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The Best Episodes of Bewitched

Every episode of Bewitched ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Bewitched!

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Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine witch, with all the requisite magical powers. Her husband Darrin insists that Samantha keep her witchcraft under wraps, but situations

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Bewitched Season 2 Episode 14 - Speak the Truth
    9.0/10(469 votes)

    #1 - Speak the Truth

    S2:E14

    Darrin learns that the truth does not always set you free when he is bewitched by a statue placed under Endora's spell that makes everyone tell the truth.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:John L. Greene

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  2. Bewitched Season 2 Episode 23 - Double Tate
    9.0/10(427 votes)

    #2 - Double Tate

    S2:E23

    Darrin unknowingly gets three wishes from Endora. He blows the first two on fast elevators and bikini-clad girls, and he wishes that he was Larry for a day. He gets his wish and a whole lot of misunderstanding begins between Louise and the real Larry!

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Paul Wayne

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  3. Bewitched Season 4 Episode 14 - My, What Big Ears You Have
    9.0/10(376 votes)

    #3 - My, What Big Ears You Have

    S4:E14

    Darrin is planning to surprise Samantha with a rocking chair, but Endora thinks that he is fooling around with another woman. This woman, in fact, is the saleslady that Darrin makes the final payment to. To see what he is up to, Endora puts a spell on him causing his ears to grow when he tells a lie. The more Darrin lies about the surprise, the more his ears start growing. He finally tells her the truth: he bought her a rocking chair and wanted to surprise her. He hid it in the Kravitzes' garage for safe keeping.

    Director:Richard Kinon
    Writer:Ed Jurist

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  4. Bewitched Season 2 Episode 33 - Divided He Falls
    8.9/10(405 votes)

    #4 - Divided He Falls

    S2:E33

    A vacation that the Stephens were supposed to take is scrapped when Darrin has to work. Endora takes it upon herself to separate Darrin into two different personalities: his work side and his fun and spontaneous side. While the working Darrin is concentrating on his job, the fun Darrin is concentrating on partying until he drops. Of course, all of this takes a toll when the Working Darrin bores Larry and his new client and Samantha acts as mother instead of wife to Darrin, the party animal. Samantha wants Endora to put the Darrins back together again, but ends up doing it herself.

    Director:R. Robert Rosenbaum
    Writer:Paul Wayne

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  5. Bewitched Season 3 Episode 11 - Oedipus Hex
    8.9/10(500 votes)

    #5 - Oedipus Hex

    S3:E11

    Because of a spell placed on a bowl of popcorn by Endora, Darrin becomes a great big couch potato. Samantha finds out what is going on when she finds Darrin, the milkman, and a TV repairman lazing around the messed up house. Samantha calls on Endora to take the spell off of them.

    Director:William Asher
    Writers:John L. Greene, David V. Robison

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  6. Bewitched Season 4 Episode 3 - Business, Italian Style
    8.9/10(427 votes)

    #6 - Business, Italian Style

    S4:E3

    To get in good graces with an Italian client, Darrin must learn how to speak Italian. Endora, anxious for Samantha to travel Europe again, gives Darrin a perfect Italian tongue. Her spell, however, is too strong, and ""Dino"" no longer understands English. His new clients begin to think that Darrin is mocking them, and Samantha interrupts Endora's bath and demands she remove the spell.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Michael Morris

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  7. Bewitched Season 4 Episode 11 - Allergic to Macedonian Dodo Birds
    8.9/10(367 votes)

    #7 - Allergic to Macedonian Dodo Birds

    S4:E11

    Because of a dodo bird Tabitha materializes, Endora and Clara have their powers switched! Dr. Bombay finds this out and returns the witches to normal.

    Director:Richard Kinon
    Writer:Richard Baer

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  8. Bewitched Season 4 Episode 20 - If They Never Met
    8.9/10(378 votes)

    #8 - If They Never Met

    S4:E20

    Samantha wants to know what life would be like if she and Darrin had never met. Endora shows Samantha that Darrin would have married Sheila and become a part of her millionaire father's family. Darrin likes her, but he doesn't love her. On cue, Darrin meets Samantha and the rest is history.

    Director:R. Robert Rosenbaum
    Writers:Bill Idelson, Sam Bobrick

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  9. Bewitched Season 1 Episode 27 - There's No Witch Like an Old Witch
    8.8/10(470 votes)

    #9 - There's No Witch Like an Old Witch

    S1:E27

    When a depressed Aunt Clara volunteers to babysit for a friend of Samantha and Darrin's, her magical tricks with toys and games make her a success, and she quickly becomes the most popular caretaker in the neighbourhood. But after she tells her charges that she is a witch, a suspicious mother brings her before a judge for a competency hearing.

    Director:William Asher
    Writers:Ted Sherdeman, Jane Klove

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  10. Bewitched Season 2 Episode 5 - The Joker is a Card
    8.8/10(457 votes)

    #10 - The Joker is a Card

    S2:E5

    Need some amusement in your life? Call Uncle Arthur, or, in this case, don't call him. Uncle Arthur arrives playing practical jokes on Darrin and Endora while Samantha is trying to get these two antagonists to make up once and for all. After many hits and misses, Darrin needs Uncle Arthur's help in getting Endora back. This is the famous ""Yagazuzie Zim"" episode.

    Director:E.W. Swackhamer
    Writer:Ron Friedman

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  11. Bewitched Season 2 Episode 18 - And Then There Were Three
    8.8/10(445 votes)

    #11 - And Then There Were Three

    S2:E18

    We welcome a new addition to the Stephens' family: baby Tabitha. Endora wants to see how she looks grown-up but Darrin is dead set against it. At the same time, Serena, Samantha's mischievous look-alike cousin, comes to town to visit Samantha and Darrin thinks that Serena is the grown-up Tabitha!

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Bernard Slade

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  12. Bewitched Season 2 Episode 36 - What Every Young Man Should Know
    8.8/10(375 votes)

    #12 - What Every Young Man Should Know

    S2:E36

    What would have happened if Darrin knew that Samantha was a witch before he married her? This is the question that Endora helps them answer when she sends them back in time to see what life would be like.

    Director:Jerry Davis
    Writer:John L. Greene

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  13. Bewitched Season 3 Episode 25 - Charlie Harper, Winner
    8.8/10(393 votes)

    #13 - Charlie Harper, Winner

    S3:E25

    Darrin's old college rival, Charlie Harper, has a very successful life and wife Daphne loves to brag about it--their castle has a moat! During a weekend visit to the Harper's latest home, Samantha unintentionally upstages Daphne, creating tension between the two. Finally, Samantha plays Daphne's game, and zaps a loaded jewelry case and a mink coat (made of identical twin mink pelts.) Darrin's ego is hurt. How can he compete with Samantha's witchcraft? To make amends, Samantha gives the coat to Daphne after she insists that the Stephens sell it to her. Samantha reassures Darrin she could zap up mink coats all day long, but she could never zap up another Darrin Stephens.

    Director:R. Robert Rosenbaum
    Writer:Earl Barret

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  14. Bewitched Season 3 Episode 27 - The Crone of Cawdor
    8.8/10(387 votes)

    #14 - The Crone of Cawdor

    S3:E27

    Darrin is warned by Sam not to kiss a beautiful client named Terry Warbell. There is a good reason: she is a magic crone who steals the youth of poeple that she kisses. Of course, Darrin doesn't believe Samantha, but he sees for himself when Terry turns into the old hag.

    Director:R. Robert Rosenbaum
    Writer:Ed Jurist

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  15. Bewitched Season 3 Episode 29 - It's Wishcraft
    8.8/10(348 votes)

    #15 - It's Wishcraft

    S3:E29

    If it is not the Tates that the Stephens are protecting from Tabitha's secret, it's the elder Mr. and Mrs. Stephens. As usual, Phyllis and Endora do not get along, and she thinks that Sam and Darrin are having a lovers' quarrel.

    Director:Paul Davis
    Writer:James S. Henerson

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  16. Bewitched Season 4 Episode 4 - Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
    8.8/10(354 votes)

    #16 - Double, Double, Toil and Trouble

    S4:E4

    Endora is fed up. Samantha's loyalty to her marriage is keeping her from her responsibilities as Queen of the Witches. While Samantha is out, Endora calls Serena to impersonate Sam and make a shambles of their marriage. Darrin finally realizes that it is Serena, and plans on turning the tables--only the real Samantha has arrived home.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Ed Jurist

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  17. Bewitched Season 4 Episode 13 - Solid Gold Mother-in-Law
    8.8/10(337 votes)

    #17 - Solid Gold Mother-in-Law

    S4:E13

    Samantha insists that Endora zap away the new pony for Tabitha before Darrin gets home. Endora tells her not to worry, the pony IS Darrin. Once changed back, Darrin orders Endora out of the house. At the office, Endora sends a "live" framed photo of her that Darrin cannot escape her ever changing expression. A client named Mr. Gregson wants to meet Darrin's mother-in-law, who must be a special woman for Darrin to keep her photo on his desk. After witnessing a tiff between the Tates over Larry's mother-in-law, Gregson suggests that Darrin should open his own ad firm.

    Director:R. Robert Rosenbaum
    Writer:Robert Riley Crutcher

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  18. Bewitched Season 4 Episode 18 - Once in a Vial
    8.8/10(343 votes)

    #18 - Once in a Vial

    S4:E18

    Endora hires Rollo to get Samantha away from Darrin, but her plan backfires when Rollo creates a love potion for Samantha but Endora drinks it instead. Endora is set to marry a client of Darrin's, but at the altar, the potion wears off.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Bewitched Season 4 Episode 28 - I Confess
    8.8/10(360 votes)

    #19 - I Confess

    S4:E28

    What would happen if everyone knew that Samantha was a witch? Darrin finds the answer when Samantha puts him under a dream spell which displays the Stephens being exploited by their friends and the Armed Forces.

    Director:Seymour Robbie
    Writer:Richard Baer

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  20. Bewitched Season 5 Episode 2 - Samantha Goes South for a Spell
    8.8/10(371 votes)

    #20 - Samantha Goes South for a Spell

    S5:E2

    Because of Serena's foolishness, Samantha is sent back in time by a jelaous witch named Brunhilda, who happened to be Serena's boyfriend's wife. In 1868 New Orleans, Samantha is taken in by a maid named Aunt Jenny, and her owner, Rance Butler, falls for her. Now it is up to Darrin to get her back from the Southern gentleman.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Ed Jurist

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  21. Bewitched Season 5 Episode 5 - It's So Nice to Have a Spouse Around the House
    8.8/10(335 votes)

    #21 - It's So Nice to Have a Spouse Around the House

    S5:E5

    Serena is involved again. This time, Drarin takes her to the honeymoon spot where he and Samantha went. Samantha is at a Witches Council meeting and doesn't know what is going on. Darrin gets intimate with Serena, thinking that she is Samantha, and she tells him to back off. Then Tabitha is called to solve the puzzle.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Barbara Avedon

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  22. Bewitched Season 5 Episode 25 - Samantha's Power Failure
    8.8/10(360 votes)

    #22 - Samantha's Power Failure

    S5:E25

    The Witches Council takes away Samantha's powers when she refuses to break up with Darrin. Uncle Arthur and Serena help out Samantha and, as a result, loses their powers as well. After a hellacious day in the mortal working world, Serena and Uncle Arthur decide that they are better off with their powers. Samantha goes to the Witches Council and tells them they are in the wrong for their ignorance. Then Samantha, Serena, and Uncle Arthur get their powers back.

    Director:William Asher
    Writers:Lila Garrett, Bernie Kahn

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  23. Bewitched Season 1 Episode 14 - Samantha Meets the Folks
    8.7/10(506 votes)

    #23 - Samantha Meets the Folks

    S1:E14

    Aunt Clara comes to visit when Samantha meets Darrin's parents or the first time, his mother, Phyllis feels pushed aside, but his father Frank likes Samantha, thinking she's a lovely girl. When her daughter-in-law serves a magnificent dinner, Samantha confesses that it was actually Aunt Clara who helped her with the food, and that she is still learning how to be a magnificent cook.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Bernard Slade

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  24. Bewitched Season 1 Episode 24 - Which Witch Is Which?
    8.7/10(444 votes)

    #24 - Which Witch Is Which?

    S1:E24

    To assist her daughter in a dress fitting, Endora transforms herself into a double of Samantha. While at the fitting, Robert Frazer, a young writer, becomes smitten with her. Endora decides to cavort with him as Samantha. Meanwhile, Gladys Kravitz thinks Samantha is having a secret affair. There are further complications when it turns out that Bob is an old friend of Darrin's. Endora shows up as Samantha at a dinner that Darrin, Sam and Bob are having. Bob now believes Endora is Sam's twin.

    Director:William D. Russell
    Writer:Earl Barret

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  25. Bewitched Season 1 Episode 29 - Abner Kadabra
    8.7/10(469 votes)

    #25 - Abner Kadabra

    S1:E29

    When Gladys finally catches Samantha in the act of using her powers, the quick-thinking witch convinces the snoop that she possesses the gift of ESP. Things take a turn for the worse when Gladys will not stop trying to use her new "talent" in every situation, which frustrates Abner. Samantha holds a seance to scare Gladys into giving up her thoughts of having powers.

    Director:William Asher
    Writers:Lawrence J. Cohen, Fred Freeman

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Best Episodes Summary

"Speak the Truth" is the best rated episode of "Bewitched". It scored 9/10 based on 469 votes. Directed by William Asher and written by John L. Greene, it aired on 12/16/1965. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Double Tate".