The Best Years follows Samantha Best (played by Charity Shea) as she is grows up being placed in one foster family to another, and finally landing herself in a prestigious college in Massachusetts with a scholarship that she hopes she won't blow. Samantha is now challenged to deal with her new life in college, discovering new friends, facing enemies and rivals like her roommate Kathryn, and still being able to balance her studies and social life. The Best Years airs on The N.