Product: Bewitched - The Complete Fourth Season (1964)
Rating: 5.0
"BEWITCHED" REACHES CREATIVE APEX IN STUNNING FOURTH SEASON
I feel "Bewitched" reached its creative apex in its fourth season. Seasons 1 and 4 may be my favorite years of the entire Series; but, I'm such a huge fan, how can I choose? In Season 4, the writing was at an all-time, imaginative high.Watching such episodes as "Long Live The Queen," "Toys In Babeland," Business, Italian Style", "Double, Double Toil & Trouble," "Out Of Sync, Out Of Mind," "Allergic To Macedonian Dodo Birds," "Once In A Vial" and "Hippie Hippie Hooray," it's easy to see that the outstanding cast of Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Marion Lorne, etc. were all going 100%, . Elizabeth Montgomery has great fun playing Cousin Serena, who creates havoc in the episodes "Double, Double Toil & Trouble" and "Hippie, Hippie Hooray." "Double Double" ends with a wild Three Stooges-like pie fight between Samantha, Darrin, Endora, and Serena. In "Hippie," Elizabeth sings the classic "Iffin" song, which fans cherish.Sadly, Season 4 was the last year to showcase outstanding Marion Lorne as Samantha's beloved and bufuddled Aunt Clara. Marion Lorne passed away on May 9, 1968 at age 82. She won a posthumous Emmy as Best Supporting Actress in a TV Comedy for her role as Aunt Clara, which Elizabeth Montgomery accepted in her memory.Also sadly, Season 4 was the last year before Dick York's chronic back pain/injury and illnesses began to create serious production problems for the Series. I loved this Season so much, I ran through Season 4 TWICE on DVD before starting Season 5.