Episode Report Card Demian: C- | 2 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Charmed Again, Part The First
By Demian | Season 4 | Episode 1 | Aired on 10.03.2001
Cut to Rose stalking through a hospital corridor. She dodges past a couple of cops to scurry into Shane's room. He's suffered a minor concussion, but nothing more. She apologizes for bailing on him in his hour of need, but he tells her not to worry about it. The things guys will do to get laid. He asks if she's granted the police an interview. "What? Why?" she splutters. "Because someone attacked us, that's why." He admits that he already told them she got a look at the guy who did it. Rose rages. Before she can swing into full-on bitch mode, however, the Mummy skulks into Shane's curtain area. Identifying himself as a homicide detective, he reveals that the details of their attack closely resemble similar details in the deaths of Prue and the doctor. The Mummy asks Rose if she knew Prue. Rose denies this, but Shane pipes in with, "Well, in a way you did." Rose gives him a glare that clearly states she'll soon be wearing his 'nads for earrings. The Mummy makes with the threats, but Rose coolly blows him off. She tells Shane to get some rest, kisses him on his fuzzy little forehead, then moves to leave. The Mummy gapes at her brazen audacity, and Shane gives him an hysterical little glance of the "she kicked your ass" sort before the shot cuts to Rose stomping down the corridor once more.
Manor parlor. Phoebe stares into the fireplace as Piper approaches with a cup of chamomile tea. Phoebe accepts the peace offering and sips before adding flatly, "It doesn't seem real, does it?" No, Feebs, it doesn't, but I don't think you're talking about what I'm thinking about at the moment. Piper worries over post-funeral details like the disposition of Prue's possessions. The one thing the two can agree on is selling Prue's SUV. They clasp hands and bond a bit more before the Dolt orbs back in from his Heavenly confab with TPTB. "They" know nothing of Rose, eliminating the possibility that she's a Whitelighter. Piper and Phoebe groan in frustration and rise to their feet. Cole squiggles in, apologizing for taking so long to return. All together now: He "had to dodge a couple of bounty hunters." Never thought I'd say it, but shut up, Cole. Damn you, Brad Kern. Cole does, however, have better information than the Dolt. The Source, he notes, thinks Rose is "another Charmed One." Yeah, we know. Move it along, already. Phoebe blithers while Piper silently absorbs the implications. Uttering nary a word, she storms atticward as the others trail behind in her wake.