User blog comment:The Sam Puckett/Seddie/Creddie: Which Was Planned From the Start?/@comment-1742110-20110707192332/@comment-3553219-20110708224308

@The i-Carly Shay: I don't disagree at all that it could have been done better. But I also think the reason Sam "changed" is pretty plausible as is. We see Sam being herself and then Freddie makes a comment about her usually insulting and beating people and her face just falls (JM was great there). And after that comment you see her thinking that maybe its time to change the way he views her. But more than that, Sam doesn't change that much. Yes, she is helpful. But she still sarcastically eats the guac, she still threatens to beat him, she still eats double ham sandwiches, and she still makes sarcastic comments about "Benson freaking out".

Beyond that, Sam wasn't even that different. Her asking about the mood face ap was no different than her asking about World of Warlords, which I doubt she cared about, while Carly mocked Freddie and Spencer. Before this ep she was hanging around Freddie a lot more. She was always nicer to him when Carly wasn't around (look at iFix a Popstar when they have a pleasant conversation, iHave my Principals, iWant Locker 239 where she is mostly nice).

Brad was just a chance for Sam to hang out with Freddie without Carly. And to show how calm and not violent she can be.