After being left stranded in the bar in the first episode, she is hired by Sam Malone as a cocktail waitress. Initially, she loathes the well-meaning Sam, finding his ways with women brutish and disrespectful, but before too long the pair are embroiled in a volatile relationship. The antithesis of the rest of the bar's patrons in practically every way, she is intelligent, witty, snooty and opinionated, often piping up with eloquently put asides that nobody else understands. 