Bewitched: Season 1

1964 · 36 episodes · ★ 9.0

What Season 1 of Bewitched

Season 1 of Bewitched Has 36 episodes and premiered on September 17, 1964. Here's the complete episode guide with air dates, runtimes and ratings.

36episodes

Sep 17, 1964premiered

Jun 3, 1965latest episode

15 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 I, Darrin, Take This Witch, Samantha
Sep 17, 1964 · 25 min · ★ 7.8
Recently married Darren Stephens receives a shock when he discovers that his bride is a witch. Samantha uses her powers to get back at Darrin's condescending ex-girlfriend Sheila.
Directing: William Asher · Writing: Sol Saks · Cast: Nancy Kovack, Gene Blakely, C. Lindsay Workman, Paul Barselou
1x02 Be it Ever So Mortgaged
Sep 24, 1964 · 25 min · ★ 8.0
When Samantha and Darrin purchase their first home together, Samantha and Endora use their magic to see what it would be like fully furnished. But their nosy neighbour Gladys Kravitz witnesses the acts of magic and becomes shocked and hysterical.
Directing: William Asher · Writing: Barbara Avedon · Cast: Alice Pearce, George Tobias
1x03 It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
Oct 1, 1964 · 25 min · ★ 9.0
When Darrin's alcoholic and lecherous client Rex Barker makes a pass at Samantha, she decides to teach him a lesson by turning him into a dog. The dog runs away, but Samantha eventually gets him back. When Rex makes another pass at her, Darrin knocks him cold. Rex does wind up giving Darrin his account.
Directing: William Asher · Writing: Danny Arnold · Starring: David White, Irene Vernon, Grace Lee Whitney, Monroe Arnold
1x04 Mother Meets What's His Name
Oct 8, 1964 · 25 min
Samantha has lunch with a few of her nosy neighbours, using magic to assist with the meal. Endora refers to Darrin as "What's his name", and that night at their first meeting, Darrin tells Endora that they can get along without witchcraft. They have a heated exchange before Endora leaves.
Directed by: William Asher · Written by: Danny Arnold · Starring: Alice Pearce, George Tobias, Alice Backes, Hollis Irving
1x05 Help, Help, Don't Save Me
Oct 15, 1964 · 25 min · ★ 8.0
Samantha suggests clever slogans for Darrin's Caldwell Soup advertising campaign. Darrin is thrilled until he suspects Samantha of using magic to help. A fight ensues and Samantha goes home to mother. Darrin relents and pitches Sam's slogans to Caldwell. He doesn't like them either. Darrin now realises Sam didn't use any magic.
Directing: William Asher · Writing: Danny Arnold · Cast: David White, Charles Ruggles
1x06 Little Pitchers Have Big Fears
Oct 22, 1964 · 25 min
To help a boy named Marshall Burns gain self-confidence, Samantha uses her magic to help him to become a star baseball player. After Darrin dissuades her from using further supernatural help, she instead tries to persuade the boy's overprotective mother to support him. Marshall does gain self-confidence and hits the game winning home run. His mother realises that she needs to let him do the things that little boys do.
Directing: William Asher · Writing: Barbara Avedon · Cast: Alice Pearce, June Lockhart, George Tobias, Joe Brooks
1x07 The Witches Are Out
Oct 29, 1964 · 25 min · ★ 8.2
Darrin's latest client wants to use a stereotypical ugly witch to promote his Halloween candy. Samantha is understandably upset, as are Bertha, Mary, and Aunt Clara, a trio of elderly witches who have dealt with prejudice for quite some time. When Darrin is fired for creating a campaign with a beautiful, curvaceous witch, the foursome teams up to give the client a taste of his own medicine.
Directed by: William Asher · Written by: Bernard Slade · Starring: David White, Reta Shaw, Shelley Berman, Marion Lorne
1x08 The Girl Reporter
Nov 5, 1964 · 25 min · ★ 6.5
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.
Directing: William Asher · Writing: John L. Greene · Starring: David White, Roger Ewing, Cheryl Holdridge, Alex Gerry
1x09 Witch or Wife?
Nov 12, 1964 · 25 min · ★ 8.4
With her husband working overtime, Samantha is bored and agrees to have lunch in Paris with Endora. She happens to run into Larry and Louise Tate while there, creating confusion and hard feelings between Samantha and Darrin. After some missed connections, Samantha and Darrin fly to Paris together.
Directed by: William Asher · Written by: Bernard Slade · Starring: David White, Raquel Welch, Irene Vernon, Peter Camlin
1x10 Just One Happy Family
Nov 19, 1964 · 25 min
Maurice, Samantha's father learns she's married, and wants to meet his new son-in-law, but disapproves of mixed marriages, and an argument prompts him to disintegrate Darrin. Endora is furious, and Samantha tells Maurice she loves Darrin and not to take him away from her.
Directing: William Asher · Writing: Lawrence J. Cohen, Fred Freeman · Starring: David White, Maurice Evans, Joseph V. Perry, Thomas Anthony
1x11 It Takes One to Know One
Nov 26, 1964 · 25 min
When Darrin begins searching for a beautiful model to play "Miss Jasmine", Endora sees it as an opportunity to break up her daughter's marriage and sends a gorgeous witch to seduce him. Samantha recognises model Janine Fleur as Sarah Baker the witch. Sarah is determined to fulfil what she set out to do, namely seduce Darrin despite Endora calling off the contract. Samantha, who still has faith in her husband, just wants her battle with Sarah to be on an even playing field.
Directed by: William Asher · Written by: Jack Sher · Starring: David White, Lisa Seagram, Robert Cleaves
1x12 And Something Makes Three
Dec 3, 1964 · 25 min
Larry sees Louise and Samantha entering an obstetrician's office and assumes Darrin is about to become a father. It is actually Louise who is pregnant, but she is afraid to tell Larry. After Larry tells Darrin, he has a daydream about Samantha having "witch" children. When the four of them have dinner that night, the truth comes out.
Directing: William Asher · Writing: Danny Arnold · Starring: David White, Alice Pearce, George Tobias, Irene Vernon
1x13 Love Is Blind
Dec 10, 1964 · 25 min · ★ 8.4
Samantha asks Darrin to help her plain friend Gertrude find a beau. When a handsome artist, Kermit, is attracted to her, Darrin accuses Gertrude of being a witch. Samantha refuses to tell, leaving Darrin to try to break up the budding romance by calling on model Susan, Kermit’s ex-girlfriend.
Directing: William Asher · Writing: Roland Wolpert · Starring: Adam West, Chris Noel, Kit Smythe, Ralph Barnard
1x14 Samantha Meets the Folks
Dec 17, 1964 · 25 min
Aunt Clara comes to visit when Samantha meets Darrin's parents or the first time, his mother, Phyllis feels pushed aside, but his father Frank likes Samantha, thinking she's a lovely girl. When her daughter-in-law serves a magnificent dinner, Samantha confesses that it was actually Aunt Clara who helped her with the food, and that she is still learning how to be a magnificent cook.
Directed by: William Asher · Written by: Bernard Slade · Starring: Mabel Albertson, Robert F. Simon, Marion Lorne
1x15 A Vision of Sugar Plums
Dec 24, 1964 · 25 min · ★ 8.8
The Kravitzes and Stephens participate in a program that allows orphaned children to stay with adults for the holidays. When the Stephens' young charge reveals that he does not believe in Santa Claus, Samantha takes him to the North Pole.
Directed by: Alan Rafkin · Written by: Herman Groves · Starring: Alice Pearce, Bill Mumy, George Tobias, Cecil Kellaway
1x16 It's Magic
Jan 7, 1965 · 25 min
Samantha hires Zeno the Great to perform at a charity bazaar and becomes his assistant to help the magician gain self-confidence. When Roxie, Zeno's former assistant, returns to capitalise on his newly found fame, Samantha tries to stop the scene-stealing.
Directing: Sidney Miller · Writing: Frank Waldman, Tom Waldman · Starring: Alice Pearce, Cliff Norton, George Tobias, Walter Burke
1x17 A Is for Aardvark
Jan 14, 1965 · 25 min
When an ankle injury confines Darrin to bed, Samantha enchants the house so it can fulfil Darrin's needs. Darrin becomes intoxicated with the idea of magic, and starts encouraging Samantha to use her powers, but the change is not all for the better. Darrin quits his job and wants to travel the world. But soon he comes to realise he likes his old life better.
Directing: Ida Lupino · Writing: Earl Barret · Cast: David White
1x18 The Cat's Meow
Jan 21, 1965 · 25 min
Accompanying a beautiful, sexy client to Chicago, Darrin begins to act strangely when he suspects that her cat is actually Samantha in disguise.
Directed by: David Orrick McDearmon · Written by: Richard Sale, Mary Loos · Starring: David White, Martha Hyer, Harry Holcombe, George Ives
1x19 A Nice Little Dinner Party
Jan 28, 1965 · 25 min
Promising to behave when she meets Darrin's parents, Endora turns on the charm and is promptly accused by Darrin's mother Phyllis of trying to steal her husband Frank's affections. Frank takes Endora to a play when Phyllis refuses to go. Phyllis wants a divorce when Frank doesn't come home that night, but he actually locked himself out and stayed at the club. Endora and Samantha use a little witchcraft to get them together.
Directed by: Sherman Marks · Written by: Bernard Slade · Starring: Mabel Albertson, Robert F. Simon, C. Lindsay Workman, David Garner
1x20 Your Witch Is Showing
Feb 4, 1965 · 25 min · ★ 9.5
Darrin forbids Samantha to attend her cousin Mario's wedding in Egypt. Endora, who is livid, states that Darrin is in "big trouble". Darrin gets a new assistant named Gideon Whitsett. Darrin is convinced Gideon is a warlock enlisted by Endora as a series of events makes Darrin look bumbling and stupid in front of a new client, and in turn makes Gideon look fantastic. Samantha uses a little magic to find out that Gideon is actually a conniving young man.
Directing: Joseph Pevney · Writing: Joanna Lee · Cast: David White, Peggy Lipton, Jonathan Daly, George DeNormand
1x21 Ling Ling
Feb 11, 1965 · 25 min · ★ 9.0
Knowing that Darrin needs a new model for a campaign, Samantha turns a stray Siamese cat into an attractive woman named Ling Ling. Ling-Ling, who knows she's a cat brings those cat sensibilities to her human life, Wally starts to fall in love with her. Ling-Ling likes the attention she is receiving from Wally and wants to stay human. Samantha has to figure out how to tell Darrin the truth about Ling-Ling while she and Darrin try to persuade Wally that Ling-Ling is not the right woman for him.
Directed by: David Orrick McDearmon · Written by: Jerry Davis · Starring: David White, Alice Pearce, George Tobias, Irene Vernon
1x22 Eye of the Beholder
Feb 25, 1965 · 25 min
While Darrin, Samantha and Endora are browsing through an antiques store, Endora believes it's time Darrin suspected that Samantha may not be as young as her mortal equivalent would be. Darrin sees a 300-year-old painting, "Maid of Salem", which bears a striking resemblance to Samantha, causing him to question her age and their relationship. As Darrin contemplates his future with Samantha under these circumstances, Samantha has to figure out a way to save her marriage if the truth truly does comes to light.
Directed by: William Asher · Written by: Herman Groves · Starring: David White, Peter Brocco, Georgia Schmidt, Carter DeHaven
1x23 Red Light, Green Light
Mar 4, 1965 · 25 min
The mayor, ignoring his constituents' request to have a traffic light installed at a busy intersection, needs some of Samantha's witchcraft to convince him otherwise.
Directed by: David Orrick McDearmon · Written by: Roland Wolpert · Starring: David White, Alice Pearce, Vic Tayback, George Tobias
1x24 Which Witch Is Which?
Mar 11, 1965 · 25 min
To assist her daughter in a dress fitting, Endora transforms herself into a double of Samantha. While at the fitting, Robert Frazer, a young writer, becomes smitten with her. Endora decides to cavort with him as Samantha. Meanwhile, Gladys Kravitz thinks Samantha is having a secret affair. There are further complications when it turns out that Bob is an old friend of Darrin's. Endora shows up as Samantha at a dinner that Darrin, Sam and Bob are having. Bob now believes Endora is Sam's twin.
Directed by: William D. Russell · Written by: Earl Barret · Starring: Alice Pearce, Ron Randell, George Tobias, Donald Foster
1x25 Pleasure O'Reilly
Mar 18, 1965 · 25 min
Flirtatious neighbour Pleasure O'Riley moves in next door to the Stephens. Samantha doesn't really appreciate Pleasure's ignorantly blissful helpless girl demeanour, or Darrin's seeming fawning over her at her beck and call because of it. Her incredibly jealous boyfriend, 'Thunderbolt' Swenson, mistakenly suspects both Darrin and Abner Kravitz of impropriety.
Directing: William D. Russell · Writing: Ken Englund · Starring: Alice Pearce, Norman Burton, George Tobias, Kipp Hamilton
1x26 Driving Is the Only Way to Fly
Mar 25, 1965 · 25 min
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.
Directed by: William Asher · Written by: Richard Baer · Starring: Paul Lynde, Paul Bryar
1x27 There's No Witch Like an Old Witch
Apr 1, 1965 · 25 min
When a depressed Aunt Clara volunteers to babysit for a friend of Samantha and Darrin's, her magical tricks with toys and games make her a success, and she quickly becomes the most popular caretaker in the neighbourhood. But after she tells her charges that she is a witch, a suspicious mother brings her before a judge for a competency hearing.
Directed by: William Asher · Written by: Ted Sherdeman, Jane Klove · Starring: Reta Shaw, Marion Lorne, Nina Roman, Gilbert Green
1x28 Open the Door Witchcraft
Apr 8, 1965 · 25 min
Samantha uses her powers to open her garage door as Gladys is watching from across the street. Darrin and Samantha buy an electric garage door to avoid further suspicions from Gladys, but unseen mortal technology causes additional problems and suspicions.
Directing: William Asher · Writing: Ruth Brooks Flippen · Starring: Alice Pearce, George Tobias, Hal Bokar, Baynes Barron
1x29 Abner Kadabra
Apr 15, 1965 · 25 min
When Gladys finally catches Samantha in the act of using her powers, the quick-thinking witch convinces the snoop that she possesses the gift of ESP. Things take a turn for the worse when Gladys will not stop trying to use her new "talent" in every situation, which frustrates Abner. Samantha holds a seance to scare Gladys into giving up her thoughts of having powers.
Directing: William Asher · Writing: Fred Freeman, Lawrence J. Cohen · Cast: Alice Pearce, George Tobias
1x30 George the Warlock
Apr 22, 1965 · 25 min
While Darrin spends time with neighbour Pleasure O'Reilly's sister, Dora "D.D." Danger O'Reilly, Endora arranges for handsome warlock George to woo Samantha to break up her marriage to Darrin. But when George arrives on the scene, he isn't sure if it's Samantha he wants or Danger.
Directing: William Asher · Writing: Ken Englund · Cast: David White, Beverly Adams, Christopher George, Lauren Gilbert
1x31 That Was My Wife
Apr 29, 1965 · 25 min
Samantha and Darrin spend the night at a hotel and Samantha briefly changes her hair to brunette. Larry spots them and thinks Darrin is having an affair. Larry proceeds to tell Louise. Louise meets with Darrin at a hotel hoping to convince him to drop the other woman. Larry spots them and thinks Darrin's other woman is Louise.
Directing: William Asher · Writing: Bernard Slade · Cast: David White, Alice Pearce, George Tobias, Irene Vernon
1x32 Illegal Separation
May 6, 1965 · 25 min
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.
Directing: William Asher · Writing: Richard Baer · Cast: Alice Pearce, George Tobias, Dick Balduzzi
1x33 A Change of Face
May 13, 1965 · 25 min
Endora decides to experiment with different looks to Darrin's face while he is taking a nap. As Samantha forgets to change him back, a horrified Darrin sees the transformation they did to his face after he awakens. He becomes self-conscious about the way he looks. Samantha disguises herself as a sexy French sculptor to help repair her husband's tattered ego.
Directing: William Asher · Writing: Bernard Slade · Starring: David White, Alice Pearce, George Tobias, Dick Wilson
1x34 Remember the Main
May 20, 1965 · 25 min
Samantha volunteers to work on the election campaign of Ed Wright, who is running for Morning Glory Circle councillor against long time incumbent John C. Cavanaugh. Wright wants to expose Cavanaugh's immoral and illegal dealings in past capital works projects. With Endora's help, that is what happens.
Directing: William D. Russell · Writing: Mort R. Lewis · Cast: Alice Pearce, Edward Mallory, George Tobias, Byron Morrow
1x35 Eat at Mario's
May 27, 1965 · 25 min
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.
Directed by: William Asher · Written by: Richard Baer · Starring: David White, Phil Arnold, Vito Scotti, Alan Hewitt
1x36 Cousin Edgar Season Finale
Jun 3, 1965 · 25 min
Although Darrin suspects Endora of using magic to break up his marriage and ruin his reputation at work again, it is actually Samantha's distant cousin Edgar, an elf who has the power to become invisible.
Directing: E.W. Swackhamer · Writing: Paul Wayne · Starring: David White, Roy Stuart, Arte Johnson, Charles Irving