Episode Report Card Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Murphy's Luck
By Owen | Season 2 | Episode 16 | Aired on 03.29.2000
Halliwell Manor. Piper reiterates the need to find Prue. Phoebe wonders where to start. Piper suggests the magazine. Phoebe thinks that's a lost cause. Leo suggests that they use the "scrying" spell in the BoS. Alyssa says they can't because she's used the crystal up for deodorant. Piper has a brainstorm: Since they need some good luck in finding Prue, St. Maggie might be able to help. She tells Pheebs to get a map. Phoebe says there's one in the car. Leo wants to go with. Piper makes him stay behind in case Prue shows up at the manor. Besides, if he comes along, the Dark Lighter might recognize Leo from his White Lighting days. Leo, obviously upset: "I hate this, not being able to look after you guys." Aw. If he had said "y'all," I'd be a Brian Krause fan for life. Piper: "I know. I'm sorry."
Prue walks along a sidewalk. MC is behind her, blathering, "What's happening to me? Keep walking. No one else can help me. I'm all alone. Keep walking. Yeah, keep walking." He says all this in his own voice; I really wish the producers of this ep would have been consistent about this "inner voice" manipulation thing. Prue says aloud, "This isn't me. I'm a good person. I do good things." MC notices a skate punk and sends some bad mojo his way to make the kid speed towards a woman and a baby carriage. Prue notices this, and uses her power to fling the skateboarder out of the way. Unfortunately, this sends the kid into the path of an oncoming car. The skateboarder falls to the ground, narrowly missing the vehicle. He wails in pain. I bet the paramedics reason that his baggy-ass pants broke his fall so he can bypass the hospital and go directly to the police precinct for questioning, a la Maggie. MC tells Prue that she "almost killed him, like [she] almost got Phoebe killed." Then he tells her to run. Prue books out of there.
Hospital psych ward. St. Maggie is playing gin with yet another cauliflowerhead. She beams and coos at her. Second verse of "could this show patronize old people more"? The docile Ps appear in the doorway. Phoebe asks if St. M remembers her; she needs St. M's help to find her "angel." They drag St. M out to the hallway and ask her to point anywhere on an unfolded map of the city. St. M "doesn't understand" what's going on, but points anyway. Piper sees that the spot is "close by." They thank St. M and move on.
Halliwell Manor. Leo paces in the foyer, then sits on the stairs and pouts.
Cut to Piper and Phoebe in the SUV, speeding towards Prue's location. Wow. You could cut the tension with a Swiffer.