It's no accident that I have given up on just about every movie and most mainstream television. :(

Funny enough, I don't see Sam as the tragic victim of her job. Mostly, I see her as the Tragic Victim of her writers. If I had to accept her as written, I'd say she's obviously not enough in love with Jack to do anything about it so she's right where she deserves to be -- and there's nothing wrong with being the brainiac who gets to explore new planets and fight the intergalactic Bad Guys. ;-)