Original Air Date: October 22, 2014
Starring: Melissa Joan Hart, Joey Lawrence, Taylor Spreitler
Directed by: Melissa Joan Hart

Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains spoilers for this episode!

Synopsis: Melissa (Melissa Joan Hart) and her new husband Joey (Joey Lawrence) are preparing for a night of Halloween fun when Mel’s gynecologist (Beth Broderick) shows up to explain that Mel is actually a witch and needs to defeat the Dark Lord.

Featured Feline: This episode is a playful nod to Melissa’s long-running series Sabrina, the Teenage Witch with Beth Broderick, who played Sabrina’s aunt Zelda, making a guest appearance.  Melissa doesn’t believe she is actually a witch until she manages to accidentally turn her niece, Lennox (Taylor Spreitler) into a black cat.

Lennox is startled by her transformation.  She talks via CGI effects to make the cat actor’s eyes and mouth move.

Melissa promises to change her back but Lennox needs to use the restroom first and asks to be let outside.  Melissa isn’t sure but allows her outside.

Later Lennox meows to come back inside.

Melissa places her on the kitchen counter.  “You don’t even know where I’ve been!” Lennox points out.

Unable to use the proper spell, Melissa makes do with “Bippity Boppity Boo” and manages to change Lennox back into a person . . . well, almost.

The cat actor from this episode was one of the team from Performing Animal Troupe that worked on the original Sabrina show.

Final Mewsings: Sadly it can be dangerous to be a black cat on Halloween.

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