Samantha Porter

Samantha Porter is an American expat living and working in Kabukicho, Japan, as a club hostess.
==Biography==
===The Test===
At the Onyx bar, Samantha performs "Sweet Child of Mine" by Guns N Roses. After her performance, she'd talk with Jake about his job profession. The two would part ways after Jake couldn't afford another bottle for them to drink together.
===Kishi Kaisei===
Visiting a real estate agent, Samantha tries to get a viewing of a property in Shibuya, but is refused because the owner wouldn't rent it to her. Samantha is disappointed and comments that she'll take her business elsewhere then. As she leaves the place, Polina contacts her from her apartment and asks for advice on what to get for a present for her regular named Hasegawa.
Upon returning to the Onyx bar, Samantha enters the locker room and runs into Malee, who claims to have been missing her hairbrush and was having an affair with the club owner, Duke. When Malee leaves, Samantha gets into an argument with Duke, who threatens to deport Samantha. The argument is broken up by Sato, who allows Samantha to leave without an issue.
Afterward, Samantha goes tie shopping with Polina, who purchases an armadillo tie for Hasegawa.
That night, Samantha finishes up a table, and right when she heads to the bar, she finds Malee there. Samantha tries to ask how she's doing but is hurried off to another table by Duke. Before Malee left, Samantha gave her words of encouragement and then learned from another hostess named Luna about some newbies, one with a fat wallet.
Later, Samantha serves some drinks on a table until she's called over to Jake. Samantha then explains several hostess-related things to him and some names of her co-workers. When Sato arrives, Samantha immediately leaves Jake and heads straight to Sato's table. The two briefly discuss the mark on Sato's face until Jake arrives and starts conversing with Sato. Duke then called Samantha over and demanded to know why Jake was sitting at the table, and Samantha assured him that she had everything under control.
At her home, Samantha puts cream on her face, counts some money in her possession, and stores it away.
===Reading the Air===
Samantha sits at a table with Polina, who entertains Hasegawa and his associates with a tongue twister. Duke then approaches her and informs Samantha that a new customer has requested her and replaced her with another hostess named Momo. Heading to the new table, Samantha introduced herself in Japanese, but the man talked in English, calling himself Matsuo. The two would then discuss how Matsuo's name was similar to the famous Haiku artist Matsuo Basho and would each go on to mention one of his haiku.
One night, Duke passes around the hostess' pay for that night, and Samantha is the second top earner. She also stands up for Malee when Duke gets touchy with her. Later in the locker room, Samantha consoles Malee, who is in a tough spot at the club due to various circumstances surrounding her life. She confides in Malee that she's saving up to buy her own club one day and considers bringing her along.
In the bar area, Samantha sees that the Chihara-Kai has brought dresses for sale for them all, and Sato approaches her after breaking up an argument between Polina and one of his men. He comments that none of the dresses there would look good on her and offers Samantha one that would in the locker room. There, Sato asks her to try on an orange dress, and when she does, Samantha decides to buy it. On the other hand, Sato claims it's not for sale and wants her to return it.
Outside, Polina asks Samantha to join her going to a Host club, but she declines and parted ways with her, only to be met by Jake. They'd ride Samantha's motorcycle to a restaurant where Jake asks how she ended up in the Onyx bar. She answers she originally was an English Teacher and then wanted to "Fuck Tokyo". They'd continue to talk about a couple of their mutual interests from Japan until Samantha pressed Jake to ask the question that'd been on his mind all night. So Jake finally asks if she's a prostitute, and Samantha coyly details the prices for her services but alludes that it's a lie and that Jack was impertinent for the asking.
Putting that aside, Samantha and Jake describe their backstories in a 15-second expat; Jake goes first and talks about his checkered family background. Samantha then talks about her political judge father and her drug-addict mother, but Jake calls her bluff and asks that he get one bit of truth from her. Hence, Samantha answers that she hasn't spoken to her family in four years. When their second round of drinks arrives, Samantha orders more food of the server's choice.
Samantha was indirectly mentioned by a foul-mouthed Chihara-Kai member who accused Sato of having sex with her once when he tried to sell a dress to her.
One night, Samantha was on the phone with Polina in her apartment, talking to her about her day. Unknown to her, Matsuo was spying on her.
===I Want It That Way===
Samantha daydreams about owning her own high-class hostess bar, and in reality, she's shown a place where she decides to purchase it.
Eventually, in the Onyx bar locker room, Samantha talks to Polina and asks if she's free to do something with her that weekend. When asked what, Samantha answers, an opportunity. Polina agrees and leaves for the day. Before Samantha can leave, Duke confronts her about what he hears from Malee that she plans on starting her own hostess club, but Samantha flatly denies the accusation and leaves.
In a bathhouse bathing room, Sato learns from his superior, Kume, that Samantha plans on opening her own hostess club. Kume orders Sato to visit her and rough her up enough to dissuade her from pursuing such a dream.
At a restaurant, Samantha dines with Matsuo, and they talk about the time Samantha had enjoyed with the entomologist Fukasaka-san. However, their conversation takes a dark turn when Matsuo reveals he was hired by someone to track her down over the money she stole from his client. Right as Samantha tries to leave, Matsuo advises her to make the right choice.
Within the Onyx bar locker room, Samantha is met by Duke and Sato, and after Sato demands that Duke leave, Samantha asks if he's there to rough her up. However, Sato tries to reason with Samantha and claims he's trying to protect her, but Samantha not only doesn't want his help but believes he can't protect her.
Afterward, Samantha meets Polina and her boyfriend Akira at the host club where he works and demands to know where Malee is. After finding her, Samantha confronts her about snitching to Duke about her plans to start her own club. In Malee's defense, she was trying to protect Samantha, but she claims that it's exacerbated since the Yakuza are now after her. Polina leaves the club and tries to console Samantha; however, she's inconsolable and walks off.
Back at her apartment, Samantha closes the shades there, and when she checks the red duffle bag in her closet, she realizes it's empty. Rummaging through her jewelry box, Samantha finds a ring with the engraving CTR, and Matsuo's voice plays in Samantha's head, reminding her to make the right choice.
===Everybody Pays===
Samantha, accompanied by another lady, exited the airport and took a taxi to someplace. For the next 18 months, Samantha would offer free English classes to people as well as classes about the lord. She'd confide this to Polina in her apartment and confess that she stole 4 million from the missionary, and if she's arrested, she'll be deported.
Rummaging through her belongings when she was a missionary, Samantha finds a photo of her and her companion. She's mentioned a couple of times by Kume as well, the first being when he asks Sato whether or not he has taken care of her. The second is when Kume confronts Sato about lying to him about dealing with Samantha after learning the truth from Duke.
Samantha sings at the Onyx bar as Sato sits in the bar area, attentively watches, and is soon joined by Jake. As Samantha continued her song, she noticed Matsuo in the crowd, who signaled her. With her song done, Samantha approaches the bar and talks to Jake, who agrees to enjoy a bottle at a table with her.
At the said table, Samantha listens to Jake lamenting over his job as a journalist, while through the corner of her eye, Matsuo walks by her table and heads to the bar. Things take a sour turn when Jake snaps at Samantha, causing her to lecture him about the appropriate time for a conversation about his work on or off the clock, and leaves him.
Reaching the bar, Samantha receives a note from Matsuo from Luna, and after she reads it, Samantha is led to the locker room by Sato, who claims there are rules she needs to follow and for her to pay. So, Samantha fetches some money from the locker and gives it to Sato, claiming, he's paid now. After Sato checks the money, he tries to kiss Samantha but stops and apologizes. Samantha then kisses and embraces her.
Polina would mention Samantha to Jake, claiming she left with Sato. It's later revealed that Samantha and Sato made out and had sex in her apartment. After that, she'd have a heart-to-heart with Sato, revealing a bit about her family life before coming to Japan. In turn, Sato revealed that his friend died that day and worried he might end up like him one day, too. Samantha advises Sato that if he wants to change his life, then change it.
Afterward, Samantha tries to pay off Matsuo, who isn't interested in her money but wants blackmail sex with her. Samantha snaps at the proposal and tries to leave, but Matsuo stops her, claiming all it'll take is one phone call and she'll be sent back to the States.
===The Information Business===
In her apartment, Samantha smokes a cigarette while listening to a voicemail left by Polina, who is concerned about Samantha and demands she return her call.
The apartment doorbell rings, and it is Jake who wants to give her some Kashiori; at first, Samantha is pleased to receive them until he warns her to be careful around Sato. This makes Samantha upset, and after returning his present, she tells Jake to go fuck himself and returns to her apartment.
At the Onyx bar locker room, Samantha was confronted by a concerned Polina over not returning her calls, that Matsuo was looking for her, and her concern that she may have skipped town. Though Samantha was thankful for Polina's concern, she said she had to go out to the tables. In the lounge area, Duke told Samantha that someone was waiting for her at Table 5. The person in question was Matsuo, and after pouring him a drink, Samantha asked why she, and he answered it was because he was attracted to her charms. They then negotiate how many sessions it'd take for Matsuo to leave Samantha alone, and it's settled at ten. Samantha also learns that her father was the one who hired Matsuo, and after he reinforces their deal to her, Samantha claims she'll see Matsuo tomorrow at 7:00 pm.
When Samantha exits the Onyx bar, she approaches Sato, and the two would later have sex in her apartment. After the fact, Samantha notices fresh cuts on Sato's back and asks where he got them. However, Sato doesn't answer, saying he wants to keep his work life separate from his life with her. Samantha understood and wished to do the same; after they made out with each other, Sato asked if Samantha was hungry, and she answered yes. So, Sato says he'll prepare something in ten minutes and leaves.
Later, Sato prepares a green onion omelet for Samantha, and she asks Sato who taught him how to cook. He answers that his father, who wanted to be a chef, did, but couldn't become one because his money needed to go toward his incoming family. Sato admits when he was a boy, his father showed him the ropes, but it really pressured him. Still, it allowed him to develop his cooking skills. Once Sato finishes cooking the omelet, he cuts it up and allows Samantha to eat it. She takes a bite out of a piece and lets Sato finish off the rest.
In Samantha's living room, Samantha reveals the meaning behind her CTR ring, who gave it to her, and how it led to her being tracked down by Matsuo to return to the States. After claiming she's told no one else about her situation, Samantha cites her fear, and Sato wraps an arm around her.
The next night, Samantha approaches Sato, who sits at the bar area of the Onyx Bar, and he alludes to her that he killed Matsuo for her, so he'd leave her be. Things get heated when Jake arrives, venting out his beef with Sato. The two nearly go at it while Samantha tries to mediate the situation, but Jake is forcefully escorted out of the place.
===Sometimes They Disappear===
Samantha shows off her in-progress hostess club to Luna and tries to convince her to join it, but she's unwilling, as joining a new establishment has its risks. She also cites the risk that it'd be taken over by her "boyfriend", though Samantha assures her that their work and personal lives are completely separate. However, Luna is unconvinced and comments on how impossible it is now, which perplexes what Luna means by that, but she dodges the question and leaves.
That night, Samantha tries to contact Polina, who's not answering her phone and leaves a concerned message for her. Another co-worker enters the locker room to ask for her help, assisting another hostess with convincing one of Polina's regulars, Hasegawa, to stay.
Later that night, Samantha has dinner with Sato at a bar-setting restaurant; they briefly talk about Luna's answer to Samantha's proposal about the nightclub she's starting up. Their subject then changes to the missing Polina, who hasn't answered her phone in over a week, and someone who's acquainted with Polina hasn't heard from her either. To that point, Sato claims that perhaps Polina wants to think things over by herself. Although Samantha is still concerned about her friend's well-being, she asks how his work has been going for Sato, and he answers.
The following day, Samantha visited Polina's apartment and talked with her roommate, who didn't know where Polina was but mentioned that she was preparing for a trip.
Sometime later, Samantha confronts Polina's boyfriend at the salon and demands to know where Polina is. On the other hand, Akira could care less, claiming he doesn't keep tabs on all the women in love with him. Samantha then claims that he won't be able to afford his expensive lifestyle without Polina, but Akira retorts that plenty of women would pay for his lavish tastes. Disgusted by Akira's response, Samantha leaves.
Eventually, Samantha would contact Sato while he was leaving the hospital his father was at.
That night, both Samantha and Sato would confront Akira in front of his club and demand to know where Polina is. After Sato roughed him up, Akira confessed that she accrued a massive debt and that the manager handled it from there. Hence, Sato and Samantha confronted the manager, but she refused to tell Sato, while Samantha was there. Visibly upset by the racist manager, Sato calmed her down and asked her to wait outside.
Waiting outside, Samantha learns from Sato that Polina was sent to Yoshino, who's half a day's away to the west and should return soon. Things, however, start to get contentious with the two as Sato questions their relationship with the other. Before the two part ways, Sato warns her that Tokyo is dangerous and that people disappear.
Sitting outside of her apartment, Samantha spots a rain-soaked Jake about to walk up her stairway until he sees her. Jake was all smiles at first until she asked him for his help.
===Yoshino===
Samantha awakens in Jake's apartment and reads a note left by Jake that says he's gone to work to learn more about Yoshino. She takes a deep sight, makes herself a cup of coffee, and looks at an old picture of herself and Polina. Samantha then redirects her attention to the wall of newspaper clippings concerning the local Yakuza.
Later, Jake returned and informed Samantha about his findings about Yoshino and the surrounding areas, but nothing about Polina could be learned. Jake then proposes they file a missing person report on Polina, but Samantha notes how futile it is in a sarcastic manner, citing she's a gaijin with a massive debt. So, Jake asks if Polina went home, but Samantha denies that notion.
After a little exchange between her and Jake, the two settle down and, over a cigarette, have a heart-to-heart about Polina, where Samantha talks extensively about her. After Jake learns that the place that Polina was in debt to was deep with Tozawa, he suggests they meet with someone, on the condition they have meth to give him.
Afterward, Jake and Samantha visit Ukai's apartment, where they offer Ukai meth in exchange for information on Yoshino. However, Ukai wanted them to enjoy it with him, which didn't sit right with Jake, but Samantha coaxes him to do it. After they all take a drag of it, Samantha learns from Ukai that Yoshino isn't a place but a boat where Tozawa holds parties for his esteemed guests, and there they have sex with pretty girls. Learning this and not comfortable with Ukai's advances toward her, she kicks him in the crotch, and Jake and her escape.
In an alleyway, Samantha informs Jake of her findings where Polina was at, and although Jake vents his frustrations toward her, she kisses and embraces him to calm him down. Jake does and receives a call from Emi. The two then go their separate ways, but before they do, Samantha gives Jake a picture of her and Polina together.
Jake indirectly mentions Samantha when he tells Emi about her missing friend, Polina.
Later, Akira meets with Samantha outside of her apartment and tells her that Polina was abducted by a group of men to whom she gave his phone number to. The men want ten million dollars, and Akira can only provide 2-3 million. Hence, Samantha asks Akira to contact her in an hour, and she heads into her apartment to get her stash to pay Polina's ransom.
However, when Samantha later meets with Akira to exchange the ransom, it is a trap set by Akira and some colleagues of his to rob Samantha of her money. She later tried to take out a loan to compensate for losing her money, but was rejected. Later, Samantha visited Duke in his office, asked to talk, and also wanted a favor from him.
The favor was to be granted an audience with Ishida to negotiate a loan with him, and he agreed. He later tells Sato that Samantha was ambitious and assigns Sato to pay for the loss of revenue to Duke for losing Samantha and clear her for the loan. He further adds that if the club succeeds, they'll change plans. Though Sato implores Ishida to reconsider, Ishida refuses.
Later that night, Samantha is confronted by Sato in front of his apartment, although she claims that Sato shouldn't try to dissuade her from going through with the loan. Sato informs her that Ishida has accepted her proposal, that she'd receive the money the next day in the afternoon, and that he'd oversee her club. When Sato asks how her search for Polina was, Samantha does not answer, and he apologizes. The two then go their separate ways.
===Don't Ever F**king Miss===
After Samantha talks to a construction worker about some wiring at her work-in-progress hostess club, Kobayashi arrives with a Chihara-Kai member. Curious to know where Sato is, Kobayashi tells Samantha that he's out and he's his replacement, so Samantha allows him and the other member to inspect the place. As she leaves, Samantha tries to contact Sato and leaves him a message asking where he is.
She'd leave a message on Jake's phone informing him that she talked with Polina's roommate, who hadn't seen her since her disappearance. She hopes he'll contact her when he learns anything new.
Later, Samantha finds Jake outside of her club, and inside, Jake returns the photo of her and Polina that she gave to Jake. She also learns that Polina is dead, her body hasn't been found yet, and that Jake promises that Polina's story will be made public. What she had learned made Samantha feel uneasy and requested to be alone, but Jake asked her for some background information on Polina. This leads Samantha to kick Jake out of her club despite trying to learn information about Polina to put her in a better light.
Samantha tries to contact Sato but is unable to reach him, so she leaves him a message asking that he contact her and meet with her that night. At a bar, Samantha contacts Akiko-san, but she doesn't answer. Later, Samantha calls her former boss Erika-san, who also doesn't answer. Hence, Samantha left her a message asking if she was free that night and to call her back if she wanted.
Later that night, Samantha gets a drink from a vending machine; she then contacts Erika-san again and leaves another message apologizing for abandoning her. After Samantha is done leaving Erika-san another message, she gets into a scuffle with some host club guys, who she tells to piss off, and continues on her way. She'd later attend a dance club where she's knocked to the ground. Where another patron asked if she was alright, and Samantha answered no.
Samantha would later visit Polina's favorite temple, where she reminisced about hearing a story from Polina from her old country where she had a sheep named Bela. She would be tasked with protecting it with a gun throughout the night by her grandfather. Bela would be attacked by a wolf, and Polina shot at it but missed, and the next shot fired at it didn't, and it was by Polina's grandfather, who, after telling her not to miss, beat her up. Polina considers it one of the best lessons that she has ever learned and suggests that Samantha do the same and not miss it. Samantha takes her advice and asks her whether or not she'd return home, and Polina answers no. Polina asks Samantha if she would, and she answers no, also claiming that she has no family, to which Polina rebuts that she has her. The two would then laugh over this.
In the present, Samantha cried about Polina at the top of the temple stairs and later pinned the picture of the two of them on a board at her club.
===Be My Number One===
Samantha finally opens a club of her own and names it Club Polina. When the club closes for the day, Samantha and her employees celebrate the club's two months in business. She thanks everyone, especially the club's top earner, Claudine; however, she then calls her to the backroom and confronts her over stealing the club's profits. Claudine argues that as a top earner, she's taking her fair cut despite the risks of angering the Chihara-Kai. Therefore, Samantha fires her, and Claudine vows to take away her top clients there as she leaves.
Jake visited Samantha when her club was closed. Samantha talked with Jake about how both of their sides are doing workwise, but when Jake mentioned his true motive regarding the recent motorcycle thefts, Samantha handed Jake the card of a contact of hers in Ayase who specializes in alternative motorcycle sales.
The person in question was named Otsuka, whom Jake visits and mentions that he's an acquaintance of Samantha. When Jake asks where he could find a place that sells motorcycle parts, Otsuka asks what his relationship is with Samantha, and he answers like a brother.
While serving a table at her club, Samantha spots Ohno enter the club. Samantha greets him and sadly informs him that Claudine no longer works there and had wanted to rectify past financial undermining done to him. However, he declines and takes his leave, much to Samantha's chagrin.
Inside her office, Samantha is visited by Sato; they briefly talk about Sato's disappearance and each other's guilt about Polina. Their conversation becomes tense when Sato mentions that Samantha must rehire Claudine. Samantha flatly rejects the order, citing she stole from her and that she'll run her club as she wants, reminding him that it's in their contract. She then asks Sato to leave, and he does.
Samantha visits her former boss, Erika, the following day at her apartment. The two would idly chat about old times and segue into Samantha wanting to hire Erika for her club. However, Erika's son Daichi intervenes, and when asked if his mother should accept Samantha's money, he answers yes.
Contacting Ohno, Samantha tries to cajole him to return him to her club, offering him the chance to meet their newest hostess, Erika. On the other hand, Ohno claimed he'd return, but only if she'd wait on his table.
That night, Ohno spends the night with Samantha, and the two talk about Ohno's job as an architect. Ohno responds that architects are confident men who sell their clients' dreams. The answer strikes a chord with Samantha, who said her former boss said the same thing and believed it to be untrue. So, Ohno asks Samantha what she believes they do there; she claims that, at her place, confidence men tell the truth, which amuses Ohno. He then admits that he's had the most fun he's ever had in a long time, and Samantha looks over at Erika, who assures her. Samantha tells Ohno she's glad since she feels the same way.
Later, Samantha pays Erika for her services, and when she asks about the lady in the photo with her, she says that she hung by her desk. Samantha claims it's Polina, the name the club is named after, and the reason why she left her several messages that one night because she had learned she'd died. Sato then enters the office and asks that he leave some paperwork in one of her lockers, and Samantha allows it. After Sato does that, Samantha asks him to drive Erika home, and he quietly agrees to do it. The two would trade glances before leaving.
===Old Law, New Twist===
Samantha briefly appears in a photograph alongside Jake, which his new girlfriend, Misaki, finds.
One night at Club Polina, Ohno tries to cajole Samantha to come over to his place so he can cook something for her. Despite Samantha considering the offer flattering, she rejects it because of her rules. Still, Ohno, who now prefers to be called Masa, still tries to get Samantha to reconsider, and she claims she'll think about his offer.
At that moment, Hayama and his colleagues stir up some trouble; hence Samantha switches with Erika and heads over to Sato to see if he can stop Hayama. However, Sato claims he can't; therefore, Samantha heads to Hayama's table and tries to defuse the situation, but her attempt is met with scorn by Hayama. Acting as a proxy mediator for the situation, Masa sends an expensive bottle to Hayama's table, which pleases Hayama. With that settled, Samantha gives Sato a cold stare, but he doesn't do anything in response.
The following morning, Samantha visits Jake at his apartment and vents about how Hayama, who had visited her club a few times in the past month, has been a nuisance every time. Lamenting that Sato hasn't stood up to Hayama, Jake notes to Samantha that Hayama was Ishida's number 2 man, and there's little he could do against his senior. Samantha then asks Jake to speak to Sato on her behalf, but Jake declines due to his last encounter with Sato had him banned from the Onyx Bar. Jake then asks why Samantha doesn't do it herself, but she claims that business and pleasure don't mix, and Jake relates that he has his own lady now. Still, Samantha wants Hayama out of her club, so Jake suggests that Samantha talk to Sato as a friend.
Samantha returns to her club, where she finds Sato waiting for her. They exchange comments about wanting to talk to each other, and when Samantha mentions that she wants Hayama out of her club, he notes that it'll be done if she gets information from Masa. Sato mentions that a shopping district will be built at a certain converted train station soon, and Ishida wants to know which one it is to buy out of the land before it's made public. Although Samantha refuses, Sato mentions that she doesn't have a choice since she fired his spy Claudine and now Masa is only interested in Samantha. To make matters worse, Ishida thinks the information about the shopping district is more valuable than the club and expects an answer the next day.
Masa asks the lost-thought Samantha if she's alright and if his proposal was too much for her. She answers that it isn't and that she'll give him an answer soon. Then, she excuses herself to learn that Kenji has lost the expensive bottle of whiskey called Glenmorangie Grand Vintage. To add to the situational crisis, Hayama is accompanied by two Chihara-Kai members, and to assist Samantha, Erika steps in to handle Hayama while she handles the mystery of the missing bottle.
Exiting her office at Club Polina, Samantha was surprised to find her employees in the waiting room, who had thrown her a party to thank her for being such a great boss.
Afterward, Samantha meets with Ishida and agrees to get the information he wants from Masa on the condition that the Chihara-Kai leave her club alone and that she have sole ownership of it. Ishida agrees to it, but wants 25% of the club revenue for the next six months. Samantha, through her negotiating skills, gets it down to three months.
===Like a New Man===
Samantha was given an explanation of what to look for when searching for the train station's name and location. Considering herself lucky, Samantha notes that she'll be at the location where the name of the train station will be held because Masa had invited her to his house dinner. Sato then warns Samantha that she must deliver what Ishida asked of her, or else he's unsure if he could protect her if she fails. However, Samantha boldly claims that she'll do it.
Samantha is mentioned in a conversation with the ladies of Club Polina when Sato and Erika's relationship is mentioned. Apparently, Samantha isn't interested in Sato any longer. This surprised Erika, who had no clue that the two were once a couple, and another lady suggested that Erika sort through some things.
Preparing for the dinner meet-up with Masa, Samantha entrusts the club to Erika, who assures her that she can handle it all. She also denies that it's a "dohan" with Masa and is warned by Erika about mixing business with pleasure. This leads to a conversation about Erika's relationship with Sato, who isn't committed to him yet because of her history with the Yakuza. Samantha advises her to be open with Sato, and Erika comments that Samantha is now the wise Mama-san. With that, Samantha takes her leave.
Samantha is driven to Masa's house, where she's instantly captivated by the ocean view his house has. Samantha is then given a tour of Masa's house and takes a special interest in his workstation room.
Afterward, as Masa cuts some carrots for the dinner he's preparing, the song Midnight Pretender plays in the background, Samantha starts to dance to it, and Masa joins her. After this, Samantha sneaks into Masa's workstation room and locates the paper that holds the train station's name, but unintentionally leaves some evidence of her tampering with the paper behind. She'd then run into Masa in the hallway, who had cut his finger and sliced the carrots. They'd then fetch a band-aid for it.
After enjoying dinner with Masa, Samantha and Masa talked about where Masa learned how to cook. Masa claimed it was in London because he felt homesick. Masa asked Samantha whether she felt homesick and where she was from. Samantha answered no and said that she was from Utah. After confessing wanting more out of life, they bond and then kiss together. Around when Masa was to drive Samantha home, Masa asked her if she had gone through his bag.
This leads Masa to deduce that Samantha has searched through his bag. Fessing up, Samantha reveals everything to Masa, including that the Yakuza half own her club and that she did it to have full control transferred to her for doing the favor for them. As the conversation continued, Masa noted that it was too late for her to drive home. He will allow her to sleep on his couch, and they'll talk more in the morning.
The next morning, Masa awakens Samantha, and the two have a heart-to-heart about why Samantha did what she did. Samantha apologizes for her actions against him, and when Samantha says she'd accept whatever Ishida has for her, Masa proposes a compromise. He suggests another project that'd be more beneficial to Ishida, and when Samantha asks why Masa would do this, he claims, he, too, knows when someone needs forgiveness.
While Jake attends a press conference about the death of Nakahara, she contacts Jake, but he ignores the call.
Samantha later talks to Jake in her club about asking for a favor concerning the Shimbashi Station development project. Although Jake asks if Ishida is involved and if she's in trouble, Samantha downplays it, and in the end, Jake agrees to help her. He then informs Samantha of Tozawa's return, but she dissuades Jake from pursuing him, citing it's not sexy to have a death wish when Tozawa would face no consequence for it.
Samantha was indirectly mentioned when Jake informed Emi about what he had learned about the Shimbashi Station project and again by Hayama when he asked Sato if he had sex with her. However, she then enters the room, and Sato asks for some time alone with her, which Hayama grants, but curses Samantha to her face as he leaves. Although Sato claims that the gun there was only meant to be temporary, Samantha claims that she knows the place isn't really hers and leaves.
Ishida mentions Samantha in his conversation with Sato, who suspects she's up to something when she and the architect schedule a meeting with him at her club. Ishida also warns Sato that she may need to be taught a lesson, and he tacitly agrees.
Samantha informs her ladies about a special guest that night and asks them to be on their best behavior. Samantha is then approached by Erika, who asks how her time with Masa was. Samantha informs her of how she plans on using him to get Ishida to give her full ownership of the club. The news shocks Erika, as she claims that Yakuza isn't known to do such a thing. However, Samantha is optimistic, and Erika supports her.
Afterward, Joanna sang a song, and Samantha and Masa sat at one of the tables. Samantha offers to take Masa out on a date, but he claims it's against the rules. Samantha wants to make an exception for him. The two then have a meeting with a very displeased Ishida, who doesn't take any interest in Masa's sales pitch. However, after Samantha intervenes and shows him the financial benefits and perks from the filings on Masa's proposal. Ishida agrees to the deal but warns that if it becomes compromised, Masa will be the one who pays.
It's then that a couple of hooded assailants shoot up the place and kill Masa in the process. A terrified Samantha tries to guide some of her ladies and customers to the locker room, but she's shocked by the entire situation. In the end, she witnesses Ishida being gunned down, much to Sato's devastation.
===I Choose You===
Hiroto briefly mentions Samantha to Jake, stating that she's alright and was taken in for questioning.
At the police station, Shoko questions Samantha about what had occurred in her club that night. During this, Samantha gets defensive, which prompts Shoko to suggest a break.
In the hallway, Samantha spots Tozawa from around the corner. Although she tries to avoid contact with him, he approaches her and greets her. This surprises Samantha and Shoko, who have also witnessed this.
The next day, Jake is assigned to interview her by Emi to interview her about the recent incident in her club.
Afterward, Jake questions Samantha about her account of the incident in her club the previous night. Samantha would give Jake a drawing of a tattoo that one of the shooters had and how Tozawa approached her, greeting her by her name. This encounter shocked Samantha, and she relayed to Jake that she was responsible for the ladies in her club and alluded to the worst if anything happened to her.
Again, Samantha is briefly mentioned by Jake when he talks with Ukai about the incident at her club and shows him the picture of the tattoo she saw of one of the shooters. And again by Emi when Jake reports about his finding about the tattoo she drew that she saw one of the gunmen had on his wrist. Once again, she's mentioned by Hayama when he threatens to kill her if Sato plans on interfering with his plans again.
Eventually, Samantha finds a newspaper article featuring her and her connection to the Yakuza. She's thereby mentioned several times in Jake's workplace and the police, who Shoko claims to Hiroto that she lied to them and they need to interview her about it. 
Sometime after this revelation, Jake tried multiple times to get in contact with her, but to no avail.
When Samantha returns to her apartment, Sato is waiting outside for her, and he informs her that Erika asked him to stay away from her, and he believes that he should do the same with her. Although Samantha invites Sato into her apartment, Sato rejects it, but he later goes into there and has sex with her.
===The War at Home===
Sato and Samantha have a heart-to-heart about Sato's relationship with his younger brother Kaito, how he was forcibly joined into the Chihara-kai by Hayama, and what Samantha will do from now on. Before leaving, Samantha asks Sato to return, and he agrees.
Afterward, Shoko and Hiroto visit Samantha in her apartment. They ask Samantha to confirm whether the photos of the tattoos they have match the ones she saw the gunmen have, and she confirms it. This makes Shoko apprehensive since Samantha omitted pertinent details in her line of questioning, as well as her relationship with one of the victims, Masa. However, Samantha demands to know if they have police business with her and if they will be called to the station. Hiroto interjects, assuring Samantha that they're merely trying to fill in the gaps; she's not under investigation and advises her not to leave the city without telling them beforehand. The two officers then take their leave, allowing Samantha to sigh in relief.
At her club, Samantha talks with an insurance inspector who informs her that she'll receive her money within three months and no sooner than that. Hence, she later contacts Luna to ask her to have her ladies stay at Club Onyx for a while, but she rejects the offer. Luna claims that ever since Samantha was in the article, anyone affiliated with her has been targeted, too. Then, the paparazzi swarm Samantha, and Luna sees her off as she can't help Samantha try and flee in dismay.
In her apartment, Samantha learns that Akira, the Host who stole her money, has since become a rich and popular TV Personality and continues to watch it scornfully.
===The Noble Path===
At her apartment, Samantha asks Sato for a gun to alleviate her anxiety after an encounter with Tozawa at the police station, who called her by her name. Sato agrees to give Samantha a gun, and after he does, Sato mentions that he's no longer a part of the Chihara-kai after being ousted by Hayama two days prior. Curious to know about his brother, Sato gives Samantha a tacitly forlorn answer. She then asks what he'll do from now on, and Sato answers all he's ever done was be a Yakuza and asks her what he can do. Jokingly, Samantha answers to run a tattoo parlor, but seriously answers that they're in the same position and should support each other. Before leaving, Sato suggests that she use the gun if any Chihara-kai member shows up. Once Sato is gone, Samantha pulls out a wad of cash from a hidden compartment and contemplates in silence.
Visiting the host club where Akira worked, Samantha offers its owner, Inaba, money in exchange for Akira's location, which she suspects owes her a huge unpaid debt. Inaba accepts Samantha's cash and, after writing down something on a piece of paper, asks that she not go easy on Akira when she finds him.
Later, Samantha contacts Erika, who is on her way to pick up Daichi from her mom's house and is still reeling over Sato and the club incident. While Samantha sounded sympathetic toward Erika, she wanted to borrow her for an hour to handle something.
With Erika's help, Samantha later confronts Akira at his apartment and learns that not only does he not have her money, but the life he saw him talk about was a lie, and he has no control over his life. She'd be led out of place by Erika when she caught her beat-up Akira, who was on the floor in pain.
Samantha returns home and places the gun in her safe spot. She finds Sato in bed and asks him how his day went. He answers that Kaito is home safe, but when Samantha joins him in bed and asks her about her day, Samantha asks to talk about it tomorrow. Sato understands and gives her a hug.
===Consequences===
Visiting Erika's apartment, Samantha tries to apologize for what she did with Erika the previous day, but Erika openly confesses her disdain for what Samantha did. Erika admits that Samantha gets drawn to chaos and wants no further part of it or her, and wishes her well. Samantha also wishes Erika well, and she takes her leave.
Samantha was visited by Misaki, who introduced herself as Jake's mutual friend and explained that she'd been trying to contact him but couldn't meet or visit him. Misaki asked for Samantha's help, claiming she was Tozawa's mistress. The two would visit Jake's apartment, but he wasn't home. They had planned on visiting the Meicho next, but Tozawa and a few of his men arrived and spotted the two. They made a quick getaway as Tozawa called out Misaki.
She later contacted Sato, asking him if staying at the Chihara-kai base was okay, but he denied it, stating it was not safe. Hence, Samantha asks to stay at the secret hideout, and initially, Sato refuses, but he succumbs to the pressure she gives him. Later, Samantha arrives at the hideout accompanied by Misaki.
===Endgame===
Given their current situation, Samantha and Sato argue about the risk of Misaki being at the Chihara-kai hideout. Still, while Samantha argues they had no other choice, Sato threatened to use Misaki as a bargaining chip with Tozawa. However, Samantha informs Sato that Jake is in a sexual relationship with her, and Sato backs off in holding back his shocked emotions.
Hagino indirectly mentions Samantha when he informs Tozawa about Yabuki's arrest. Tozawa then mentions Samantha, wanting her and Misaki to be found. During the conversation between Sato and Jake; Sato admits that he doesn't know how to protect Samantha or Misaki.
Outside, Samantha and Jake chastise each other over their mistakes concerning Jake dating Misaki and Samantha's checkered past.
Back inside the building, Samantha learns from Sato that Hiroto has sent police officers to protect the place and that he will leave to help Hiroto's plan to take down Tozawa.
When Misaki tells Tozawa's men that they are on their way to the building, Samantha suggests that the reluctant Chihara-kai members escape. Following Samantha's suggestion, they do and manage to evade Tozawa's men.
Samantha took the Chihara-kai members and Misaki to her club and assigned the men to act as lookouts. While the men do that, Samantha and Misaki head to Samantha's office, where they chat a bit. Then Misaki receives a call from what she thought was her mother but is actually from Tozawa. Misaki then talks to Tozawa, who wants to see her and Jake in exchange for sparing her mother's life. Samantha suggests that she buy some, and Misaki manages to buy some. Once the conversation is over, Misaki asks Samantha how they should proceed.
Later, Samantha contacts Sato and informs him that Tozawa wants to meet with Jake and Misaki at a certain location. All she needs to do now is locate Jake; the rest is up to Sato, who thanks Samantha, and they hang up on each other.
At the location where the meeting with Tozawa is being held, Samantha learns from Misaki that Jake is on his way and, before leaving her, assures her that it'll be fine.
Outside, Samantha gives Misaki an assuring smile, and when Jake arrives with Hiroto, she waits with them. Soon after, Samantha, Jake, and Hiroto watch as Sato and the other Yakuza leave as Sato enters his car, he gives Samantha the peace sign. She then watches Kazuko leave the scene after watching her talk to Jake.
Samantha would visit Kazuko, who was mourning her dead husband, but was still interested in doing business. She shows Kazuko the development plans that Masa had worked on, and instead of being a business partner with her, Samantha wants a finder's fee of ten million yen. After a pregnant pause, Kazuko asks for some tea for Samantha and herself.
Afterward, Samantha visited Sato and informed him that she was leaving the city for a while, but she promised to return after she was done. She also refused to tell him where she was going after kissing him goodbye, she drives off on her motorcycle.
==Appearances==
:;Season One
*The Test
*Kishi Kaisei
*Read the Air
*I Want It That Way
*Everybody Pays
*The Information Business
*Sometimes They Disappear
*Yoshino
:;Season Two
*Don't Ever F**king Miss
*Be My Number One
*Old Law, New Twist
*Like a New Man
*Illness of the Trade
*I Choose You
*The War at Home
*The Noble Path
*Consequences
*Endgame
==Trivia==
* Samantha's astrological star sign is Taurus.
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==References==
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