EPISODES

145. "IT'S SO NICE TO HAVE A SPOUSE AROUND THE HOUSE" (10-24-68)

Finished Filming: 7-25-68
Written by: Barbara Avedon
Directed by: William Asher

GUEST CAST:

Fifi D'Orsay as Madame Wageir
Dick Wilson as Drunk

FAN FACTS:

*There are 8 witches/warlocks serving on the witches council.

*Isn't the hotel in this episode suppose to be the same one where Sam & Darrin spent their honeymoon but this hotel doesn't match the hotel room in the pilot at all.

Summary: Endora tells Samantha that as Queen of the Witches, she is to preside over a council meeting that day. Samantha refuses but changes her mind when Darrin is briefly turned into a statue. Unaware of the event, Darrin won't allow Samantha to carry out her royal duties. Desperate, Samantha summons her look-alike cousin, Serena, as her stand-in. Serena and Endora panic when Tabitha recognizes Serena. To prevent her from telling her father, Endora takes Tabitha to the zoo. Angry, Darrin goes to a bar and has a strange conversation with a drunk.

Larry advises Darrin to take Samantha for a second honeymoon. At home, Darrin apologizes and takes Serena for a drive. She is alarmed by Darrin's affectionate advances and panics when he arranged a weekend at Moonthatch Inn, where the Stephens spent their honeymoon. Although Madame Wageir arranges everything as it was, Serena's coolness convinces Darrin his wife is still angry. Samantha worries when she learns where Serena and Darrin were. Light dawns when Tabitha mentions that Serena was there that morning. Darrin's reminiscences about the day make Samantha miserable until a question about the meeting makes her realize be knows what happened. Then he suggests they go back to Moonthatch Inn together.

Courtesy: Bewitched & Elizabeth Montgomery Page