 | Lila Garrett, Bernie Kahn Directed by William Asher |
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Airdate: Jan. 22, 1970
Guest cast: Bernie Kopell as Dr.
Rhinehouse, Nydia Westman as Mrs. Quigley.
Samantha returns from shopping to find that Endora has
changed her living room furniture from early "Stephens" to Louis
the Fourteenth. Samantha pops her own furniture back. Only
after they have "popped" the furniture back and forth do they
realize that Darrin's mother, Mrs. Stephens, is standing in a state
of shock watching the spectacle. She is convinced she is losing
her mind. When Darrin arrives, Samantha tells him what happened and that the only thing to do is to tell his mother the truth
- that she is a witch. Darrin finally agrees and Samantha puts on
a little "show of witch power" for Mrs. Stephens. A little skeptical
at first, Mrs. Stephens seems to be calmer and sure of her sanity
but when her husband, Mr. Stephens, arrives, she blurts the
"secret" to him. When Samantha tries to show her powers to Mr.
Stephens, nothing happens - as the Witches Council has temporarily removed her powers because she told Mrs. Stephens about
being a witch. Now, Mrs. Stephens is absolutely convinced she has lost her mind and quite dramatically leaves a note for her
husband and commits herself to a nursing home. Samantha, her
power restored, finds Mrs. Stephens. When one of the ladies at the
nursing home takes one of Mrs. Stephens tranquilizers, Samantha
arranges for her to see some very strange things. The result is
that the doctor examines the pills from Mrs. Stephens' bottle
(which Samantha has "doctored") and announces they are not
tranquilizers but hallucinogens. With this reasonable explanation to everything that's been happening to her lately, Mrs.
Stephens is returned to her usual state of mind and to an anxious
Mr. Stephens and Darrin.