| From the moment Samantha
met hotel magnate Richard Wright (played by James Remar),
the sexual chemistry was palpable. Powerful, wealthy and
unabashedly confident, alpha male Richard seemed the perfect
prey for Samantha - professionally and personally.
Samantha didn't have an easy time landing Richard as
her mega-client. To get through Richard's chauvinist
standards, Samantha ultimately had to prove to Richard
that she had "balls." "I love that you're
not scared of me," said Richard at their first
meeting of the minds.
Like Samantha, Richard isn't one to mince words. "I
like to sleep around." Also like Samantha, Richard
knows what he wants and usually gets it. After bonding
over the joys of being single, Richard whisked Samantha
off on his private jet and seduced her on take-off.
For a man of Richard's means, not even the sky is the
limit.
Providing phenomenal sex with no strings, Richard Wright
became Samantha's "Mr. Right." That is, until
Richard added some romantic gestures to the mix. After
a skinny-dipping sex session, he persuaded Samantha
to join him in a slow dance and we watched as Samantha
struggled to keep her emotional distance. After taking
Ecstasy one night, Samantha was overcome by her emotions
and declared her love to Richard mid-orgasm. The next
day, the smooth, monogamy-fearing Richard just chalked
it up to the X. A relationship was as foreign a concept
to Richard as it was to Samantha. But even game-master
Richard couldn't control the forces at play and soon
said the words, "I love you Samantha."
Clearly in uncharted territory, Richard wasn't ready
to let go of his power bachelor ways. Samantha was his
star mistress (he showered her with expensive gifts
bought by his personal assistant), but there were other
women. For his birthday, Samantha indulged Richard's
fantasy of a three-way. But when the younger participant
implored him, "You tell her, daddy," Richard
told Samantha to get rid of her. The one thing that
could rattle Richard's confidence was having his age
brought into the equation. He said to Samantha, "Let's
try this. Just you and me."
Samantha wanted to believe Richard's words, but she
saw the familiar signs of deception. He kept her waiting
and he wasn't quite as lustful as usual. When she asked
him if he was sleeping with another woman, he denied
it. When she caught him in the act, Richard pleaded,
"It's just sex. I love you." Richard seems
to have accomplished the impossible - he broke Samantha's
heart.
Is Richard a man who loves the pursuit but tires once
he's caught his prey? Is he a commitment-phobic man
who runs from intimacy? Or is Richard perhaps the yin
to Samantha's yang? We may never know, unless Samantha
decides to bring the magnate back into her life.
- from HBO.com
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