Episode Report Card Demian: C- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Kicking The Crap Out Of Private Dolt
By Demian | Season 4 | Episode 17 | Aired on 03.27.2002
Once the evil bag in the tacky dress has left the Manor, Piper wonders where the Dolt could be, and calls for him a few more times. Receiving no answer, she suggests that Raige scan for him. Having never scanned for the Dolt before, Raige doubts it will work. Piper assures her to try anyway, and sure enough, up pops the Dolt on Raige's mental radar. Raige orbs off to locate him. Piper purses her lips and frets.
Lair Of The Late Latin Teacher. Raige orbs in to find the Dolt blubbering over the woman's corpse. Krause's acting in this scene is atrocious and does a great disservice to both McGowan and my patience, so I'll keep this brief. The Dolt gives Raige the skinny on the death of Teachie, and reveals that he's lost his powers. He mopes that he shouldn't have been given those powers in the first place. Raige delivers a "buck up, little Dolt" pep talk. The Dolt's not having it. He continues to blame himself for the deaths of the Mandylors, despite all evidence to the contrary. Raige moves to orb the Dolt back to the Manor, but is violently rebuffed. Rather than beating him until he bleeds, Raige orbs back to the Manor, promising to return with Piper and Phoebe. She leaves the great lump of flannel-clad snot and glycerin alone with the corpse.
Up on the roof, Costas and Louie watch Raige's little orb cloud disappear into the sky. They decide to kill Piper.
Over at the Brocklebank, Phoebe looks like a crack whore, and The Sole looks like a jackass for having dragged a scabrous five-dollar hooker to a corporate function. Raige interrupts the humiliation to escort Phoebe back to the Manor.
Manor attic. Piper prepares the ghost vanquish as Costas silently melts through the wall behind her. Costas lifts a dagger from a table. Piper hears the scraping sound of the blade against the wood and spins on her heel to face him. He whips the dagger at her chest, but she freezes it in mid-air, then unfreezes it, allowing it to clatter harmlessly onto the floorboards. She bravely snipes at Costas, only to have Louie startle her from behind. Louie jams another blade into her sternum. Piper gasps and falls to the carpet. Costas and Louie hover over her, covering her mouth so she can't call for help. Costas reaches a spectral hand into her chest to feel her heartbeat slow. Piper chokes and gasps and loses consciousness with her eyes still open. They drop shut as her head falls to one side. Costas and Louie rise to their feet when Raige and Phoebe race into the room. While Phoebe checks for Piper's pulse, Costas smirks, "We'll be back." Costas and Louie vanish into the commercial break.