegate), who after a hit-and-run accident leaves her with retrograde amnesia. Samantha still has all general knowledge yet doesn’t remember anyone around her, or the person she use to be. As she slowly learns about her former self she realizes she doesn’t want to be that person any more. In season one we watch Samantha become the “new Sam” and leaves the bad ways of “old Sam” forever. In turn, she begins having a warm relationship with her parents that she never had, becomes a better friend to Andrea (Jennifer Esposito) and Dena (Melissa McCarthy and even starts to treat her on-again and off-again roommate/ex-boyfriend Todd (Barry Watson) in a way he deserves.

Season two is just as strong and witty as the first season. Applegate didn’t lose a step in her comedic timing and came back stronger than ever after successfully battling breast cancer. Samantha Who? is about second chances and about correcting the errors of you ways. Applegate tried to save the show, even using her Twitter account to get people to sign a petition to get ABC to re-think the fate of the show. So far it looks like all hope is lost. Normally I would tell you not to invest your time into characters and storylines with a show that is dead. However Samantha Who? is worth it. The show is smart, funny and died way before it’s time. If you are one of the many that missed it the first time around do yourself a favor and pick up the two seasons now on DVD.

Extras

As already stated above, ABC gave up on this funny show and in fact made it quite difficult to watch the entire season unless you had it as a “Season Pass” using TiVo. The show twice took a long hiatus between delivering new episodes, so not really an extra feature, yet it’s nice to actually have all twenty episodes here. This time around there is no commentary track but a blooper reel and seven deleted scenes with an option of intros by executive producer Donald Todd. There is almost five minute feature entitled Tour the Set With Christina Applegate that is pretty self explanatory. A three plus feature on the making of "So I Think I Can Dance" where Executive Producer Donald Todd talks about Applegate’s desire to do an episode involving dancing and how difficult it was for her to intentionally dance badly. Finally there is a silly additional throw away feature entitled Girl Chat that has stars Christina Applegate, Jennifer Esposito and Melissa McCarthy sitting on a couch answering questions about their characters.

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