Bewitched Season 5 Episodes

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Season 5 Episode Guide

Episode 2 - Samantha Goes South for a Spell

Samantha's cousin, Serena, turns Malcolm, a warlock into a mynah bird because he made a play for her, concealing the fact that he was married. Brunhilde, Malcolm's wife, thinks Samantha is the "other woman," and sends her back to the town of Old New Orleans of 1868. There Aunt Jenny finds her wandering around, not knowing who she is. She takes her to the home of her handsome young master, Rance. Serena tells Darrin that if he can reach Samantha and kiss her, she will return with him to the present. Warning that Samantha won't recognize him, Serena sends Darrin to find Samantha. Rance falls in love with Samantha and begs her to marry him. However, she refuses because she doesn't know who she is. Darrin finally locates Samantha, but she doesn't know him and won't allow him to kiss her. Rance throws him out, threatening to horsewhip him if he returns. After a few bumps and bruises, Darrin manages to climb the trellis to Samantha's room. Rance finds him and challenges him to a duel. His saber rips Darrin's sleeve. Samantha thinks he's wounded and kisses him, remembering everything. Back home, Darrin thinks it was all a dream until he feels a bruise. Realizing the duel was real, he faints.
Episode 5 - Nice to Have a Spouse Around the House

Endora tells Samantha that as Queen of the Witches, she is to preside over a council meeting that day. Samantha refuses, but changes her mind when Darrin is briefly turned into a statue. Unaware of the event, Darrin won't allow Samantha to carry out her royal duties. Desperate, Samantha summons her look-alike cousin, Serena, as her stand-in. Serena and Endora panic when Tabitha recognizes Serena. To prevent her from telling her father, Endora takes Tabitha to the zoo. Angry, Darrin goes to a bar and has a strange conversation with a drunk. Larry advises Darrin to take Samantha for a second honeymoon. At home, Darrin apologizes and takes Serena for a drive. She is alarmed by Darrin's affectionate advances and panics when he arranged a weekend at Moonthatch Inn, where the Stephens spent their honeymoon. Although. Madame Wageir arranges everything as it was, Serena's coolness convinces Darrin his wife is still angry. Samantha worries when she learns where Serena and Darrin were. Light dawns when Tabitha mentions that Serena was there that morning. Darrin's reminiscences about the day make Samantha miserable until a question about the meeting makes her realize he knows what happened. Then he suggests they go back to Moonthatch Inn together.
Episode 6 - Mirror, Mirror On the Wall

After Samantha argues that Darrin is not vain, Endora zaps and he becomes the most self-centered man in the world. Dickering for the conservative Hascomb account, Larry assures its president that Darrin respects all the old virtues. Darrin arrives wearing love beads and Hascomb starts to leave. Larry persuades him to delay his final decision. Darrin won't believe that he's under Endora's spell. Entranced by his own reflection, Darrin falls into a pool at a cocktail meeting with Hascomb. Dressing for dinner at Larry's, Darrin is angry when Samantha twitches up a dress to match his dazzling outfit, but is placated by his own mirrored reflection in her sequined dress. Larry tries to keep Darrin and Samantha out, but they push past him. Hascomb refuses to put his company's image in the hands of a middle-aged hippie. However, Mrs. Hascomb, intrigued by the Stephens' outfits, is won over by Samantha's argument that the company should go after the younger market. Larry is impressed by Samantha's explanation that the Stephens adopted mod garb to convince Hascomb. Even after Endora removes the spell, Larry insists that Darrin continue, since the agency sold many new clients because of its handling of the Hascomb account.
Episode 7 - Samantha's French Pastry

Expecting the Tates for dinner, Samantha bakes a cake but her Uncle Arthur ruins it by popping up in the oven. He tries to produce a napoleon for dessert. Instead, his magic goes awry and the Emperor himself appears. Uncle Arthur can't reverse the spell and. Napoleon agrees to pose as Samantha's Cousin Henri from Paris. Napoleon is attracted to Louise and she responds to his continental manners. Larry, realizing that Cousin Henri resembles Napoleon, asks him to appear in a TV commercial. Hearing it will make him world famous, Napoleon sees it as a second chance against England. He silences Samantha's protests by threatening to expose her as a witch. Uncle Arthur pops up at the TV studio, making a TV technician swear off liquor. Napoleon, nervous, muffs the commercial and Mr. Bradley, the sponsor, feels he's wrong for the part. When Napoleon insists he's the Emperor, Bradley thinks everybody needs a psychiatrist. He threatens to take his account elsewhere and Larry holds Darrin responsible. At home, defeated again, Napoleon wants to leave but Uncle Arthur can't reverse the spell. Then Samantha accidentally utters the right words and the Emperor disappears in a puff of smoke. Later, Mr. Bradley approves Darrin's new commercial. Then Uncle Arthur pops up in the oven again.
Episode 8 - Is It Magic or Imagination?

Claiming that Darrin and Samantha never go anywhere, Mrs. Stephens suggests that Samantha enter a slogan contest run by a diaper company, with first prize a trip to Tahiti for two. Meanwhile, Darrin works on new layouts for Barton Industries. Then Larry reports that the company, a diversified operation, has plans to use Samantha's slogan for its diaper division. Larry angrily tells Darrin to stay in Tahiti when he gets there. Darrin and Samantha quarrel when he insists she used witchcraft, not imagination, to come up with the winning slogan. Darrin explodes when Larry asks Samantha to head a new slogan department, to help gain another Burton account. Samantha finds Darrin brooding over the wreckage of his career and his marriage at his favorite bar. Hoping to set everything straight, she leaves with Darrin's portfolio. Then Barton reports that a computer analyzer turned down Samantha's slogan.. He adds it was great timing to have Darrin's layouts on his desk, since they received the highest accept-ance average of any Barton ad. When Darrin complains about his mother, Samantha presents the Tahiti trip to her in-laws.
Episode 9 - Samantha Fights City Hall

Samantha finds that a neighborhood playground, leased to the city for $1 a year, is to be razed for a supermarket. Darrin encourages Samantha to organize a protest. When a bulldozer bears down on the mothers and children, Samantha twitches the vehicle and its driver out of action. Harlan Mossler, grandson of the park's donor, plans to jail the women if they interfere again. At the office, Larry Tate congratulates Darrin on a supermarket presentation. Shocked to learn Mossier owns the parkland, Darrin tries to talk Samantha out of further protests. Larry confronts Darrin with newspaper headlines and assures Mossier that Darrin will order Samantha to back down. However, Darrin takes Samantha's part and rushes to give her moral support. After Mossier declares Darrin's job is at stake, Samantha decides to withdraw. However, Darrin insists she keep up the fight, even after Larry fires him. Inquiring what Col. Mossier would do, if he knew the park was being closed, Samantha twitches his statue to life. Col. Mossier orders his grandson to put the shopping center somewhere else. Shaken, Harlan rededicates the park to the children and gives Darrin all the Mossier advertising accounts. Samantha herself is confused when the statue breaks into a wide smile.
Episode 10 - Samantha Loses Her Voice

After Uncle Arthur arrives with a puppy for Tabitha, Louise Tate appears, announcing she has broken up her marriage because Larry didn't pick her for his volley ball team. She goes upstairs to rest and Uncle Arthur asks if the Stephens will keep the puppy. When Samantha replies she can't speak for Darrin, Uncle Arthur, as a prank, switches her voice with Darrin's, and then finds he can't reverse the spell. Samantha and Darrin are frantic, trying to keep Louise and Larry, who has come to the house, from discovering what happened. Feeling that Darrin is making fun of him, Larry angrily fires him. Uncle Arthur returns Darrin's voice, but finds he himself has switched with Samantha. The confusion makes Louise think everyone is against her. Uncle Arthur switches back the voices, but after he leaves, they switch again. By this time, the Tates have made up, but are not speaking to the Stephens. Uncle Arthur tries another spell, which makes Darrin's hand stick to Samantha's. Uncle Arthur finally frees them, but declares Darrin has no sense of humor and conjures up a bag of 1000 cents. He leaves and the bag breaks, scattering coins all over the kitchen.
Episode 11 - I Don't Want to Be a Toad, I Want to Be a Butterfly

Darrin's mother insists on paying Tabitha's tuition at a nursery school. Worried about Tabitha's witchcraft, Samantha plans to spend the first day with her. Mrs. Burch, director of the school, won't let Samantha stay and Mrs. Stephens takes her shopping. Before leaving, Samantha warns Tabitha against witchcraft. At a dress shop, Samantha goes into a dressing roam and pops out to check on Tabitha. The saleslady is surprised to find the room empty and even more surprised when Samantha pops back. Playing a nature game, Mrs. Burch tells Little Amy Taylor to be a toad. Amy sobs she wants to be a butterfly and Tabitha grants her wish. Amy flies out of the window. Samantha finds Mrs. Burch upset by Amy's disappearance. When she learns what happened, Samantha chases the butterfly into a tree and then onto the 19th floor of a building under construction. Startling the workmen by appearing with a butterfly net, Samantha takes the butterfly back to school and Tabitha changes her bark. Hearing Amy's story, Mrs. Taylor thinks its just vivid imagination. Mrs. Stephens wonders why she didn't see Samantha leave the shop. Reporting on Tabitha's first day, Samantha tells Darrin that Mrs. Burch has closed the school to avoid a nervous breakdown.
Episode 13 - Instant Courtesy

Feeling Darrin has been rude to her, Endora resolves to teach him a lesson. She casts a spell, making him a perfect gentleman. Darrin's sudden gallantry at the office arouses everyone's suspicions. Mrs. Sebastian, a leading cosmetics manufacturer, is won over by Darrin's flattery, but Traynor, her advertising manager, is unmoved. As they argue, Darrin annoys Traynor by helping Miss Springer exchange a type-writer ribbon. Feeling they've lost the account, Larry advises Darrin to take a vacation -- for a year or two! At home, struck by Darrin's behavior, Samantha suddenly knows her mother is responsible. Mrs. Sebastian, who enjoyed being treated like a lady instead of a businesswoman, offers to set Darrin up in his own agency. Samantha zaps Larry into admitting he was wrong to fire Darrin. Bored with the whole thing by now, Endora removes her spell. Larry apologizes but Darrin feels its just to save the account. Mrs. Sebastian too feels it is just a selling tick. She withdraws her offer but Samantha zaps her into changing her mind again. Larry leaves to celebrate their success. Alone with Samantha, Darrin can't admit that they owe it all to Endora.
Episode 16 - Cousin Serena Strikes Again, Pt. 2

Darrin finds that his dream that Cousin Serena turned Clio Vanita, an important client, into a monkey is true. Clio is to sign a new contract at 11 a.m., if she approves Darrin's slogan. Samantha assures him that Clio won't remember am thing that happened. Serena returns, but the monkey escapes. Samantha's search leads from a small boy to his mother, to the pet shop where she sold the monkey, to Joe, an organ grinder, who won't part with it. A cop thinks that Joe stole the monkey and grabs it, but drops it when it bites him. In the chase that follows, Samantha recaptures the monkey by magic and takes it into a Ladies' Room. The cop is mystified when Samantha emerges with Clio and Serena, but no monkey. Samantha takes Clio to Larry's office where the organ grinder arrives with another monkey. Samantha announces that Darrin's slogan is "Don't monkey with anything but the best. Drink Vino Vanita." Clio loves it and signs the contract. Later, Darrin finds Serena entertaining Tabitha by bringing nursery rhymes to life. When he orders her out, Serena gestures and Darrin sprouts an enormous nose. Serene pops out and Samantha tells Darrin he'll have that nose until Serene cools off again.
Episode 17 - One Touch of Midas

Darrin plans to take Samantha out to dinner for their anniversary. Endora pops in to babysit with Tabitha. She sees a dress Samantha is making for Tabitha and feels Samantha is being deprived. Endora asks Prof. Mac Allister, a warlock, to cast a spell. He appears at the Tate Agency with a hairy doll called the Fuzz, and asks Darrin to market it on a 50/50 basis. The Fuzz makes Darrin feel good, and in a burst of generosity, he offers Larry a share, but is refused. Miss Wilson, the receptionist, takes 10% as a finder's fee. The Fuzz makes everyone feel good, but Samantha and Tabitha are immune. The doll is a huge success and Larry regrets his refusal. Under its spell, Darrin loads Samantha with presents. Samantha is suspicious but Endora denies everything. As the sales skyrocket, Darrin buys more gifts, backs a musical, and prices yachts. Larry gives 10% of the agency for a share in the doll. Darrin considers a palatial estate and declares it is only the beginning. Endora fin-ally confesses and removes the spell. Larry is bitter when the fad suddenly fades, and with it, all his hopes for a fortune. The Stephens celebrate at home, Tabitha in the dress Samantha made. Darrin is sure Samantha took sewing lessons from Betsy Ross.
Episode 20 - Mrs. Stephens, Where Are You?

While Darrin is away on business, Samantha fends off a magazine sales-man by twitching herself into a hag. Darrin phones Samantha to forward some papers. Later, Samantha twitches a cat back to Miss Parsons, who loves cats. Darrin's mother arrives while Cousin Serena is minding Tabitha. Resenting Mrs. Stephens' catty remarks about Samantha and her family, especially Uncle Arthur's sherry nipping, cousin Serena turns her into a cat. A large dog chases her up a tree and Miss Parsons rescues her. Learning what happened, Samantha starts trailing her. Samantha finally tracks her mother-in-law to Miss Parsons, who has about a dozen cats, all with bells on. The magazine salesman, now working on Miss Parsons, dashes off when he sees Samantha. Meanwhile, Serena entertains Darrin's father, who has come for his wife. Samantha, unable to pick out Mrs. Stephens, snaps her fingers, turning all the other cats into puppy dogs. Samantha takes the cat home and Serena changes her back. Later, Mrs. Stephens wonders how she got the bell around her neck. She decides she had too much of Uncle Arthur's sherry.
Episode 21 - Marriage, Witches Style

Tired of being an international playgirl, Cousin Serena decides she wants to be a mortal housewife just like Samantha. She consults Dr. Beam, of the Human Equation, a computer-dating bureau. Serene doesn't tell the truth, feeling the machine would break down. Beam arranges a date at a swank restaurant with a charming sophisticate, Franklyn Blodgett. It is love at first sight. As Serena raves about Franklyn to Samantha, his father, Walter, warns against mixed marriages with a mortal. Arriving in a driverless limousine, Franklyn praises the mess Serene cooked, in the normal way. When Serena can't confess she's a witch, Samantha advises her to do some magic. Franklyn ignores the witchcraft, until Serena pops in and out. She is stunned when he too performs magic. They envision a lifetime of wedded witches bliss, but everything ends when Franklyn belittles Serena's magic. Later, Samantha and Serena go to Mr. Lovelace's computer matchmaking office. As he arranges a date for Serena, a crown pops on his head. They realize the computer has found Serena out again.
Episode 24 - Battle of Burning Oak

J. Earl Rockeford, chairman of the board of the exclusive Burning Oak Country Club, offers to propose Darrin for membership. Larry becomes apoplectic at the thought of losing an important client when Darrin refuses. The Stephens reconsider and decide to give-the club a chance. When Samantha argues that the club will not turn Darrin into a snob, Endora becomes annoyed and casts a spell on him. The screening committee for wives, headed by Hortense Rockeford, impresses Samantha that the club must be preserved for purebred Americans. They turn chilly when they learn Samantha does her own housework. Samantha becomes aware of changes in Darrin and realizes her mother is responsible. She asks Aunt Hagatha to check on the club members. Endora returns and finally removes Darrin's spell. Sure they'll be turned down, the Stephens demand that the club invite "common people" to join. Samantha reveals the humble ancestry of some of the members and that others were on the shady side of the law. She declares they came to America to escape the prejudices the club is trying to pre-serve. However, the Stephens learn later that Larry has secured the Rockeford account and the club has revised its membership rules. Even Endora apologizes to Darrin in skywriting.
Episode 25 - Samantha's Power Failure

Endora brings an order from the Witches' Council that Samantha give up Darrin. As Endora warned, Samantha loses her magic when she refuses. Uncle Arthur and Cousin Serena, pledging their loyalty, also lose their powers. They assure Samantha they'll do fine as mere mortals and plan to get jobs to prove it. Serena finds an ad for unskilled help in an ice cream factory. The manager, Buck, sets them to work at a conveyor belt near a picture window, where passersby can watch them coating bananas with chocolate. When Buck makes a pass at Serena, she rebuffs him. In revenge, he speeds up the belt. Unable to keep up, Arthur and Serena engage Buck in battle with globs of chocolate, delighting the huge crowd. Although Endora advises Samantha to give in, she pleads her case before the Council. Pointing to Salem, where the innocent were condemned, she maintains the Witches Council is repeating the evil. Sure she has failed, Samantha leaves, but later, all three find their magic has returned. Samantha tells Endora never to underestimate the power of a witch in love.
Episode 26 - Sam Twitches for Unicef

Mrs. Wehmeyer, local UNICEF chairman, asks Samantha to help raise funds. Her first assignment is to get Mr. Haskell to make good on his $10,000 pledge. Larry Tate feels that Haskell changed his mind because he plans to marry singer Lila Layton, a very expensive young lady. Haskell orders Samantha to leave his mansion and never show her face again. Angry, Samantha pops up everywhere, finally as a Moosehead on his office wall. When Haskell consults a psychiatrist, Dr. Chomsky, Samantha pops in, followed by Endora. Haskell reports that his hallucination just left with her mother. The doctor feels he's really a case. Lila refuses to help Samantha collect the pledge. Then Endora and Samantha find that Lila expects to keep up her affair with Bruce, after she is Mrs. Haskell. Learning that she talked Haskell out of keeping his pledge, Endora sprinkles truth salts on Lila's food. When Lila can't help revealing her date with Bruce, Haskell breaks with her. However, Haskell still refuses to give Samantha a check, feeling she doesn't really exist. Samantha feels defeated until Mrs. Wehmeyer reveals Haskell brought his check, asking if she ever saw a blonde conscience.
Episode 28 - Samantha's Good News

Maurice pops in to find Samantha looking radiant. He introduces a slinky young witch, Abigail Beecham, as his secretary. Although Endora rarely sees her husband, she becomes jealous and zaps Abigail into a frump. Maurice changes her back and remarks they've had these spats for centuries. But Eudora leaves to file for divorce. Tabitha watches enviously as Abigail produces a sumptuous meal. Eudora, deciding not to give Maurice the satisfaction of a divorce, pops in with John Van Millwood, a rival actor, to arouse his jealousy. To impress Abigail, John and Maurice vie in reciting Shakespeare. John persuades Abigail he can make a great actress and they leave together. Endora consoles Maurice by declaring his Shakespeare is the greatest. Suddenly both realize Samantha's glow can mean only one thing. At first evasive, Samantha finally admits she's having another baby and phones Darrin the good news. Tabitha asks what it will be setting off another quarrel between Maurice and Endora. Samantha shrugs and smiles.
Episode 29 - Samantha's Shopping Spree

Cousin Henry, a prankster, goes along when Samantha shops for Tabitha. Anxious to prove himself on his first day in his father's store, Joseph Hinkley Junior waits on them. Samantha keeps Cousin Henry in check until Joey suggests great buys in the Man's Shop. Bent on some fun, Cousin Henry makes the clothes disintegrate and then, feeling Joey is ramming through a sale, produces Jack Snow, in LA Rams uniform. He finally zaps Joey into a dummy. When Samantha protests, Cousin Henry takes offense and disappears. Neither Endora nor Samantha can release Joey. Samantha is frantic when Fred and Harry remove all the dummies to the basement. Endora tracks Cousin Henry to the moon but he refuses to return. The workmen get into an argument, each feeling the other is playing tricks, as Joey's voice sounds from the dummy. Samantha zaps Joey to the Stephens' home where Tabitha shows what Cousin Henry did. Endora soon has Joey back to normal, dazed, but unaware of the day's events. When Hinkley, Senior, asks where Joey was, Samantha shows a stack of packages, praising Joey as a dynamic salesman.
Episode 30 - Sam and Darrin In Mexico

Working with Carlos Aragon to introduce "Bueno" to the American market, Darrin looks forward to a trip to Mexico City with Samantha. Larry argues that Senor Garcia, president of the company, will feel slighted if he doesn't meet a top man, and goes to Mexico instead. Recognizing Darrin's disappointment, Samantha zaps Larry's meeting. Garcia is angry when she makes Larry criticize Bueno and Mexico. Aragon suggests they need someone more "simpatico." Larry summons Darrin, presenting him as fluent in Spanish. As Samantha is coaching him, Endora pops in. Annoyed, Darrin insults her, and soon disappears whenever he speaks Spanish. Samantha has her mother remove the spell but warns Darrin not to speak Spanish. During his meeting, Darrin even avoids saying Bueno. Samantha explains he's superstitious. and suggests they call the drink Zap instead. After Endora reverses the spell, Darrin disappears whenever he speaks English. Garcia is pleased with Darrin's Spanish but feels he should speak English for their American customers. Using magic, Samantha has Darrin make a great speech, switching from English to Spanish. Darrin apologizes to Endora, solving his mother in-law problem -- for the moment.


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