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BewitchedFan · 11-05-2010, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Bronson

Good ideas. Frankly I never understood Darrin's opposition to Samantha using magic but I guess the writers wanted conflict and that was it.

Because Darrin is the kind of person that wants to accomplish things on his own. He wants to work to provide for his wife and family like a normal husband should. If Samantha can just twitch her nose and get anything she wants, then what good can he do her?

DemandYourPickle · 11-06-2010, 01:36 AM

You are exactly right, BewitchedFan!

catlover79 · 11-06-2010, 01:43 AM

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Originally Posted by BewitchedFan

Because Darrin is the kind of person that wants to accomplish things on his own. He wants to work to provide for his wife and family like a normal husband should. If Samantha can just twitch her nose and get anything she wants, then what good can he do her?

BINGO!!!

catlover79 · 11-06-2010, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by DemandYourPickle

No, Bewitched will not be a sad story. I have been giving this subject a lot of thought, and what I've come up with is this: If Samantha really loves Darrin, she will not watch him endure the pain of growing old while she stays young and immortal. That would be kind of...twisted if she did. Samantha also will not marry a warlock. Remember? She wants to live a "normal, mortal life." (Even though she still has to use her magic.) And she also will not let her children grow up watching their poor daddy age and make them fatherless, now will she?
Now think about this. Neither Endora, nor Maurice, nor anyone else in Sam's family will let Sam, Tabitha, or Adam age and die as mortals. They just won't! Besides, maybe Darrin will do sort of what Samantha did, and try adjust to being a warlock! Then the adventures will start all over again!
And think about the love. Bewitched is all about love and family sticking together. Somehow, Sam and Darrin will make it work. (They have been for almost 300 episodes, anyway!) They're inseparable! And remember this: love conquers all. Everything will be alright.

The end.

Beautifully put!!!

BewitchedFan · 11-06-2010, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by catlover79

BINGO!!!

Thank you! To be honest though, I used to wonder the same thing until I watched "Charlie Harper, Winner" a couple of months ago when I bought the Season 3 DVD. It's sort of an emotional episode, but it really clarifies why Darrin is the way he is.

catlover79 · 11-06-2010, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by BewitchedFan

Thank you! To be honest though, I used to wonder the same thing until I watched "Charlie Harper, Winner" a couple of months ago when I bought the Season 3 DVD. It's sort of an emotional episode, but it really clarifies why Darrin is the way he is.

That's one of my favorite episodes of the entire series. I think I shed a few tears during that one. Trivia - the actres who played Daphne Harper was the late Joanna Moore, then-wife of Ryan O'Neal, and mother of Tatum and Griffin O'Neal.

DemandYourPickle · 11-06-2010, 02:08 PM

Yes, that was a beautiful episode. I really can not see why some people hate Darrin. I really can't. He's funny, he's good-looking, he loves his family, and he's like an innocent child most of the time.

likewow · 11-06-2010, 03:04 PM

Hey, I like your thoughts a lot! It'd be great if Darrin got powers eventually. There'd be some leftover conflict between him and Endora, etc., but I agree with you. They'd become a happy group. Perhaps all the years of the show were about Endora needing proof that Darrin and Samantha had true love, so as to bring about their being together for thousands of years.

demand222 · 09-08-2013, 05:56 AM

If Samantha and the children lived for a very long time and Darrin died. I suppose she wouldn't care if she married another mortal or a warlock or maybe not because they try to make magic look like its a bad thing, calling it the easy way out.

missy's pop pop · 11-23-2013, 09:48 PM

Remember the episode where Darrin and Samantha "grow old together" to show what their marriage would look like when Darrin aged? The title has momentarily slipped my mind, but Rolf Miller, the makeup artist on "Bewitched," won an Emmy award for his work on the episode.

Darrin and Sam's marriage could be symbolic of an interfaith couple in that both have to adapt to the other's way of thinking, but both support, respect and love each other despite parents who don't understand (Darrin's) or are hostile to the relationship (Endora), not to mention dealing with goofy in-laws (Aunt Clara, Uncle Arthur, Serena, etc.)...

Change that! Symbolic of ANY married couple!

scrapple · 03-17-2017, 08:56 PM

I always assumed Adam was mortal, but I could be wrong. I never watched Bewitched as much when Dick Sargent became Darrin.

Wasn't there an episode in the first season that was all about the "Samantha will never grow old" theme? I seem to remember Darrin being very depressed about the subject. Samantha finds him sulking in the park, and they discuss what will happen. (That's why I love the early episodes...it wasn't alljokes/special effects all the time).

60's TV Fan · 03-17-2017, 09:07 PM

Actually, the shows producers already answered this question for us. Darrin gets sick; ages too much; or heaven forbid, dies... no problem. A quick twitch of Sam's nose and BOOM... new Darrin! Another quick twitch, and Larry Tate, the Kravitzes, and the whole neighborhood forget the "old" Darrin and go on like nothing happened. By now, Sam has probably gone through a half dozen Darrin or more...

(I hope you all see my tongue planted firmly in my cheek...)

Noneofyourbusiness · 08-12-2024, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by scrapple

I always assumed Adam was mortal, but I could be wrong. I never watched Bewitched as much when Dick Sargent became Darrin.

Adam was a warlock. The characters confirmed it in one of the late episodes, and that he hadn't shown powers initially because he'd subconsciously picked up on his parents wanting him to be mortal.

Adam was portrayed as a mortal in Tabitha, but that was a retcon so that he could serve the same role in the show that Darrin had in Bewitched. He and Tabitha were also adults when only a few years had passed since Bewitched, so obviously it wasn't in continuity. The unaired Tabitha pilot had him as a warlock and the irresponsible sibling.

king of comedy · 08-13-2024, 07:54 AM

Why is it a sad story? It never was. I never saw anything depressing about it.

11-06-2010, 01:36 AM	#17
DemandYourPickle Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 08, 2010 Location: Canton, Ohio Posts: 184	You are exactly right, BewitchedFan!

11-06-2010, 02:08 PM	#22
DemandYourPickle Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 08, 2010 Location: Canton, Ohio Posts: 184	Yes, that was a beautiful episode. I really can not see why some people hate Darrin. I really can't. He's funny, he's good-looking, he loves his family, and he's like an innocent child most of the time.

11-06-2010, 03:04 PM	#23
likewow Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 28, 2003 Posts: 217	Hey, I like your thoughts a lot! It'd be great if Darrin got powers eventually. There'd be some leftover conflict between him and Endora, etc., but I agree with you. They'd become a happy group. Perhaps all the years of the show were about Endora needing proof that Darrin and Samantha had true love, so as to bring about their being together for thousands of years.

09-08-2013, 05:56 AM	#24
demand222 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Aug 17, 2013 Posts: 13	If Samantha and the children lived for a very long time and Darrin died. I suppose she wouldn't care if she married another mortal or a warlock or maybe not because they try to make magic look like its a bad thing, calling it the easy way out.

11-23-2013, 09:48 PM	#25
missy's pop pop Hooray for "Hazel!" Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 19, 2013 Location: St. Louis Posts: 396	Remember the episode where Darrin and Samantha "grow old together" to show what their marriage would look like when Darrin aged? The title has momentarily slipped my mind, but Rolf Miller, the makeup artist on "Bewitched," won an Emmy award for his work on the episode. Darrin and Sam's marriage could be symbolic of an interfaith couple in that both have to adapt to the other's way of thinking, but both support, respect and love each other despite parents who don't understand (Darrin's) or are hostile to the relationship (Endora), not to mention dealing with goofy in-laws (Aunt Clara, Uncle Arthur, Serena, etc.)... Change that! Symbolic of ANY married couple!

03-17-2017, 08:56 PM	#26
scrapple Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Feb 03, 2012 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 259	I always assumed Adam was mortal, but I could be wrong. I never watched Bewitched as much when Dick Sargent became Darrin. Wasn't there an episode in the first season that was all about the "Samantha will never grow old" theme? I seem to remember Darrin being very depressed about the subject. Samantha finds him sulking in the park, and they discuss what will happen. (That's why I love the early episodes...it wasn't alljokes/special effects all the time).

03-17-2017, 09:07 PM	#27
60's TV Fan Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Feb 17, 2012 Location: United States Posts: 21	Actually, the shows producers already answered this question for us. Darrin gets sick; ages too much; or heaven forbid, dies... no problem. A quick twitch of Sam's nose and BOOM... new Darrin! Another quick twitch, and Larry Tate, the Kravitzes, and the whole neighborhood forget the "old" Darrin and go on like nothing happened. By now, Sam has probably gone through a half dozen Darrin or more... (I hope you all see my tongue planted firmly in my cheek...)

08-13-2024, 07:54 AM	#29
king of comedy Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Aug 31, 2012 Location: New Jersey Posts: 5,140	Why is it a sad story? It never was. I never saw anything depressing about it.