Episode Report Card Demian: B+ | 106 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Coyote Not-So-Ugly
By Demian | Season 3 | Episode 9 | Aired on 2001.01.11
Back in the attic, Prue and Phoebe have hit Piggy's entry in the BoS. As Prue explains what alchemists do, Phoebe notices Piper exiting the manor below, without the Dolt and without having stopped to say goodbye. Prue continues with Piggy's entry. The magic green bottle is actually an "Essence Bearer." Prue reads that "a life essence is comparable to a human soul, but made in a mixing lab." As we have seen with the Essence of Slut, a "well-made life essence can possess any living being," but proves fatal to the host's pre-existing soul. Prue finally puts the pieces together, and realizes Piggy was warning Prue and Phoebe about SlutPiper. Phoebe's a bit slower on the uptake, like that's a surprise, but Prue whips her into action. They set to work on a "dispossessing spell."
I can't reiterate that enough. Cut to P3. "Unbelievable" blares in the background as SlutPiper pulls a Coyote Ugly on top of the bar. Inside sources have told us on the boards that Holly Marie Combs had a slut double for this performance. The lusty lads of the class of 1990 hoot and wolf-whistle as SlutPiper dispenses a couple of upside-down shots. The tasteful bitches of the class of 1990 gaze on, appalled. Prue and Phoebe rush down the stairs of the club, with Phoebe babbling that she hopes Prue is wrong about the possession theory. They skitter to a halt at the sight of SlutPiper having the sort of fun RealPiper should have been having all along. "Hope. Dashed," Phoebe sputters. More of the bar-top dancing, as the Slut Double pushes her ass into some appreciative extra's face. Prue and Phoebe try to come up with a way to get SlutPiper out of there, but are interrupted by a Terribly Helpful Bottle Blonde, who reveals she's been sober for five years. To the giggling amusement of Prue and Phoebe, THBB gives them her card, urging them to have Piper call about her "problem." Alcoholics Anonymous jokes, people. Comedy gold. Or not. Prue and Phoebe spot SlutPiper grinding against Missy's husband, and head over to pull her away. Missy busts her man for coming on to SlutPiper, but SlutPiper freezes her before she can kick her rant into high gear. Prue and Phoebe barge in, knocking Missy out of the freeze, and drag SlutPiper out to the alley.