Episode Report Card Demian: C | 11 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT Charmed Again, Part The First
By Demian | Season 4 | Episode 1 | Aired on 2001.10.04
Manor parlor. Phoebe stares into the fireplace as Piper approaches with a cup of chamomile tea. Phoebe accepts the peace offering and sips before adding flatly, "It doesn't seem real, does it?" No, Feebs, it doesn't, but I don't think you're talking about what I'm thinking about at the moment. Piper worries over post-funeral details like the disposition of Prue's possessions. The one thing the two can agree on is selling Prue's SUV. They clasp hands and bond a bit more before the Dolt orbs back in from his Heavenly confab with TPTB. "They" know nothing of Rose, eliminating the possibility that she's a Whitelighter. Piper and Phoebe groan in frustration and rise to their feet. Cole squiggles in, apologizing for taking so long to return. All together now: He "had to dodge a couple of bounty hunters." Never thought I'd say it, but shut up, Cole. Damn you, Brad Kern. Cole does, however, have better information than the Dolt. The Source, he notes, thinks Rose is "another Charmed One." Yeah, we know. Move it along, already. Phoebe blithers while Piper silently absorbs the implications. Uttering nary a word, she storms atticward as the others trail behind in her wake.
Attic. Phoebe with the "What's up?" Piper stomps to the BoS, telling them all it's time to ask Grams what the hell is going on. "'Your destiny awaits,'" she snidely mimics. "'Everything happens for a reason.' Well, it's time to summon her transparent ass and find out what that 'reason' is." Snicker. We love Piper when she's talking trash about Grams. Piper furiously repeats the earlier summoning spell, ending by slamming her open palms onto the BoS with a resounding thump. Swirling Cloud Of Glowing Golf Balls. Hi, Grams! She's a bit indignant at being summoned twice in one day. Piper drops the Rose bomb. Grams feigns ignorance. Piper calls her on it. Grams claims she's "sworn to secrecy" on the matter. "By who?" Piper ungrammatically demands. The disembodied voice of Finola Hughes responds, "By me." A second SCOGGB deposits Finola on the carpet next to Grams. Or maybe they're hovering above it. I have no idea. Finola bares her terrifying rack of choppers in a spooky close-up as the Tinkly Chords of Imminent Resolution splatter across the soundtrack.