Snob in the Grass

Snob in the Grass
Season 4, Episode 19 Series Episode 125
Airdate	January 11, 1968
Written by	Ed Jurist
Directed by	R. Robert Rosenbaum
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Snob in the Grass is the nineteenth episode of the fourth season and the 125th episode of the Bewitched series. The episode was completed by July 10, 1967.

Plot

Darrin has been working late nights on the difficult Webley Foods account. Larry reassigns him to the William J. Sommers account. Mr. Sommers is the father of Sheila Sommers, Darrin's ex-girlfriend. Larry want Darrin to use that connection to get the account.

Meanwhile at home, Endora tries to sow seeds of doubt in Samantha's mind, saying his late nights are because he is seeing another woman. She pops out to go prove her assertions.

Darrin and Larry go to meet Sheila and her father for dinner. When they arrive, they discover that Mr. Sommers will not be coming and Larry soon leaves, much to Darrin's discomfort. Sheila flirts shamelessly with him. A waitress dumps a plate of food in Darrin's lap. It is Endora.

The next morning, Samantha gives Darrin the silent treatment. He tries to explain what actually happened. When Samantha learns that Sheila invited them to dinner, Samantha seizes the opportunity to settle the score with Sheila.

At dinner, Sheila insults Samantha at every opportunity, but Samantha gives as good as she gets. Later, Sheila continues to deride Samantha in front of her guests and accuses Samantha of turning Darrin into a homebody. Samantha reaches her breaking point and sends a bee and a muddy dog Sheila's way. She eventually loses her wig and her sweater unravels. Sheila falls into her father's arms in sobs.

The next day, unbeknownst to her husband, Samantha takes Darrin's layouts to Webley Foods where they are well received. McMann & Tate gets the account after all and Larry sends the Stephenses on a well-deserved lunch.

Gallery

Sheila fawns all over an uncomfortable Darrin at dinner.

Endora spies on Darrin at the restaurant.

Samantha gives Darrin the silent treatment after discovering he had dinner alone with Sheila.

Sheila tricked Samantha into overdressing for dinner.

Sheila slyly insults Samantha in front of her guests.

Sheila says that Samantha has turned Darrin into a "homebody".

Samantha sends a bee Sheila's way.

Samantha sends a muddy dog over to Sheila.

Samantha magically humiliates Sheila at her dinner party.

Trivia

General

• There is another butler named Charles in the second season episode, The Girl With the Golden Nose, played by Owen McGiveney. The butlers are two different characters, not the same character played by multiple actors as often happens in Bewitched.
• The title of this episode is an allusion to the phrase, "Snake in the grass".
• This episode is a partial remake of the pilot episode, "I, Darrin, Take This Witch, Samantha".

Casting

Kendrick Huxham as Charles the Butler

• Last role of Kendrick Huxham, who died five months before the first release of the episode
• The actress who played the woman talking to Mr. Sommers at dinner was uncredited.

Cast

• Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha Stephens
• Dick York as Darrin Stephens
• Agnes Moorehead as Endora
• Frank Wilcox as William J. Sommers
• Kendrick Huxham as Charles the Butler
• Alan Emerson as Man
• Sue Carlton as Woman
• David White as Larry Tate
• Nancy Kovack as Sheila Sommers

See Also

• Season Four
• Bewitched Episodes