Much can be said about Bewitched’s 4th season. I maintain the series peaked here. They introduced a whole slew of novel sound effects, some of which remained until the destroy of the series. Sam’s identical cousin, Serena, began making semi-regular appearances during this season. Dr. Bombay appears a few times also. His character was fully developed from the word GO. Also, this was the final season we gaze Aunt Clara prior to Marion Lorne’s passing away. (They should have at least given an explanation about her absence in season 5) .
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Some of the best episodes here include “Double Double Toil and Wretchedness” where we first perceive Serena terrorizing Darrin while pretending to be Samantha. Also, “I Confess” has Sam showing Darrin, via dream, what would happen if they told the world Sam’s right identity. Another classic is “Allergic to Macedonian Dodo Birds” has Endora losing her powers only to be a bigger anxiety to Darrin than ever before. This is also the only season to film a Thanksgiving episode where aunt Clara zaps the gang befriend to the first Thanksgiving…a holiday must-see. Oh, and let us not forget Samantha being crowned Queen of the Witches. They came up with this belief, then didn’t know what to do with it, so they quietly seemed to plunge it. It was mentioned halfway through the season, then not ever again acknowledged that it ever happened until the beginning of season 7.
Although we don’t scrutinize Tabitha too many times at the very begin of the season, she pulls some very laughable tale lines with her powers as the season progresses including conjuring up Prince Charming out of a fairy legend, turning a wicked brat of a neighbor into a bulldog, and zapping up strange-looking spooks out of a halloween book. The second episode was devoted to Tabitha turning her dolls and stuffed animals into live beings, but if you seek and listen closely, it is very certain that episode was filmed for season 3, but wasn’t aired until the beginning of season 4.
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My only complaint about this season was that if someone were tuning into episodes like “Business Italian Style” or “Cheap, Cheap” and they never have seen the prove before, they would approach to the conclusion that the Stephens’ were childless. That always bugged me, but that has always been a television affliction. We are always to consume kids are asleep, in their rooms, out abet, etc while the action is going on. Unprejudiced search for “Everybody Loves Raymond” or “I Appreciate Lucy” and you’ll know what I mean.
There were a couple of lousy episodes including “Majority of One” and the episode that introduced a nanny, but never materialized after that. But thankfully, with current DVD’s, you don’t even have to fastforward over them. Objective click which episode you want to eye, and it appears. Samantha and Tabitha would have said that the mortals were catching up with them.
But every expose has episodes that are subpar, and quirks. But the respectable character development, unusual storylines and superb acting makes Bewitched a prove for all-time. Many shows in the sixties were not terribly well acted, especially the police dramas. But many of the sitcoms like Bewitched, Jeannie, the Flying Nun, That Girl, Green Acres, Beverly Hillbillies, Rep Colorful, all had top rate actors and storylines. This is why they remain a staple in our culture to this day.
“Bewitched”, was one of those special programs that I had the shameful privilege to literally grow up with as a boy. Blessed with one of, if not THE best cast of players in comedy history, terrific writing, imaginative special effects, and most importantly of all heaps of charm, this expose was a total winner from episode one. Binding all of this magically together through an fabulous 8 seasons was the ever resplendent Elizabeth Montgomery as the pleasing suburban housewife witch Samantha. Quite rightly dubbed “The Grace Kelly of 1960′s television”, Montgomery was one of those rare television actresses that only the 1960′s decade seemed to be able to acquire who totally won everyone’s heart. How she never won an Emmy Award for playing Samantha is one of the titanic mysteries of American Television History . Season Four of “Bewitched”, is by far my favourite of the whole series and saw the series really peak with the entire cast at their creative best. It was also sadly the last season before Dick York’s on-going health problems really began to interfer with the production of “Bewitched”, prior to his unfortunately having to leave the series advance the ruin of Season Five. Season Four contains a immense host of classic episodes that spotlighted the shows leading players in Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, and the legendary Agnes Moorehead (another performer who also strangely missed out on winning an Emmy Award for her hilarious playing of the Mother-In-Law from Hell, Endora ), while peaceful giving the unbelievable supporting players like Marion Lorne, David White, Mabel Albertson and Bernard Fox true opportunities to shine in various episodes.
Every “Bewitched”, buff has their favourite episodes from this season and I gain that season 4 has an abundance of really classic episodes to decide from when compiling lists of favourites. Some of the outstanding ones in my conception are;
“Long live the Queen”, a very lavish episode that finds Samantha enthroned as the fresh Queen of the Witches in a out of this world ceremony. Her unusual honour however causes numerous problems on the homefront with Darrin.
“Double, Double….Toil and Pain”, where in her latest map to find rid of Darrin, Endora gets Serena to masquerade as Samantha for a day causing all kinds of hilarious misunderstandings and the usual bewilderment for Darrin as sweet Samantha suddenly transforms into the raunchy “Fright of Morning Glory Circle”.
“Cheap, Cheap”, where Endora turns Darrin into a dreadful penny pinching miser which causes all sorts of complications at a dinner party for an equally “careful”, client.
“A First-rate And Sane Halloween”, the best of the Halloween episodes in my opinion and a very amusing telling of how Tabitha brings to life a number of Halloween characters from one of her books causing mayhem for Darrin and Samantha. This episode taught me as a boy in Australia honest how this holiday was eminent in America, proving that television of all kinds can “educate”.
“Allergic to Dilapidated Macedonian Dodo Birds”, one of the expansive classic episodes of the series and a tour de force for Agnes Moorehead when Endora loses her powers mighty to Darrin’s delight, however the delight turns to anxiety when a “mortal” Endora proves even more impossible to cope with in the Stephens’ household.
“Humbug Not To Be Spoken Here”, a unbelievable Christmas episode based loosely on Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”, has Samantha showing the steady meaning of Christmas and togetherness one magical Christmas Eve to a scrooge-like client of McMann and Tate. Elizabeth Montgomery has in my belief`never been lovelier than in this episode.
“Once in a Vial”, another hilarious Agnes Moorehead performance when Endora by mistake drinks a fancy potion intended by her for Samantha and then runs off with one of Darrin’s clients in a “appreciate potion induced romantic frenzy”, to gather married!
“Snob in the Grass”, Samantha has another encounter with Darrin’s ex-fiance the bitchy Sheila Summers, (Nancy Kovak in a scene stealing performance), at a dinner party for a prospective McMann and Tate client. The evening comes to a climax in an all out cat fight between the two women with Sheila once again coming off the worse thanks to some of Samantha’s well timed witchcraft.
“If They Never Met”, a wonderfully romantic and at times sombre account where Endora takes Samantha aid in time to eye what Darrin’s life would have been like had he and Samantha never met.
“Samantha’s Secret Saucer”, another of Aunt Clara’s classic goof ups when she accidently (of course!) zaps a spaceship with two aliens onboard accurate down into the Stephen’s backyard while spending the night babysitting Tabitha. This causes all kinds of anguish for Samantha and Darrin with both the military and an ever suspicious Mrs Kravitz before Aunt Clara remembers how to send them relieve into spot. This sadly proved to be Marion Lorne’s last appearance on “Bewitched”, as the daffy but loveable Aunt Clara unbiased prior to the actresses death in early 1968.
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