The Best Years
Season 1
Samantha Best is girl who's been in orphanages and foster homes. She gets a scholarship to an Ivy league school. The school thinks she doesn't belong there but Dorothy O'Sullivan, the woman who gave her the scholarship is behind her. And she tries to fit in and interact with the other students.
Where to Watch Season 1
13 Episodes
- Vertigo
E1VertigoScholarship student Samantha Best meets her new roommate Kathryn Klarner and the girls make plans to check out the town's hottest club. The girls bring along frosh basketball phenom Devon Sylver and his lumbering but lovable Brahmin roommate John Brittenham. While the foursome wait outside in the queue, teen actress Dawn Vargaz dances and drinks to excess inside. It soon becomes a night they'll all regret. - Notorious
E2NotoriousAfter Samantha complains to Darryl about the noise from her roommate, Kathryn, in her dorm room, Darryl imposes an eviction bylaw to anyone who makes excessive noise in the dormitory. The other dormitory students blame Samantha for the bylaw despite her protest that she did not mean for this to happen. In hopes of winning back the hearts of the students in the dormitory, Samantha decides to break the rules and plan a party. Meanwhile, Kathryn decides to plan her own party. - It should happen to you
E3It should happen to youSamantha and her roommate/worst enemy are both interested in pledging the same posh sorority. How far will Samantha go to stop the roommate war and/or get pinned by the most exclusive sorority on campus? Meanwhile, Devon has trouble getting Samantha's attention while she's so busy with classes, pledging and her work at the hot new club Colony. Also spending time at Colony, Dawn considers her attraction to Trent, Colony's bartender/Casanova. - From Here to Eternity
E4From Here to EternitySamantha and Noah's business teacher gives them a huge assignment and the students with the lowest marks from the assignment will be forced to drop the course due to over enrollment. Sam and Noah decide to partner up for their business assignment, only to learn they must sell calendars plastered with pictures of Devon. With Devon and Sam's relationship still on the rocks, Sam builds up the courage to ask Devon for help. - Secrets and Lies
E5Secrets and LiesSamantha and Devon get back together and when all the pieces seem all to fall in place, a new problem ensues. Devon and Sam decide to go to the Halloween party at Colony dressed as ketchup and mustard. Everything is fine before Cynthia shows up drunk and dressed as relish. Sam becomes torn between spending time with her new boyfriend or Cynthia. When Sam finally confronts Cynthia, she does something shocking. - Girl InterruptedE6
Girl InterruptedSamantha becomes stressed over her upcoming exams and temporarily moves in with Dorothy to get some quiet study time. Sam visits Cynthia in the hospital and is determined to find out what is wrong with her. Meanwhile, Dawn's diva attitude causes the entire cast and crew of "Macbeth" to quit and Sam discovers Cynthia's secret. - Shadow of a Doubt
E7Shadow of a DoubtSamantha's birthday approaches and as much as she protests celebrating it, Devon wants to make it special. Adding to the drama, Samantha's estranged ne'er-do-well Uncle Patrick shows up. Not only does his reappearance enrage Samantha, but he sets off alarm bells with Trent. Meanwhile Dawn finally makes some progress in her courtship of Trent and Noah becomes embroiled in a romantic rivalry with Brandon over the affections of their film professor. - All that heaven allows
E8All that heaven allowsDevon and Sam's relationship has become serious and Devon tells Sam that he loves her but Sam doesn't know how to respond. Sam tries to mend the relationship between Dawn and Trent, but the circumstance proves to be much more difficult than she first anticipated when Trent makes his feelings clear to Sam. - Reality BitesE9
Reality BitesSam tries to deal with the aftermath of kissing Trent and she decides that she cannot trust him. She tries avoiding Trent but it proves difficult when Sam has to see him at work. Meanwhile Colony gets robbed and Sam and Trent are locked in the backroom. And Devon's jealousy issues get the best of him and leaves Sam a message on her phone that he later regrets. - Five Easy Pieces
E12Five Easy PiecesThings start out badly as Samantha's adoption search hits a dead end and she loses her job at Colony, but then some new information surfaces from an unexpected source. Meanwhile Dawn has difficulty defining her relationship with Devon because she's certain that he's still in love with Sam. Beau tries to rekindle his relationship with Kathryn but thing turn ugly and Noah intervenes. - Mommy DearestE13
Mommy DearestSam finally meets her birth mother, but her isn't so exited. Also, her relationship with Trent starts growing, which freaks him out. Devon is offered to play in Italy. Kathryn considers dating Noah. Later, after Alana sends the stripping video to her parents, her dad tells her she has to leave college. Dawn plans a road trip to L.A. before they start shooting the movie. After the director says it's not possible, she starts having cold feet about it.
