//ICYMI: Don’t Forget Samantha Who? or Christina Applegate’s Underrated Comedic Legacy

ICYMI: Don’t Forget Samantha Who? or Christina Applegate’s Underrated Comedic Legacy

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“Amnesia doesn’t exist! It’s just a cheap and lazy storytelling device.” —Samantha Who?, “The Restraining Order”

In May 2007, ABC picked up a sitcom pilot to series, starring Christina Applegate as a—hilarious premise incoming—hit and run victim-turned-coma patient-turned-amnesiac. Originally titled Sam I Am—then Samantha Be Good, following Dr.