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 attic. Raige scries for Phoebe as Pippihontas and the Dolt bicker about heading back to Hell to search for her. The crystal slams down onto the Casa Del Sole's coordinates.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Phoebe asks The Sole if he's okay. D'Eartha and Grandma split a Piels and share a snicker over Jane Wyman's eyebrows. The Sole claims that Monkey Boy was their last hope for saving their relationship. Phoebe drops her speaking voice to its lowest register and intones, "No, it wasn't." Raige, Pippihontas, and the Dolt orb in, terribly happy to have found Phoebe. Phoebe stands and crosses to The Grimoire. She closes it carefully and gathers it up into her arms as Raige splutters, "Hey! I thought only evil could touch that book!" "That's right," Phoebe confirms, sidling over to The Sole. Pippihontas tenses and wonders what's going on. Phoebe huskily replies, "I'm embracing my new destiny." She takes The Sole's hand, and the two blaze on down to Hell. Grandma asks D'Eartha if this means they'll no longer be needing the apartment. D'Eartha's pretty sure they won't. "So? It's mine? I always wanted to live in a high-rise. And I love this TV." D'Eartha grins that they'll have to wait and see, and excuses herself to deliver her next line. Pippihontas busies herself by screaming, "What. The hell. Was that?" "That," D'Eartha notes, "was The Source and his queen." Raige threatens to vanquish D'Eartha. D'Eartha sips her beer and replies, "You can't. Not without the Power of Three." D'Eartha tells my grandmother to take it easy, and rays out.
Raige allows herself a minor nervous breakdown as Pippihontas orders the Dolt to orb her down to Hell so she can drag Phoebe "kicking and screaming" back to the Manor. The Dolt insists that abducting Phoebe from the Underworld is not an option, and suggests they think of another way. Grandma boots the three of them out of her penthouse and locks the door behind them.
Coronation Central. Phoebe and The Sole declare their undying love for each other. The Sole's back in his awkward coronation togs, and Phoebe's changed into an Elvira-inspired low-cut ankle-length tight black dress. Demonic monks chant Craptin in the background. D'Eartha sets down her beer and reapplies her lipstick. "It's time," she tells them. The Sole takes Phoebe's hand to lead her into the chamber proper. D'Eartha hangs back with a broad smile on her face. The shot shifts into slow-motion as The Sole and Phoebe approach the pedestal upon which The Grimoire has been restored. The camera cuts to an overhead shot as The Sole recites his vows beneath the blare of the Craptin, and we fade to black.