Episode Report Card Demian: B+ | 8 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT Something Bitchy This Way Comes
By Demian | Season 1 | Episode 1 | Aired on 10.06.1998
The next morning, Prue -- in a pair of black capris and a red t-shirt -- skips down the front steps to fetch the paper. Oh, dear. It's The Gazette. So much for that promising veracity. Andy Trudeau and his toothy suck-hole of a mouth bounce up the stairs to greet her. Flirting. Banter. He asks her out on a dinner date that Friday evening to see if they can "rekindle the old flame." I think you already rekindled that old flame, doll, and it seared the lips clean off your face. Prue reluctantly turns Andy down, because her "life just got a bit complicated." She asks if she can call him when things calm down. He flashes his scary lipless suck-hole and hands her his card. Prue smiles.
Phoebe, in bicycle shorts, a sports bra, and a midriff-baring top, emerges from the Manor with Kit in her arms and Piper at her side. Piper's working a pair of track pants and several layered t-shirts of varying sleeve lengths. The Glamorous Ladies circa Season Three wouldn't be caught dead in these outfits. Unfortunately. Phoebe and Piper playfully tease Prue about Andy's visit. Prue admits that she nearly took Andy up on his dinner offer, but then she wondered to herself, "Am I allowed to date? I mean, do witches date?" Piper's of the opinion that not only do witches date, but also that "they usually get the best guys." Yeah, like the psychotic freak show who tried to gut you like a fish in an elevator last night, you nimrod. I should keep my mouth shut, though. Anyone's better than the Dolt. Phoebe guffaws doofily. Kit, already fed up with this crap, spies Andy and howls plaintively at him. Andy stares at the cat for a moment, all, "Attention! Attention must be paid! I am having an important realization here, people!" Then he gets into car and drives off.
The Ps wonder what's going to happen next in their lives. Piper The Timid Middle Sister is Fretfully Tense. Phoebe The Free-Spirited Youngest Sister is Guilelessly Enthusiastic. Prue The Sage And Experienced Eldest Sister is Cautiously Optimistic, and promises that whatever happens, "We're going to be careful, we're going to be wise, and we're going to stick together until working conditions on the set with you two bitches become so intolerable that I'm willing to let my reputation take another hit in order to get out of my contract." The sisters link arms and stroll back up the stairs into the Manor. Prue's the last across the threshold, and with a trace of an amused smile dancing across her face, she telekinetically eases the door shut.