Episode Report Card Owen: D | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Awakened
By Owen | Season 2 | Episode 12 | Aired on 02.03.2000
Hallway. Dan sees people rushing into Piper's room, and joins them. He drops the sodas he's carrying on the floor and runs to the Ps. Dr. W says he's "never seen anything like her recovery." Piper asks if she can go home. Dr. W wants to draw some more blood and run some comparative tests. Piper reiterates that she wants to leave. The lazy Ps and Dan all jump on the bed and hug her. Piper demands that they "get off" her. Meanwhile, in the trash bag, the mini-ninja rises up. A nurse throws an IV bag on top of him, and he gets his wee bitch on. Mini-ninja slices an opening in the bag and pricks the nurse in the ankle. She looks down, doesn't think much of what might have happened (although it could very well have been a used hypo she just walked into, exposing her to god only knows what), and leaves the room. Mini-ninja cuts a larger opening in the trash bag, and jumps out, waving his little -- cough, cough -- sword around.
P3AD. No one waits outside. And the club is deserted inside, except for Prue deejaying, and the docile Ps asking her to "crank it up." A menial bartender approaches Piper, but she sends him home, since she'll clean up. Piper must not have come back to her senses since her coma, because Wardrobe has sewn Holly Marie Combs into this really unflattering black pantyhose sheath over a black bra. Phoebe spies Dan sitting on a couch and tries to get him to dance with her. He balks and goes over to hug Piper. She thanks him for "waiting for [her]" and "hanging tough" at her bedside. She sends him home. The lazy Ps play patty-cake on the dance floor as Piper begins to (natch) clean up after them. She asks the lazy Ps to "spill" -- they cast a spell to cure her, didn't they? The lazy Ps try to look innocent. Piper tells them that she's "very grateful" but "what about the personal gain problem?" Phoebe says it's been a few hours, and they haven't seen any consequences yet. Piper: "I'm not complaining, I'm just glad you didn't call Leo." She tells the lazy Ps that she loves them and they hug (natch). Prue decides to go to Buckland's and finish the Monet appraisal, since she's "still up." Phoebe decides to just stand there and watch Piper work. Piper speed-cleans the bar as Phoebe gapes at her. Phoebe yells at her to stop, because she's "just found a consequence."
Hospital. The nurse who was pricked is now lying in a hospital bed, with (tee hee) mini-ninja-itis. Dr. W is called in to look at her. A Centers For Disease Control guy named Seegler meets up with Dr. W. They blather about the outbreak of Aroya fever in the hospital. There are now three patients suffering from it. Dr. W believes the cause is the first patient who was brought in -- Piper (his pronunciation) Hollywell.