Do You Think Perhaps That Darrin Was Too Stuffy For Samantha On 'Bewitched?'

[Brian Damage]

I am not saying that Darrin didn't love Samantha, because he clearly did. However his constant complaining about her using magic and so forth grew tiring. He married a witch & should just have accepted what is! Agree? Disagree?

[TV Knowledge Fan]

...there would have been no conflict- and therefore, no series.

Darrin certainly wasn't "stuffy". But he did have a tendency to fly off the handle {"SAM!!!!"}, sputter, argue [especially with Endora], jump to conclusions, and be somewhat arrogant in his opinions about witchcraft. But he was basically a "normal" man, caught up in the busy world of advertising and magic....and considering how things turned out, he was damn lucky to have Samantha in his life!

[comedyfreak]

Totally agree on this one.

[DemandYourPickle]

NO! He is not stuffy. Don't you know what could happen is Samantha uses her powers the wrong way? Or if she gets caught by an officer? You know how people have treated Sam's relatives over the centuries! Haven't you ever seen what happened in "I Confess"? Especially with Gladys always spying-she's practically in danger! He constantly tells her to stop because he's concerned about the safety of his wife and child. You know how parents yell at their children, saying "Don't do this, don't do that." They do it because they care and don't want to see their children hurt. If they didn't care, they'd let their children run wild with no restraints. It's the same thing with Sam and Darrin. The same thing.

[Jude The Obscure]

I do know that Dick York has stated that he wished Darrin hadn't yelled all the time at Samantha.
What we see here, by the time Dick Sargent took over the role was further lack of any character growth....by the sixth season, Darrin should have not acted so shocked over any witchcraft. He may not still have approved but the over-reacting should have been calmed down a lot. Also by this point, you'd think he would have learned some diplomacy esp dealing with Endora.

[catlover79]

I agree - their conflict MADE the show. Dick York was also quoted as saying that Darrin didn't want Sam to use her powers because he was afraid she'd be found out and taken away from him. That scenario was beautifully played out in a dream sequence in "I Confess" from S4.

Bottom line - Samantha and Darrin were a man and woman from two completely different worlds who just happened to be perfect for each other.

[Jude The Obscure]

But did the mortals really have any power to do anything to the witches?? Come on, we see too many times how witches have manipulated time, space, people's thoughts...even when Sam herself in the Salem episodes, when she was sent back to Ole Salem and put on trial, proved that real witches were not prey to mortal authority. A rare exception was from in season 2 with Osgoode who had that ring that had the power to make witches disappear.

[Rezny@gmail.com]

Stuffy??Heck no!Oh,by the way,remember in a black and white episode (I think it was from season one)with Dick York as Darrin,Samantha said something about to him (sneidly and jokingly,of course)that "the witches are going to swoop down on Morning Glory Circle."So,in short,Darrin had nothing to worry about.If anyone was stuffy,it was the witches' council,and to a certain extent,Endora and Maurice.(although in the black and white Dick York as Darrin episodes-they accepted it reluctantly).

[Jude The Obscure]

Originally Posted by rrezny@usnetizen

Stuffy??Heck no!Oh,by the way,remember in a black and white episode (I think it was from season one)with Dick York as Darrin,Samantha said something about to him (sneidly and jokingly,of course)that "the witches are going to swoop down on Morning Glory Circle."So,in short,Darrin had nothing to worry about.If anyone was stuffy,it was the witches' council,and to a certain extent,Endora and Maurice.(although in the black and white Dick York as Darrin episodes-they accepted it reluctantly).

if anything there was character regression, not progression.