The BEST episodes of Bewitched season 8

Every episode of Bewitched season 8, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Bewitched season 8!

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
Bewitched, Bothered and Baldoni
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7.76
38 votes

#1 - Bewitched, Bothered and Baldoni

Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/1971

In Rome, Endora brings a statue of Venus to life to tempt Darrin.

Directors: William Asher
Samantha's Magic Sitter
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7.71
28 votes

#2 - Samantha's Magic Sitter

Season 8 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/5/1972

When Esmeralda babysits for Mr. Norton, one of Darrin's clients, trouble ensues after she performs magic for Norton's son.

Directors: Richard Michaels
How Not to Lose Your Head to Henry VIII: Part 1
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7.70
37 votes

#3 - How Not to Lose Your Head to Henry VIII: Part 1

Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1971

While vacationing in England Samantha frees a trapped nobleman from a painting. The witch who trapped him punishes Sam by sending her back to the time of Henry the VIII. While Henry wants to make Sam his next queen, Darren must travel to the sixteenth century and rescue her.

Directors: William Asher
Writer: Ed Jurist
George Washington Zapped Here: Part 2
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7.62
29 votes

#4 - George Washington Zapped Here: Part 2

Season 8 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/26/1972

In part two, George Washington goes in front of a judge and is exonerated by telling the truth.

Directors: Richard Michaels
The Truth, Nothing but the Truth, So Help Me Sam
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7.59
41 votes

#5 - The Truth, Nothing but the Truth, So Help Me Sam

Season 8 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/25/1972

Endora gives Darrin a pin that makes anyone who comes near him tell the truth.

Directors: William Asher
Writer: Ed Jurist
Samantha and the Loch Ness Monster
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7.58
67 votes

#6 - Samantha and the Loch Ness Monster

Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1971

The Loch Ness monster is really one of Serena's old suiters. After Sam gets Serena to turn him back, he turns Serena into a mermaid.

Directors: William Asher
Serena's Richcraft
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7.57
28 votes

#7 - Serena's Richcraft

Season 8 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/22/1972

Powerless Serena falls for Darrin's rich client.

Directors: William Asher
Samantha Is Earthbound
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7.56
32 votes

#8 - Samantha Is Earthbound

Season 8 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/15/1972

After Samantha finds herself weighing five hundred of pounds, Doctor Bombay's cure makes her weightless just before she has to participate in a charity bazaar.

Directors: Richard Michaels
A Plague on Maurice and Samantha
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7.55
31 votes

#9 - A Plague on Maurice and Samantha

Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/10/1971

After Samantha loses her powers, Maurice visits and comes down with the same affliction.

Directors: Richard Michaels
Writer: Ed Jurist
The Eight-Year Itch Witch
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7.54
28 votes

#10 - The Eight-Year Itch Witch

Season 8 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/8/1971

Endora summons a witch named Ophelia to tempt Darren.

Directors: Richard Michaels
The Ghost Who Made a Spectre of Himself
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7.46
28 votes

#11 - The Ghost Who Made a Spectre of Himself

Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/27/1971

When visiting a castle in England, Darrin is possessed by a ghost who wants to get closer to Samantha. After he is rejected as Darrin, he makes a pass at Louise Tate.

Directors: William Asher
Writer: Ed Jurist
How Not to Lose Your Head to Henry VIII: Part 2
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7.44
36 votes

#12 - How Not to Lose Your Head to Henry VIII: Part 2

Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1971

In the second part, Darrin and Endora rescue Sam by Darrin competing in a wrestling match with Henry the VIII.

Directors: William Asher
Writer: Ed Jurist
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George Washington Zapped Here: Part 1
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7.44
27 votes

#13 - George Washington Zapped Here: Part 1

Season 8 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/19/1972

Helping Tabitha with a school project, Esmerelda zaps up the real George Washington. When he wanders from the Stephens' home, he is arrested for public speaking without a permit.

Directors: Richard Michaels
The Warlock in the Gray Flannel Suit
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7.44
27 votes

#14 - The Warlock in the Gray Flannel Suit

Season 8 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/1/1971

Endora causes trouble at McMann and Tate when she has a warlock join the firm.

Directors: Richard Michaels
Adam, Warlock or Washout?
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7.42
33 votes

#15 - Adam, Warlock or Washout?

Season 8 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/29/1971

Adam is to be tested for magic powers and if he is normal, he is to be taken away from Sam and Darrin.

Directors: William Asher
Writer: Ed Jurist
Hansel and Gretel in Samanthaland
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7.41
27 votes

#16 - Hansel and Gretel in Samanthaland

Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/17/1971

After Tabitha zaps Hansel and Gretel out of the story, Samantha must enter it to go after the runaway Tabitha.

Directors: Richard Michaels
Tabitha's First Day at School
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7.41
32 votes

#17 - Tabitha's First Day at School

Season 8 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/12/1972

During Tabitha's first day at school, she turns a bully into a frog.

Directors: Richard Michaels
Writer: Ed Jurist
Samantha's Not-So-Leaning Tower of Pisa
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7.39
31 votes

#18 - Samantha's Not-So-Leaning Tower of Pisa

Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/1971

While in Pisa, Esmeralda corrects one of her former goof-ups by straightening the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Directors: William Asher
Writer: Ed Jurist
Paris, Witches' Style
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7.38
32 votes

#19 - Paris, Witches' Style

Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/1971

In Paris, Endora zaps up a fake Darrin to appease an irate Maurice who is angry as they did not visit him while in London. The real Darrin shows up and Maurice zaps him onto the top of the Eiffel Tower.

Directors: William Asher
School Days, School Daze
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7.33
33 votes

#20 - School Days, School Daze

Season 8 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/4/1972

When Tabitha is worried about taking an intelligence test, Endora casts a spell and turns her into a genius.

Directors: Richard Michaels
A Good Turn Never Goes Unpunished
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7.33
30 votes

#21 - A Good Turn Never Goes Unpunished

Season 8 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/11/1972

When Sam makes some suggestions for Darrin's ad campaign, he rejects them thinking that they are the product of witchcraft.

Directors: Ernie Losso
Writer: Bernie Kahn
Samantha on Thin Ice
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7.29
28 votes

#22 - Samantha on Thin Ice

Season 8 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/29/1972

While Tabitha is taking beginning skating lessons Endora bewitches her skates turning into a championship skater.

Directors: William Asher
Writer: Richard Baer
TV or Not TV
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7.27
30 votes

#23 - TV or Not TV

Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/1971

Tabitha temporarily becomes a TV star when she pops into a children's show to reprimand two aggressive puppets.

Directors: William Asher
Writer: Bernie Kahn
Samantha's Witchcraft Blows a Fuse
star
7.21
28 votes

#24 - Samantha's Witchcraft Blows a Fuse

Season 8 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/18/1972

After drinking a "The Heavenly Himalayana" at a Chinese restaurant, Sam loses her powers and stripes breakout on her face.

Directors: Richard Michaels
Writer: Leo Townsend
Three Men and a Witch on a Horse
star
7.21
29 votes

#25 - Three Men and a Witch on a Horse

Season 8 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/15/1971

After Endora gives Darrin a gambling addiction, she makes sure his horse will lose the race. Sam convinces the horse to win.

Directors: Richard Michaels
Writer: Ed Jurist