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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 6 Episode 3 - Samantha's Caesar Salad
    5.1/10(279 votes)

    #3 - Samantha's Caesar Salad

    S6:E3

    Samantha wants Esmerelda to make a Caesar salad, but ends up bringing Julius Caesar instead. Samantha wants him to go home, but Caesar does not want to leave the twentieth century. So Samantha pops up Cleopatra to lure Caesar back into his own time. Darrin's client sees these two figures together and decides to use these two in her beauty ad campaign.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Ed Jurist

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  4. Bewitched Season 6 Episode 15 - Samantha's Better Halves
    5.2/10(257 votes)

    #4 - Samantha's Better Halves

    S6:E15

    Samantha and Darrin have a flashback. Darrin has to go to Japan to do business with a client, but cannot leave Samantha's side when her baby is due. Endora breaks Darrin into two people: the fun Darrin and the business Darrin, with strange and hilarious results.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Lila Garrett

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  5. Bewitched Season 2 Episode 20 - Samantha Meets the Folks
    5.8/10(418 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. Bewitched Season 2 Episode 15 - A Vision of Sugar Plums
    6.0/10(465 votes)

    #6 - 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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  7. Bewitched Season 6 Episode 13 - You're So Agreeable
    6.3/10(263 votes)

    #7 - You're So Agreeable

    S6:E13

    Endora puts a spell on Darrin, making him agreeable to everything and everyone. Of course, this results in him getting fired from McMann and Tate. Samantha finds out about the spell and tells her mother to take it off.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ed Jurist

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  8. Bewitched Season 6 Episode 24 - The Generation Zap
    6.3/10(264 votes)

    #8 - The Generation Zap

    S6:E24

    With a touch of magic, Endora turns a client's sensible daughter Dusty Harrison into a raving sex machine with the hots for Darrin. Of course, Samantha is jealous and Mr. Harrison cancels his account. Darrin is mad at Endora, but recants when word gets out that Harrison is an embezzler.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Ed Jurist

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

    #9 - 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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  10. Bewitched Season 6 Episode 6 - Naming Samantha's New Baby
    6.5/10(264 votes)

    #10 - 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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  11. Bewitched Season 6 Episode 12 - Sam's Double Mother Trouble
    6.5/10(265 votes)

    #11 - Sam's Double Mother Trouble

    S6:E12

    Esmerelda is reading Mother Gooes to Tabitha, and ends up sneezing up the real Mother Goose in question. She is ordered by Sam to get rid of her before Phyllis comes by. Phyllis comes by because of a marital spat he had with Frank and meets Mother Goose. Then Frank comes by and Phyllis runs up the stairs. While he is having a talk with Mother Goose, Darrin and Samantha try to tell Phyllis to go back to Frank.

    Director:David White
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Bewitched Season 2 Episode 35 - The Catnapper
    6.6/10(393 votes)

    #12 - The Catnapper

    S2:E35

    Just when you thought it was safe to use your magic, CHARLIE LEACH returns! He did keep his word in episode 65 and threatens to expose Samantha and Endora. This time, he kidnaps a cat which is, in reality, an attractive client named Toni Devlin whom Darrin is having a business lunch with. Leach makes a deal with her: the transformed cat for a million dollars. She tricks him by giving him a ""money tree"" that sprouts dollar bills, and turns him into a mouse! Charlie returns teh cat and Sam tries to find Endora to turn Toni back into a human.

    Director:R. Robert Rosenbaum
    Writer:Howard Leeds

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  13. Bewitched Season 6 Episode 14 - Santa Comes to Visit and Stays and Stays
    6.6/10(287 votes)

    #13 - Santa Comes to Visit and Stays and Stays

    S6:E14

    Esmerelda brings up the real Santa Claus and cannot get him back to the North Pole. So Samantha blinks up his elves and sleigh and reindeer, much to the horror of Gladys, who instantly reports all that she sees to Abner, who does not listen to her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ed Jurist

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  14. Bewitched Season 2 Episode 38 - Prodigy
    6.7/10(394 votes)

    #14 - Prodigy

    S2:E38

    Samantha and Darrin meet Gladys' violinist brother Louis who had an embarrassing moment when he was a child as a result refuses to pick up another violin. Samantha wants him to play again, but he refuses when she signs him up to do a show for the hospital. He tries anything and everything to keep from playing a violin, even trying to leave town. Samantha shows him that everyone gets embarrassed at some part in their lives, but that doesn't mean that he should stop living and doing what he likes to do. Louis does a great job and ends up on TV.

    Director:Howard Morris
    Writers:Lawrence J. Cohen, Fred Freeman

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  15. Bewitched Season 2 Episode 19 - My Baby the Tycoon
    6.8/10(387 votes)

    #15 - My Baby the Tycoon

    S2:E19

    As a gift, Gladys and Abner give Tabitha a share of stock which rises rapidly, making the Stephens richer by the minute. Darrin thinks that Tabitha may have her powers already. Gladys and Abner think that the baby is a hot tip for stock advice and puts the bank on whatever Tabitha inadvertently points to. When the Kravitzes lose their money, Darrin is certain that Tabitha has her powers.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Richard Baer

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  16. Bewitched Season 2 Episode 27 - The Leprechaun
    6.8/10(426 votes)

    #16 - The Leprechaun

    S2:E27

    A leprechaun from Darrin's family (surprise, surprise!) named Brian O'Brian comes to reclaim his rightful pot of gold from one of Darrin's clients Mr. John Dennis Robinson.Brian states that without his gold, he has no powers and gets into a lot of trouble trying to get his gold back. By the end of the episode, he makes a deal with Mr. Robinson: his pot of gold back for his image on the advertising campaign and a deal with McMann and Tate.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:John L. Greene

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  17. Bewitched Season 6 Episode 20 - Super Arthur
    6.8/10(259 votes)

    #17 - Super Arthur

    S6:E20

    Uncle Arthur's magic is going out of whack, and Dr. Bombay helps him out by giving him a pill. This pill, however, makes Arthur become anything he thinks off. After being transformed a few times, Samantha decides to take him outside for some air. Arthur states that he feels like Superman, and all of a sudden, he has a Superman suit and flies in the air! This cause major pandemonium in the neighborhood, and Samantha convinces Darrin and Larry that it is great campaign for a client they are working with.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ed Jurist

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  18. Bewitched Season 2 Episode 28 - Double Split
    6.9/10(416 votes)

    #18 - Double Split

    S2:E28

    A silly incident at a party that could have been prevented breaks up Darrin and Larry's friendship and their job. It's up to Samantha to use her powers to set things right between them both.

    Director:Jerry Davis
    Writer:Howard Leeds

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  19. Bewitched Season 6 Episode 7 - To Trick or Treat or Not to Trick or Treat
    6.9/10(297 votes)

    #19 - To Trick or Treat or Not to Trick or Treat

    S6:E7

    Samantha is working on Halloween costumes for a UNICEF benefit. Endora is dismayed at Samantha for celebrating Halloween. Endora turns Darrin into a witch to get him to see the disrespect of witches on Halloween. After getting into a lot of trouble with his appearance, Darrin apologizes to Endora and she removes the spell.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Bewitched Season 2 Episode 22 - The Dancing Bear
    7.0/10(373 votes)

    #20 - The Dancing Bear

    S2:E22

    Endora and Phyllis, Darrin's mom, are competing against each other again. They each give Tabitha the same exact bear, but Endora gives her bear the power to ""shake its booty"". The bear discos its way into Tabitha's heart and Frank gets the idea to market the dancing bear. Using soem fast talking, Samantha dissuades a toymaker to produce bears for a next Christmas rush and Tabitha gets to keep the one-of-a-kind toy to herself.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:James S. Henerson

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  21. Bewitched Season 2 Episode 4 - My Grandson the Warlock
    7.1/10(409 votes)

    #21 - My Grandson the Warlock

    S2:E4

    The Stephens look after the Tate's baby while they are in London. When they return from the Tate's house with Jonathan, their baby, nosy old Gladys Kravitz finds Maurice and tells him that the baby has been born. Maurice then takes Jonathan, who he believes is his grandson, to a Warlock Club in London to teach him about witchcraft. After series of misunderstandings, Samantha clears everything up when she tells Maurice and Gladys that her baby is not due for a few months.

    Director:E.W. Swackhamer
    Writers:Ted Sherdeman, Jane Klove

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  22. Bewitched Season 2 Episode 32 - A Bum Raps
    7.1/10(384 votes)

    #22 - A Bum Raps

    S2:E32

    Two ex-actors are robbing the neighborhood. Meanwhile, Darrin is expecing a visit from his Uncle Albert and Samantha welcomes Horace, one of the crooks, thinking that he is the said uncle. But eventually, the real Uncle Albert arrives and is told that the Stephens had moved. Horace's masquerade doesn't last long when Sam catches him stealing Harriet's watch. Sam finds out that Horace is an imposter and really gets him and the other crook good when they steal their stuff.

    Director:Jerry Davis
    Writer:Herman Groves

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  23. Bewitched Season 6 Episode 21 - What Makes Darrin Run?
    7.1/10(263 votes)

    #23 - What Makes Darrin Run?

    S6:E21

    To give Darrin more ambition, Endora puts a spell on him giving him the push and verve that he needs. He takes it a bit too far when he takes control over an account and he and Larry was working on together. Darrin then has no time for Samantha or the children because of this spell and Samantha gets through to him by telling him that he is under a spell and to undo the damage he caused.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Lila Garrett

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  24. Bewitched Season 6 Episode 26 - A Chance on Love
    7.1/10(284 votes)

    #24 - A Chance on Love

    S6:E26

    Mr. Dinsdale, a handsome lady-killer client falls for Samantha because she looks like Serena. Samantha tries to get the whole thing straightened out, but it only results in Darrin losing his account. Dinsdale sees the truth for himself when Samantha and Serena come together.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:John L. Greene

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  25. Bewitched Season 2 Episode 9 - And Then I Wrote...
    7.2/10(389 votes)

    #25 - 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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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".