Samantha Piper

Samantha Piper is a recurring character of Stingers. She was the troubled younger sister of Angie Piper.
She served as a minor supporting protagonist in season three, a minor antagonist from season four to season five, a minor anti-hero in season seven, and a minor posthumous protagonist in season eight.
She was portrayed by Asher Keddie, who also portrayed Dr. Carol Frost in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
==Biography==
Samantha first appears in the season three episode “Twisted Sister”, when she shows up to her sister Angie’s house after leaving her husband Neil, due to her suspecting that he’s having an affair. She later reveals to Angie that she knows she’s an undercover cop thanks to their mum Marjorie telling her, which upsets Angie since it was supposed to be a secret. Sam later shows up to a pub following Angie while she is undercover investigating Rae Croft, when Angie notices Sam, she tells her to leave. However, Sam is soon followed by Rae’s henchman Tony, who gets her licence plate information. Sam is later berated by Angie for almost blowing her cover, and possibly ruining the investigation since Angie had their encounter on tape. The following day, Angie finds out that Sam had taken her recording device, which she uses to try and find out if her husband is cheating on her. However, Sam is later kidnapped by Tony, and brought to Rae in front of Angie, with Tony accusing Sam of being a cop. However, Angie confesses that she is in fact a cop, and that Sam is her sister, Rae decides to take Sam hostage at gunpoint to force Angie to help Rae’s boyfriend Nick Marek break out of prison, otherwise she will kill Sam. Angie later arrives with Marek, and she and Rae send Sam and Marek to one another as part of a hostage exchange, but Angie then sends the signal to ambush Rae immediately after Sam reaches to Angie’s side, and Rae is arrested along with Marek. Angie then tries to explain the danger Sam put them both in, but Sam replies that she was just trying to help for once. Angie later tells Mac that Sam had returned to her husband.
In the season four episode “Into the Darkness”, Angie visits Sam at her place, Sam by now had split up from her husband for good, and Angie soon discovers that Sam has become addicted to heroin. Sam is soon confronted by Angie and Oscar Stone over her addiction, and agrees to try and get help after being frightened by Stone when he brings up Bill Hollister’s recent death by car-bombing. However, a couple of episodes later in “The Whisper Room”, Sam had not only resumed her heroin use, but is later confronted by Angie when Sam steals jewellery that was given to her by her nan, and sold it to get more drugs. Sam breaks down in tears and apologizes to Angie, who admits that she hates what Sam has become, but forces her to move in with her in order to try and force Sam into going cold turkey. While at Angie’s place, Sam goes through severe withdrawals while Angie is forced to watch, Angie later gets Stone to look after Sam when she needs to go to work, but Sam soon escapes from Angie's place. Angie and Stone then return to the shared house where Sam was staying, where they find her on the verge of death from a heroin overdose. Sam manages to survive, and is taken to hospital, but Stone tells Angie that he reported Sam for drug possession, angering Angie. When Sam regains conciousness, she is visited by Angie, but Sam is angry at her, believing that Angie was the one responsible for reporting her to the police over her drug use. Angie tries to speak to Sam and reason with her, but Sam refuses to listen and coldly tells Angie to leave. However, in the following episode "Feud", Angie tells Stone that she went to visit Sam, who now knows that Stone was the one that reported her, but she has forgiven him, even though Angie hasn't yet.
In the season five episode "Mule Train", while undercover investigating drug importer Troy Thorpe, Angie notices a photo of Sam hanging in a picture frame at Thorpe's house, becoming horrified as she realizes that Sam is Thorpe’s girlfriend and possibly a drug courier for Thorpe’s boss Daniel Tedesco, which is later confirmed on the day that Thorpe is expecting a new supply of drugs, and Sam is the one who arrives from the airport. Sam then meets with Marty Engle, unaware that he’s Angie’s informant, and Sam thinks he’s taking her to meet up with Thorpe, but Marty stops the van in the middle of a residential street, confusing Sam. Sam becomes shocked and terrified when she is suddenly confronted by Angie, who forces Sam to tell her where the drugs are, before handing Sam some money and a ticket to Spain, telling her that she needs to escape, otherwise she will go to jail. Seeing no other option, Sam takes Angie’s advice and returns to the airport, while Angie heads to Thorpe, who is arrested when Angie hands him the drugs. Sam later leaves the country while Angie tearfully watches Sam’s plane leave at the airport.
By season seven, Sam had been living in Singapore for a while, and is no longer using drugs, when she recieves a call from Angie to let her know that Thorpe had made a deal with Reg Masters in the Drug Squad to testify against Tedesco, and named Sam as a corroborative witness, Sam is asked by Angie to return to Australia to help corroborate Thorpe's testimony, but with the possibility of facing jail time, Sam refuses to come back as she had only just gotten her life back on track. However, she is later visited by Angie’s boss and boyfriend, Luke Harris, who tells Sam that Angie is under investigation by Internal Affairs, as a result of Masters accusing her of perverting the course of justice by helping Sam to escape during the original investigation against Thorpe. Realizing that Angie could go to jail because of her, Sam agrees to return with Australia with Harris and surrender herself in order to protect Angie. Angie is livid with Harris for this, as she told him not to force Sam to come back, but when Angie is reunited with Sam, she reassures her that it was entirely her decision, as she didn’t want Angie to go to jail for her. Sam later cooperates with Masters by confessing her involvement with Thorpe and Tedesco, and Harris convinces Masters to give Sam a deal that includes no jail time. Thorpe is later murdered in prison under Tedesco’s orders, but his testimony is kept as evidence, meaning that Sam is now needed to corroborate Thorpe’s statement to take down Tedesco, but Sam overhears about Thorpe’s murder when Sophie Novak contacts the forensic department, and fearing for her life, decides to flee. However, when she decides to call Angie to let her know about her decision, she is horrified to discover that Tedesco is with Angie and had taken her hostage at their family’s beach house, prompting Sam to rush back to Police HQ and informs Harris and Peter Church that Angie’s in danger, and Sam convinces Harris to let her go with them to rescue Angie, willing to risk her own life to save her sister from Tedesco. Sam soon reaches the beach house, with Church undercover as backup, while the rest of the unit prepare to break in from the back. Sam talks to Tedesco from outside while he is behind the front door of the house with Angie, and she tries to convince him to come outside so that they can talk, but Tedesco, suspicious of Sam’s motives, aims his gun at her and prepares to shoot, only for Angie to grab Tedesco’s arm and force him to shoot in the air. Sam, unable to see through the door, thinks that Tedesco had shot Angie, and frantically rushes to the entrance of the beach house, only to be accidently shot in the shoulder by Angie as she is struggling with Tedesco for the gun. After Tedesco is arrested, Angie rushes to Sam’s side as Masters calls for an ambulance for her. Luckily for Sam, the bullet wound only caused minor injuries, and she is seen recovering in hospital with Angie and Harris visiting her, the latter informing her that their deal stands, and she won’t go to jail, before leaving to allow Sam and Angie to spend some time together. Sam then playfully jokes to Angie how Harris’ methods to protect her was an act of love, and she can tell that Angie loves him too, pointing out that she is blushing during their conversation. Sam later attends Angie’s wedding to Harris.
By season eight, Sam had been doing volunteer work overseas in Angola for an unknown period of time, as well as remaining sober for over two years, she soon spends some time back in Australia visiting Angie and her son Josh, where she tells Angie that she’s going to stay for the long-term after one more final trip to Angola. A week later, Angie returns home with Josh, when she finds Sam mortally wounded in her living room. Sam tries to speak to Angie to warn her about something, but dies before she can finish what she is saying, devastating Angie. Angie later finds out that Sam died from a single stab wound, having been disemboweled, enraging Angie to the point that she single-handedly searches for Sam’s killers, while the rest of her unit track Sam’s movements prior to her death. Angie later discovers that when Sam was in Angola, she was working with an interpol officer named James Honey to help take down a South African-based crime lord named Kepler Vanderbijl, by working undercover as a diamond smuggler for Vanderbijl, bringing with her $5,000,000 worth of black-market diamonds to be used as evidence. However, Vanderbijl later discovers Sam’s deceit and murders Honey, whose headless torso is found near the Yarra, while Sam is stabbed, but somehow managed to make it to Angie’s place, where she is later found by Angie before dying. But Vanderbijl is also after Angie, seeking the missing diamonds that Sam stole from him. Angie eventually finds the diamonds at her family’s beach house, and after dealing with Vanderbijl's henchman Dirk and Andy (after they betray each other, resulting in Dirk's death), she later confronts Vanderbijl, where she coerces him into openly admitting to Sam’s murder, which Angie has recorded on a wire just moments before the rest of the unit arrives to arrest Vanderbijl, allowing Angie to avenge Sam’s death in the process. Despite arresting Vanderbijl, Angie still stuggles to deal with the loss of Sam for a while, as she begins to suffer from nightmares shortly after Sam's murder.
==Gallery ==
Angie and Sam.jpg|Sam with her sister Angie, while the latter is undercover.
Angie berates Sam for showing up earlier during her undercover sting against Croft.gif|Sam is berated by Angie for earlier showing up during Angie's sting operation against Rae Croft.
Angie Piper annoyed at her sister Sam.gif|Sam looks on as Angie realizes that she's going to get in trouble with the unit thanks to her.
Angie telling Sam that she's got her on tape showing up during the sting.gif|Angie shows Sam the tape recorder, revealing that she had the earlier meeting with Rae recorded, including when Sam showed up.
Angie tells Sam to stay away from her while she works undercover.gif|Angie tells Sam to stay away from her while she's working her current undercover operation.
Angie is shocked when Tony brings Sam to her and Croft.gif|Sam is forcibly brought to Rae by Tony, in front of a shocked Angie.
Sam is accused of being an undercover cop in front of Angie.gif|Sam is accused of being an undercover cop, with Tony providing a tape recorder, which Sam stole from Angie, as proof.
Angie blows her cover to protect Sam.gif|Sam denies being a cop, and Angie blows her cover by telling Rae that Sam's her sister.
Angie is threatened at gunpoint by Croft.gif|Sam is watched over by Tony, as Rae pulls out a gun and threatens Angie.
Angie is forced to help break Marek out of prison, as Croft takes Sam hostage.gif|Sam is taken as a hostage by Rae, forcing Angie to help break Nick Marek out of prison.
Angie shows up with Marek, and tells Croft to let Sam go.gif|Sam and Rae watch as Angie returns alone with Marek, but Rae notices that Tony is missing, and aims her gun at Sam.
Angie tells Croft she'll send Marek to her in exchange for Sam.gif|Sam listens as Angie tells Rae to send Sam to her in exchange for Marek, who also tells Rae to listen to Angie.
Angie and Croft begin to send Marek and Sam to one another.gif|Sam is told by Rae to move slow, same as Angie to Marek, before they begin the exchange.
Angie reassures Sam that she'll be OK.gif|Sam is reassured by Angie that she'll be okay, as she walks past Marek.
Angie gives the signal to ambush Croft after Sam is brought to safety.gif|Sam safely makes it to Angie, who gives Mac the signal to green-light the ambush on Rae.
Angie checks up on Sam, while Croft lashes out at Marek.gif|Sam is comforted by Angie, as Rae lashes out at Marek for betraying her.
Angie politely tells off Sam for nearly getting herself killed.gif|Following Rae and Marek's arrest, Sam is politely admonished by Angie, pointing out that her reckless actions almost got herself killed.
Angie tells Sam to escape.gif|Sam is told by Angie to escape from her boyfriend Troy Thorpe, as he's about to be raided by the Drug Squad.
Angie and Sam are reunited after a long time apart.gif|Sam is reunited with Angie after a long period of time apart from one another.
Angie finds out that Sam came back to help her.gif|Sam tells Angie that she voluntarily came back to help her, after hearing about Internal Affairs targeting Angie over her escape due to Troy Thorpe's deal with Reg Masters.
Sam tells Church and Harris that Angie's been taken hostage by Tedesco.gif|Sam shows up to Police HQ and tells Peter Church and Luke Harris that Daniel Tedesco had taken Angie hostage.
Sam convinces Harris to let her help in rescuing Angie.gif|Sam convinces Harris to allow her to go with the unit to rescue Angie from Tedesco, despite Harris' warning that Tedesco wants to kill her.
Angie fights Tedesco and accidently shoots Sam.gif|Sam rushes to rescue Angie from Tedesco after hearing a gunshot, only to be accidently shot by Angie, who is fighting Tedesco for control of the latter's gun.
Angie rushes to Sam's side, while Masters calls for an ambulance.gif|Sam is checked up on Angie after she accidently shoots her during the fight with Tedesco, while Reg Masters calls for an ambulance.
Angie and Harris visit Sam in hospital.gif|Sam is visited by Angie and Harris in hospital following Tedesco's arrest, and Sam jokes about the doctors letting her keep the bullet that she was shot with.
Angie offers to let Sam stay with her once she recovers.gif|Sam is told by Angie that she can stay with her at Angie's place once Sam recovers from her injuries.
Angie finds Sam mortally wounded at her house.gif|A mortally wounded Sam is discovered by Angie at her house, and Angie rushes to her side.
Angie breaks down crying as Sam dies.gif|Sam tries to speak to Angie before dying, leaving Angie devastated over Sam's death.
Angie talks to Sam's spirit while searching for clues in her motel room.gif|Sam's spirit talks to Angie, as Angie searches for clues to find Sam's murderers.
Sam's spirit tells Angie why she didn't stay with her before her death.gif|Angie tells Sam's spirit that she could've stayed with her, only for Sam's spirit to say that she would've caused too much trouble for Angie.
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