User Reviews

This episode packs a lot in a half-hour, making it seem awfully rushed and without exploring a very interesting premise to its potential. Endora and Serena plot to turn Darrin into a warlock. Serena is sent back to 14th-Century Ireland to change Darrin's remote ancestor Darrin the Bold (previously seen in season three's "A Most Unusualness Wood Nymph" into a warlock, thereby changing Darrin into one as well. It works, but Darrin barely has time to explore being a warlock or any of the possible repercussions when Sam heads off to the 14th Century herself to undo what her wild cousin has done. It rushes a great idea for an episode to a conclusion. The previous two episodes are devoted to the Good Fairy saga, which, despite Imogene Coca's presence drags a not-very-interesting story out. Resolving the Good Fairy story in one episode and giving this two would have allowed us to see this idea (explored before a few times, most famously in season one's "A is for Aardvark") play out with the added knowledge we have of witch culture from the intervening seasons. Ultimately, it is a great episode that needs more time.