Occupation
Partner with Luke in the Haunted Star Casino
Former Maid at the Port Charles Hotel
Petty Thief [prior to 2003]
Former Prostitute [prior to 2003]
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Resides At
Aboard Lazarus III, a yacht
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Marital Status
Single/Never Been Married
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Past Marriages
None
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Relatives
Cody McCall (Father; Deceased)
Unnamed Mother
Jack McCall (Great-Grandfather; Deceased)
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Children
None
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Flings & Affairs
Dated the Leader of a Grand Theft Auto Ring
"Chase" (lovers)
Jasper "Jax" Jacks (lovers)
Sonny Corinthos (affair)
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Crimes Committed
Pick-pocketing [prior to 2003 arrival]
Charged with 19 counts of grand auto theft [prior to 2003 arrival; charges dropped in exchange for her testimony against the leader of the grand theft auto ring, her ex-boyfriend]
Entered pleas of no contest to multiple counts of petty theft and fraud in several states [prior to 2003 arrival; never convicted]
Has a history of bad debt [prior to 2003 arrival]
Pleaded no contest to solicitation in Texas [2002]
Faked a suicide to break out of a small-town jail [1 October 2003]
Stole the Jack of Diamonds, a card that is a part of the Dead-Man's Hand, from Jax's apartment [October 2003]
Threatened to shoot Jax [October 2003]
Trespassing; snuck into the Quartermaine Mansion [October 2003]
Drugged Jax and then stole the two cards he had from the Dead-Man's Hand set [October 2003]
Impersonated a math tutor to con Georgie, then stole the other three cards from her room [October 2003]
Attended an illegal auction; was present while Luke was auctioning off the Dead-Man's Hand [31 October 2003]
Broke into Jax's car [November 2003]
Sabotaged Jax's car [November 2003]
Arrested for aiding and abetting Sonny Corinthos [2 December 2003]
Stole the sunken Courage's treasure from her father, Cody [30 December 2003]
Adultery with Sonny Corinthos during his marriage to Carly [Spring 2004]
Took out a taser switch and shocked Luke in the back of the neck to knock him out [5 February 2004]
Stole the Azure Key's treasure from Luke [5 February 2004]
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Maladies and Hospitalizations
Suffered from hypothermia while attempting to salvage the sunken Cassadine freighter [17 December 2003]
Hospitalized after an explosion occurred underwater while she was scuba diving [26 December 2003]
Felt weak after being bit by a scorpion [5 January 2004]
Knocked unconscious after an explosion occured in an Azure Key cave [13 January 2004]
Stabbed by a person who had just planted an explosive in Sonny's limo [16 March 2004]
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Brief Character History
Jax received a distressing phone call about his father, John. Apparently, John had lost all his will to live. When Jax got to his father's bedside, John flashed a card to Jax, explaining that it was part of the lucky hand called the "Dead-Man's Hand." John explained that the other four were stolen. Jax, the dutiful man he is, promised John that he would find the other four for him. Jax headed to a local bar, where he met Samantha McCall, a very pretty, but feisty, woman. What Jax wasn't aware of was that Sam was on the look for the Dead-Man's Hand because they have brought her family generations of bad luck.
Jax and Sam started off by playing poker, a game in which Jax won. Later on, Sam arrived to Jax's hotel room and she stole the jack of diamonds card. Jax returned to the bar when he got a call from a mysterious caller (who was really AJ Quartermaine). Jax learned that Sam's great grandfather killed Bill Hickock while he was holding the Dead-Man's Hand. Jax was then knocked out, but he later awakened and confronted Sam on her old boat. Jax managed to get his jack of diamonds card back from Sam. Unfortunately, they were forced to abandon the boat when it caught on fire. Jax and Sam were forced to take refuge on an island, and they called a truce during the time that they were stranded. However, Jax caught Sam attempting to steal the jack of diamonds card again. Two surfers arrived to the island, and they began to harass Sam. Jax learned that these two men were out to get the Dead-Man's Hand. Jax overpowered the men and tied them up; that's when he learned that they were trying to get the cards for someone in upstate New York. It was revealed that AJ was the holder of the other four cards, and he sent the men to retrieve the jack of diamonds. When Sam turned on Jax, she ran off leaving Jax on the island with the two men. Jax returned to Port Charles and he found Sam in his suite... dressed as a maid!
Sam and Jax challenged each other to find the other four cards of the Dead-Man's Hand. Jax and Sam were becoming suspicious of AJ. So, Sam snuck into the Quartermaine Mansion to find the remaining cards, and was snagged by Jax. Then, AJ caught Jax and Sam in the mansion. To avoid suspicion, Jax told AJ that he and Sam were dating. Jax attempted to teach Sam to be more proper and lady-like to make their dating charade believable. However, AJ wasn't so na�ve because he seen right through their lies. AJ ordered Coleman to find out what Jax and Sam were up to. While Coleman was befriending Sam, Jax and Skye were discussing the Dead-Man's Hand while Luke Spencer, a fugitive Skye was hiding in her home, was eavesdropping. When Jax and Skye left, Luke found the cards of the Dead-Man's Hand enclosed in the pages of a book. Luke then took one of the cards, and left. After all of this, Jax got back the jack of diamonds card from Sam. Sam snuck back into the Quartermaine mansion and she overheard Dillon Quartermaine on the phone with his mother, Tracy. Dillon had stolen the remaining three cards from AJ for Tracy. Sam confronted Dillon about the cards. When asked why they were so important to her, Sam gave him a false story (which was identical to Jax's real story) about how her father was dying and he needed the cards to live. Later, Skye stole the card Luke stole from AJ and she gave it to Jax, which Sam spotted. Sam and Jax got into an argument about the cards, but they ended up in a liplock. Meanwhile, Luke went to ask Dillon about the cards, but Dillon didn't reveal that he had them. To assure the cards' safety, Dillon's girlfriend, Georgie Jones, hid them in her bedroom. Skye told Luke that she wouldn't help him obtain the remaining cards. At the suite, Sam drugged Jax and stole the two cards he had from the Dead-Man's Hand set. Later, Jax confronted Dillon and offered him $3 million for the other three cards. Meanwhile, Sam arrived to Georgie's house impersonating a math tutor. Georgie had been having trouble perfecting her math grade, so it was the perfect opportunity for Sam to search her room for the cards. Sam managed to get Georgie to leave the room briefly, and then she stole the remaining three cards. This was the moment of triumph for Sam: she had all five pieces of the Dead-Man's Hand.
However, Sam would soon lose them all over again. A disguised Luke stole the cards from Sam. Then, he arrived to the Halloween Ball dressed as a magician. In an illegal auction, Luke sold the Dead-Man's Hand to Jax. However, all the auction attendees fainted when an odorless gas was pumped into the room via the vent. A person, wearing special equipment, walked in the room and stole the cards from Jax's hand. Later on, the person who stole the cards turned out to be Chase, a lover from Sam's past. Chase offered to give the cards to Sam for something in return: one night alone with her! Sam 'accepted' the offer, and went to his motel room with him. Sam planned on knocking Chase out, and stealing the cards from him so that she didn't have to spend the night with him. However, Jax's interruption prevented Sam from doing so. Jax picked her up, and carried her out of the motel room. Due to this, Sam began to suspect Jax of having feelings for her. Jax denied it. When Chase agreed to sell the Dead-Man's Hand to Jax, Chase found out that they were stolen! Outside of Jax and Chase's meeting place, Georgie and Dillon congratulated themselves for successfully stealing the cards from Chase without being caught (Dillon was a pick-pocketer). However, Jax caught them outside the club and he told Dillon about his situation involving his dad and how the cards meant everything to him. Dillon faced a tough decision: stay loyal to Tracy or help Jax save his father. Dillon ultimately gave Jax the cards. Sam snuck into Jax's car when Jax went to present the Dead-Man's Hand to John. Jax caught Sam and, unfortunately, they ended up stranded in a desert. Jax wanted to get to his father's bedside, but Sam wanted to test the luck of the Dead-Man's Hand at a casino. When Jax wasn't looking, Sam yanked cords out his car to sabotage it. Jax and Sam had no choice but to go into the casino. Sam tried convincing Jax that the cards were lucky, but Jax didn't believe it. However, Jax was shocked when he won a yacht. Jax then gave the yacht to Sam. Jax and Sam then made love!
Jax and Sam arrived to the hospital to give John the Dead-Man's Hand. John woke up and seen his son. John was pleased to see Jax at his bedside and he whispered, "Jax." Then John's machines began going off. Despite the doctors' best efforts, John ended up dying. Sam was plagued with guilt because she prevented Jax from arriving to the hospital in time to save John. That night, Sam gave Jax comfort and the two made love. However, Jax received a phone call, and he learned that Sam sabotaged his car. Jax began pushing Sam away. Jax told Sam to take the Dean-Man's Hand and leave town. Despite the opportunity, Sam didn't take the cards. After Sam left, Tracy Quartermaine herself sneaked into Jax's hotel room and stole the cards. Sam arrived to John's funeral and Jax told her that she wasn't welcome. Later on, Sam realized that someone stole the Dead-Man's Hand from Jax's suite. Sam then caught Tracy leaving one of the cards from the set for Jax. Sam was about to hit Tracy when Jax arrived. After Sam left, Tracy asked Jax if he would want to be partners with her in opening a casino. Later, Luke and Skye teamed up to assure that Jax & Tracy's plans wouldn't work.
Luke and Sam met up and they had a dispute over The Haunted Star (the yacht Jax won for Sam at the casino). Sam claimed that the yacht belonged to her, but Luke claimed ownership of it. Luke told Tracy that he had the one gambling permit allowed in Port Charles and that he planned to turn The Haunted Star into a floating casino! Skye, to settle the dispute between Luke and Sam over ownership of the yacht, convinced Luke and Sam to form a partnership. Meanwhile, Jax and Sam vowed revenge against each other. Despite this, Sam admitted to Skye that she has developed genuine feelings for Jax. Later, Jax gave Sam the Dead-Man's Hand and told her that they can't be together anymore. Sam gave a homeless man the cards, but the homeless man turned up to be Luke in disguise.
Though Sam washed her hands of the cards, she found herself in another sticky situation. Sam was driving down the street when Sonny Corinthos, who had just tried to kill Lorenzo Alcazar, ran right in front of her truck and stopped her. Sonny then took Sam hostage and forced her to drive away from the crime scene.