Episode Report Card Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT I Have A Feeling We're Not In Toto Anymore, Kansas
By Demian | Season 3 | Episode 4 | Aired on 10.25.2000
Piper wants to know how Prue knew to trust Micah, and she girlishly replies as she brushes a stray lock of hair from her face, "From the look in his eyes." Yick. "So that would be the second time you saved our necks," she croons to him as she raises his mask from his face. "And what beautiful necks they are," he replies, kissing her hand. Piper eyerolls as Micah formally introduces himself: "I'm Micah." "I'm charmed," Prue murmurs. "I'm vomiting," notes Demian. Phoebe apologizes for "breaking up the balcony scene" and asks Micah why he keeps helping them. Micah's seen the damage dark magic can do, and any enemy of Granny Caan is a friend of his, regardless of witch status. Prue gently kisses him on his cheek by way of thanks, and Micah makes his exit. "Who was that masked man?" she sighs, and Piper and I roll our eyes back so far in our heads, I worry we'll sever our respective optic nerves. Piper steers the conversation back to the matter of saving the unborn child of destiny, Prue waxes romantic, and Piper tells her to can it.
Another location cut, ripped straight from Microsoft PowerPoint 97 SR-1. Wipe from top of the screen to the bottom to reveal Y2K Manor. In the kitchen, Leo stirs some apple chunks around in a pot of greenish liquid. He tastes the mixture and states, "We need more thyme." Duhrryl checks his watch. D'oh! Leo's been getting more and more -- I don't know -- feminine throughout this episode, by the way, as Duhrryl's been heading just as far in the opposite direction. I keep expecting them to drop what they're doing and make out on the kitchen table. Maybe it's the uniforms. The doorbell rings, indicating either Grimlock-endangered trick-or-treaters at the door or the Grimlocks themselves attempting to lure the boys out of the kitchen. Hey, it could be a couple of proselytizing Mormons, you know, or some Jehovah's Witnesses armed with Watchtower pamphlets. Just sayin'. Duhrryl insists Leo stay in the kitchen to finish the potion like the good little wife while Duhrryl checks the front door. Leo glances anxiously at his retreating form.
Duhrryl opens the door, thrusts a bowl of caramels at the three tots on the doorstep, and tells them to spread the word the manor's out of candy. He then eases his way back into the parlor, where he's ambushed by the Festers, who, by the way, are oozing greyish-green goo from their gunshot wounds. One of them starts in with the sight-sucking on Duhrryl, who manages to distract them by setting off the flash on the camera, miraculously in place on its tripod in this scene, in spite of the fact that Prue had TKed the Festers through said camera at the beginning of the episode.
In-and-out flip cut to Colonial Williamsburg. The Ps huddle at the edge of the settlement, trying to figure out a way past the talismans. Which didn't seem to stop them the last time they were there, but I've pretty much given up all hope for any sort of continuity at this point. Piper notes it's already six in the evening, and they haven't much time or witchcrap left. Prue twists out a cornhusk doll, Piper grabs some lavender, and Phoebe starts sweeping with a convenient broom. The broom emits a bluish glow, which is transmitted to the talismans. They drop to the ground just as the Ps notice Micah, apparently being arrested by Granny Caan's minions. Let's go out on a limb, here: they filmed a scene wherein Cole tells Granny Caan the Ps are still alive, Cole and Granny Caan figure out it's Micah who helped them, and Micah is then arrested for his good deed. This sequence was then cut from the episode. I have no clue how they would know to fit him for a pair of undoubtedly period-appropriate manacles otherwise. Prue worries her pretty little head for a moment about this latest development; then she and Piper head into the Granny Caan Maternity Ward.