Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Once, Twice, Three Times A Ball-Buster
By Couch Baron | Season 1 | Episode 16 | Aired on 03.02.1999
Back inside, Predator Prue is telling the others that since she's still there, Gabriel is still a threat. The Prues come up with the plan to capture Ms. Statler and exchange her for Gabriel's sword. Predator Prue says it will work because Gabriel has this "weird binding passion" for his sister, like, ew. Phoebe and Piper want to go along, but Prue nixes that idea, as she's more protective of her sisters than of herself. They don't vote on it. Whether that's because it would end in a tie or because the Prues would break said tie by TKing their sisters into a closet and bolting the door is for you to decide.
Incestate. Ms. Statler, leaning all over Gabriel, tells him that she saw two different Prues over the course of the day, and counsels him to attack them at home in the hours right before dawn. He moves an oversized chess piece on a board in front of him and says, "Checkmate," and hikes his tongue down her throat. That last part may have happened after the cameras cut away.
Manor. Piper and Phoebe barge into Prue's bedroom and demand a word with True Prue in private. Predator Prue leaves the room, and the younger Ps berate True Prue for her plan, saying that the Incestate could be a death trap, and that Gabriel, as a strategist, will have studied her and learned how protective she is. Piper and Phoebe's rather sane argument sways True Prue, who says they need to come up with another plan. But as it happens, that won't be necessary, as Predator Prue cocks an eyebrow and heads out to deal with Gabriel on her own. The real Ps emerge from the bedroom, quickly deduce what happened, and set out to stop Predator Prue "before she does something." I'd be more concerned about her doing someone, but then again, given how little action True Prue has gotten lately, more power to her.
Incestate. Ms. Statler, standing in a torture device that looks like an oddly-shaped metal coffin with spikes on the inside, urgently calls for her brother. He appears, and is aghast. He walks forward, and then Predator Prue emerges from behind Ms. Statler with a victorious smile on her face. Gabriel draws his sword, but Predator Prue tut-tuts that what they have, in war terms, is a reversal of fortune, so Gabriel can just hand over his sword to save his sister. She TKs the spikes a bit closer to Ms. Statler to show she's not kidding around. Gabriel says that she's not the real Prue, as she wouldn't be dumb enough to face him there. Interestingly, that's exactly the opposite of what Piper concluded earlier, so perhaps Gabriel isn't quite the Sun Tzu they thought he was. I suppose I needn't point out again that his hair certainly shows bad enough judgment, but if you've seen it, you'll agree that it really can't be said enough. Gabriel asks how many Prues there are. Prue's face gives away nothing, but somehow Gabriel takes this to mean that she's the last clone, like, WHY? He tells Prue that if she lets his sister go, he'll make her death painless, but in response, she TKs the spikes again and flatly demands his sword. He gives it up, but not the way she wanted, as he throws it into his sister. Well, I guess she's wondering why she helped him now. Gabriel telekinetically retrieves his sword and advances on Predator Prue, who seems to have lost her nerve at this point, because that's the only explanation I can come up with for NOT SENDING GABRIEL FLYING ACROSS THE ROOM. Oy.