Bewitched: The Complete Eighth and Final Season
Sony Pictures (1969)
TV Series  /  Comedy, Fantasy, Television
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043396297067
IMDB   7.7
677 mins United States / English
DVD  Region 1   Unrated
Elizabeth Montgomery Samantha Stephens
David White Larry Tate
Agnes Moorehead Endora
Erin Murphy Tabitha Stephens
Dick Sargent Darrin Stephens
George Tobias Abner Kravitz
Kasey Rogers Louise Tate
Sandra Gould Gladys Kravitz
Diane Murphy Tabitha Stephens
Bernard Fox Dr. Bombay
Mabel Albertson Phyllis Stephens
Dick Wilson Drunk
David Lawrence Adam Stephens
Alice Ghostley Esmeralda
Maurice Evans Maurice
Paul Lynde Uncle Arthur
J. Edward McKinley Benson
Sara Seegar Edna Durfee
Bernie Kopell Apothecary
Richard X. Slattery Policeman
Jack Collins Mr. Robins
Paul Smith Policeman
Charles Lane Ed Hotchkiss
Parley Baer Bigelow
Steve Franken George Barkley
Bernie Kuby Waiter
John Fiedler Silas Bliss Jr.
Herb Voland E.J. Haskell
Ronald Long Henry VIII
Jane Connell Hepzibah
Irwin Charone Detective
Robert F. Simon Frank Stephens
Arch Johnson Bo Callahan
Maudie Prickett Miss Vogel
Herb Vigran Sergeant
Reta Shaw Aunt Hagatha
Sidney Clute Jack Spindler
Bobo Lewis Giant's Wife
Karl Lukas 1st Policeman
Irenee Byatt Betty
Melody McCord Lady of the Court
Elizabeth Montgomery Samantha Stephens / Serena
Elizabeth Montgomery Samantha Stephens/Serena (254 episodes, 1964-1972)
Dick Sargent Darren Stephens
Dick York Darrin Stephens (156 episodes, 1964-1969)
Agnes Moorehead Endora (150 episodes, 1964-1972)
Paul Lynde Uncle Arthur (11 episodes, 1965-1971)
Maurice Evans Maurice (12 episodes, 1964-1971)
George Tobias Abner Kravitz (54 episodes, 1964-1971)
Dick Sargent Darrin Stephens (84 episodes, 1969-1972)
David White Larry Tate (166 episodes, 1964-1972)
David Lawrence Adam Stephens (17 episodes, 1970-1972)
Alice Ghostley Esmeralda (16 episodes, 1966-1972)
Alice Pearce Gladys Kravitz (27 episodes, 1964-1966)
Marion Lorne Aunt Clara (27 episodes, 1964-1968)
Director
William Asher
E.W. Swackhamer
Producer William Asher
Harry Ackerman
Writer Sol Saks
Richard Baer
Cinematography Robert Tobey
Lothrop B. Worth
Musician Warren Barker

Elizabeth Montgomery twitches up one last round of magic andmayhem in Bewitched: The COmplete Eigth & Final Season along with Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead and David White. A European tour launcehs the final season in which Samantha and Darrin encounter the likes of King Henry VIII, the Loch NEss Monster and a Leaning Tower of Pisa that's suddenly standing straight!Back at home, Tabitha faces her first day in school while Adam's witchcraft power are put to the test. Serena flirts with a wealthy client after losing her powers, and the Stephens family becomes an unlikely host to George and Martha Washington after the first President is arrested for exercising his right to free speech.Look for special guest appearances by Peter Lawford (of the original Rat Pack), Julie Newmar (Catwoman on TV's "Batman"), Bernie Kopell (Doc on TV's "The Love Boat"), Billie Hayes (Witchiepoo on TV's "H.R.Pufnstuf") and Will Geer (Grandpa Walton on TV's "The Waltons").Also returning are series regulars Alice Ghostley (Esmeralda), Maurice Evans (Maurice), Erin Murphy (Tabitha). Bernard Fox (Dr. Bombay) and Kasey ROgers (Louise Tate).28 episodes on 4 discs.
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    15/09/1971  1.  How Not to Lose Your Head to King Henry VIII (1)
As the final season begins, Samantha and Darrin take another vacation- all around Europe. Their vacation begins in the Tower of London where they are taking a tour. As they are touring, Samantha gets a call from one of the paintings- a nobleman on horseback. It seems that an evil witch had placed a curse on the nobleman, trapping him into a painting for a thousand years. The witch and the noble were destined to be married during Henry VIII's reign, forgetting that he was already married, the reason why he was placed in the painting. Being a nice person, Samantha lets him out. The moment he is released, the evil witch Malvina the Terrible appears. As punishment for breaking the curse, Malvina sends Samantha back to Henry VIII's time period. Once there, Samantha forgets who she is or why she is there. She comes across a group of instrument players and joins them in entertaining the infamous king, who falls for her. Darrin gets Endora to help him find Sam and save her with a kiss so she c
Director:  William Asher  Writer:  Ed Jurist 
Guest starring:  Henry Oliver, Victor Rogers, Gerald Peters, Damien London, Mike Howden, Walter Alzmann, Ronald Long,  Ivor Barry, Arlene Martel,  Laurie Main
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    22/09/1971  2.  How Not to Lose Your Head to King Henry VIII (2)
Darrin finds out that if Samantha marries Henry VIII, she will indeed be beheaded. Darrin tries to get Samantha away from Henry, but that proves to be very hard because she doesn't know who he is. Darrin gets thrown in the dungeon, but Endora saves him. At a party that Henry VIII is giving, Endora talks to Sam about giving up the king and going with Darrin. Henry VIII threatens to behead Darrin, but Endora suggests that they have a wrestling match. With Darrin in pain, Sam kisses him and gets back her memory. They all return home to the present, and Endora releases the nobleman for good.
Director:  William Asher  Writer:  Ed Jurist 
Guest starring:  Laurie Main, Gil Stuart, Henry Oliver, Victor Rogers,  John Mitchum, Paul Ryan, Ronald Long,  Ivor Barry, Arlene Martel
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    29/09/1971  3.  Samantha and the Loch Ness Monster
Sam and Darrin visit Inverness, Scotland, the place famous for the Loch Ness and its legendary monster. It seems that the monster is actually a warlock named Bruce who was transformed by Serena. To save Bruce's life, Sam calls on Serena to get him out of the spell. Once transformed, Bruce decides to get even with Serena by giving her a mermaid's tail! The reporters go crazy about the Loch Ness Monster, and Bruce wants to be a monster again. So he changes Serena back and Serena returns the favor by sending him back to the way he used to be, but with a little understanding about how important he really is.
Director:  William Asher  Writer:  Michael Morris 
Guest starring:  Don Knight,  Bernie KopellSteve Franken
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    06/10/1971  4.  Samantha's Not-So-Leaning Tower of Pisa
Next Stop, Italy! The Stephens enjoy their vacation in a hotel overlooking the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa. Of course, Esmerelda pops in due to a lack of confidence. Esmerelda reveals that she made the tower lean by mistake when she was engaged to the builder. So Esmerelda takes it upon herself to right the wrong...by actually straightening the Leaning Tower of Pisa! The town totally freaks out when the famous tower is straightened correctly, and Esmerelda cannot remember what happened to make the Tower lean in the first place! A trip back in time helps her to remember. It seems that she tried to twitch up a tower sandwich for the builder and to make it lean, thus making the Tower lean again.
Director:  William Asher  Writer:  Ed Jurist 
Guest starring:  Steve Conte, Peter Virgo, Sr., Phil Garris, John Rico, Robert Casper
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    13/10/1971  5.  Bewitched, Bothered, and Baldoni
The Stephens are sightseeing in Rome, and Endora tries to test Darrin's loyalty by bringing the famous Venus statue to life. When Darrin meets her (now named Vanessa), he misses an important meeting with a client named Mr. Baldoni, who also falls for Vanessa. Samantha, deciding that this is just too much, takes it upon herself to bring the famous Adonis statue to life. Adonis and Vanessa meet and fall in love instantly and are zapped back to the museum in their original forms- but with a small difference: they hold hands!
Director:  William Asher  Writer:  Michael Morris 
Guest starring:  Al Molinaro, Joe Alfasa, Harriet Gibson, Francine York, Lou Krugman, Penny Santon, Michael Byron Taylor
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    20/10/1971  6.  Paris, Witches' Style
Samantha and Darrin are now in lovely Paree and Endora is home with Tabitha and Adam. Maurice comes by the house and finds out that the Stephens are vacationing in Europe. He is mad because they should have stopped by in London to see how he was doing. Endora flies to Paris to warn Samantha and then Maurice appears in a scary cloud of smoke. Out of rare kindness, Endora zaps up a fake Darrin who charms and pleases Maurice. Everything just seems all right until the real Darrin comes in. Maurice notices the trick and sends poor Darrin to the top of the Eiffel Tower. Unbeknownst to him, his very appearance there makes a perfect advertising campaign for one of his clients who runs a travel agency.
Director:  William Asher  Writer:  Michael Morris 
Guest starring:  Maurice Marsac
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    27/10/1971  7.  The Ghost Who Made a Spectre of Himself
The European vacation is over when Darrin and Samantha pack up and are about to head home. Their departure is disrupted when Larry and Louise invites them to spend a weekend at the Duke of Whitset's hotel castle. It turns out that this hotel is hanuted by a ghost named Henry, who happens to be the Duke's ancestor. Harry is turned on by Samantha, and to get a little bit close to her, he possesses Darrin's body. When Harry (in Darrin's body) is shut down by Sam, he moves on to Louise! Samantha calls up a lady ghost to ward Harry off. Darrin gets his body back when Harry leaves it to be with the lady ghost. Now we can call it a day in Europe as the cast heads for home.
Director:  William Asher  Writer:  Ed Jurist 
Guest starring:  Elizabeth Rogers, Cicely Walper, Maurice Dallimore, Patrick Horgan
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    03/11/1971  8.  TV or Not TV
Tabitha speaks out about violence on TV. She pops on a TV show to reprimand two aggressive puppets. Of course, Darrin happens to be watching the show and tells Sam to get Tabitha off the TV. The sponsors say otherwise and Tabitha becomes a TV star. The Stephens are dead set against this and Sam makes sure that the sponsor, Mr. Silverton, brings his own daughter to the show for back-up. Tabitha isn't quite ready for the home audience yet (until 1977 with her self-titled spin-off show) and Robin, the Silverton's daughter wins her chance to be in the spotlight.
Director:  William Asher  Writer:  Bernie Kahn 
Guest starring:  Ed Call, Kathleen Richards, Barbara Dodd, Bob Baker, Roy R. Ethering, John Gallaudet, Robert Q. Lewis, Wanda Hendrix
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    10/11/1971  9.  A Plague on Maurice and Samantha
Samantha has lost her powers again and it seems like Maurice's magic is gone as well when he visits her. Dr. Bombay discovers that no one should kiss Samantha or they would lose their powers. So, until his powers come back, Maurice lives like a mortal. Maurice then helps out Darrin by winning a chili account for him. And that's when Samantha and Maurice get their powers back respectively.
Director:  Richard Michaels  Writer:  Ed Jurist 
Guest starring:  J. Edward McKinley, Susan Hathaway,  Bernie Kopell
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    17/11/1971  10.  Hansel and Gretel in Samanthaland
Hansel and Gretel are brought to life by Tabitha and are very sad and hungry. Tabitha decides that they should spend the night and goes into the storybook to ask their father. Samantha finds out and goes in the book after her, leaving a confused Darrin and the Tates at the dinner table. Worse of all, Hansel and Gretel run away again to look for food in the real world. In the storybook world, Sam finds Tabitha locked in the wicked witch's house. She brings Tabitha home and after a whole lot of confusion and police involvement, Hansel and Gretel are sent back into the storybook. Now, to get out of the situation of putting on a play of ""Hansel and Gretel"".....
Director:  Richard Michaels  Writer:  Michael Morris 
Guest starring:  Eric Chase, Cindy Henderson, Joel Lawrence, Billie Hayes, Richard X. Slattery, Bobo Lewis
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    01/12/1971  11.  The Warlock in the Gray Flannel Suit
Endora's causing trouble again! This time, instead of breaking up a marriage, she's breaking up Darrin's advertising company. She calls up Alonzo, a warlock who casts a spell on Larry, making him like all of his ideas on a carpet account instead of Darrin's. It gets to a point that Darrin quits McMann and Tate, but finds out that this is all Endora's fault. To get even with her, Samantha magically sets up an advertising campaign to handle the carpet account.
Director:  Richard Michaels  Writer:  John L. Greene 
Guest starring:  Bernie Kopell, Charles Lane, Samantha Scott
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    08/12/1971  12.  The Eight-Year Witch
Endora tries to make Samantha jealous again by recruiting a beautiful, sexy witch named Ophelia on Darrin. Ophelia tries anything to get Darrin to come to a sales convention, even fake stage fright. Darrin intentions are to spend time with Samantha, but Larry Tate intervenes. Darrin goes but decides to take a late plane back, but the unrelenting Ophelia disguises herself as an airport manager, informing Darrin the airport is closed due to fog. Endora suggests to Samantha that fog is not the reason Darrin is not coming home. Sam realizes that there is something fishy going on pops in to see what is up. With a little magic, Darrin realizes that Sam is his real love and Endora's in the hot seat.
Director:  Richard Michaels  Writer:  Ruth Brooks Flippen 
Guest starring:  Parley Baer, Ron Russell, Samantha Scott, Roger Lajoie, Julie Newmar
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    15/12/1971  13.  Three Men and a Witch on a Horse
Endora transforms Darrin into a gambler. Samantha inisists Endora remove the spell. Endora makes more trouble by having Darrin bet on a horse named Fancy Dancer that is bound to lose, and Darrin gets Larry and a client to place all bets on Fancy Dancer. Samantha pops to the stables to talk to Dancer about winning the race for her husband and his friends. In the race, it seems like Dancer is bound to come in last, but he pulls through and wins!
Director:  Richard Michaels  Writer:  Ed Jurist 
Guest starring:  Hoke HowellScatman CrothersJohn Fiedler
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    29/12/1971  14.  Adam, Warlock or Washout?
The Witches Council wants to test out Adam to see if he is a warlock or a mortal. If he is a mortal, he wilh have to be taken away from the Stephens' household. Maurice helps Adam by giving him powers so that he will not be taken away. Adam is indeed normal, but he does have his own powers tucked away somewhere.
Director:  William Asher  Writer:  Ed Jurist 
Guest starring:  Bernie Kuby, Lew Horn, Diana Chesney, Mary Esther Denver
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    05/01/1972  15.  Samantha's Magic Sitter
Esmerelda's magic seems to be all wrong and is a failure as a witch. Larry says that a client of his needs a babysitter for the evening and gets Esmerelda to do the job so he can sign the contracts to win the deal. Esmerelda shows the Norton's child, Ralph, some magic and No one believes him when he tells all about it. As a result, Esmerelda is fired and Larry loses the Norton account. So Samantha sets up a dinner party with Esmerelda as a magician. Once everything is cleared up, everyone gets what they wants: The Nortons are friends again and Larry wins the account.
Director:  Richard Michaels  Writer:  Henry Sharp  / Phillip Sharp 
Guest starring:  Ricky Powell,  Christian Juttner, Richard X. Slattery, Jeanne Arnold
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    15/01/1972  16.  Samantha is Earthbound
In this crazy episode, Samantha gets a condition which makes her entirely 500 pounds heavier. Dr. Bombay comes and gives her an antidote that makes her lighter...a little too light as she floats to the air! This will be hard to hide when the Prescotts, McMann and Tate's newest clients, has Samantha volunteer for a charity bazaar and fashion show. Sam tries everything to help weigh her down, but to no avail. In a memorable scene, Samantha holds a giant urn on her shoulder as she goes down the runway half floating, half walking in the fashion show. It is there that Darrin comes up with a spectacular slogan for Prescott shoes.
Director:  Richard Michaels  Writer:  Michael Morris 
Guest starring:  Jack Collins, Sara Seegar, Molly Dodd
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    22/01/1972  17.  Serena's Richcraft
Serena visits Samantha because she is stripped of her powers. She then falls for Darrin's newest client Harrison Wilcott and decides to go out with him. Samantha tries to tell Wilcott that Serena is bad news, but Wilcott has fallen for Serena. So Samantha finds Countess Pirhana (who took away Serena's powers) and makes Wilcott fall in love with the Countess.
Director:  William Asher  Writer:  Michael Morris 
Guest starring:  Ellen Weston, Joe Ross, Bernie Kuby,  Peter Lawford
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    29/01/1972  18.  Samantha on Thin Ice
Tabitha wants to learn how to skate, and Samantha agrees to take lessons with her in the mortal way. When Tabitha falls down constantly, Endora cannot take much more and decides to bewitch Tabitha's skates so that Tabitha becomes a terrific skater. Tabitha is bound to be the next Tara Lipinksi if Endora doesn't take that spell off of her. So Endora does and Tabitha is back to being a poor skater again.
Director:  William Asher  Writer:  Richard Baer 
Guest starring:  Alan Oppenheimer, Bob Paul
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    05/02/1972  19.  Serena's Youth Pill
Serena returns for the last time and babysits with Tabitha and Adam. Larry comes by to return a golf club and Serena does an Abby Cunningham on him. Larry hurries off, but not before Serena gives him a pill to be young and active (pre-Viagra!). It makes him younger, all right, by ten years! Larry gets even younger and younger and everyone is very worried about him. Serena gives him an antidote which turns him back to normal.
Director:  E.W. Swackhamer  Writer:  Michael Morris 
Guest starring:  David Hayward, Ted Foulkes, Irene Byatt
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    12/02/1972  20.  Tabitha's First Day at School
"I know that Tabitha is ready for school, but is school ready for Tabitha?" warns Sam. Tabitha attends school for the first time, and has a pretty hard time because a boy is messing with her. When he refuses to give up, Tabitha turns him into a frog. The teacher Miss Peabody gets on her about the frog and tells her to put it back in the class terrarium. Tabitha grabs the wrong frog and Samantha pops into the school and changes the frogs. When the right frog is brought home, Tabitha changes it back before the boy's mother finds out.
Director:  Richard Michaels  Writer:  Ed Jurist 
Guest starring:  Allen Jenkins,  Nita Talbot, Jeanne Arnold, Maudie Prickett, Michael Hughes, Melissa Sue Anderson
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    19/02/1972  21.  George Washington Zapped Here (1)
Tabitha is working on a project on George Washington for school, and needs help. Esmerelda helps out, but accidentally conjures the real George Washington! Samantha tries to keep an eye on George, but he wanders off into the park where he is caught by a policeman. The policeman lets George go on a $2000 bail. As soon as Sam and Darrin bring George home, Esmerelda remembers the spell and sends George back, without his shoes! Esmerelda brings him back, but this time, he is joined by Martha Washington....
Director:  Richard Michaels  Writer:  Michael Morris 
Guest starring:  Herb Vigran, Dick Wilson, John Garwood, Renee Tetro, Thad Geer, Will Geer, Jane Connell
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    26/02/1972  22.  George Washington Zapped Here (2)
The Washingtons adjust to life in the twentieth century as they stay with the Stephens. Larry sees them both and decides that it is a great ad campaign for his new clients, the Whirlaway Washing Machine Company. George cannot tell a lie about the washer and, as a result, loses the account for Larry and Darrin. He does the same thing in the courtroom and his charges are dismissed. Then the Washingtons are finally send back to their own time.
Director:  Richard Michaels  Writer:  Michael Morris 
Guest starring:  Herb Vigran, Renee Tetro, Thad Geer, John Garwood, Herb Voland, Will Geer, Jane Connell, Jack Collins
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    04/03/1972  23.  School Days, School Daze
Tabitha has to take a test to prove her intelligence and is very nervous. Endora helps her out by puuting a spell on her, making her a super genius! Miss Peabody, the teacher from episode 246, is amazed about Tabitha's knowledge and tells the principal about it. Samantha find out about this, and tells Endora to take the spell off Tabitha. Miss Peabody will not back off, and she catches Tabitha and Adam using their powers one day. Samantha catches Miss Peabody trying to be like Gladys Kravitz and gives her a lesson about snooping she will never forget.
Director:  Richard Michaels  Writer:  Michael Morris 
Guest starring:  Charles Lane, Maudie Prickett, Melissa Sue Anderson
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    11/03/1972  24.  A Good Turn Never Goes Unpunished
Darrin needs help on an advertising campaign and Samantha offers her help using her own mind. Darrin thinks that she used witchcraft for the ideas she gave him and decides not to use her ideas. Darrin comes up with some ideas of his own and are rejected by the client Mr. Benson. He thinks witchcraft was used in the decision, too. Call it deja vu when Darrin shows Benson Sam's ideas ande Benson rejects them as well. Darrin feels like a total jackass and apologizes to Samantha, coming up with a stellar slogan for Benson.
Director:  Ernie Losso  Writer:  Bernie Kahn 
Guest starring:  J. Edward McKinley
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    18/03/1972  25.  Samantha's Witchcraft Blows a Fuse
Sam and Darrin have dinner at a chinese restaurant and Sam orders a drink called ""The Heavenly Himalayan"" which causes her to lose her powers and to break out with stripes on her face! Dr. Bombay tells her about an antidote and Sam gets it from an Apothecary, only to break out with more stripes on her face. Dr. Bombay then tells her that she needs a feather from a Dodo bird, but then that doesn't work either. There is another important ingredient needed: a piece of Himalayan cinnamon stick from the Chinese restaurant. After Darrin gets in trouble for getting the cinnamon, he gets it for Samantha and she is cured again.
Director:  Richard Michaels  Writer:  Leo Townsend 
Guest starring:  Paul Smith, Herb Vigran, Suzanne Little,  Bernie KopellReta ShawBenson Fong, Richard X. Slattery, Janos Prohaska
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    25/03/1972  26.  The Truth, Nothing But the Truth, So Help Me Sam
In 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.
Director:  William Asher  Writer:  Ed Jurist 
Guest starring:  Parley Baer, Sara Seegar, Emily Banks, Bernie Kuby
Edition Details
Edition Full Screen
Series Bewitched
Release Date 14/07/2009
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio 1.33:1
Subtitles Portuguese; Spanish
Audio Tracks Portuguese Dolby Digital 2.0
English Dolby Digital 2.0
Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Discs/Tapes 4

Features
Disc 01 - Menu- Direct Scene Access