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Larry Tate · 05-05-2011, 09:04 PM

I always enjoyed all 14 Non-Darrin episodes on Bewitched, thought they were all superb with some
like Marriage Witch's style, Samantha's Power Failure, Samantha's Good News, A Gazebo Never Forgets
and Tabitha's Weekend being Brilliant and as good as any Darrin episodes, i also like Samantha's
Shopping spree very much, i always wanted to be Samantha's personal mannequin .

What i especially liked about the Non-Darrin episodes is that they gave one an opportunity to see Samantha's life at home at
1164 MGC, away from Darrin, Larry, Clients and McMann & Tate, to see what happened in her life while Darrin was away at work &
gave us a different and fresh feel to her and the show itself.

Going off on a tangent a bit like that kept the show fresh and allowed us to see what was going on at times during the week
at 1164 MGC in between our weekly visits there.

An extra bonus was seeing Samantha interact in both different contexts and similar ones that she did so with Darrin normally
only with different characters like Larry, a client, a relative, as well we got to see more of Serena & Uncle Arthur and her
Witchly relatives and friends which alone made it all very much worth our while.

Even in season 5 we only had 25 % of the shows Darrinless, with Darrin present 75 % of the time, same as Endora was for the first
7 seasons, if it was good enough for Endora then it was good enough for Darrin in my view.

If Darrin was absent 4 or 5 episodes of a 30 to 36 episode season then that harmed neither the season nor the premise, and instead was a positive in the ways i have referenced, it added to the show not detracted from it.

The two & four episodes respectively Darrin missed in seasons 3 & 4 were a bonus and should have been the case even if it were
possible for Dick York or whomever played Darrin to have been in those episodes for the reasons mentioned.

In Season 5 he missed eight episodes which was pushing things somewhat & on the cusp of where it would have hurt the show and made it a different premise from what it was intended to be, but it did not go over that point at eight Non-Darrin episodes nor did it hurt the show or it's premise, especially as they were able to sprinkle in Darrin episodes in amongst the eight he missed.

In summation Season 5 was one of the best seasons of the show & most creative and was not harmed in the least by having Darrin absent for eight episodes, more then that and it would have had the opposite effect, but as it was not it did not.

Larry Tate

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Larry Tate · 07-13-2012, 02:35 PM

At times as long as it was the exception More Samantha and less Darrin was a good thing as we saw in these non-Darrin episodes, two great characters but more of one means less of the other.

Larry Tate

MichaelKeith · 07-13-2012, 02:49 PM

I didn't enjoy the non-Darrin episodes. To me, the central theme and conflict of the show that made it great was the relationship between Samantha and Darrin and when York was absent from those episodes, I really missed him. The whole dynamics of the show changed when he was absent.

05-05-2011, 09:04 PM	#1
Larry Tate Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 26, 2001 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 1,569	Darrin and Non-Darrin episodes in the first 5 seasons I always enjoyed all 14 Non-Darrin episodes on Bewitched, thought they were all superb with some like Marriage Witch's style, Samantha's Power Failure, Samantha's Good News, A Gazebo Never Forgets and Tabitha's Weekend being Brilliant and as good as any Darrin episodes, i also like Samantha's Shopping spree very much, i always wanted to be Samantha's personal mannequin . What i especially liked about the Non-Darrin episodes is that they gave one an opportunity to see Samantha's life at home at 1164 MGC, away from Darrin, Larry, Clients and McMann & Tate, to see what happened in her life while Darrin was away at work & gave us a different and fresh feel to her and the show itself. Going off on a tangent a bit like that kept the show fresh and allowed us to see what was going on at times during the week at 1164 MGC in between our weekly visits there. An extra bonus was seeing Samantha interact in both different contexts and similar ones that she did so with Darrin normally only with different characters like Larry, a client, a relative, as well we got to see more of Serena & Uncle Arthur and her Witchly relatives and friends which alone made it all very much worth our while. Even in season 5 we only had 25 % of the shows Darrinless, with Darrin present 75 % of the time, same as Endora was for the first 7 seasons, if it was good enough for Endora then it was good enough for Darrin in my view. If Darrin was absent 4 or 5 episodes of a 30 to 36 episode season then that harmed neither the season nor the premise, and instead was a positive in the ways i have referenced, it added to the show not detracted from it. The two & four episodes respectively Darrin missed in seasons 3 & 4 were a bonus and should have been the case even if it were possible for Dick York or whomever played Darrin to have been in those episodes for the reasons mentioned. In Season 5 he missed eight episodes which was pushing things somewhat & on the cusp of where it would have hurt the show and made it a different premise from what it was intended to be, but it did not go over that point at eight Non-Darrin episodes nor did it hurt the show or it's premise, especially as they were able to sprinkle in Darrin episodes in amongst the eight he missed. In summation Season 5 was one of the best seasons of the show & most creative and was not harmed in the least by having Darrin absent for eight episodes, more then that and it would have had the opposite effect, but as it was not it did not. Larry Tate Wanted:Classic TV Shows from the 1950s and 1960s with Elizabeth Montgomery Appearances in Them. http://larrytate70.tripod.com/ Elizabeth Montgomery appearances in Movies, Bewitched & On TV shows on DVD that i have available: http://www.freewebs.com/larrytate550/

07-13-2012, 02:35 PM	#2
Larry Tate Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 26, 2001 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 1,569	At times as long as it was the exception More Samantha and less Darrin was a good thing as we saw in these non-Darrin episodes, two great characters but more of one means less of the other. Larry Tate

07-13-2012, 02:49 PM	#3
MichaelKeith Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 01, 2007 Posts: 1,139	I didn't enjoy the non-Darrin episodes. To me, the central theme and conflict of the show that made it great was the relationship between Samantha and Darrin and when York was absent from those episodes, I really missed him. The whole dynamics of the show changed when he was absent.