Episode Report Card Demian: B+ | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT That Plot Hole Episode
By Demian | Season 1 | Episode 17 | Aired on 04.06.1999
Over at the phone, Finola's horrified to learn that Grams prevented the mysterious premonition warlocks from abducting the Wee Ps, like, what took Grams so long to call Finola at work? Was the Manor stuck sharing a party line with the neighbors back in 1975? Finola grabs her purse and sweater and ditches the rest of her shift to head back to the Manor.
Outside, Finola blindly barrels straight into Phoebe on the sidewalk, spilling the contents of her bag. Phoebe apologizes profusely and stoops to help Finola retrieve her belongings. Little Orphan Phoebe gets a good look at Finola's face and quietly realizes that she's just been body-checked by her own dead mother. Finola smiles kindly and confesses that she can be "such a klutz sometimes." "Really?" Phoebe bleats. "Me, too." Aw. There's a genetic explanation for Phoebe's stupidity! I wonder if she's eligible for disability. After a bit more of this, Nicky The Nasty Nazi suddenly appears behind the Feebs, all done up in police drag. I'm assuming it's a disguise. He officiously asks if everything's all right as Phoebe gapes in alarm. Finola assures him she's fine, thanks Phoebe for her assistance, and scurries over to her gas-guzzling boat of a sedan. Phoebe mumbles something to Nasty Nicky about directions to Berkeley, but he just shoves her into a stucco wall and stomps towards his cruiser. Phoebe coolly sucker-punches him, flings his car keys across the street, and darts into the diner. Okay, so the cool sucker-punch is actually a doofy yodeling karate kick to his back, but I like my version more. Phoebe hastily informs her sisters of the warlock's presence while dragging them out of their booth towards the restaurant's back door. The Glamorous Ladies vanish just as The Nasty Nazi storms through the front entrance to glare his Teutonic way into the commercial break.
As our intrepid heroines wander up Prescott Street, Phoebe hesitantly admits that her run-in with Finola unexpectedly left her feeling "overwhelmed." Piper quickly steers the topic of conversation back to the issue at hand -- namely, how will they battle Nasty Nicky when none of them has access to their powers? Phoebe grins slyly and suggests kidnapping the Wee Ps. Right, honey. Kidnap a couple of talent-free toddlers so you can send them into battle against a hulking wall of Aryan evil. That'll work. Not.
Manor kitchen. The adult Ps slink through the back door and crouch down beside a vent. Phoebe pops the damper, and their mother's voice floods the kitchen. Phoebe used to eavesdrop on her sisters through the heating ducts all the time, you see, especially when Prue "used to sneak Andy up to [her] bedroom in high school." Ew! EW! She listened to Prue and Andy having sex? What is wrong with this woman? God! Any-way, Prue snarls at Phoebe for a bit before ordering her to remain at the vent while she and Piper retrieve the toddlers. Phoebe's all, "Right-o, sis!" Pervert.