Episode Report Card Demian: C | 11 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT Charmed Again, Part The First
By Demian | Season 4 | Episode 1 | Aired on 2001.10.04
Back from the break, we're back in the Manor. The Dolt's having difficulty with the whole concept of Rose orbing. Piper, quietly wiping dishes at the sink, is having difficulty with the whole concept of business as usual. Phoebe, Cole, and the Dolt chatter about the possibility of Rose being a Whitelighter without knowing it while Piper slams some plates around. Phoebe orders the Dolt to consult TPTB on the issue. Piper rolls her eyes. After the Dolt orbs away, Cole offers to check in "with the other side" to see what they know down there. Phoebe's none too pleased with this idea, but relents. Piper grinds her teeth. After Cole's squiggled away, Phoebe approaches Piper. "Are you okay?" Piper snits, "Yeah. We could have another funeral tomorrow. I mean, the dishes are out, and we pretty much know who to invite." They bicker. Piper: "Just tell me one thing: Are you insane, or just stupid?" Nah. Too easy. Phoebe claims she was simply saving an innocent. Piper counters she was actually "trying to get [herself] killed, which is something [their] family does best." She flings a dishrag off to the side and rants a bit more about their true destiny being "to die," and lays into Phoebe for making The Source's role in said destiny easier. Bling blah grief-cakes. Phoebe apologizes, and they hug.
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.