Episode Report Card Demian: C | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT In the Arms of the Phoebeast
By Demian | Season 4 | Episode 19 | Aired on 04.24.2002
Manor sun porch. The various members of the raiding party orb and wink in as appropriate. The Monkey Boy jigs in delight, "We got it!" Pippihontas harshes his buzz by announcing, "Yes, and now we will destroy it." Raige darts off to fetch the BoS from the attic for some potion instructions as the Monkey Boy pleads fruitlessly with Pippihontas to keep The Grimoire for themselves. Pippihontas insists nothing good can come from The Grimoire, and shuts Monkey Boy down. She turns to see if Phoebe's okay. Phoebe quietly wigs about her flamethrowing hands and decides to return to the Casa Del Sole. Pippihontas urges her to remain in the Manor. After all, aren't Phoebe's powers simply escalating? Phoebe shoots this one down, as flamethrowing is clearly an escalation of neither precognition nor levitation. Pippihontas tries again, reminding Phoebe that she could throw fire in her past life. Phoebe for once gets in the "uh duh" when she reminds Pippihontas that Past Phoebe was evil. Monkey Boy sneers something about the dark book. Pippihontas freezes him in frustration as Phoebe dashes out the back door.
Casa Del Sole. We get a glamour shot of the building's moonlit nighttime exterior before traveling upstairs to find The Sole staring out of the window. He takes a moment, then rams his fist through a pane of glass. In squiggles Belinda, who pants, "What's the matter? What happened?" She claims to have felt The Sole's pain, and squiggled in immediately to see if everything was all right. She knows The Grimoire has been stolen. The Sole spits, "Have you been spying on me?" Belinda denies this, leading The Sole to shake her down for an explanation. D'Eartha rays in to admit that she was the person who gave Belinda the skinny on the dark book. D'Eartha! Where have you been? D'Eartha ignores me to announce that "finding The Grimoire is not [The Sole's] biggest problem -- suppressing Cole is." Yawn. Vanquish his cracker ass already, D'Eartha, and claim the throne of Hell for yourself. Belinda tries once more to convince The Sole to dump Phoebe and rule Hell with her at his side instead. The Sole wheels on the women, snarling, "Are you working together to manipulate me?" Yes, honey, and it was working pretty well. Which is one more reason why D'Eartha should vanquish your cracker ass and rule in your stead. D'Eartha orders Belinda away from the apartment. Belinda complies, squiggling on out of there. The Sole sighs that he can't believe D'Eartha "tricked [him] into hiring a Seductress." "Seductress"? Can't they give these tertiary demons better names? What's wrong with "Succubus"? Anyone? The Sole wonders if D'Eartha really believed that he'd ditch Phoebe if D'Eartha had "gotten [him] laid." Uh, what? Something tells me the WB censors took a day-trip to Vegas when the shooting script was approved. Anyway, D'Eartha claims getting him laid was not the point. Getting him to realize the danger inherent in remaining married to a Charmed One was. She reminds him that The Agglomeration Formerly Known As The Source is the only thing that protects him from Phoebe's powers. If, through its love for Phoebe, The Sole's human side takes the upper hand in the battle for his body, The Sole will leave himself vulnerable to the gals' witchy ways. And that vulnerability will destroy everything they both have worked for over the last couple of months. With this last warning, D'Eartha rays out as the elevator opens to deposit Phoebe in the apartment.