Episode Report Card Demian: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Somewhere, Sigmund Freud spins in his grave
By Demian | Season 3 | Episode 15 | Aired on 02.21.2001
Prue again insists that nothing is amiss, and that Piper's special day will be "demon-free." At that, Cole squiggles in at Piper's side. Piper shrieks. Cole apologizes for being late as Prue wrinkles her nose in disgust. Cole crosses to Phoebe, who greets him with a kiss, as Prue counter-crosses over to Piper. Cole explains he was waylaid by a "Zotar," but that he managed to lose the demon. "I think," he adds, in a smirking aside to Phoebe. Piper tosses her hands in the air and bitches that she's certain "a demon will attack today," calling it "the natural order of [the sisters'] universe." Phoebe tells Piper she has to "stay positive" and offers Piper her copy of Celine Dion's Behind the Music episode. Prue looks askance at Phoebe as Piper's eyes bulge. "Do you want to be slapped?" Piper growls through clenched teeth at Phoebe. Snerk. Cole tells the three not to worry; he'll be able to handle any demonic threat. Phoebe smacks this idea down, reminding Cole of his self-imposed ban on utilizing his powers. "Think good," she reminds him. Cole reassures the Ps that he is doing just that, and produces a gift for Piper from behind his back. He wings the wrapped box at her. Piper just barely catches it with both hands. Piper and Prue glare.
The gentlemen's staging area in the basement. Victor and the Dolt futz with their respective bow ties. Victor first chides the Dolt for "living off the girls," then dredges up the Whitelighter-as-homewrecker non-plot non-point from last week. The Dolt endures the snarky rant patiently, then turns to confront his soon-to-be father-in-law. The Dolt asserts that the Whitelighter-as-homewrecker non-plot non-point has nothing to do with his relationship with Piper. He insists he will remain with Piper through "this life, the afterlife, and whatever comes after that." He allows that Victor might not be comfortable with the situation, but adds that nothing -- not even Victor's objections -- will keep Piper and the Dolt from marrying that afternoon. Victor, for some reason moved by the Dolt's little speech, shrugs off twenty years of festering resentment and says, "You know? I could probably get used to having a Whitelighter for a son-in-law." Victor helps the Dolt with his tie as Cole makes his way down the cellar stairs. Cole, aiming for "offhanded jocularity" but taking a wrong turn at "desperate overcompensation," too-perkily asks, "Everybody having fun down here?" The Dolt, to Victor: "Where do you stand on demons?" Ba-dump-bump. Not.