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
Grams breezes through the dining room with a laundry basket and chuckles when she spies Western Stampin' Andy stuck in his freeze by the sun porch. She smiles something about the "poor thing" forgetting all about the incident as she waves her hand in front of his face. Oh, Andy. Having your brain repeatedly pickled by a coven of witches had to have sucked. Death must have been a sweet release. When Western Stampin' Andy snaps out of it, Grams inquires as to the whereabouts of the Wee Ps. "I think the strange ladies took them," Andy dutifully replies. Grams panics and races out onto the front porch in time to see the Ps motoring off in Finola's boat. I'm not even going to bother wondering why Finola didn't already leave with the goddamn thing to see Victor, okay?
Over in a public park -- a public park -- Prue and Phoebe have the Wee Ps practice freezing and TKing a beach ball. With a gaggle of Asian ladies practicing tai chi in the background. Morons. Piper arrives from the pay phone, so the Twee Ps send the Wee Ps out of the frame in order to indulge in a bit of hasty plot development. Piper's discovered that Finola's at work until five, and Nazi Nick's shift doesn't end until six. So, he's a real cop then, huh? And how exactly did Piper learn Nicky's work schedule when she doesn't know his last name? Feel free to answer at your leisure. I'm not going anywhere. Heh. Just had a thought. What if his name is Nicholas Nastinazi? No wonder he became a demon. As Phoebe wishes she could spend more quality time with Finola, a couple of black-and-whites pull into the parking lot. About fifteen officers emerge to arrest the Twee Ps. Prue gapes.
Victor's Purported Hotel. Finola wanders through the hall searching for the deadbeat's room, and wow. She's sporting that black button-down, low-cut, long-sleeved blouse with the floral accents over a simple, sleek black skirt, and she looks fabulous. Shame about the teeth. Kidding! Finola enters Victor's darkened room, calling out his name. Officer Nicholas Nastinazi appears in Victor's stead to slam Finola into a wall, snapping a pair of handcuffs around her wrists so she can't freeze him. That doesn't stop spunky Finola from kneeing him in the groin, however. Nasty Nick doubles over in agony as Finola bolts for the door. Nicky recovers to fling his organ-searing mojo at Finola, and she sinks to the carpet. Nicky exposits that he intended only to off Finola and steal her power, but then he discovered that she's the mother of the Charmed Ones. He tapped the Manor's phone, you see, and realized that Finola's earlier premonition must have originated in the percolating infant she's carrying. Finola pleads for her daughters' lives and whatnot as Nicky retrieves his pre-credits ring from a box hidden in a dresser. "There is another option, Patty," he sneers, wiggling his ring by his face. Yeah, numbnuts. You could off Grams, Finola, the Wee Ps, and the percolating infant, thereby eliminating the need for that stoopid contrivance you've got in your hand. Whatever! Why are all of these demons idiots? If I were running Hell, these ladies would have been toast before the half-hour mark in the series premiere.