Episode Report Card Demian: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Long Live The (Drag) Queen
By Demian | Season 4 | Episode 20 | Aired on 05.01.2002
Hell. The Sole blazes into the middle of the same set they used last week for the coronation. Demonic underlings abound. He demands to know where Dane dredged up the gall to call a meeting and then summon The Sole Of All Evil to attend. Dane replies that while he may have summoned The Sole, he certainly didn't call for a meeting. The dark demonic underlings did so of their own accord. Seems that word spread of The Phoebeast's involvement in Scorchy Mallick's humiliation, and the minions are restless. The Sole attempts to fob off the same prenatal hormonal imbalance excuse that worked so well for Lili Taylor on Six Feet Under, but nobody's buying it down here in Hell. Dane darkly suggests that The Sole take care of the Gregory Conroy issue on his own, "for morale." The Sole glances around at the demonic throng, then slowly blazes out.
Bizarre cut to an overhead shot of Raige adding a raw egg to some tomato juice in a blender over in the Manor kitchen. Piper's zonked out on the kitchen table with the remains of three other varieties of Raige's hangover cures before her. Piper apologizes for sucking down a bottle of Jack through a straw. "It's one thing when your sister has a husband that you can't stand," she explains. "It's another when he is The Source Of All Evil." I'd comment, but I know my parents would kill me if they ever saw my true feelings about our various in-laws in print. All I can say is Piper, honey, I feel your pain. And so do Mom and Dad. Raige decides that Piper's recovered to the point where she can reach a decision on Raige's proposed plan of action. They still have the Source vanquish and The Mystical Crystals Of Demonic Entrapment from the last time they tangled with the ruler of Hell. Also, the "good in Phoebe is fighting to the surface," as was proved earlier through her actions regarding their innocent. Why don't they just orb over to the Casa and blow up The Sole? Because Phoebe still would never allow them to vanquish her husband, Piper replies. Raige believes Phoebe might, especially if The Sole tries to off Piper and Raige first. Raige is so convinced Phoebe's good side will prevail -- especially if her sisters are in danger -- that she's willing to bet her life on it. Piper pauses thoughtfully, then notes that Raige has come a long way from the orphaned only child they met less than a year ago. Raige vows never to return to that depressing life, and hauls Piper to her feet.