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. Cole and the Dolt squiggle and orb in respectively next to the payphones. How Frank and Joe Hardly knew to visit this particular biker bar in search of Harve's real killer is beyond me. They move slowly through the crowd, warily eyeing the assortment of white trash on display. Cole says he can "sense" the presence of a human killer. The bearded witness from earlier passes in front of the boys, wearing an Army surplus jacket. Cole tells the Dolt Army Surplus is "a killer," though he can't be certain Army Surplus is the murderer they're looking for. Cole sends the Dolt off to find Detective Darryl.
P3. Patty and Victor snipe at each other as they enter. Patty accuses Victor of "always [managing] to say the wrong thing" to their daughters when the three Ps were children. Victor counters that Patty makes that claim only because she tried to raise the Ps "as witches, rather than as little girls." They stop arguing to gaze guiltily at the downcast Piper, who perches forlornly on a stool at the bar. They walk over to Piper as she apologizes "for letting everybody down." Patty tries to comfort her, telling Piper she should be proud she and the Dolt made it as far as they did. Piper dismisses this, noting, "As Halliwells, we are blessed as witches, but cursed as women." I seem to recall the exact same line being deployed in a conversation between Phoebe and Grams during that hour-long crapfest otherwise known as "Magic Hour," but I'm too lazy to look it up. Piper tells her parents she thinks of both their failed marriage and the numerous marital mishaps Grams endured, and winds up supposing the women of her family "are destined to end up alone." Patty splutters a bit, not knowing how to respond. Victor steps in, asking Piper if she thinks he and her mother were "cursed." Piper hems and haws a bit over that question. Victor tells Piper that, despite the failure of his marriage, that marriage did manage to produce something good: Piper and her sisters. Perhaps his personal "destiny" was simply to be their father. Piper smiles sadly at this and apologizes again, telling her parents she needs to spend some time alone. Piper disappears into the back room as Patty turns to Victor with, "Not bad for a guy who always says the wrong thing." Victor thanks his dead ex-wife and adds, "I just wish I knew that it helped."