"Bewitched" It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (TV Episode 1964) Poster

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8/10
Oh, poor Mr. Barker.
XueHuaBingYu16 October 2019
One paragraph plot: Darrin is hosting a dinner for the clients and employees of the company. During the dinner, Mr. Barker, a client of Darrin, hits on Samantha. Samantha turns him into a dog before Darrin finds out about. When Darrin finds out about it, he was angry on Samantha for doing something like that on his client. Samantha becomes angry when Darrin doesn't believe her. So, Sam kicks him out of the bathroom. During the night, Mr. Barker (who turned into a dog) was attacked by a cat and run out of the house. Sam tries to get him back but runs into policemen. Policemen promised her to get the dog back to her and sends her back home. The next morning, Sam learns the dog's been found. So, she gets the dog and brings back to Darrin's company. Then Mr. Barker hits on Sam again. But this time, Darrin finds out about it and believes what Sam said last night. And everything's back to normal again.

Episode 3 is a funny episode because Sam turned Mr. Barker into a dog. At the same time, I was really angry at Darrin for not believing in Sam. Sam is his wife. He has to believe everything she says. But Darrin didn't. If I were Sam, I might still angry at him.

Anyway, this episode doesn't have that much contents. But some scenes are funny. I even laughed out loud. So, yeah, it's a good episode.
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10/10
For men who care about women
ke4roh24 November 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Bewitched, season 1 episode 3 aired October 1, 1964. It addressed women's liberation and rape culture as directly as they could at the time, and Samantha was always in the right.

The context: An advertising client, Rex Barker, comes to the Steven's house for dinner with Tate et al. Barker makes the moves on Samantha. She turns him into a dog.

Later, once the human guests have left and the dog remains, Samantha explains herself to Darrin. "He got very obnoxious," she said. "He was drunk." Darrin downplays the severity of Barker's aggression, and shields the now-dog's eyes from seeing his seemly wife in her nightgown lest he become overcome once more. Then Darrin gets sent to the couch with this exchange:

S: You're so darned concerned about him. What about me?

D: Well what about you? You're just a wife. He's a livelihood.

S: That's all you care about?

D: Yes.

S: Then that settles it. Out! This minute!

Writing credits are Jerry Davis and Sol Sacks, but I wouldn't be surprised if they listened to quite a few women about the plot.

The episode offers pointed critiques about problems women continue to face: inappropriate aggression, deprioritization and disbelief. Props to the women who made it happen.
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"Under the Scotsman's Kilt" reference
myfriendlycrow1 July 2021
Warning: Spoilers
At the end of the episode, Mr. Barker says the last line to an old blue Scottish joke: "Lad, I don't know where you've been but I see you won first prize!"
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