Episode Report Card Demian: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Death Takes A Tango Lesson
By Demian | Season 3 | Episode 16 | Aired on 03.14.2001
Prue cuts to the chase, asking the Dolt if the Angel of Death really exists. He confirms this, and Prue reveals that she just met him. A round of goggling disbelief for everyone in the parlor. Prue fills them all in on her encounter, adding that Death promised to return. She surmises he's returning for Reese. Cole and the Dolt tell her that Death isn't colluding with the Suckers, as "Death isn't evil." Prue strenuously begs to differ. She proposes to get Reese into the manor, where she can better protect him. Piper chimes in with an objection: if they are to do that, they must also let Reese in on their big Wiccan secret. Prue doesn't care, as she is determined not to let Death win. The Dolt, still clutching the Gandarium lamp, looks concerned as Prue's little anti-Death rant amps up. Prue tells Phoebe to fetch Davidson's business card. Cole looks guilty, then excuses himself to the hallway. The Dolt beams at the Gandarium lamp, then beams some more at Piper. Piper's expression says it all for me: Shut up, Dolt.
In the hall, Cole raises a hand to his forehead and squiggles out of the manor. Cut to Davidson's office, where a coroner's assistant draws a sheet over Ruth's corpse. Reese blames himself for Ruth's death as his pager bleats. He excuses himself to take Prue's call, and the camera pulls back to reveal FetusHead and Moe in the background. They step around the remains of Ruth to follow Reese into the hallway. Outside the office, Cole confronts Reese and orders him to leave the Ps alone, promising to tell Reese whatever he wants to know. Cole moves to grab Reese, who bats Cole's hand away. Reese blithers a bit in righteous indignation as Cole senses the presence of the Suckers. He grabs Reese and squiggles out as FetusHead and Moe round the corner. They reach Cole's most recent position and "sense" the squiggle. Cut to Cole and Reese squiggling into the Mausoleum's mausoleum where, for some reason, the lights are on and several banks of candles glow in the shadows. That's some cemetery service for you. Davidson immediately drops to his knees, panting. Cole, in Colethazor mode, menaces out an apology as Davidson gasps out a demand for an explanation of what just happened. The Colethazor casually (and amusingly) instructs Reese to "just breathe. Try to calm down." "What are you?" Reese asks from the floor. The Colethazor turns and mutters, "Someone who just saved your life," as he slowly approaches Reese. Reese skitters backwards to Cole's father's bier, begging the Colethazor to let him go. The Colethazor icily replies that he can't let Reese go, as the "demons" will kill Reese if he does. Should they kill him, they'll realize that the way to vanquish Cole is to kill Phoebe. Or something. "Demons?" Reese splutters in a panic. The Colethazor leans in to reveal that when he uses the word "demon," he doesn't "mean it as a metaphor."