Episode Report Card Owen: D | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT How To Make A Quilt Out Of Americans
By Owen | Season 2 | Episode 17 | Aired on 04.05.2000
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Gail Manor. The Ps find the makings of the coven's power-zapping potion. Piper: "No wonder the tea tasted funny. How did we let her do this to us?" I note that Piper's being really gracious in her use of the word "we," since the lazy Ps are so obviously guilty for this blunder. Prue: "We trusted her." Piper remembers Gail as "Grams' best friend who was always baking [them] cookies." Phoebe wails, "Now she's spiking our tea!" Piper wonders why -- "to be young again? Surely she knew she'd be giving up her soul in exchange." Prue answers, "Not just for youth. For health." She's been rummaging through Gail's papers like she owns the place, and holds up a fistful of doctor bills, "recent ones, for radiation treatment, chemotherapy -- [Gail] didn't have long to live." (Wait a second. If Gail is such a close family friend, how come she's never been mentioned before? And if she was the girls' "second Grams," then how come the sisters weren't informed that she was on the brink of death? Whatever!) Phoebe: "This doesn't excuse what she did. You can't use magic to save yourself." Prue: "Not without consequences. And there's none bigger than [losing] your soul." Hmm. These are pretty self-righteous statements from the duo who used magic to save Piper's life in the "Awakened" episode; perhaps they could cut Gail a little slack since they were once on her side of the fence. Phoebe still wonders why Gail had to steal their powers. Prue reasons that "Cheeto wanted more out of the bargain, and Gail was desperate enough to give it to him." Piper regrets leaving Gail alone with the BoS in the attic. Phoebe reminds the hard Ps that if they obtain the transference spell, they can use it in addition to the potion to get their powers back. Piper pooh-poohs this because Cheeto is now too powerful to confront. Prue reminds her that Cheeto might not know how to use the Charmed Ones' powers. Besides, does Piper have "a better idea"? Piper: "Go home. Call it a day." The lazy Ps laugh. Piper, stone-faced, is "not kidding." We can also infer this because the Piano Chords of Conflict are cued here and not the Flute of Whimsy.
Gas station. The Grumpy Old Men are now young rascals who jump into a convertible Bo-and-Luke-Duke-style while they woo-hoo and carry on. They peel out. Cheeto watches this, and demands that Young Gail send more of her friends to him for "the treatment." Young Gail protests, whining that "[she] knew what [she] was giving up -- they don't." An elderly man in a suit walks into the gas station. Cheeto wants YG to introduce him. YG won't. Cheeto threatens her. She caves.