Episode Report Card Demian: B- | 1 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Shape of...a smackdown!
By Demian | Season 1 | Episode 3 | Aired on 10.20.1998
Remember that "Mr. Roboto" commercial for the Volkswagen Golf? Yeah, well, it's still annoying.
Manor kitchen. Prue has recalled Piper and Phoebe for a crisis conference. As she flips through the Yellow Pages, presumably to find someone to fix the attic door (and sweet baby Jesus in a feed trough, we all know who that's going to be), Prue notes that it's awfully odd how their estranged father's sudden reappearance has coincided with two attempts to steal the Book of Shadows. "The Craft is a chick thing, Prue," Piper whines. "It's passed on down through the female line. There's a good chance Dad doesn't even know we're Charmed." Prue's not buying this argument, pointing out that there's an equal chance The Teflon Dad does know about their powers. Meanwhile, Phoebe quietly flashes back to her premonition at the hotel. She stammers, "Let's just say he is after the Book. Wouldn't he have just taken it?" So, the ladies are not yet aware of the Book's powers of self-defense. Got that? Piper flatly states that they should report the break-in to the police, which seems like a good idea to me. Won't the police dust for prints, and wouldn't they then be able to determine if The Teflon Dad is the culprit? Well, unless Victor's one of those morphing types who can alter his fingerprints, I suppose, but then again, the gals aren't aware of that little plot twist yet, so whatever. Call the police, you morons.
Prue, however, ridicules Piper's plan, snarking that they can't tell the cops "someone's been trying to steal [their] broomsticks." Besides, she reveals, Andy's already been there. Phoebe throws a small hissy at this, squealing, "So Andy was here. Again. Talk about convenient! Did you ever think of pointing the finger at him?" Phoebe, honey, you got a goddamned premonition of your own freaking father with the Book in his hands. Knock it off with this Blame Everyone Except The Man Who Abandoned My Mother, My Sisters, And Me shit already, okay? Christ, if anyone's been looking for a little foreshadowing of the epic pain in the ass that has been Phoebe's ongoing relationship with Cole, look no further. Prue icily claims that it was Andy who probably scared The Teflon Dad away, and asserts that they should either hide the Book until they learn the true motive for The Teflon Dad's visit, or they should remain in the Manor to protect it themselves. Piper votes for hiding the thing, as she has every intention of dining with her father that evening. Phoebe agrees. Prue shrugs her shoulders dismissively, in effect telling her sisters to do whatever the hell they please. She, however, will not be in attendance that evening.