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The Best Years

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  • 2007-2009
  • 2 Seasons
  • Drama
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Samantha Best is girl who's been in orphanages and foster homes. She gets a scholarship to an Ivy league school. The school thinks she doesn't belong there but Dorothy O'Sullivan, the woman who gave her the scholarship is behind her. And she tries to fit in and interact with the other students.

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Charity Shea
Samantha Best
Jennifer Miller
Kathryn Klarner
Randal Edwards
Noah Jensen

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Episode 1

Dangerous Liaisons

Fri, Apr 3, 200944 mins

Samantha misses an entire semester when her cross-country road-trip goes astray. She meets charming Rich Powell in Panama but after a night together she wakes up alone. Heading back to Charles University as a "froshmore," she finds that things have changed. Noah is now dating Robyn. Kathryn is back but is not no longer her roommate or friend. Alyssia has matriculated and thanks to a deal worked out by Mrs. O'Sullivan, Allysia and Sam are roommates. Also Rich Powell is now a Charles student and Alysia is being set up as the target of a sorority girl prank.

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