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By LTG

She complains about being too busy in court, but I can't tell at this point whether she was busy as a lawyer or as a defendant. Not that those are mutually exclusive choices. Of course, Sam doesn't know who Andrea is. Andrea takes the Regina approach, explaining very loudly who she is. And she's clearly very much like Regina, which explains why the two of them obviously hate each other. As Regina goes to refill Andrea's glass, Andrea pulls Sam away, explaining that her car is ready to whisk the two of them away from Mr. and Mrs. Newly. Unfortunately, Andrea is doing this not because Sam is actually some Matt-Damonesque superspy, but because Sam and her mother haven't spoken for two years. Sam asks Regina if this is true, but she claims not to recall. Sam: "How can you not recall?" Regina: "How can you not recall?" Sam: "I have amnesia. You're just lying."

Sam (suitcase in tow) knocks on a door and explains to the nondescript guy who answers (whom we only see from the back) that she's moving in with him, but that they're not going to have sex. A woman's voice calls out, asking "Dave" who's at the door. Samantha is saved from further embarrassment when Todd opens the door on the other side of the hall and explains to Sam that she's at the wrong apartment. Man, the doors on those apartments must be mighty thin if Todd heard her out in the hallway. I'm guessing "Dave" doesn't live in the building, or he'd likely already know Sam -- by sound if not by sight. Commercials.

Todd is showing Sam around the apartment, which is totally fabulous. It's all very awkward, and it becomes even more so when Sam listens to the messages on the answering machine and hears Todd's friends calling to congratulate him on his girlfriend getting run down by a car. Todd manages to silence the machine, and Sam asks him to describe their relationship. She's armed herself with a pad and pen so she can write down all the important details. Todd tells her that they're both passionate (which Sam cannily realizes means that they fight a lot), and then tries to convince her that she loves watching sports and cooking for him. Sam's cell phone rings. It's Andrea, who's at a busy club where she and Sam are supposed to be celebrating someone's birthday. Andrea: "Did you forget?" They get to use that joke exactly once. Andrea nags Sam to get dressed and come to the party (without telling her where it is), and Sam hangs up the phone and yells at Todd to get ready. He's confused, and has to explain to her that Renee (the birthday girl) is a work friend of hers that he's never met, that he doesn't normally go to parties with her, and that she thinks birthday parties are a "childish ploys for harvesting attention and gifts." She doesn't believe she ever said such a thing, but he informs her that it's what she said when she forgot his birthday.