Talk:Seddie/@comment-27679648-20150220003736/@comment-24139638-20150220132715

I always thought this episode was very straight forward and was actually one of the few post arc episodes that didn't try to ignore that their relationship ever happened. The motivations are simple. Sam wants to spend more time with Freddie because, break up or not, she still has feelings for him (as made clear in the finale and S&C). Annoying him is something Sam has always done, even when they were together, so the fact that she gets a kick out of it and even uses that as motivation to get a job with him is no surprise. Not to mention, Freddie is snippy with her from the moment the episode starts. He singles her out from the jump and, while you could view that as the show just trying to revert Freddie back to season 1, his later comments about dating her when he goes off on his manager make it clear that that's not the case. Nevermind the fact that he is far more taunting in this episode than he was in the earlier seasons. In the earlier seasons, it was Sam antagonizing Freddie to the point of him retaliating. In this episode, he was the one goading and antagonizing Sam first. Unfortunately for him, she was a lot better at their game than he was, so she got under his skin far more intensely than he did her, hence his freak out at the end of the episode. It's pent up frustration over their relationship/breakup and her presence in the one place that was supposed to be Sam free. She comes in and one ups him at something he's supposed to be good at, at something that's supposed to be his Sam-free thing, which is what he needs post break up. Unfortunately, that's the opposite of what Sam wants.

Anyways, the influence of their relationship on their actions in this episode are blatantly clear. Freddie goes off on Sam about all the things that she did while they were dating, even though that technically had nothing to do with her being his boss, which was what initially set him off. Heck, Sam even said, "We used to date. He's still in love with me." You could take that as a throwaway line for laughs or you could get that that's exactly what the writers were trying to get across. He was still in love with her and it was frustrating, doubly so because she came into his space when he was trying to get away from her and was better than him at his thing, so he lashed out.

And Sam left because he wasn't there anymore and because, even if she did like getting under his skin, she still cared about him, hence the whole "who cares" exchange. Who cared? She did.

I actually thought this was one of the last season's stronger episodes.