A Most Unusual Wood Nymph

A Most Unusual Wood Nymph
Season 3, Episode 5 Series Episode 79
Airdate	October 13, 1966
Written by	Ed Jurist
Directed by	William Asher
Episode Guide
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A Most Unusual Wood Nymph is the fifth episode of the third season and the seventy-ninth episode of the Bewitched series. The episode was completed by August 18, 1966.

Plot

Gerry O'Toole, a supposed friend of Darrin's family, visits, but turns out to be a wood nymph, a mortal archenemy of witches. Samantha travels back to the fifteenth century to lift a five-hundred-year-old curse placed upon Darrin the Bold and his descendants after he murdered Rufus the Red.

Gallery

• Gerry arrives for her visit.
• Samantha takes Gerry to the guest room.
• Gerry's mending is a little too good for a mortal.
• Endora tells Samantha that Gerry's stated reason for coming is not true.
• Samantha freezes Darrin until she can finish her confrontation with Gerry.
• Samantha is infuriated after discovering Gerry's true intentions.
• Samantha and Gerry square off.
• Samantha twitches up some cats to scare Gerry.
• Gerry tells Samantha why she has really come.
• Endora casts the "Undo the Deed" spell.
• Samantha goes back in time.
• Samantha pretends to be a servant in Darrin the Bold's house.
• Darrin's behavior shocks Samantha.
• Darrin has less than honorable intentions towards Samantha.
• Darrin tells Rufus he will not give hospitality for free.
• Rufus tells Darrin he will not pay for hospitality.
• Samantha catches Gerry trying to seduce Darrin.
• Samantha tells Gerry that she stopped Darrin the Bold from killing Rufus the Red.
• Dick York and Jean Blake (publicity photo)

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Trivia

Bloopers and Continuity Errors

• Plot hole: The curse was put on Darrin the Bold and all of his descendants. However, no mention is made in this episode or the series whether the curse ever affected Darrin's father or any of his other ancestors.

Cast

• Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha Stephens
• Dick York as Darrin Stephens and Darrin the Bold
• Agnes Moorehead as Endora
• Henry Corden as Muldoon
• Jean Blake as Maid
• Kathleen Nolan as Gerry O'Toole
• Michael Ansara as Rufus the Red

See Also

• Season Three
• Bewitched Episodes

Sources

• A Most Unusual Wood Nymph (stats) on the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on March 9, 2020.
• Bewitched, Season Three episodes (stats and plot summary) on Wikipedia. Retrieved on March 9, 2020.