Episode Report Card Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Murphy's Luck
By Owen | Season 2 | Episode 16 | Aired on 03.29.2000
P3AD. Piper stands with her back to Leo "Saved-N-Clipped" Wyatt as he sits on the floor and stares longingly at her legs, er, ankles, since she's wearing an A-line skirt. Piper blathers about receiving too many boxes of swizzle sticks. He hands her two boxes, but one bursts open and the contents fall down everywhere. This makes Piper gasp louder than any demon-related scare she's received in the run of this series, but whatever. She kneels down to help Leo gather the sticks up. Leo asks if Piper's "mad at" him. Piper tells him no -- she's fretting about Dan. Leo asks what's the sitch. Piper: "He will be very upset when he finds out you're the one I really love." Leo beams, and responds, "Yeah?" They kiss. Piper breaks it off, because they "can't do this" until she breaks it off with Dan. Leo, horny and crestfallen, is told to count the swizzle sticks. Um, count the three hundred or so little plastic straws that just fell out of the box? Damn, Piper runs a harsh inventory! Leo tries, but his mind is elsewhere. Piper, flustered also, demands again, "Count!" Leo wears a look that begs, "Where's Rain Man when you really need him?"
Police Station. Mummy Clean peers into the precinct room, then glamours his suit into a police uniform and enters. Darryl brings St. M a cup of coffee, when she SHOULD REALLY BE IN A HOSPITAL GETTING A CUP OF THORAZINE, but whatever. She blathers about the "angel" some more, then spills the coffee on Morris's lap. MC grins at this. Darryl goes to clean up. St. M tells him to "stay away" because "people get hurt" around her.
Just then, the lazy Ps strut into the room like they own the place. None of the police personnel asks what the hell they're doing there. Prue points to St. M and says, "All right, that's her [sic]." Phoebe wonders what Prue has planned. Prue wants to write a spell for Maggie, to "bring a little good luck in her life." Phoebe, to her credit, thinks that's "sweet," but Prue can't keep using her powers to save St. M from herself. Prue just wants to "help [Maggie] turn things around, see that life's worth living." Cut to an extra tripping over St. M's foot and crashing into the water cooler, which falls on the floor and floods all of the electrical outlets, shorting out the computer terminals. Mummy Clean chortles. The extra earns his SAG card and my scorn by harshing at her, "Thanks a lot." Prue says to Phoebe, "You see?" Man, this is just so stupid. Klutzy people can live happy, productive lives. I see it ALL THE TIME. But whatever. Prue asks Pheebs how to cast the spell. Prue is told that she doesn't need any help from Phoebe, because she already has "a connection" to St. M; the spell "just has to come from the heart." OH NO. Extemporaneous Hallmark Moments. Just kill me. Just kill me now. What was that about "life worth living" again? Prue thinks for a sec, then monotones, From this moment on/ Your pain is erased/ Your bad luck as well/ Enjoy your good luck, Maggie/ You're free from this hell. Two little glowing -- ahem -- balls appear in Prue's hand. They float over to St. M and disappear into her midsection. The heavenly cojones suddenly make Maggie sit up straight. Her confidence has magically returned! Balls! Balls, I tell you. Balls! Darryl accidentally trips and stumbles onto her. St. M helps him up. Darryl thanks her. The lazy Ps beam. Phoebe notices that Maggie's luck is "changing already." Whatever! Having earned another jewel in her heavenly crown, Prue struts off with Phoebe in tow. Mummy Clean notices this and sends a bad vibe beam into Prue's backside. She shudders. Phoebe asks what's the big. Prue says she had "a chill."