(“He could’ve been a movie star, like cousin Montgomery.” Um, CLIFT? I promise to keep Harry Potter references to a minimum here, but Sabrina’s dad sounds extremely Sirius Black–like, and I am here for it.) Hilda admits to Sabrina that she had her own doubts about signing the book, but “us girls didn’t have any options back then,” and sometimes she fantasizes about burning down the entire forest. We also learn that Blackwood used to be Sabrina’s dad’s mentor, until Sabrina’s dad, a cool, handsome genius, surpassed him. I do not buy that, personally I just get the feeling that signing your name in blood in something called The Book of the Beast is a little more permanent than all that. What clinches the deal for Sabrina is that Father Blackwood tells her there are, to use a scientific term, backsies: She can go through her Dark Baptism, attend the magic school to ask them her questions and get some answers, strengthen the witch community with her probing mind, and if she doesn’t like it, she can just leave. I have a feeling this inquiry was about as thorough as one of those internal investigations they did at NBC to determine that none of the network heads did anything wrong and never even heard the faintest whimper about Matt Lauer’s under-desk door-locking button. “An inquiry was held,” Father Blackwood assures her. But she keeps her cool and even has the chutzpah to ask why she has to dump Harvey if her parents were allowed to stay together - turns out her dad got “a special dispensation from Satan himself,” which, whoa - and, as long as we’re on the subject, were her parents murdered? Sabrina is, as a rational person would be, terrified.
The episode title is based on "Freak Like Me," a song by R&B singer, Adina Howard.It is most notably in Sweet Charity where socks play an unusually large comedic role throughout the episode.
Libby's friends tease her about pulling her socks up, but in many future episodes, all the cheerleaders do this.The fourth outfit for this episode's opening credits is a black beatnik outfit with hat and glasses.Libby: Hey, Cee Cee, nice uniform! What does the 'W' stand for? Where's my brain?.
I begged you to watch TV with me so you’d be normal. Hilda: I knew this would happen, it’s Zelda’s influence.Zelda: You went to Science Club? Oh that’s wonderful.Sabrina: Libby caught me coming out of Science Club.Sabrina turns other students in school into geeks.Meanwhile, Zelda wants Hilda to throw out some very old items (such as a suit of armor and a cannon). At first it seems to be working, but Libby's mean spirited nature remains and it isn't long before she's taken over the Science Club and turned them against Sabrina. Sabrina also decides she wants to join the Science Club, much to the amazement of Jenny and Harvey who think it's extremely "uncool." Sabrina uses her magic to turn Libby into a geek. Sabrina sees Libby tormenting a geek and is annoyed at her.