User blog comment:Sockstar1/Overconfidence and misconceptions/@comment-3213933-20110517190821/@comment-3276102-20110517224737

I agree with Seddiegirl98.

Given everything we've seen, it would certainly make sense for Sam to genuinely be in love with Freddie. But it's not the only scenario that would.

Why would the promos say "Sam's in love" if it was just a crush?

Because saying that a character is "in love" is a much better way of drawing in viewer interest than saying that she has a crush on someone.

Why would the mood app say that she's in love if it was just a crush?

As Seddiegirl98 pointed out, that's the way that these things work.

My sister (Serene Girl) once made this argument on another blog - It's hard to know for sure, based on what we saw in the episode, whether Sam is really in love with Freddie, as opposed to just having a crush, or just having feelings for him, because the word "love" is so greatly overused in common speech.

Television writers are not an exception to this.

It is clear that Sam has feelings for Freddie, but we don't know if she's actually in love with him. Perhaps Freddie and Brad used the word "love" too freely when they designed the app, or perhaps the writers used the word too freely when they wrote the script.

To be clear, I am not claiming that Sam isn't in love with Freddie. As I said, it would certainly make sense for her to be. It would fit everything we've seen. But we don't know it for sure. It's still up in the air.