Episode Report Card Owen: D | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Give Me A Sign
By Owen | Season 2 | Episode 15 | Aired on 02.23.2000
Halliwell Manor. Attic. The docile Ps leaf through the BoS. They identify the ray gun as a weapon carried by lower-level demons that work for higher demons. Suddenly the book turns its pages to an entry titled "Mariners." Phoebe notes that they "aren't demons, they're seafarers." Piper angrily notes this as a sign (sip) because Dan played ball for the Seattle Mariners. Phoebe: "No one feels worse than I do right now." Au contraire. Owen wanly and drunkenly raises his hand from his prone position on the sofa and whimpers. Just then, Astral Prue appears. Her sisters greet her and are pleased that she's okay. Prue tells them not to go looking for her, because Bane has set "a trap." Then she disappears.
Unconsummated Condo. Prue wakes up. Bane takes off her blindfold and tells her she passed out. Prue: "Feeling guilty? That's a good sign [sip]. You have a conscience." Bane decides to untie Prue and let her go, because she can't help him if she won't trust (sip) him. He doesn't want her to be in danger. Ruh roh! Lackey runs into the room and shoots at them with his ray gun. Bane grabs Prue to shield her, and they both fall back onto some conveniently placed cardboard boxes. Prue telekinetically redirects the ray gun's beam, then flings the lackey through the window. Bane clutches his stomach. There's blood on his shirt from where he fell on his side on top of a saw blade. Antonio wails, "My abs! My flawless washboard abs!" Actually, he just winces in pain. Prue realizes that he saved her life. Bane: "Do you think you can trust [sip] me now?" Prue contemplates.
Mentos brings us the "First Chewy Strong Mint." The secret ingredient? Crack.
Halliwell Manor. Darryl has returned, and follows Piper into the sunroom. Phoebe turns on a TV with a remote control. A reporter is babbling a report about a prisoner escaping earlier that day from the county jail. His name is Bane Jessup, and he was awaiting trial for racketeering, money laundering, and embezzlement. Okay, so we finally know what Bane was arrested for -- because as I said in the "Ms. Hellfire" recap, there wasn't any evidence to convict him for arranging the hit on the Halliwells. Darryl thinks the news breaking out is "a nightmare." Piper: "Welcome to our world." Word. Phoebe chirps, "Want some aspirin?" No, Darryl says he wants Prue "safe" and Bane "back in jail." Do they know what the ray gun is yet? The docile Ps tell him they don't, but they have been contacted by Prue. She's definitely been kidnapped by Bane. Darryl gives Piper a big manila folder full of copies he made from Bane's DA file, and tells them it might help. The phone rings. Phoebe answers. It's someone calling for a "Leonora Watkins." Piper grabs the phone, says, "Wrong number," and hangs up. Darryl suggests that they use Bane's information to track down Prue (as if that might not occur to them). Piper just hopes Bane's not hurting Prue.