Episode Report Card Demian: D+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT We'll have an old-fashioned wedding.
By Demian | Season 4 | Episode 15 | Aired on 03.13.2002
Let the Object of Objection
Become but a Dream
As I cause the Seen
To be Unseen.
Little fairy lights dance across Phoebe's face, and the acne gradually disappears. More amusingly, Phoebe proceeds to vanish as well. Get it? The Object of Objection? Unfortunately, that gag was unintentional. More unfortunately, the same cannot be said of the "gag" that follows. InvisiPhoebe's empty pink pajamas stand in front of her vanity, holding Phoebe's form. InvisiPhoebe, overly enthused: "My zits are gone?" Piper, preternaturally calm: "I can honestly say that your face is completely clear." InvisiPhoebe: "Woo hoo!" You watch the commercials while I go pound my head through some of the drywall in my apartment.
Manor. They've finally filmed new establishing shots of the Manor that include Raige's Volkswagen in the driveway, by the way. Up in the attic, InvisiPhoebe has apparently stripped herself naked, presumably because the effects budget can't bear the strain of multiple shots of animated pink pajamas. Alyssa Milano's voice-over rages while various blue-screen shots of airborne wedding programs and the floating satin gown are superimposed over Raige and Piper. InvisiPhoebe even "knocks over" some books in frustration. Piper tells Alyssa's voice-over to shut up. Phoebe's current state is simply "a backfire to the vanishing spell." Once Piper finds an appropriate reversal in the Book of Shadows, everything will be fine. Daddy Dearest pokes his head into the room, wondering why the gals haven't dressed yet. There's a bit of business wherein InvisiPhoebe orders Daddy Dearest to escort the photographer to the church and Piper attempts to pass off the disembodied voice as her own effort at impersonating Phoebe's verbal tics for the toast at the reception. Daddy Dearest leaves. InvisiPhoebe bitches some more as she plants her naked ass down on a sofa. I hope they used ScotchGard on that thing. Raige cuts to the chase -- the vanishing spell should not have backfired. After all, it didn't when she used it on Billy and Collagyn. When you add that to the oversized wedding dress, the acne, and Coolio, it should be clear that there are demonic doings afoot in Halliwell Manor. Raige delivers a "buck up, little campers" pep talk, arguing that the Ps can vanquish whatever Eeevil forces are at work and still hold the ceremony as planned. Piper and Phoebe agree. The gals exit the attic with the BoS to prep for the wedding while continuing the search for a reversal in the Book.