Paul Barselow

Samantha and Darrin appear to be an ideally matched couple. Very much in love, they decide to marry. Darrin doesn't know that Samantha, is, of all things, a witch. On their wedding night, Samantha's mother, Endora, a witch, of course, visits her daughter. Regretting that her daughter has married a mortal, she is bent on breaking up the marriage. After pleading with her mother not to interfere, Samantha decides to tell her husband that he has unknowingly married a witch. To convince Darrin of her magic powers, Samantha performs a series of tricks. Darrin makes her promise never to practice her witchcraft again. Sheila, a former girl friend of Darrin's, invites the newlyweds to a dinner party. She makes every effort to embarrass Samantha before the guests. After enduring Sheila's snubs and insults, Samantha cannot resist evening the score. She employs her extraordinary powers to humiliate Sheila. Later, at home, Darrin rebukes his wife, but admits Sheila deserved the tricks played on her.

Learning that he is about to become a father, Darrin waits on Samantha hand and foot. Then Larry Tate convinces him that all women would make a career out of having a baby if you allowed them to. He gives Darrin a book on the subject which states that the more active the mother, the happier she will be, and the healthier the child. Darrin returns home completely convinced. Endora is infuriated when she hears Darrin ordering Samantha to do chores around the house.

A vindictive woman is found slain after she plotted to destroy her husband's underwater sounding device.

Endora, hoping to break up her daughter's marriage, superimposes Samantha's face on a print entitled "Maid of Salem:" the print is dated 1690. Darrin buys the print and then begins to worry about the difference between Samantha's age and his own. With Endora planting seeds of doubt at every turn, Darrin visualizes himself as a doddering old man, while Samantha retains her youthful appearance. Everyone, including Larry Tate and the doctor from whom Darrin seeks advice, fails to realize what is troubling him. Then, in a nearby park, Darrin overhears two squirrels to which Endora has given voice talk about their differences in age. Endora finally admits to Samantha that she can age along with Darrin. Samantha, after telling Darrin she never posed for the picture, tells him that her mother is to blame for their problem. She assures him that they will grow old together, but being in love will never note the difference. As insurance, Samantha uses witchcraft to make the "Maid of Salem" disappear.

As Darrin naps in the living room, Endora points out some of the unfortunate details of his face. Samantha at first protests when her mother, using witchcraft, changes Darrin's looks but then adds some touches of her own. Awakening, Darrin demands an explanation. Samantha can't explain why she and Endora were changing his features, and Darrin begins to worry. As the obsession grows, Samantha decides to build up her husband's ego. Changing her own personality, Samantha becomes a French sculptress, Michelle. She tells Darrin his face exudes the masculine appeal she has always tried to find in a model. Darrin turns down Michelle's request that he pose for her, suspecting that she is Samantha. A substitute secretary, Barbara Lucas, appears at the office and Darrin, thinking it is another of Samantha's tricks, makes a play for her, just as Samantha walks in. Her jealous reaction convinces Darrin that Samantha really loves him. Darrin explains be thought she was posing as Barbara, but leaves Samantha with an uncertain feeling.