Bewitched
I, Darrin, Take This Witch, Samantha
Season 1, Episode 1 · Aired 1964-09-17
Synopsis
Darrin and Samantha get married; Samantha later reveals to Darrin that she is a witch. Samantha uses her powers to get back at Darrin's condescending ex-girlfriend Sheila.
Pilot desk note
From the desk: Bewitched opens its catalog run with “I, Darrin, Take This Witch, Samantha” (1964-09-17). Fantasy sitcom that smuggled social change into a pretty house. The infamous Darrin recast remains one of TV's most meme'd production scandals.
In the series
This episode is part of Bewitched (1964–1972) on ABC.
Suburban witchcraft and the nose-twitch that launched a thousand GIFs (retroactively).
Key cast
- Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha Stephens
- Dick York as Darrin Stephens
- Dick Sargent as Darrin Stephens
- Agnes Moorehead as Endora