

Sam is convinced that Austin will forget about her after the dance, so she is shocked to find he has put hundreds of posters round the school to try to identify her. Finally, Sam and Carter flee to the diner, and the staff attempts to stall Fiona to give Sam enough time to come back, which she does. She gets delayed because Carter, who was Sam's ride back to the diner, was making out with Shelby, after he defended her from another boy trying to force himself on her. She also drops her cellphone on her way out, which is picked up by Austin. Sam has to go back to the diner before Fiona, and so she leaves without revealing her identity to Austin, unaware that she's named the homecoming princess along with Austin as the homecoming prince. The two share a romantic dance together, but while Sam learns "Nomad" is Austin, he does not recognize Sam under the mask.

After a heart-to-heart with Carter and the diner staff, Sam attends the dance anyway, wearing a white masquerade mask and a wedding dress given to her by Rhonda as "Cinderella." Austin attends as Prince Charming. Meanwhile, Sam asks for the night off working in the diner to go to the dance, and Fiona refuses this request. Austin attempts to end his relationship with Shelby, who refuses to accept this and continues believing that they are together. "Nomad" and Sam plan to meet in the center of the dancefloor at the school's Halloween dance. His father, Andy, has arranged for his son to attend the University of Southern California with a football scholarship. Unknown to Sam, "Nomad"'s true identity is Austin Ames, the popular yet unhappy quarterback of the school's football team The Fighting Frogs, and Shelby's boyfriend. She also finds comfort in her best friend Carter Farrell, and in the diner staff, including Rhonda the manager, Eleanor, a waitress and Bobby the chef. Sam confides in her online pen pal "Nomad", who shares her dream to attend Princeton to become a writer. Sam also struggles to fit in at North Valley High School, where she’s bullied by the popular clique, including head cheerleader Shelby Cummings and her posse. Fiona withholds Sam's earnings and uses her inheritance to spend on luxuries for herself and her twins. Sam is trying to save money to attend her dream college, Princeton, but is regularly tormented by her stepfamily, which includes Fiona and her twin daughters Brianna and Gabriella. Fiona received ownership of the diner as well as the family inheritance after Sam's widowed father, Hal, died in the Northridge earthquake eight years prior and seemingly left no will. Harley, Jonny Owen-Last, Joseph Kloska, Josh O’Connor, Joshua McGuire, Julian Seager, Katie West, Laura Elsworthy, Laurie Calvert, Leila Wong, Lily James, Matthew Steer, Melissa Galloway, Michael Jenn, Mimi Ndiweni, Monique Geraghty, Nari Blair-Mangat, Nonso Anozie, Paul Hunter, Peter Stacey, Rajesh Kalhan, Richard Madden, Richard McCabe, Riley Halden, Rob Brydon, Robert J.Seventeen-year-old Samantha "Sam" Montgomery is a waitress at a diner in the San Fernando Valley run by her stepmother, the vain and greedy Fiona. Cast: Adetomiwa Edun, Alex Gillison, Alex MacQueen, Alex Marek, Andrew Fitch, Andy Apollo, Anjana Vasan, Ann Davies, Ant Henson, Arielle Campbell, Barrie Martin, Ben Chaplin, Bhanu Alley, Bronwyn Pearson, Cate Blanchett, Charlotte Worwood, Craig Mather, Daniel Tuite, Derek Jacobi, Dolapo Umar, Drew Sheridan-Wheeler, Elina Alminas, Ella Smith, Elliott Wright, Eloise Webb, Francesca Bennett, Gareth Mason, Georgie-May Tearle, Gerard Horan, Gino Picciano, Greg Lockett, Hayley Atwell, Helena Bonham Carter, Henry McCook, Holliday Grainger, Jana Perez, Janet Dawe, Jd Roth-round, João Costa Menezes, Joe Kennard, John W.G.
