9.0/10418 votesLoading...#1 - Speak the Truth
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 12/16/1965
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
9.0/10379 votesLoading...#2 - Double Tate
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 2/17/1966
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
9.0/10392 votesLoading...#3 - Business, Italian Style
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 9/21/1967
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
9.0/10335 votesLoading...#4 - My, What Big Ears You Have
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 12/7/1967
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
8.9/10368 votesLoading...#5 - Divided He Falls
Season 2 Episode 33 - Aired 5/5/1966
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
8.9/10451 votesLoading...#6 - Oedipus Hex
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 11/24/1966
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
Writer: John L. Greene, David V. Robison
8.9/10328 votesLoading...#7 - Allergic to Macedonian Dodo Birds
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 11/16/1967
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
8.9/10359 votesLoading...#8 - If They Never Met
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 1/25/1968
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
Writer: Bill Idelson, Sam Bobrick
8.9/10326 votesLoading...#9 - I Confess
Season 4 Episode 28 - Aired 4/4/1968
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
8.8/10418 votesLoading...#10 - Abner Kadabra
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 4/15/1965
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
Writer: Lawrence J. Cohen, Fred Freeman
8.8/10392 votesLoading...#11 - That Was My Wife
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 4/29/1965
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.
Director: William Asher
Writer: Bernard Slade
8.8/10407 votesLoading...#12 - The Joker is a Card
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/14/1965
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
8.8/10399 votesLoading...#13 - And Then There Were Three
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1/13/1966
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
8.8/10346 votesLoading...#14 - What Every Young Man Should Know
Season 2 Episode 36 - Aired 5/26/1966
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
8.8/10341 votesLoading...#15 - The Short, Happy Circuit of Aunt Clara
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/10/1966
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!
Director: William Asher
Writer: N/A
8.8/10353 votesLoading...#16 - Charlie Harper, Winner
Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 3/2/1967
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
8.8/10315 votesLoading...#17 - It's Wishcraft
Season 3 Episode 29 - Aired 3/30/1967
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
8.8/10318 votesLoading...#18 - Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 9/28/1967
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
8.8/10329 votesLoading...#19 - That Was No Chick, That Was My Wife
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/9/1967
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.
Director: William Asher
Writer: Rick Mittleman
8.8/10299 votesLoading...#20 - Solid Gold Mother-in-Law
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 11/30/1967
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.
Director: R. Robert Rosenbaum
Writer: Robert Riley Crutcher
8.8/10309 votesLoading...#21 - Once in a Vial
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 1/4/1968
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: N/A
8.8/10339 votesLoading...#22 - Samantha Goes South for a Spell
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/1968
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
8.8/10322 votesLoading...#23 - Samantha's Power Failure
Season 5 Episode 25 - Aired 3/20/1969
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
Writer: Lila Garrett
8.7/10444 votesLoading...#24 - Samantha Meets the Folks
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/17/1964
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
8.7/10396 votesLoading...#25 - Which Witch Is Which?
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/11/1965
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
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...
Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyComedyFamilyDrama
Network:ABC
Best Episodes Summary
"Speak the Truth" is the best rated episode of "Bewitched". It scored 9/10 based on 418 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".