Episode Report Card Demian: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Black as the Bitter, Bitter Heart Of Brad Kern
By Demian | Season 4 | Episode 8 | Aired on 11.14.2001
Piper and Raige run to Phoebe's aid as the demons twist their way out of the freeze.
Downstairs, Emma clatters into the hallway and retrieves the Demon Be Gone from the floor.
Up in the attic, the gals free the bound P and leap off to the side as a group in time to witness Belthazor plunging the blade into the Garthalike's prominent pectoral. The Garthalike and Belthazor wail mightily as the Garthalike spouts tongues of fire before he blazes on down to Hell. So, an upper-level demon can only be vanquished through a potion brewed with his own flesh, huh? Bite me. Belthazor advances on the trio of sisters, ignoring Phoebe's repeated requests that he morph back into Cole. Raige calls for Piper to try the Garthalike vanquish on Belthazor. Phoebe screams no, and continues to plead with him. Emma pops in and hurls the Demon Be Gone into Belthazor's back. A wall of fire encircles Belthazor, who gives Phoebe some serious puppy-dog eyes before emitting a guttural howl and vanishing. A shocked Cole is left standing in his place, enshrouded by smoke. Cole drops to his knees as Raige wonders what in hell just happened. "That was the power-stripping potion," Phoebe breathes before throwing herself into Cole's arms. I was right -- it was the Demon Be Gone. Question: I thought he had to drink it. So what's with this breaking a bottle of it on his back? Huh? Huh? ANSWER ME!
I think an intervention is in order.
Emma remains unsatisfied. Spotting the Garthalike dagger that had fallen from Cole's hand, she snatches it from the carpet to inflict grievous bodily harm on our favorite no-longer-demonic boy toy. Phoebe, looking and sounding exactly like Natalie Wood in West Side Story, shoots out her hand and throatily shouts, "NO!" "You got your revenge," she tells Emma. "You killed the demon you were after. Belthazor's dead -- gone forever." She pauses for a round of reaction shots. Cole's still kneeling on the floor like a penitent in a confessional. "Cole's a human being," Phoebe continues at last. "An innocent." Emma reluctantly relinquishes the dagger. Her expression seems to say that not only has vanquishing Belthazor not given her "closure" (a word I hate with the blazing passion of a thousand fiery suns), but also that she has no idea how to move forward with her life now that her goal of seeking vengeance for her fiancé has finally been met. Kindly refer to the above reference to the people of Oklahoma City. The West Side Story references keep coming, as a modified version of the first bar of "Somewhere" is incorporated into the strings underscoring the action. The scene ends with a shot of Cole's stunned face dissolving into a shot of the sun setting over the city.