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The episode of Bewitched wherein Darrin is killed onscreen

L Thammy

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Samantha's ill-tempered father opposes marriages between mortals and witches, so she and Endora have been hiding the fact that Darrin is a mortal. When he comes to visit, Darrin is out, but Samantha's father snoops around the house and realizes that her husband is mortal. Darrin comes over and, after an attempt to hide him fails, he makes a stand that he and Samantha are married and her father can do nothing to change that. Samantha's father compliments Darrin's courage and proceeds to kill him on the spot.
 
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PinguThePenguin

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Never watched the show. But damn, that's a lot more extreme than the many indignities Harvey had to endure in the Sabrina sitcom.
 
Simba

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i dont remember the father being a recurring character

but endora was the best character on the show
 
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L Thammy

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PlanetSmasher said:
It's especially funny because this happened in the first goddamn season.
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I guess it's because when you're meeting your in spouse's side of the family for the first time, little faux pas like murdering you are to be expected, whereas they'll be seen as more deliberate insults once the relationship settles.

Simba said:
i dont remember the father being a recurring character

but endora was the best character on the show
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I think as a kid I took her more as the villain but watching it again now I usually agree with her.
 
grand

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Geode said:
Holy crap, the first season has 36 episodes. These days most seasons are around 8-10 episodes.
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Most Sitcoms ran like that in the early days since they wanted weekly episodes from Sept-May (in the belief that people wouldn't watch television in the Summer). Even reruns & syndication weren't a thing at first. It wasn't until the 70s that sitcoms fell into the now typical trend of 24 episode seasons, aired in two parts to fit sweeps.
 
Wingfan19

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Wait, if it's in the 1st season, why is it in color? I watched Bewitched on Nick at Nite and our local WB20 station at like 2:00pm on weekdays and they were all in black and white.
 
Slayven

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grand said:
Most Sitcoms ran like that in the early days since they wanted weekly episodes from Sept-May (in the belief that people wouldn't watch television in the Summer). Even reruns & syndication weren't a thing at first. It wasn't until the 70s that sitcoms fell into the now typical trend of 24 episode seasons, aired in two parts to fit sweeps.
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My favorite thing is finding forgotten sitcoms.
 
FFNB

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Lol, I don't remember this episode at all

I used to watch this on Nick at Nite and loved it. I think me and my ex wife ended up getting the DVD release ages ago, but I can't recall this one!
 
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