Episode Report Card Demian: A | 2 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT All Hell Breaks Loose
By Demian | Season 3 | Episode 22 | Aired on 05.16.2001
Cut to a mobile news crew from KCSF Channel 8. Uh oh. They saw everything. What’s more, they taped it. The reporter, “Elana Dominguez,” orders the cameraman to focus on her as she continues with her broadcast. “I’m not sure exactly what happened,” she pants into her microphone. “But remember, you saw it here. Live.” Credits.
Do you want to know how much I like this episode? So much so that the endless opening travelogue of San Francisco accompanied by some alterna-testicle doesn’t bother me at all. The camera eventually settles on the manor. In the suspiciously-undamaged sun porch (which doesn’t bother me, because I like this episode so much), Piper crosses from the kitchen to hand the good doctor a glass of water. The three sisters are just finishing up their standard lecture on the importance of keeping one’s mouth shut about witches and demons and such. Prue explains that, should the good doctor go running to the tabloids with what he knows of the Halliwells, the Ps would no longer be able to help people. He understands how important it is for them to continue their work, doesn’t he? He does. After making a crack about his freshly-discarded atheist dogma, he reassures them, “Your secret is safe with me.” “You saved my life,” he continues. “The least I can do is protect yours.” Phoebe beams and offers to see him to the door. As the two cross to the hall, the Dolt (I almost typed “Leo” there -- that’s how much I like this episode) enters, wondering how the good doctor received the lecture. “We dodged another bullet,” is Piper’s hushed response. Prue, however, has her doubts. She’s still not happy with the manner in which Fruma-Shax disappeared. If Piper’s heightened power of molecular manipulation was all they required to get rid of the beast, why was there a vanquishing spell in the BoS? She reminds them that the whole idea underpinning the Power of Three is that individual powers such as telekinesis or molecular manipulation are never enough. The Dolt suggests that the sisters’ individual abilities have progressed to the point that they no longer need spells, necessarily, to get the job done. Prue’s not having that explanation. She asks the Dolt if he wouldn’t mind orbing up to The Powers That Be for a consult to ensure that Fruma-Shax won’t be bothering them again. He doesn’t mind at all. Out he goes.
Piper remarks that Prue is being “paranoid.” “We kicked ass!” she asserts. Prue smiles and supposes Piper’s right. They probably don’t have anything to worry about. Prue’s top is a little odd. It’s basic black, which is nice, but it looks like someone chopped off the upper half of a cocktail dress and turned it into a blouse. I really hope they get a new costumer for next season. Anyway, Phoebe steps in to ask if the other two would mind if she took a little time to search for her cuddly little demon. There’s a bit of back-and-forth of the overused “Cole’s bad for you and you know it” sort. Phoebe tells them to cram it. She doesn’t want approval from her sisters, simply their support. Piper relents. “What do you want us to do?” she asks. Phoebe hands her a slip of paper containing a revised version of the “magic calling magic” spell that will send her to Cole, rather than calling him to the manor. Once she finds him, she intends to apply the potion she’s been concocting to counter the effects of the spell the evil Ian Buchanan cast a couple of weeks ago. Piper has one more concern. While Phoebe is in the company of demons, her sisters will not be able to contact her should the need arise for her assistance. Phoebe urges Piper not to fret. She’ll be safe with the Colethazor, and should her sisters need her, he’s certain to bring her back. Famous last words. Feebs is a walking advertisement for Bad Idea Jeans.