Episode Report Card Demian: F | 218 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT Enter The Stench
By Demian | Season 4 | Episode 4 | Aired on 2001.10.18
Rose enters the hall from the storm outside and strips off her rain gear. Not Cho inches silently down the staircase above, ogling her. Cole appears, startling Rose, and starts sliming a ham-fisted come-on. We get a couple of Not Cho POVs through the woodwork of the balustrade as all of this is going on. Once he's determined that Cole and Rose are suitably distracted, he slinks down the remaining stairs to head into the kitchen. Meanwhile, Rose is thoroughly disgusted by Cole's revolting advances. Alyssa jiggles down the stairs just in time to catch Cole mashing his lips against Rose's. "Hey!" she pouts. Shut up, Alyssa. Rose breaks the clinch and flips Cole to his back on the carpet. She accuses him of being a creep. He calls her "Phoebe." The gals figure out he's unraveled their tissue of lies. "You know?" gasps Alyssa. "How do you know?" "For one thing," he replies, "you suck at levitating. For another, you set me straight on the way I've been treating Phoebe as only a sister could." Rose is surprised to hear the latter, but only mildly. Cole paws her ass, telling her he'll be back when the two have sorted out this little mix-up. Rose growls as he squiggles out. The two women chat at each other about toadstool and potions before being interrupted by a shout from the kitchen.
"Piper, look out!" screams Phag, but the warning arrives too late. Not Cho slams Piper through a table, then draws his sword. Phag responds in kind, unsheathing the purloined dagger. The blade glows green in her hand. Not Cho recognizes it as the Dragon Blade; they start hacking away at each other. Rose and Alyssa trundle in from the hallway in time to see Not Cho slicing his way into Phag's forearm. She drops the dagger and staggers back against a wall. "Phoebe!" Piper yells. "Stop him!" Alyssa leaps to spin helplessly in mid-air about three feet off the ground. Yes, she's yodeling. Not Cho grabs the dropped dagger, back-flips onto the counter, and vanishes into the dishwater in the sink. The vanishing-into-the-sink bit was sort of cool. Rose drags Alyssa out of the air as Piper rushes to Phag's side, calling for the Dolt. He orbs in and moves immediately to make with the special tingly touch on Phag's arm. Piper wheels on her sisters, barking out, "You two! Follow me!" She stomps out into the sun porch, the errant Ps trailing meekly behind. The truth quickly comes out, with predictable results. Piper blows her top. "Oh. My. GOD. You. SWITCHED. BODIES?" Yes, Piper, they did. Now shut up and get over it. God knows I was over it five seconds after it happened. Alyssa and Rose reassure her that they now have the ingredients necessary to reverse the spell. Piper suddenly lights up with a brilliant idea, but for the moment chooses to remain mum about the details. She orders everyone back into the kitchen.