House:
Season:     7     / Episode:     10    
Carrot or Stick

Awkward high school sophomore Samantha "Sam" Baker struggles to get through the day of her sixteenth birthday, which her entire family forgets because her older sister, Ginny, is getting married the next day. She is also plagued by her ongoing infatuation with the very popular and very attractive senior, Jake. A running subplot involves a geeky, insecure freshman who continually (and unsuccessfully) tries to bed his love interest, Sam, to satisfy a bet with his friends.

The tomboyish Watts has always considered working-class Keith Nelson her best friend, but when he begins dating the popular Amanda Jones, she realizes that she feels something much deeper for him. Hardy Jenns, Amanda's jealous former boyfriend, further complicates matters.

The show examines the lives of eight young cast members living and vacationing on the various resorts along the Jersey Shore, more specifically the town of Seaside Heights. In exchange for living and partying in the shore house, each member of the cast is required to work shifts at a local boardwalk t-shirt store. Failure to comply with the ground rules set by their boss, who owns the shore house in which the cast resides, results in termination and eviction from the shore house.