Episode Report Card Demian: B | 0 USERS: N/A YOU GRADE IT Charmed Again, Part The Second
By Demian | Season 4 | Episode 2 | Aired on 2001.10.04
South Bay Social Services. How do I know this? It says so in black letters three feet high over the entrance, so that even the visually impaired in the audience can read it. Inside, Rose is chatting on the phone with her uncle. After inquiring as to the condition of her aunt's artificial hip, she darts her eyes over to the front desk. A gentlemen my friend Dan would call "not bad for a dad" approaches the receptionist to note that Jake and Carol Grisanti have arrived for their appointment. This must be the child abuser. Or. Is. He? Jake then turns to his wife to snap that he has to go to the can. Carol hangs her home-permed head in shame. Cut back to Rose, who shoots Jake a look that would scorch paint off the wall.
The Can. Jake approaches a sink to splash water onto his face. As he bends towards the basin, the fluorescents dim suddenly, then flicker back up. The Shource is in the house and is ready to par-tay! Jake catches sight of him in the mirror and turns to snarl, "Whadda you want?" The Source shoves a spectral claw out of Shane's chest, then emerges fully to tower over Jake as Shane's limp body drops to the tiled floor behind him. Jake freaks. The Source worms his way into Jake's body, and I'm sorry if that sounds naughty, but there's no other way to describe it. The Jource shudders a bit, then rises to study his reflection in the mirror. The beetle eyes roll in for a moment, and The Jource turns to stride out of the bathroom.
Out in her cubicle, Rose finally gets to the point of her phone call. She asks her uncle if he and her aunt still attend services at the church in which she was abandoned. They do. Is a penguin by the name of Sister Agnes still in residence? She is. "Uncle Dave" asks Rose if she's spoken with the nun. Rose concedes that she hasn't, but allows that certain unspecified recent events have made a meet-and-greet desirable. Rose spots The Jource and Carol making their way into a conference room, and cuts her call short. Rose jumps to her feet and proceeds to get all up in her boss's face. He informs her that her services will not be required at the meeting. She tells him he "can't let that kid go home with that jerk." The boss brusquely reminds Rose that one, they have no proof the father is abusing his son, and two, she's nothing more than a glorified secretary, so she can't sit in on the meeting. Rose pouts, and the boss slams the conference room door in her face. She clomps over to one of the room's windows to stare down The Jource before the blinds are closed. Rose rolls her eyes in barely-suppressed rage.