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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 Worst Episode
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    Bewitched Season 8 Episode 3 - Samantha and the Loch Ness Monster
    4.0/10(3 votes)

    #1 - Samantha and the Loch Ness Monster

    S8:E3

    Sam and Darrin visit Inverness, Scotland, the place famous for the Loch Ness and its legendary monster. It seems that the monster is actually a warlock named Bruce who was transformed by Serena. To save Bruce's life, Sam calls on Serena to get him out of the spell. Once transformed, Bruce decides to get even with Serena by giving her a mermaid's tail! The reporters go crazy about the Loch Ness Monster, and Bruce wants to be a monster again. So he changes Serena back and Serena returns the favor by sending him back to the way he used to be, but with a little understanding about how important he really is.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Bewitched Season 5 Episode 26 - Samantha Twitches for UNICEF
    4.7/10(3 votes)

    #2 - Samantha Twitches for UNICEF

    S5:E26

    Samantha gets through to a greedy miser Mr. Haskell when he doesn't contribute to the UNICEF fund. Samantha and Endora mess up Haskell's love life when they hex Lila to admit that she is in an affair with another man!

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Ed Jurist

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  3. Bewitched Season 1 Episode 8 - The Girl Reporter
    6.4/10(7 votes)

    #3 - The Girl Reporter

    S1:E8

    Teenage reporter Liza Randall interviews Darrin for her school paper, arousing jealousy in her boyfriend Marvin "Monster" Grogan. When Samantha conjures up food to keep him distracted, Monster's appreciation for Samantha causes Liza to become jealous as well.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:John L. Greene

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  4. Bewitched Season 1 Episode 2 - Be it Ever So Mortgaged
    7.8/10(7 votes)

    #4 - Be it Ever So Mortgaged

    S1:E2

    When Samantha and Darrin purchase their first home together, Samantha and Endora use their magic to see what it would be like fully furnished. But their nosy neighbour Gladys Kravitz witnesses the acts of magic and becomes shocked and hysterical.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Barbara Avedon

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  5. Bewitched Season 1 Episode 1 - I, Darrin, Take This Witch, Samantha
    8.0/10(8 votes)

    #5 - I, Darrin, Take This Witch, Samantha

    S1:E1

    Recently married Darren Stephens receives a shock when he discovers that his bride is a witch. Samantha uses her powers to get back at Darrin's condescending ex-girlfriend Sheila.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Sol Saks

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  6. Bewitched Season 2 Episode 9 - And Then I Wrote...
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #6 - And Then I Wrote...

    S2:E9

    Samantha sets up a play for a rest home to celebrate the end of the Civil War. As she writes, Endora brings her characters to life to help Sam out. Of course, nosy Gladys see all this and goes crazy, as usual. Sam suffers a writer's block near the end of writing, and her play characters lend a hand to tie up the loose ends.

    Director:E.W. Swackhamer
    Writer:Paul Wayne

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  7. Bewitched Season 2 Episode 20 - Samantha Meets the Folks
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #7 - Samantha Meets the Folks

    S2:E20

    A reworking of the season 1 episode of the same name, this episode begins with Tabitha receiving her first letter from Darrin's parents, Samantha and Darrin then recall his parents' first visit in an episode-long flashback.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Bernard Slade

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  8. Bewitched Season 7 Episode 13 - Sisters at Heart
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #8 - Sisters at Heart

    S7:E13

    Darrin's friends, Keith and Dorothy Wilson who happen to be black, invite their daughter Lisa to stay with Tabitha on Christmas Eve while they go away. Lisa and Tabitha want to be sisters because they get along so well with each other, but are discouraged when someone tells them that they can't be because Lisa is black and Tabitha is white. Of course, this gets out of hand when Darrin's newest client, Mr. Brockaway, visits his home. Lisa is asked to answer the door, and Brockaway gets a shock when he sees her, thinking that she is the Stephens' child! He turns Darrin down because of his bigotry. Tabitha lets Lisa in on her witchcraft and uses wishcraft to blink polka dots on both her and Lisa. Samantha then tells them that they don't have to look the same to be sisters because they are sisters at heart. Then, after a well-deserved lesson from Samantha, Mr. Brockaway admits that he is a racist and wants Darrin to handle his account as his apology.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Barbara Avedon

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  9. Bewitched Season 1 Episode 5 - Help, Help, Don't Save Me
    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #9 - Help, Help, Don't Save Me

    S1:E5

    Samantha suggests clever slogans for Darrin's Caldwell Soup advertising campaign. Darrin is thrilled until he suspects Samantha of using magic to help. A fight ensues and Samantha goes home to mother. Darrin relents and pitches Sam's slogans to Caldwell. He doesn't like them either. Darrin now realises Sam didn't use any magic.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Danny Arnold

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  10. Bewitched Season 2 Episode 15 - A Vision of Sugar Plums
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #10 - A Vision of Sugar Plums

    S2:E15

    A repeat of Season 1 episode of the same name, this episode begins with Samantha and Darrin getting a card from the boy they took in last year for Christmas. They then have an episode-long flashback of the previous season's holiday episode.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Herman Groves

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  11. Bewitched Season 1 Episode 7 - The Witches Are Out
    8.4/10(5 votes)

    #11 - The Witches Are Out

    S1:E7

    Darrin's latest client wants to use a stereotypical ugly witch to promote his Halloween candy. Samantha is understandably upset, as are Bertha, Mary, and Aunt Clara, a trio of elderly witches who have dealt with prejudice for quite some time. When Darrin is fired for creating a campaign with a beautiful, curvaceous witch, the foursome teams up to give the client a taste of his own medicine.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Bernard Slade

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  12. Bewitched Season 1 Episode 13 - Love Is Blind
    8.4/10(5 votes)

    #12 - Love Is Blind

    S1:E13

    Samantha asks Darrin to help her plain friend Gertrude find a beau. When a handsome artist, Kermit, is attracted to her, Darrin accuses Gertrude of being a witch. Samantha refuses to tell, leaving Darrin to try to break up the budding romance by calling on model Susan, Kermit’s ex-girlfriend.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Roland Wolpert

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  13. Bewitched Season 3 Episode 6 - Endora Moves in For a Spell
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Endora Moves in For a Spell

    S3:E6

    Endora and Uncle Arthur have a falling out over who is to live in a house across the street. Gladys wants to find out about the disappearing and reappearing house, much to Sam and Darrin's dismay!

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Bewitched Season 3 Episode 20 - The Corn is as High as a Guernsey's Eye
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #14 - The Corn is as High as a Guernsey's Eye

    S3:E20

    Aunt Clara thinks that she is worthless and barren and wants to turn herself into something useful. Samantha discourages her from abusing herself and invites her to go to lunch with Darrin. At Darrin's building, Samantha leaves for a moment and Aunt Clara finds a seat in a covered-up display and falls asleep. Meanwhile, a policeman and a animal handler are fighting about having a cow in the building. This cow is actually the Morton Milk cow and it runs off. Samantha comes back to see this cow and thinks that Aunt Clara made good on her threat. She twitches the cow home to try to turn her back into her beloved aunt. Back at the building, the cow ends up missing and Darrin finds Aunt Clara. Samantha notices her mistake and returns the cow to its rightful owner.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Ruth Brooks Flippen

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  15. Bewitched Season 4 Episode 7 - Birdies, Bogies, and Baxter
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #15 - Birdies, Bogies, and Baxter

    S4:E7

    Endora assists Darrin get his old college golf game back. Although Darrin is invigorated, it is not enough to out-golf a client, Mr. Baxter, who is a major golf pro. Larry, skittish McMann & Tate will lose an account, warns Darrin not to beat Baxter, but Samantha helps out Darrin when Baxter's exasperated wife wishes that he would lose, for just once.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:John L. Greene

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  16. Bewitched Season 4 Episode 16 - Humbug Not to Be Spoken Here
    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #16 - Humbug Not to Be Spoken Here

    S4:E16

    Samantha gets a mean, miserly manager named Mr. Mortimer to change his thoughts about Christmas and gets him to really think about others.

    Director:William Asher
    Writers:Lila Garrett, Bernie Kahn

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  17. Bewitched Season 4 Episode 27 - Tabitha's Cranky Spell
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Tabitha's Cranky Spell

    S4:E27

    Larry wants Samantha to convince his new client, Mr. Baker, to update his firm. In order to do that, Samantha leads Baker to believe that the ghost of his Uncle Willie came back to tell him to do something about his company's image.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Robert Riley Crutcher

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  18. Bewitched Season 5 Episode 4 - Darrin, Gone and Forgotten
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #18 - Darrin, Gone and Forgotten

    S5:E4

    Once upon a time, Endora made a deal with another witch Carlotta that Samantha will marry her son Juke, but Samantha hasn't lived up to her part of the deal. Now Carlotta and Juke are back and Carlotta will stop at nothing to give Juke what he wants. She makes Darrin disappear and never brings him back until Samantha agrees to marry Juke. Samantha tells Juke to finally stand up to his mother and tell her off.

    Director:William Asher
    Writers:Lila Garrett, Bernie Kahn

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  19. Bewitched Season 5 Episode 7 - Samantha's French Pastry
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #19 - Samantha's French Pastry

    S5:E7

    Uncle Arthur is supposed to make napoleons for dessert, but ends up bringing in Napoleon Bonaparte instead! Arthur cannot remember how to send him back and Larry wants to use Napoleon to advertise detergent. Unknowingly, Samantha says the right words and he disappears back to his own time.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Richard Baer

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  20. Bewitched Season 6 Episode 6 - Naming Samantha's New Baby
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #20 - Naming Samantha's New Baby

    S6:E6

    Maurice is raging mad because the new baby is not named after him. He storms to the house where the elder Stephens and Endora are adoring the new baby. Maurice freezes Darrin into a mirror until the baby's name is changed. Frank and Phyllis see Darrin in the mirror and think that it is a big moneymaker. Afetr Frank states that he hates the name that was given to the baby, Maurice releases Darrin from the mirror. Darrin comes up with a name that sticks ""Adam"".

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Ed Jurist

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  21. Bewitched Season 8 Episode 26 - The Truth, Nothing But the Truth, So Help Me Sam
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #21 - The Truth, Nothing But the Truth, So Help Me Sam

    S8:E26

    In the final episode, Endora tries to test out Darrin's honesty by giving him a pin with a spell that makes him tell the truth. Darrin learns that honesty is not exactly the best policy when he jeopardizes an important account. It seems as though he may have lost the account, but the client likes the honesty between Darrin and Larry and gives them a break. As the series ends, Samantha and Darrin tell each other how much they love each other, without the magic of the truth pin.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Ed Jurist

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  22. Bewitched Season 1 Episode 15 - A Vision of Sugar Plums
    8.8/10(5 votes)

    #22 - A Vision of Sugar Plums

    S1:E15

    The Kravitzes and Stephens participate in a program that allows orphaned children to stay with adults for the holidays. When the Stephens' young charge reveals that he does not believe in Santa Claus, Samantha takes him to the North Pole.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Herman Groves

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  23. Bewitched Season 1 Episode 6 - Little Pitchers Have Big Fears
    9.0/10(3 votes)

    #23 - Little Pitchers Have Big Fears

    S1:E6

    To help a boy named Marshall Burns gain self-confidence, Samantha uses her magic to help him to become a star baseball player. After Darrin dissuades her from using further supernatural help, she instead tries to persuade the boy's overprotective mother to support him. Marshall does gain self-confidence and hits the game winning home run. His mother realises that she needs to let him do the things that little boys do.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Barbara Avedon

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  24. Bewitched Season 1 Episode 9 - Witch or Wife?
    9.0/10(4 votes)

    #24 - Witch or Wife?

    S1:E9

    With her husband working overtime, Samantha is bored and agrees to have lunch in Paris with Endora. She happens to run into Larry and Louise Tate while there, creating confusion and hard feelings between Samantha and Darrin. After some missed connections, Samantha and Darrin fly to Paris together.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Bernard Slade

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  25. Bewitched Season 1 Episode 34 - Remember the Main
    9.0/10(3 votes)

    #25 - Remember the Main

    S1:E34

    Samantha volunteers to work on the election campaign of Ed Wright, who is running for Morning Glory Circle councillor against long time incumbent John C. Cavanaugh. Wright wants to expose Cavanaugh's immoral and illegal dealings in past capital works projects. With Endora's help, that is what happens.

    Director:William D. Russell
    Writer:Mort R. Lewis

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Samantha and the Loch Ness Monster" is the worst rated episode of "Bewitched". It scored 4/10 based on 3 votes. Directed by William Asher and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/29/1971. This episode scored 0.7 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Samantha Twitches for UNICEF".