Episode Report Card Demian: B+ | 168 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Sin Francisco
By Demian | Season 3 | Episode 18 | Aired on 2001.04.19
Parlor. The Dolt is engrossed in a John Wayne movie. Piper determines something is amiss, decides it's the lack of potato chips, and hustles back into the kitchen to procure some for her man. Miss Phoebe If You're Nasty meanwhile urges the Dolt to switch to MTV. "I want to see Carson Daly," she explains as she scrambles over the Dolt's prone form on the couch. "He is so hot." Ew. I mean, really. Ick. Prue switches off the set in an attempt to restore focus. She asks the Dolt what TPTB "had to say about [Kenickie's] sneak attack." The Dolt, as usual, is useless. This time, however, he has a Deadly-Bath-Bead-related excuse. Seems he "orbed halfway up and got tired." "After sixty years of constant vigilance, I think I deserve a little downtime," he continues as he switches the TV back on. "Constant vigilance"? Is this some new term for "having sex in the shower in the middle of the day"? Shut up, Dolt. Piper passes the Dolt a bowl of chips, then answers the door. She's had several floral arrangements delivered to herself. Prue rolls her eyes. Miss Phoebe If You're Nasty hits on one of the deliverymen, remarking on her taste for men in uniform. Prue pushes the florists out the door and propels Piper and Phoebe back into the parlor, where the Dolt belches his way through his snacks. Phoebe wonders which Deadly Bath Bead targeted Prue. Prue decides she alone remains uninfected because she's "strong enough to fight [the infection] off." 'Cause, you know, Pride goeth before the fall and all that. Prue spots a breaking news story on TV, and orders the Dolt to crank up the sound. Basically, there's a "hostage situation" in a Bay Area Jaguar dealership. A certain "Pastor Robert Trimble" will shoot a salesman if he's not given a new car. Prue supposes that Kenickie infected the pastor with the Deadly Bath Bead of Envy, and she and Phoebe head off for the showroom, Piper having decided she'll remain in the manor with the Dolt to "hold down the fort." Holding down the fort, of course, involves shopping for a "Deluxe Tiffany Stained-Glass Flamingo" and an "Ornate Asian Curio Cabinet" on the Home Shopping Network. Wah-wah-wah. Does the fun ever start?
Cut to the street outside the "Bay City Motor Cars" showroom. Various S.W.A.T.-team types scamper around behind parked cars while, for some reason, hordes of rubberneckers mingle on the sidewalks right behind them. Prue, Phoebe, and Darryl enter. Prue insists she be allowed inside the dealership. Darryl tells her she's being foolish. Miss Phoebe If You're Nasty's distracted when she spots Officer Package working crowd control off to the side. While Prue and Darryl bicker about proper procedure in a hostage situation, Phoebe scuttles off to assault the cop. Prue haughtily takes matters into her own hands, crossing the police barricade to dash into the showroom. Darryl wildly orders the S.W.A.T. team not to shoot while confusedly scanning the crowd for Phoebe. Poor Duhrryl. He's so lost. As usual. Inside the showroom, Prue approaches the reverend, who has a revolver pressed against the neck of a salesman. Startled, the reverend spins around and aims the gun at Prue. Prue tosses some TK in the general direction of the weapon, but manages only to wiggle the pastor's arm a little bit. Prue: "Um. Uh oh." The pastor re-aims and fires.