...not the episode. It is interesting in this entire series to follow each episodes review because, basically, you can see how many-to-most people received the episodes. Often when there's a really whining, complacent woman, the star count goes down dramatically. Then when there's someone who is admirable or understandable or genuinely unfortunate, the rating goes up. 7/10 being the fulcrum in this IMDb star gauge. This episode was at 6.3 as I write my two-cents worth. A LOT of reviews for such a poorly rated episode. The audience has a lot to say and it is, basically, all the same thing: Sam sucks. He's a coward. But take a closer look and each review only has about half of the voters thinking that these reviews are "relevant." Uh-oh. We've got a somewhat silent minority that thinks that you reviewers are being a little hard on Sam. So, here I am playing "devil's advocate." Sam's advocate. Thus far not one review in his favor. I would like to preface my advocacy of Sam with the fact that I left home when I was 17-year old girl so I kinda wonder why he did not just leave. My family was dysfunctional but not violent. My father loved my mother in his own hapless way but, certainly never murdered her or touched her inappropriately. Sam lived with a KILLER. He was very young at the time and, definitely, subconsciously, he knew his dad killed her. His own life had been threatened multiple times when he was still very young. Bare with me, I trained in child psychiatry. There are many deeper factors that no one is considering in these anti-Sam reviews. At a minimum, we have some level of Stockholm syndrome here. Out on a limb here - but, none of you went through what Sam went through with his father who was a beast of a human being. Giving this episdoe a 10 star rating...not that it was that outstanding but rather to offset the heavy-handedness of the audience who are quick to judge Sam even though they have no experience of the oppressive early childhood he had.