Talk:Cam Relationship/@comment-4818278-20120513163324/@comment-4060828-20120515213252

To WeevilWobble and Liz'sLemon...

Maybe it was just the plot itself but the whole concept still really rubbed me wrong upon re-watching it just now. The non-Spencer related plot(s) were really shallow and stupid and didn't make any of the characters likeable.

The episode itself tried to denigrate normal sales tactics (that Freddie used) in place for weak comedic drama (ala hiring Sam and having her outperform Freddie despite Sam's CHARACTER TRAIT of not being a people person and "hating" people). "Why shouldn't you get one?" somehow magically results in a sale? Given how demanding sales can be and the variance in customers, I find it really hard to buy that Sam could suddenly be such a people person that she blows away Freddie in sales.

Freddie was definitely a jerk (more so on a surface level) but the plot made Sam come off... underhanded is maybe the better term. Sam had no interest in being hired and stepped into Freddie's sale to just make a comment. Sam promptly gets hired AND promoted to SUPERVISOR (while also being the one writing up Freddie's employee review). Sam asks Natalie, "Weren't you a little rough on him?" despite Natalie having entirely enough cause to fire him after his outburst. Sam then quits in a very weak solidarity moment, as if suddenly surprised that Freddie got angry enough to be fired despite Sam's quick ascension over Freddie.

As for the Carly thing, it was more that Sam outright said, "I'd stop this if it wasn't so hilarious" implying that normally it's a situation that Sam would stop for Carly's sake. Sam goes so far as to request Gibby repeat the process with Freddie, done in a manner that calls back to the way Sam normally makes a fool of Freddie (but very, very rarely does such similar actions involving Carly). Maybe not jerkish but still rubbed me wrong given their close friendship and how rare Sam lets such events happen to Carly.

Final aside: Compare Sam in iOweYou or any moment where Sam is requested to help somebody else of her own accord. This depiction is really OOC for Sam and was pretty obviously done for the sake of the plot as opposed to giving Sam's character growth. If it had been for the sake of Sam's character, I probably wouldn't have half the issue I do with the episode and Sam's character.