Yeah, I wish Sam had stuck around. I've always liked Brooke, I would have loved to have her as a regular.
*sigh* Tori. I'm far from a fan, but it looks like I'm stuck with her. I had been hoping she'd been locked away in a Council prison cell or something. I still stand by what I said about her last year - as a villain, she felt like a one/two episode style character stretched into a seasonal arc, and given that's been my impression of her for a long time, she's not exactly positioned to get any better standing with me. Admittedly, I said similar things about Frankie back in the early part of season one, but part of my judging her was due to her being portrayed as Paris Hilton (and I've been forced to up my opinion of her since watching Repo). Guess we'll see.