Episode Report Card Demian: B- | 1 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT Wiccaning II: The, Um, Wiccaning, Actually
By Demian | Season 7 | Episode 3 | Aired on 09.25.2004
Manor sun porch. Phoebe, blowing bubble gum, writes Slampiece Sparklies's name over and over again in a notebook before dialing his number on her cell and hanging up as soon as he answers. Piper enters to make with some more of the wacky hijinks as Victor looks on with a bemused grin on his face until Raige orbs in with Grams and the kids to break up all the "fun." Grams grimly orders the gals to look after the boys while she and Daddy Dearest have a chat in the kitchen.
Once there, Penny hisses for Victor to shut the door so the girls can't eavesdrop on their conversation, the Dolt rather fortuitously orbs in for the confrontation that follows, and I swear to God, Grams must have had a brain tumor for breakfast, because she claims she witnessed the Dolt attack his son when, for one thing, she arrived on the scene long after the supposed attack had taken place, and for another, she clearly saw that there were in fact two Dolts in the Not-So-Great Hall. So, you know, I don't get what the big deal is, here, but I'll go along with it anyway, because it's always so much easier when you just go along with it. Victor, surprisingly enough, defends his one-time son-in-law as the Dolt insists the demon responsible must have been a shape-shifter of some sort. Meanwhile, the sounds of the argument have carried out onto the sun porch, where the glum Glam Gals listen in as Grams reams the Dolt a new one. Back in the kitchen, mention is made of the Dolt's murderous ways, and for an instant, the Dolt thinks Grams is referring to the recent immolation of Stupid Uncle Phil, but she's really just griping about dumb Snidely again.
Grams finally gets to the point of all this when she posits that "some dark alter-ego" of the Dolt's "might be acting on [his] true feelings" -- that "maybe deep down inside," the Dolt "think[s Snidely] was right." "That your son doesn't belong in this world," Grams leads, clearly pained. There's precedent for dark alter egos, of a sort, from way back in the third season, but Grams never specifically mentions The Late Lamented, so it's hard to tell if there's any actual continuity involved here. The Dolt furiously denies all of this before fleeing the room in a cloud of orbs. Grams allows a beat to let everything sink in before announcing a change of plans. As she believes news of the Dolt's latest apparent foray into the Dark Side would devastate "adult Piper," she's going to hold off on the reversal spell for the moment. Victor protests that as Piper's father, he should have a say in the matter. "No," Grams coolly corrects him. "With birthdays and holidays you get a say. With magic and demons, what I say goes." Hee. What a ballbuster. And God love her for it. "Now," Grams finishes frostily, "if you'll excuse me." Daddy Dearest drills holes into her back with the laser-like beams of hatred shooting from his eyes as Grams glides from the room.