8.525 minSeason 8 • Episode 26
LatestIn the final episode, Endora tries to test out Darrin's honesty by giving him a pin with a spell that makes him tell the truth. Darrin learns that honesty is not exactly the best policy when he jeopardizes an important account. It seems as though he may have lost the account, but the client likes the honesty between Darrin and Larry and gives them a break. As the series ends, Samantha and Darrin tell each other how much they love each other, without the magic of the truth pin.
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.
Acting
Elizabeth Montgomery played BOTH Samantha and her cousin Serena. Icon behavior.
Production
Dick York to Dick Sargent swap, no in-universe acknowledgment. Absolute chaos.
Practical Effects
The nose twitch — no CGI, just pure Elizabeth Montgomery muscle control.
Creator
Sol Saks
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Elizabeth Montgomery's real-life mother was also named Elizabeth, and the show's creator later claimed he based Samantha partly on his own wife.
Bewitched premiered the same year as the Civil Rights Act and quietly mirrored feminist tensions — a woman with unlimited power choosing (or being pressured into) domestic submission.
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