Episode Report Card Demian: B | 0 USERS: N/A YOU GRADE IT Somewhere, Sigmund Freud spins in his grave
By Demian | Season 3 | Episode 15 | Aired on 2001.02.22
Biker bar. The Dolt returns with Darryl in tow. They walk over to Cole, and the Dolt fills him in on Prue's booking. Darryl asks Cole to point out the real killer. Cole, slugging back a shot of whiskey, casually informs Darryl that he's not sure if Army Surplus is the man they want. "You mean you don't know?" Darryl blithers in frustration. Um, yeah, Wundercop. That's pretty much what Cole means. Darryl asks if Cole proposes to ask Army Surplus flat-out if he knifed Harvey the night before. Cole thinks that's a pretty good idea. The three avoid Army Surplus's stone-faced glare as he leaves the bar for a cigarette. Damn. I'd forgotten you couldn't smoke in bars in California. Also: Damn. They made the bad guy a smoker. Bite me and my Marlboro Reds, oh mighty Charmed production staff. Cole rises to follow the Evil Smoker, instructing Darryl and the Dolt to follow him in five minutes. Outside, Cole approaches the Evil Smoker and, by way of small talk, wonders if they're standing where Harve's body was found that morning. The Evil Smoker asks Cole why he's interested. Cole replies he wants to find out what the Evil Smoker knows about the murder. The Evil Smoker asks for a badge. Cole tells him he's not a cop, he's "a fortune teller," and he predicts the Evil Smoker will confess to the crime. The Evil Smoker tells Cole to go blow, and moves to reenter the bar. Cole grabs him by the shoulder. The Evil Smoker flips Cole into a motorcycle, then flicks open a switchblade. Cole rises to his feet, and he and the Evil Smoker circle each other cautiously. Cole guesses the switchblade is the same one used to kill Harvey. The Evil Smoker responds by lunging at Cole's stomach with the knife. Cole grips the Evil Smoker's wrist and twists the blade out of the Evil Smoker's grip. Cole tells the Evil Smoker he has "one more chance to confess to the police." "Or what?" the Evil Smoker asks. At that, Cole morphs up into Belthazor and places the Evil Smoker in a chokehold. "Or deal with me," Belthazor growls. Darryl and the Dolt burst out of the door at that moment. Darryl draws his gun as Belthazor spins the Evil Smoker to face them. "I think he's ready to talk," Belthazor says. Darryl gawps at the Dolt, who merely shrugs his shoulders.
Back at the manor, Patty does her best to restore the top tier of the mangled wedding cake. The Dolt wonders where Prue could be, given that the police should have released her from custody now that they have the Evil Smoker behind bars. Cole suggests the police might still be holding her on the earlier charge of "escaping custody." Victor, shining a flashlight on his dead ex-wife's handiwork with the cake, asks if they can turn the lights back on. Phoebe replies in the negative, noting that the SWAT team "cut the power line." Grams reenters in a swirl of glowing golf balls to tell Patty TPTB are calling her home. Phoebe protests they still have "five more minutes" before the witching hour hits. This would be midnight to you and me, by the way. Victor regrets not being able to convince Piper to rethink her decision about the wedding. Patty reassures her live ex-husband that what he did say to their daughter was "perfect." Prue and Darryl enter the manor, followed by Piper. "Don't look so shocked," Piper smirks at the Dolt as she sweeps past him toward the altar. Grams announces, "It's showtime!"