Writer:	Bernard Slade
Director:	William Asher
Star:	Elizabeth Montgomery (Samantha Stephens/Serena),  Dick York (Darrin Stephens [ seasons 1-5 ]),  David White (Larry Tate)
Recurring Role:	Marion Lorne (Aunt Clara)
Guest Star:	Reta Shaw (Bertha),  Madge Blake (Mary),  Jacques Roux (Foreign Legion Officer),  Shelley Berman (Brinkman)

Agnes Moorehead (Endora) did not appear in this episode. (edit) When she comes into Darrin's office, Samantha calls Larry by his first name in this episode. (edit) One of the very few times a witch's name doesn't end in the letter "a" appears in this episode with the character "Mary". (edit) The dream sequence special effects are clumsy, even for this first season, as the new show is still working out the kinks for its many camera and editing tricks. (edit) An episode of several Bewitched firsts. This is the first Halloween episode, the first show to explore stereotypes and prejudices, and Marion Lorne's first appearance as Aunt Clara. (edit)

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Darrin is sitting in the den and Samantha comes in carrying groceries. The kitchen door is visibly shut and when she leaves the den with the groceries. She turns left rather than walking across the hall to go to the kitchen. That left turn would have put her on the driveway. (edit) Regarding the previous note about the door opposite the den. That door is not the kitchen door, but the door for the broom cupboard. So when Samantha turns left she then turns right and arrives at the kitchen. (edit) This episode contains several pieces of information about witches that would be contradicted in subsequent seasons.

1. Samantha says that her mother, Endora, gets so upset over Halloween each year that she flies to the South of France "til it all blows over."

In a later episode, however, Samantha (and Darrin, by proxy) gets invited to her mother's "annual" Halloween bash.

2. Bertha makes the comment that, if the mortals ever did find out that they were witches, they'd better take out lots of fire insurance. Samantha comments, "Oh Bertha, they stopped burning us years ago."

In a subsequent episode, Samantha and Darrin find themselves in old Salem, and Samantha makes a speech about how the people they've put on trial couldn't possibly be witches because no mere ropes or binds could hold one; she then causes her own binds to disappear. (edit)

Allusion to The Wizard of Oz:
When Brinkman is confronted with a French firing squad as part of Samantha's ploy to convince him that witches are real, he finally breaks and desperately recites, "I do believe in witches. I do. I do. I do believe in witches." His delivery is reminiscent of Burt Lahr as the Cowardly Lion, who recited "I do believe in spooks. I do. I do. I do believe in spooks," out of fear of the sounds in the Haunted Forest. (edit)