Samara Cook, Pretty Little Liars

Samara Cook (Claire Holt)

Samara was the president of a local private school’s GSA. Upon meeting her, main character Emily was initially attracted to her because she was out, unlike Paige, whom Emily was secretly dating at the time.

Samara and Emily dated for a short period of time, but Samara did not want to be exclusive, causing Emily to doubt her feelings. After ‘A’ blackmailed Emily into giving Samara’s friend her phone number, Samara thought Emily was flirting and ended the relationship when Emily didn’t give her an honest answer.

Appearances:

• 5 episodes.

Female love interests:

• Emily Fields (Shay Mitchell, lesbian, regular)

Relationship story arc with a woman: Yes

No male love interests

Relationship story arc with a man: No

Male love interest after being identified as a lesbian? No

Filter Relationship Arc:

• Female (Regular)

Storyline during sweeps? No

[1] A relationship story arc is defined as explicit, developed on screen, and lasting more than 3 episodes. It is listed as questionable or subtext if romance is only implied, mentioned instead of shown on screen, part of a dream sequence, or otherwise not explicit for the viewer.
[2] Sweeps episodes air in February, May, July and November, the periods when advertising rates are set. A character is marked as "sweeps" when there is a very limited number of episodes that address their sexuality, all air during sweeps period, and the storyline is otherwise ignore/dropped.