Episode Report Card Demian: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Schlong Day's Journey Into Raige
By Demian | Season 6 | Episode 20 | Aired on 05.01.2004
Vincent's Lair. The demon of the cavern deposits them in a replica of Raige's boudoir and announces that she's "home." Raige glances around approvingly until the entire set gets swallowed up in the commercial break.
Manor. Phoebe hags through the upper hall, berating Slampiece Wonder Bread for assuring her the potion would work with his blood. "You said you knew him!" she bitches, heading for the stairs to the non-existent attic. "I know [Raige]," he corrects. "There's a difference." "What -- testicles?" Phoebe spits. "I thought you guys were three peas in a pod." Wonder Bread's forced to remind Phoebe that that's an impossibility, as Raige is real while her conjured slampieces are not. The Dolt backs him up, noting that Raige "didn't make [the guys] vulnerable because she didn't want them to go away" before the appointed time. Phoebe phrets that Vincent will hurt her, but Wonder Bread assures her that that won't happen, as Vincent loves Raige as much as Wonder Bread does. Phoebe then wonders why Raige hasn't escaped of her own volition. Wonder Bread surmises that it's likely because Vincent's appealing to Raige's innermost desires, which are "to be free, to be independent, and to be able to use her magic without consequences." As Phoebe and the Dolt mope, Wonder Bread brainstorms an appropriate course of action. If they figure out a way to make Vincent real, the bond between Raige and her conjured slampieces will break, leaving Vincent vulnerable to a vanquishing potion. "This is not Pinocchio!" Phoebe wails. "You can't just make things real." Wonder Bread argues that it's their best course of action, and the one Raige herself would most likely choose were she not under the influence at the moment. "I know you can do it, Phoebe," he adds. "Thanks, [Raige]," Phoebe snorts, but you can tell she's agreed to the plan. The Dolt orbs out to fetch Big Gay Chris from jail as Phoebe orders Wonder Bread nonexistent-atticwards to work on making him real, or whatever.
Vincent's Lair, and my God, this episode is just endlessly chatty. Long story short, Vincent promises Raige a life of "unchallenged" magic wherein "demons will bow at [her] feet." He also reveals that he chose his name because it's the same as that of Raige's "first love -- a boy who promised [her] the world." "And now you've got it," he smiles. Raige worries about her sisters' reaction to all of this, but Vincent quickly convinces her to off them, or something. Raige, in his thrall, agrees.