I just watched the last episode and unfortunately, my local station cuts here and there to make room for infomercials, so there were a few lines cut. My main beef about the series was that Darrin wasn't letting Samantha be herself and I never agreed with him trying to control her. That's just wrong, but it was his ego that kept getting in the way and his insecurity. She, let him do it too. I know that was the whole premise of this series. Without it, there wouldn't have been a series in the first place. However, Darrin always got on my last nerve with Endora. She started out being nice to him and then, pow, he said something insulting to her in the second episode where they met one another for the first time. He always had a quick insult for her and usually before she even said anything to him. So, he didn't even try to respect Endora. On the flip side of the coin, Samantha always respected Darrin's mother, Phyllis (even if she didn't really like her). I never cared for Phyllis. She reminded me of my own former mother-in-law. Endora is one character that I really enjoyed and would have loved to have met if she were real. I have read about some people wanting the series to go another season. If it had, I would have liked to have seen more of Samantha telling Darrin to lay off of her relatives. This was produced at the beginning of the woman's movement, so maybe she could have gone to work and introduced more characters. They could have done this in say, season 6. I did notice that Samantha was dressing more "hip" for the fashion of the times in the last 2 seasons. It was nice to not see her as the "drab" mortal wannabe housewife. I also was tired of seeing the same faces playing different characters. There should have been a little more new blood. Not seeing so much of Larry Tate would have been nice too. He was so two faced and had that big man on campus syndrome. I have read that both Elizabeth Montgomery and her husband, William Asher were tired of doing the series. So, maybe it was time to pull the plug.
Review of Bewitched
