The Best Episodes Written By Richard Baer

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   10.0/10(3 votes)

   #1 - Eat at Mario's

   S1:E355/27/1965

   Samantha and Endora enjoy lunch at a great pizzaria owned by Mario. It seems that he is not selling pizzas and his business is going down the tubes. Samantha and Endora try to help out Mario, but ends up getting Darrin's job in danger.

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   #2 - Playmates

   S4:E263/21/1968

   Phyllis takes Samantha and Tabitha to meet the Millhowsers. Gretchen is a stickler for child psychology and does everything by clinical books. Michael, her son, wishes he was a dog not knowing that you should be careful what you wish for around Tabitha!

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   #3 - Mixed Doubles

   S7:E213/4/1971

   Samantha wakes up one morning to find herself in Larry's bed and Lousie is Darrin's! Sam tries to find out what the hell is going on here when Larry knows her as Louise and Darrin knows Louise as Samantha. Dr. Bombay is called and it seems that Sam was so worried about Louise, they magically got switched.

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   #4 - ...And Something Makes Four

   S6:E510/16/1969

   Samantha gives birth to her second child and Maurice makes sure that evryone who passes by falls in love with the baby. He takes it upon himself to put a spell on the new baby. Soon it is a threat to the Witches Council and Samantha tells her father to remove the love spell.

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   #5 - Samantha's Lost Weekend

   S6:E161/8/1970

   Esmerelda hexes a glass of milk for Tabitha so she can eat, but Samantha drinks it by mistake and goes on an eating frenzy!

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   #6 - Serena Stops the Show

   S6:E222/19/1970

   Serena wants Boyce and Hart to play at the Cosmos Cotillion, but they are booked ""until 1976"". Serena puts a spell on them to make them unpopular until they perform at the cotillion and sing her song. Once they perform at the Cotillion, Samantha insists Serena remove the spell.

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   #7 - Turn on the Old Charm

   S6:E294/9/1970

   Endora? Can that really be you being nice to Darrin after all these years? Nah, it's an amulet that Darrin possesses that makes her nice and courteous. Endora knows better and makes Samantha and Darrin argue with each other. Their arguments take a serious toll when Darrin is threatened with the loss of an account by a greeting card company. Endora removes the spell and Samantha saves the account by suggesting that the greeting card company rep issue insults instead of poetry.

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   #8 - Okay, Who's the Wise Witch?

   S6:E253/12/1970

   Samantha, Darrin, Esmerelda and Dr. Bombay are all caught in a magical vapor lock around the house due to Samantha's non-use of powers. How will they get out of this one?

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   #9 - Samantha the Bard

   S5:E181/30/1969

   Samantha is speaking in rhymes, which turns out to be a bad thing when Darrin is entertaining a client who has been using jingles for years and is tired of them. Larry gets tired of Samantha rhyming and wants her to quit it. Dr. Bombay comes by and gets Samantha to stop rhyming. She then explains to the client that she spoke in rhymes to prove how annoying they can be.

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    #10 - Samantha's Good News

    S5:E284/10/1969

    Endora and Maurice get into an argument about Maurice's new secretary and Endora makes him jealous by going out with a warlock who good in speaking Shakespeare. Then Maurice and the warlock duke it out with soliloques and Maurice wins out. Then Samantha announces that she is to have another baby!

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    #11 - Samantha's Shopping Spree

    S5:E294/17/1969

    Samantha, Endora, Tabitha and their warlock cousin Henry spend a day in a department store. Henry is offended by a salesman, and he turns the salesman into a mannequin and refuses to change him back. Samantha and Endora try everything, but Tabitha remembers the spell and restores the saleman.

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    #12 - Samantha on Thin Ice

    S8:E181/29/1972

    Tabitha wants to learn how to skate, and Samantha agrees to take lessons with her in the mortal way. When Tabitha falls down constantly, Endora cannot take much more and decides to bewitch Tabitha's skates so that Tabitha becomes a terrific skater. Tabitha is bound to be the next Tara Lipinksi if Endora doesn't take that spell off of her. So Endora does and Tabitha is back to being a poor skater again.

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    #13 - My Baby the Tycoon

    S2:E191/20/1966

    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.

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    #14 - Driving Is the Only Way to Fly

    S1:E263/25/1965

    After an argument while he is teaching her to drive, Darrin enrols Samantha in a driving school. The owner assigns his nervous brother-in-law Harold to teach her. Samantha gives Harold a little self confidence.

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    #15 - Illegal Separation

    S1:E325/6/1965

    Gladys and Abner have yet another fight, but this time, the frustrated busybody kicks her husband out of the house. Abner seeks shelter at the Stephens' home and quickly wears out his welcome. Sam decides to reunite the couple by having them simultaneously dream of the day Abner proposed.

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    #16 - Splitsville

    S4:E335/16/1968

    Samantha eyes Gladys Kravitz sitting on the curb late one night. Despite Darrin's objections, Samantha leaves the house to find out the problem: Gladys is leaving Abner. Samantha insists Mrs. Kravitz stay at their house, and Samantha sets out to reunite the quarreling couple. However, after days of enduring Mrs. Kravitz annoying health food breakfasts and beauty regimines, Samantha is forced to use witchcraft to bring the two back together. She casts a spell over the butcher, who rushes to Gladys with flowers and sympathy.

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    #17 - Ho Ho, the Clown

    S3:E181/12/1967

    Samantha and Endora take Tabitha to a taping of Ho Ho, the Clown, where Darrin's newest client, Solow Toys, is the sponsor. Because Tabitha is related to Darrin, she is prohibited from the contests. Endora does something about that and makes Ho Ho fall in love with Tabitha and gives her all the prizes. This jeopardizes both Darrin's job and causes the show to be cancelled if they don't do something soon. Samantha comes up with a terrific plan: Tabitha's appearance on the show was a publicity stint for a new Tabitha doll.

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    #18 - Alias Darrin Stephens

    S2:E19/16/1965

    The second season of the "witch-com" begins with wonderful news: Samantha is about to have a baby! Now, if she can only find Darrin, who's been changed into a chimpanzee by Aunt Clara...

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    #19 - Maid to Order

    S2:E171/6/1966

    The Stephens hire a maid named Naomi, who turns out to be a major klutz. Samantha helps her out magically when she messes up the dinner. The Tates think that she is a wonder and wants her to cater their dinner party. When Naomi makes a mess over at the Tates' house, Samantha pops up outside the window and helps her out again. By the end of the episode, it turns out that Naomi is a perfect accounting whiz and she is offered a job with McMann and Tate.

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    #20 - Samantha on the Keyboard

    S5:E310/10/1968

    Endora gets Tabitha to play beautifully on the piano, and Darrin dares Samantha to learn how to play the mortal way. The Piano teacher hears Tabitha play and invites a famous conducter to see her play. Without magic, Tabitha does a poor job and the conductor is stunned. Samantha then finds a real prodigy for the conductor, and wins the bet with Darrin.

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    #21 - Allergic to Macedonian Dodo Birds

    S4:E1111/16/1967

    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.

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    #22 - I Confess

    S4:E284/4/1968

    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.

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    #23 - Just Another Pretty Face

    S2:E171/13/1966

    Herman is struck in the head by a bolt of lightning from one of Grandpa’s experiments. It causes him to become so disfigured that he ends up resembling officer Francis Muldoon from CAR 54, WHERE ARE YOU? (or how Fred Gwynne looks without makeup). Lily hopes to restore Herman’s old face with plastic surgery.

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    #24 - The Fregosi Emerald

    S2:E212/10/1966

    Eddie gives Marilyn a ring he found in the attic as a birthday present. Grandpa recognizes it as the Fregosi Emerald, a centuries-old ring with a Transylvanian curse. Herman doesn’t believe in such a silly superstition; he is intent on proving that the ring does not bring about bad luck. He quickly regrets trying to do this.

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    #25 - Samantha's French Pastry

    S5:E711/14/1968

    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.

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