Samantha 'Sammy' Rogers (also Daniels) is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Brookside, played by Rachael Lindsay.

Sammy also has a relationship with an older man Tim Derby (Christopher Blake) and develops an obsession with Max Farnham (Steven Pinder), after they have a one-night stand.

[1] The Guardian's Stuart Jeffries branded her "the mother from hell" and criticised her characterisation, while other critics have praised her headstrong persona.

Lindsay told author Geoff Tibballs, in his book Brookside - The First Ten Years, that "Sammy's been through a lot of ups and downs, personally I don't think I could have coped with what she's been through.

Michael Choi (David Yip) and his girlfriend Alison Gregory (Alyson Spiro) return home to a drunken Sammy.

[11] Chrissy becomes concerned about Sammy's excessive drinking, intervenes and sends her to visit Dr. Joseph O'Rourke (Christian Rodska) for counselling.

Owen visits Sammy's home and accuses her of sending him a Valentine's Day card which caused his girlfriend to break up with him.

[14][9] Owen is further angered when Sammy and Nisha socialise with Anthony "Tony" Hampson (Alex Mousley) and Francis "Kav" Kavanagh (Nick Lamont) at a nightclub.

Sammy convinces a reluctant Owen to get into the stolen vehicle alongside their friends Nisha, Kav, Tony and Ronnie Williams (Claire Robinson).

[14][11] The story attracted praise and the Home Office singled out Brookside's portrayal of the consequences that arise from joy-riding for special commendation.

Sammy's father Frank begins meddling in their relationship and forces Owen to quit studying and find a job to support his new family.

Young's research for the show found that there was an increasing number of families with children splitting up in the United Kingdom.

While Sammy and Owen host a wedding reception at the Rogers family home, Chrissy sneaks upstairs and packs up her belongings and leaves for good.

Lindsay told Jon Peake from Inside Soap that "when the Brookie producers asked me back, I knew it was going to be with a bang.

[10] Lindsay told Helen Childs from Inside Soap that her character is convinced that their sexual encounter was the start of a relationship.

[10] Lindsay defended Sammy's behaviour and rationalised that Max is an "attractive guy, he's established, he's a business man, he's got money and his own home.

[10] In the book Real Soap: Brookside, Pinder told author Kay Nicholls that "Sammy was just an aberration, Max loved the attention but it was just a one-night stand and he was drunk.

[28] Lindsay told Dawn Collinson from the Liverpool Echo that Sammy's return would feature numerous "trademark twists and hidden agendas".

Burke told Merle Brown (Daily Record) that "there's been a lot of arguing scenes again and they were always my favourite - as Katie and Sammy - as we did loads of them.

[29] Writers had previously created a one-night stand story for the characters, but Pinder believed that Max was no longer interested in Sammy.

[29] The Liverpool Echo's Dawn Collinson stated "In the Brookside era of Barry and Terry's dodgy scams and dodgier perms, Rachael Lindsay was the wild child rebel, ginsoaked and trouble.

As feisty schoolgirl Sammy Rogers, she wreaked havoc through the Close before marrying local heartthrob Owen, having his baby and eventually bidding a temporary farewell to her TV home.

"[30] Jon Peake writing for Inside Soap branded Sammy as a "wild child" and observed that she was "wilder than ever" during her 1996 return.

"[26] In the book Real Soap: Brookside, author Kay Nicholls wrote that Sammy and Owen's "marriage was doomed (no surprise there, then) and the two split in 1996.

[7] Dave Lanning from The Sunday People said "Sammy Rogers, sister of Kate, returns to Brookside from a busted marriage and is drinking hard.

"[32] The Daily Record's Merle Brown called Sammy "rebellious", a "sexpot" and branded the Rogers family a group of "luckless" characters.

[25] Karen Hockney, also from the Daily Mirror, named Sammy as Owen's "alcoholic wife" and described their relationship as a "rocky romance".

[1][36] He added that Sammy discovered her behaviour is where "quasi-feminism" in soaps ends and "old-style family values take hold with a vengeance.

He branded her "the mother from hell" and stated that her "characterisation has been woeful: a two-dimensional woman who can't see that what she did was wrong, served up for viewers to hate.

[40] McLean observed that Sammy and Jacqui's feud was reminiscent of the class war between the Corkhills and Grants featured in 1980s episodes of Brookside.