Episode Report Card Owen: D | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Reckless Abandon
By Owen | Season 2 | Episode 11 | Aired on 01.26.2000
Van Llewen Estate. Gilbert is telling his wife, Alexandra, to calm down. She wants to know where their baby is. Gilbert abandoned him "for his own good." They argue some more. Gilbert had to hide the baby before the christening, because the ghost strikes "at the moment of the family's greatest joy." Alexandra gapes at him in disbelief. Moaning and grunting is heard outside the room. Suddenly Stephanie Beacham from Dynasty II: The Colbys and that awful nun-and-ruffian sitcom Sister Kate runs into the room. Sister Kate is playing Gilbert's mother and sporting pearls, a cashmere sweater set, and facelift-scar-concealing bangs. The black-clad ghost appears and tells Sister Kate that "her last son" will be his next victim. The ghost will spare him if he brings the baby back to the house. Gilbert refuses, and receives a lightning bolt to his chest. He falls off the second-floor balcony to his death. The ghost tells Sister Kate that he won't let her leave the house until she's seen all the males in her family die.
Sure, inform kids not to smoke pot, but don't LIE to them. Smoking pot is not like playing hockey without protective equipment. It's more like swimming in Jell-O.
Van Llewen Estate. An ambulance and police cars are parked in the driveway, along with Darryl and the lazy Ps. Prue and Phoebe have just found out about Gilbert's death, and want to find out if Baby Matthew is his son. Darryl bitches that this isn't even his crime scene. The three of them stroll into the mansion anyway. A random cop snarks at Darryl, "Let me guess -- your psychic friends?" Darryl threatens to make the guy a "meter maid." Ooh, burn. Not. The cop directs Darryl to Sister Kate. She tells Darryl that her daughter-in-law is upstairs resting, and her grandson is staying with some relatives. She asks to be excused from further questioning as the lazy Ps sneak upstairs like they own the place. Prue and Phoebe walk into the nursery. Phoebe finds a photo of Matthew and his parents on the wall, and a satin pillow that says "Matthew." Her few lonely synapses fire and she says that their baby must Matthew Van Llewen, "no question about it." Prue looks at all of the toys and baby equipment and decides that his parents "must love him to death" because the Halliwell girls all know that expensive gifts = true love. Phoebe thinks that they shouldn't talk about the baby in the mansion because "Casper's still around." Suddenly a red-eyed Alexandra walks in the room and busts the sisters for trespassing. She wants to know who they are. The lazy Ps try to impersonate "grief counselors with the police department." BWA HA HA! Grief contributors, maybe. Alexandra tells them to leave. The lazy Ps think they can "help" her. She asks them to leave again and snits off.