Episode Report Card Demian: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Head Games
By Demian | Season 4 | Episode 7 | Aired on 11.07.2001
Manor hallway. Raige is a bit muddled by the proposed plan of attack. They have a vanquish for Spalding, but they're not going to recite it once they've found him? The Dolt and Cole remind her that the objective of the mission is to force information from him, not to vanquish him immediately. Raige still has her doubts. Cole reassures her that he'll "squeeze" what they need out of the demon if he has to. Phoebe finds the idea of Cole accompanying them unwise. As The Source knows where to find the Colethazor, a legion of demonic bounty hunters has undoubtedly been set upon his tantalizing ass. Raige returns to the issue at hand. With Cole's considerable powers of persuasion removed from the equation, how are they to capture the demon and force him to spill? Phoebe notes that Piper could freeze his body, then unfreeze his head, as she did in "Sleuthing With The Enemy." Phoebe looks to her unusually silent sister for confirmation, but Piper's mind apparently has been miles away during this strategy session. She moves wearily to a sofa in the parlor with a counter-proposal. Suppose they offer The Source a deal through his intermediary, Spalding? The Charmed Ones agree to cease all ongoing hostilities if The Source and his minions agree to do the same. Piper reasons that this armistice would "stop all the constant attacks" on the sisters and those they love and/or do from time to time. Raige leans into Cole to breathe, "Am I the only one who thinks she bumped her head?" Get it? You will. Phoebe tries a different approach: Piper can't be serious about this, can she? Check the memo you should have received regarding this episode's main plot line, Feebs. She is. As a matter of fact, she's "never been more serious in [her] life." The Dolt kneels by Piper's side to splutter about Piper "giving up on [her] destiny." "How do you know we haven't already fulfilled it?" she asks of him. "We've saved scores of innocents already. Maybe that's enough." Sweetpea, your series was renewed through the 2003-2004 season. There are scores of future episodes that will contain comparable numbers of future innocents, so give it up already.
Piper refuses to refresh her memory regarding her contractual obligations. Instead, she urges them all to consider what they might gain from the deal. "No more putting things on hold -- vacations, friends, kids." She shoots A Look at the Dolt on this last word, and he once again makes a "Whuh?" face. At this point, I myself would openly question Piper from whence this sudden yen for vacations, friends, and kids came, but unlike the Dolt, I already know it was birthed from Brad Kern's no-doubt considerable posterior. Phoebe insists they can't throw in the towel now that they are so close to realizing their goal of destroying The Source Of All Eeevil. She begs Piper to reconsider, if only for the sake of The Late Lamented. Piper acquiesces, but not before she darkly intones, "I just hope we don't end up where she did." Looks Of Concern appear on Phoebe's face, the Dolt's face, and Raige's face as Piper stomps upstairs. Cole just looks annoyed. Atta boy.