The title plays on the phrase "Be it ever so humble," replacing "humble" with "mortgaged". This shift highlights the episode's central tension: the trade-off of freedom for stability.
On a deeper level, the episode serves as a powerful allegory for in 1960s America: The "Mortgaged" Soul Be It Ever so MortgagedBewitched : Season 1 Epi...
Endora defines her world as "quicksilver, a fleeting shadow... our home has no boundaries". She views the physical walls of a house and the financial burden of a mortgage as a cage for a being who is essentially divine. The title plays on the phrase "Be it