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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(447 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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  2. Background image for Double Tate
    9.0/10(400 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. Background image for Business, Italian Style
    9.0/10(411 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. Background image for Allergic to Macedonian Dodo Birds
    9.0/10(350 votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. Background image for My, What Big Ears You Have
    9.0/10(355 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. Background image for If They Never Met
    9.0/10(379 votes)

    #6 - 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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  8. Background image for Divided He Falls
    8.9/10(385 votes)

    #7 - 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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  9. Background image for Oedipus Hex
    8.9/10(479 votes)

    #8 - 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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  10. Background image for It's Wishcraft
    8.9/10(332 votes)

    #9 - 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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  11. Background image for Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
    8.9/10(337 votes)

    #10 - 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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  12. Background image for Solid Gold Mother-in-Law
    8.9/10(320 votes)

    #11 - 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.

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  13. Background image for I Confess
    8.9/10(345 votes)

    #12 - 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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  14. Background image for There's No Witch Like an Old Witch
    8.8/10(447 votes)

    #13 - 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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  15. Background image for Abner Kadabra
    8.8/10(448 votes)

    #14 - 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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  16. Background image for That Was My Wife
    8.8/10(421 votes)

    #15 - 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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  17. Background image for The Joker is a Card
    8.8/10(435 votes)

    #16 - 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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  18. Background image for And Then There Were Three
    8.8/10(423 votes)

    #17 - 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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  19. Background image for Disappearing Samantha
    8.8/10(369 votes)

    #18 - 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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  20. Background image for What Every Young Man Should Know
    8.8/10(361 votes)

    #19 - 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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  21. Background image for The Short, Happy Circuit of Aunt Clara
    8.8/10(359 votes)

    #20 - 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!

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Unknown
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  22. Background image for The Trial and Error of Aunt Clara
    8.8/10(350 votes)

    #21 - The Trial and Error of Aunt Clara

    S3:E21

    The Witches' Council puts Aunt Clara on trial because of her failing magic. She learns that she is to be stripped of her witchcraft and calls upon Samantha to help her. When they are about to give Aunt Clara her sentence, Darrin walks in and Clara makes the entire courtroom disappear!

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Ed Jurist
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  23. Background image for Charlie Harper, Winner
    8.8/10(373 votes)

    #22 - 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.

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  24. Background image for The Crone of Cawdor
    8.8/10(371 votes)

    #23 - 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.

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  25. Background image for That Was No Chick, That Was My Wife
    8.8/10(347 votes)

    #24 - 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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  26. Background image for Samantha's Thanksgiving to Remember
    8.8/10(350 votes)

    #25 - Samantha's Thanksgiving to Remember

    S4:E12

    To get into the Thanksgiving spirit, Aunt Clara zaps the Stephens and Gladys, who just happened to be nosing around, to seventeenth century Salem. Darrin lights a fire with a out-of-place match and is charged for witchery. Samantha then defends him at the trial and Darrin is cleared. Then Aunt Clara brings them back and Gladys runs off to tell Abner about her fantastic trip, but at soon as she reaches her door, Samantha changes her costume.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Speak the Truth" is the best rated episode of "Bewitched". It scored 9/10 based on 447 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".