The BEST episodes of Bewitched

Every episode of Bewitched ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. 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 insists that Samantha keep her witchcraft under wraps, but situations invariably require her to indulge her powers while keeping her bothersome mother Endora at bay.

Last Updated: 11/30/2025Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
Going Ape
star
8.21
62 votes

#1 - Going Ape

Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/27/1969

Samantha turns a chimp into a human who immediately gets a job as a model.

Directors: Richard Michaels
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Once in a Vial
star
8.08
76 votes

#2 - Once in a Vial

Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/4/1968

Endora gets Samantha's old beau Rollo the warlock to tempt Samantha. After she rejects him he tries to use a love potion on her that Endora accidentally drinks.

Directors: Bruce Bilson
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The Very Informal Dress
star
8.06
157 votes

#3 - The Very Informal Dress

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/4/1965

The evening wear which Aunt Clara conjures up for Darrin and Samantha does not last the evening.

Directors: William Asher
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That Was My Wife
star
8.06
103 votes

#4 - That Was My Wife

Season 1 - Episode 31 - Aired 4/29/1965

When Samantha and Darrin spend the night at a hotel and Samantha wears a dark wig, Larry spots them and thinks Darrin is having an affair.

Directors: William Asher
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Marriage, Witches' Style
star
7.98
94 votes

#5 - Marriage, Witches' Style

Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/20/1969

Serena wants to try mortal men and gets a date through a computer dating service.

Directors: William Asher
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Follow That Witch (2)
star
7.98
139 votes

#6 - Follow That Witch (2)

Season 2 - Episode 31 - Aired 4/21/1966

A detective one of Darrin's client's employees hires discovers that Samantha is a witch. His employer thinks that he is crazy so he decides to blackmail Samantha.

Directors: William Asher
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Hippie, Hippie, Hooray
star
7.97
67 votes

#7 - Hippie, Hippie, Hooray

Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/1/1968

Serena has gone hippie and ends up on the front page of the newspaper and Darrin has to explain to the Tates about her identical cousin. After hurting Serena's feelings, Darrin can't provide proof of his story. Samantha also sings the If'n song.

Directors: William Asher
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Sisters at Heart
star
7.97
33 votes

#8 - Sisters at Heart

Season 7 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/24/1970

When Tabitha wants to be sisters with her black friend Lisa, she casts a spell and they both end up polka-dotted. Through another misunderstanding Darrin's client wants him off the account because he thinks that Lisa is his daughter.

Directors: William Asher
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It's So Nice to Have a Spouse Around the House
star
7.97
64 votes

#9 - It's So Nice to Have a Spouse Around the House

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/1968

While Samantha secretly attends a Witches Council meeting, Serena substitutes for Samantha and Darrin takes her off to a second honeymoon.

Directors: William Asher
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Cousin Edgar
star
7.97
95 votes

#10 - Cousin Edgar

Season 1 - Episode 36 - Aired 6/3/1965

Samantha's Cousin Edgar is an elf who plays tricks on Darrin to try and break up their mixed marriage.

Directors: E.W. Swackhamer
Writer: Paul Wayne
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Witches and Warlocks Are My Favorite Things
star
7.96
85 votes

#11 - Witches and Warlocks Are My Favorite Things

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1966

Tabitha's powers are tested by her family. Samantha is horrified and they announce that they are determined to raise Tabitha in a proper little witches school.

Directors: William Asher
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Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
star
7.95
82 votes

#12 - Double, Double, Toil and Trouble

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/28/1967

Endora feels that Samantha's mortal marriage is interfering with her duties as Queen of the Witches so she calls Serena in to impersonate her and break up her and Darrin's marriage.

Directors: William Asher
Writer: Ed Jurist
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The Battle of Burning Oak
star
7.95
60 votes

#13 - The Battle of Burning Oak

Season 5 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/13/1969

Samantha takes on the snooty Burning Oaks Country Club after Endora turns Darrin into a snob.

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Samantha and Darrin in Mexico City
star
7.95
59 votes

#14 - Samantha and Darrin in Mexico City

Season 5 - Episode 30 - Aired 4/24/1969

When a nervous Darrin has to speak Spanish before a meeting in Mexico City, Endora casts a spell to make all his fears disappear. Unfortunately Darrin completely disappears because he is all fear.

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I Get Your Nanny, You Get My Goat
star
7.94
36 votes

#15 - I Get Your Nanny, You Get My Goat

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/14/1967

After hiring a magical nanny, her previous employer comes looking for her with a vengeance and zaps Darrin into a mirror.

Directors: William Asher
Writer: Ron Friedman
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The Dancing Bear
star
7.94
139 votes

#16 - The Dancing Bear

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/10/1966

Both grandmothers bring Tabitha identical stuffed bears. Endora turns her bear into a dancing bear.

Directors: William Asher
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Darrin the Warlock
star
7.94
33 votes

#17 - Darrin the Warlock

Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/27/1969

Samantha is worried about Darrin who seems to be enjoying his new found powers too much.

Directors: Richard Michaels
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Samantha and the Troll
star
7.93
28 votes

#18 - Samantha and the Troll

Season 7 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/18/1971

Things go amiss when Serena takes over the household while Sam is having a medical checkup.

Directors: William Asher
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I Don't Want to Be a Toad, I Want to Be a Butterfly
star
7.93
67 votes

#19 - I Don't Want to Be a Toad, I Want to Be a Butterfly

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/12/1968

When Tabitha's classmate insists she wants to be in the butterfly group, Tabitha turns her into a real butterfly.

Directors: Richard Michaels
Writer: Doug Tibbles
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Samantha, the Sculptress
star
7.92
91 votes

#20 - Samantha, the Sculptress

Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/6/1969

When Samantha decides to take up sculpting, Endora zaps up two talking busts of Darrin and Larry Tate.

Directors: William Asher
Writer: Doug Tibbles
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Samantha's Da Vinci Dilemma
star
7.91
128 votes

#21 - Samantha's Da Vinci Dilemma

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 12/28/1967

Instead of a house painter, Aunt Clara goofs and conjures up Leonardo da Vinci.

Directors: Richard Kinon
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Mrs. Stephens, Where Are You?
star
7.91
57 votes

#22 - Mrs. Stephens, Where Are You?

Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/13/1969

Serena turns Darrin's mother into a cat.

Directors: Richard Michaels
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Samantha's French Pastry
star
7.90
70 votes

#23 - Samantha's French Pastry

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/1968

When trying to conjure up a dessert of the same name, Uncle Arthur produces the real Napoleon Bonaparte.

Directors: William Asher
Writer: Richard Baer
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Double Tate
star
7.90
168 votes

#24 - Double Tate

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/17/1966

After wishing to be his boss for a day, Darrin turns into Larry Tate.

Directors: William Asher
Writer: Paul Wayne
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Splitsville
star
7.89
72 votes

#25 - Splitsville

Season 4 - Episode 33 - Aired 5/16/1968

Samantha offers Gladys Kravitz a place to stay after a spat puts her on the curb.

Directors: William Asher
Writer: Richard Baer
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