Original Air Date: October 13, 2008

Goody for Sam! During the season premiere of Samantha Who?, our girl is on a high because she’s leaving her parent’s nest for the second time and returning to her own apartment. The only problem, as she quickly learns when she’s blissfully dancing around almost naked, is that she’s not alone because Todd is still there.

His last client, a bride, stiffed him on a wedding shoot because she didn’t like his work. So, it’s up to eager lawyer Andrea to, as she puts it, make the bride cry and kick him out of Sam’s apartment. She’s so thrilled at the prospect, she takes Todd’s case pro bono.

Meanwhile, Sam drops by her parents house for some last-minute forgotten stuff and finds them in the garage practicing for the Walnut Valley Club dance contest. The video of last year’s performance they’re practicing with is recorded over footage of Sam looking good dancing a Broadway routine during a long-ago recital. After she gets over the fact that her parents never bothered to give her the good news she can dance in the midst of their constant criticism, Sam gets pumped that she’s actually talented at something.

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Christina Applegate has had a hectic summer, no doubt, which is why it’s impressive that her hit ABC sitcom Samantha Who? returns for the fall season tomorrow at 9:30pm EST. The first episode up is the sophomore season opener “So I Think I Can Dance,” which, as the title clearly hints, is a spin on all of those ridiculously popular dance shows that keep popping up like rabid bunnies.

During the premiere, Samantha and her mother Regina, played by recent Best Comedy Supporting Actress Emmy winner Jean Smart, team up to take on guest star Cybill Shepherd’s Paula Drake and her Dancing with the Stars partner Mark Ballas (playing Mateo) in a sitcom dance competition unlike any other. There’s only one hitch, and it’s major: one of the things that Samantha somehow forgot as a result of her retrograde amnesia is how to dance.

Take a look at a couple of previews for the upcoming season, as well as a refresher video overview of the first season, all after the jump.

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…or at least Samantha Who?’s second-season premiere, "So I Think I Can Dance," which is slated to air on October 13 at 9:30pm EST instead of the previously scheduled October 6.

Cybill Shepherd, who also joined the third-season premiere of USA Network’s Psych in July as the lead character’s mother, will play a rival of Samantha’s mother Regina (Best Comedy Supporting Actress Emmy nominee Jean Smart) this time around.

The two women combat each other during a dance competition, which Shepherd’s character Paula Drake intends to win by hiring Dancing with the Stars pro hoofer Mark Ballas’ Mateo as her partner. He, of course, won the last season of the unbelievably popular show with his figure-skating celebrity partner Kristi Yamaguchi, and he’ll appear as himself in the season premiere of Samantha, too.

Bring it on!