Bewitched
Sisters at Heart
TV Flash files “Sisters at Heart” as a desk essential hour — Bewitched (1964–1972) on ABC, season 7, episode 13, aired 1970-12-24, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S07E13: listed hour 213 of 254 in the Bewitched guide, hour 13 of 28 in season 7. It aired 1970-12-24 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Samantha's Magic Potion” (S07E12). Next is “Mother-in-Law of the Year” (S07E14).
Essential hour: “Sisters at Heart”. A Christmas hour still cited when people want the show braver than the network — civic look, not only camp.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
When Tabitha wants to be sisters with her black friend Lisa, she casts a spell and they both end up polka dotted. Through another misunderstanding Darrin's client wants him off the account because he thinks that Lisa is his daughter. Note: This Christmas episode was written by the students of the 5th period, room 309, 10th grade English class at Thomas Jefferson High School in Los Angeles. The episode received the Governor's Award at the 23rd Primetime Emmy Awards in May 1971. Story by: Annette Johnson, Waymon Jones, Orall Joseph Jr., Stephen Kirk, Glenda Petty, Bob Randall, Gail Smith, Carmella Stuckey, Tanya Sweed, Angela Thomas, Donnie Wallace, Ronnie Wallace, Glenn Williams, Joe Williams, Bruce Woods, Sandra Black, Eddie Brown, Burles Cook, Patricia Don, Larry Freeman, Bobbie Harris, Carliss Henderson, Harold Henry, James Higdon, Mittie Huddleston, Deborah Janisse
Viewer FAQ
Where does Sisters at Heart sit in the Bewitched guide?
S07E13 is listed hour 213 of 254 — hour 13 of 28 in season 7, season 7 episode 13.
When did Bewitched S07E13 air?
Sisters at Heart aired 1970-12-24 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Why do Darrin Stephens look different after a certain season?
Dick York played Darrin through season 5. Dick Sargent took over in season 6 after York left because of back injuries. The show did not pause to explain the face. Audiences still notice.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Watch the twitch as a fashion cue: Samantha's suburban chic smuggling power into a pretty house. The recast is the scandal; the look is the argument — magic as silhouette, marriage as costume change, chiffon doing the plot.
She twitches, and the living room rearranges itself — chiffon still falling, blonde still behaving, the house in Westport already a set decoration for a secret. That is not a special effect. That is a silhouette doing the plot. Bewitched, 1964 on ABC, is glamour as suburban camouflage: Samantha Stephens in perfect hostess clothes, a nose twitch as the only jewelry that matters, and a marriage that keeps asking her to dress like she is not a witch. Style is the argument. If you only track the gags, you are…
Filed against
- Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha Stephens
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- Dick York as Darrin Stephens
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- Dick Sargent as Darrin Stephens
Dick Sargent inherited Darrin Stephens on Bewitched from season six — the recast the living room clocked like a missing ring. Same gray-suit mortal, same marriage to Samantha's twitch: a hard swap after Dick York's back could no longer…
- Agnes Moorehead as Endora
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