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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!

The Best Episodes of Bewitched

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...

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  1. Background image for Speak the Truth
    9.0/10(433 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.

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    8.9/10(391 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!

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    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Paul Wayne
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    8.9/10(462 votes)

    #3 - 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.

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    8.9/10(399 votes)

    #4 - 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.

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    8.9/10(338 votes)

    #5 - 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.

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    8.9/10(344 votes)

    #6 - 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.

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    Director:Richard Kinon
    Writer:Ed Jurist
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  8. Background image for If They Never Met
    8.9/10(367 votes)

    #7 - 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.

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  9. Background image for That Was My Wife
    8.8/10(403 votes)

    #8 - That Was My Wife

    S1:E31

    Samantha and Darrin spend the night at a hotel and Samantha briefly changes her hair to brunette. Larry spots them and thinks Darrin is having an affair. Larry proceeds to tell Louise. Louise meets with Darrin at a hotel hoping to convince him to drop the other woman. Larry spots them and thinks Darrin's other woman is Louise.

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    8.8/10(420 votes)

    #9 - 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.

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    8.8/10(378 votes)

    #10 - 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.

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    8.8/10(355 votes)

    #11 - 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.

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    8.8/10(349 votes)

    #12 - The Short, Happy Circuit of Aunt Clara

    S3:E9

    Hey, who turned out the lights? Aunt Clara knocks out the entire Eastern Seaboard's electricity with her magic. Her only hope is her old boyfriend Ocky, who can keep the lights on by having his arms raised. Since they are the only house that mysteriously has power, The Tates and their new client Mr. MacElroy go over to Sam's house. Aunt Clara tries her best to keep Ocky hidden from view by hiding him in the closet. Darrin discovers him, but all he sees is a pair of walking shoes, a perfect campaign for his client!

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    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.8/10(320 votes)

    #13 - 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.

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  15. Background image for That Was No Chick, That Was My Wife
    8.8/10(337 votes)

    #14 - That Was No Chick, That Was My Wife

    S4:E10

    Darrin and Samantha are in Chicago to work on the Springer Pet Food account. Baby-sitter Aunt Clara panics when Tabitha brings one of her toys to life. Samantha pops home to check up just when Louise arrives at the Stephen's home. Major confusion ensues when Larry gets word that Samantha is at home, not in Chicago with Darrin. When Mr. Springer sees Sam & Tabitha outside McMann & Tate, he realizes that she was indeed the woman in Chicago with Darrin, and the problem is solved.......well, except Louise is sent to a psychiatrist. Samantha saves the day by introducing Louise to Serena.

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    8.8/10(309 votes)

    #15 - 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. The dinner goes well, particularly since Endora has become the queen of charm. After witnessing a tiff between the Tates over Larry's mother-in-law, Gregson suggests that Darrin should open his own ad firm. Larry doesn't like this one bit and refuses to speak to Darrin. It's up to Samantha to set things right between Larry and Darrin.

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    8.8/10(334 votes)

    #16 - 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.

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    8.8/10(349 votes)

    #17 - 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.

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    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Ed Jurist
  19. Background image for Samantha's Power Failure
    8.8/10(329 votes)

    #18 - 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.

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    8.7/10(458 votes)

    #19 - 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.

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    8.7/10(408 votes)

    #20 - 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.

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    8.7/10(429 votes)

    #21 - 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.

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    8.7/10(431 votes)

    #22 - 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.

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    8.7/10(375 votes)

    #23 - My Boss the Teddy Bear

    S2:E13

    Endora invites Darrin and Samantha to a wedding out of town, but Darrin is not sure that Larry will give him a day off. Endora thinks about turning Larry into an object, but thinks better of it when she asks Larry to let Darrin go. Endora learns that he is looking for a teddy bear for his son and she brings a teddy bear to his office. Darrin thinks the worst when he sees the teddy bear sitting in Larry's office, and after a series of misunderstandings, everything clears up when Larry actually walks in! It seems that Larry was out somewhere and Endora left the teddy bear in his office while he was out.

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    8.7/10(412 votes)

    #24 - 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!

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    8.7/10(360 votes)

    #25 - Disappearing Samantha

    S2:E29

    The Stephens and the Tates go to a seminar where speaker Osgood Rightmire proclaims that witches do not exist. Samantha proves him wrong by setting up a few tricks for him, but he unknowingly gets her back by calling out a spell that makes her disappear and reappear voluntarily. Endora finds out that Osgood's power comes from a powerful ring on his finger. Endora grabs the ring and makes Samantha visible again.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Speak the Truth" is the best rated episode of "Bewitched". It scored 9/10 based on 433 votes. Directed by William Asher and written by John L. Greene, it aired on 12/16/1965. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Double Tate".