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Take Two Aspirin

Episode Number: 42    Season Num: 2    First Aired: October 21, 1965    Prod Code: 3965
As a result from a black Peruvian rose, Samantha starts getting sick and loses her powers. She ends up getting green spots all over her face and needs a remedy with a rare ingredient, an ostrich feather. Just when you think that getting the ostrich feather was all they needed, it turns out that they also need the petals of the dreaded rose to make Samantha feel better again.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Bernard Slade
Director: William Asher
Star: Dick Sargent (Darrin Stephens [ seasons 6-8 ]),  Paul Lynde (Uncle Arthur),  Erin Murphy (Tabitha Stephens [ seasons 3-8 ]),  Sandra Gould (Gladys Kravitz #2),  Elizabeth Montgomery (Samantha Stephens/Serena),  Dick York (Darrin Stephens [ seasons 1-5 ]),  Agnes Moorehead (Endora),  David White (Larry Tate),  Alice Pearce (Gladys Kravits #1 (1964-1966)),  George Tobias (Abner Kravitz),  Maurice Evans (Maurice (1964-1972)),  Roy Roberts (Frank Stephens (2) 116-188 (4 episodes)),  Mabel Albertson (Phyllis Stephens),  Diane Murphy (Tabitha Stephens (1966-1968)),  Irene Vernon (Louise Tate [Seasons 1 & 2]),  Kasey Rogers (Louise Tate [Seasons 3-8]),  Marion Lorne (Aunt Clara),  Greg Lawrence (Adam Stephens (1969-1970)),  David Lawrence (Adam Stephens (1969-1972))
Recurring Role: Robert F. Simon (Frank Stephens (1) 14- 228 (6 episodes)),  Maudie Prickett (Woman on Street),  Larry D. Mann (Police Sergeant),  George Tobias (Abner),  Marion Lorne (Aunt Clara)
Guest Star: Lauren Gilbert (Mr. Norton),  Philip Coolidge (Mr. Trigby),  Ray Hastings (Policeman #1)

Notes

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This witch illness show was remade as Episode 251. (edit)
This episode was filmed on August 12, 1965, Elizabeth Montgomery's seventh month of pregnancy (edit)

Quotes

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Norton: (decides to let Darrin go) Darrin, all I know is, a man whose wife can raise black Peruvian roses, can’t be all bad. (edit)
Aunt Clara: Well, I’ll try and conjure it up (prepares spell-casting). Now, cross your fingers. (Samantha and Darrin do so)
Darrin: Is that part of the spell?
Aunt Clara: No, but I need all the luck I can get. (edit)
Darrin: (to the officer at the police station) Do I look like the type of man who would accost ladies in the middle of the night?
Officer: No. No, I must admit you don’t. You seem normal enough.
Darrin: Well, thank you, Sergeant.
Officer: By the way, what’s in the bag?
Darrin: Two bat wings, half a pint of porpoise milk, four eyes of a newt. (edit)
Aunt Clara: A Peruvian black rose was a part of the formula that they used to drive the witches out of Peru.
Samantha: I didn’t know they had witches in Peru.
Aunt Clara: Well, they haven’t. It worked. (edit)
Gladys: Nobody ever had square green dots before.
Abner: Nobody ever had your chicken soup before. (edit)

Trivia

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Samantha calls Gladys Kravitz by her first name. (edit)
The map on the wall at the police station is clearly Los Angeles/Orange County California. The Stevens did not live in California. (edit)
The door that is made in the back (dormer window) wall looks out over the front. (edit)

Allusions

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The title alludes to the reputed non-help from a disinterested doctor, "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning." (edit)
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