Episode Report Card Demian: A- | 121 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT Is That All There Is To Utopia? Is That All There Is?
By Demian | Season 7 | Episode 13 | Aired on 2005.01.30
Back at the Manor, Piper's delighted to find the Dolt tending to the children on the sun porch, and rushes into his arms for a hug. There's a brief explanation of why they both remember recent events despite the reversal of time -- he because he was never affected by the Avatars' spell, she because she broke it -- and the upshot of the subsequent conversation is this: The ever-useless Elders are going to be pissed. Piper doesn't care -- she's happy he's alive again, and only wants never to lose him again. Which, you know, either means he's going to go missing again in the next damn episode, or he'll divorce her ass for the fifth time by the end of February sweeps. They gaze fondly at the sullen, dead-eyed, bemulleted Psycho and the mutant wad of mangled whale blubber masquerading as their younger, prettier son for a long moment before the shot cross-fades over to...
...Straight Estates. Raige gazes solemnly at the artifacts of Brody's life before crossing to retrieve the unusually evocative snow globe from a desk near the front windows. She raises it up into the light and shakes it gently as she whispers, "Bye." "Hello, [Raige]," Brody smooves from the kitchenette. Oh, bloody hell. I knew about this from spoilers, but I'd entirely forgotten about it by the time this scene rolled around. The ever-useless Elders, to reward for him for sacrificing his life in the battle against the Avatars, have made Brody a Whitelighter. To his credit, he seems to believe he's unworthy of the honor given the "mess" he made of his life, but considering some the many, many losers, whiners, bitches, and Dolts the stupid Elders have promoted into the position in the past, I'm sure he'll fit right in. "You didn't make a mess out of it," Raige fondly assures him as she reaches up to stroke his cheek. "Got a little crazy there at the end," he smiles. Again: Shout-out? "A little," Raige allows, tearing up, "but you did save the world." "Hence the reward," he shrugs, modestly averting his eyes. He then goes on about Destiny and whatnot, which gives a weeping Raige an opening to wonder if it really is their Destiny "to lose each other." "Who says we're not gonna meet again?" he softly retorts before drawing her close to kiss her forehead. I do, you tool, because you're contract is up on this show, and this is your last goddamned episode. We will never you again, do you hear me? NEVER!