Episode Report Card Demian: F | 218 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT Enter The Stench
By Demian | Season 4 | Episode 4 | Aired on 2001.10.18
Up in the attic, Morphine Holly stands with her posse around the puddle of rainwater that's leaked in through the windows. They natter about the non-existent metaphysical realm and what they can expect once they get there. Phag fills Morphine Holly in on the plan to retrieve Meat-Puppet Charlie from Limbo in order to have the Dolt heal his wound. "He's a miracle worker," she notes, smiling at the Dolt. The Dolt beams. Shut up, Dolt. Morphine Holly waves her hand over the puddle, and Meat-Puppet Charlie appears, lashed to his "tree." No, I don't know how Morphine Holly can access Gold-Tooth Charlie's powers in Piper's body when Phoebe and Raige couldn't access their own powers when their souls were switched, so don't bother asking. Gazing upon the lifeless form of Meat-Puppet Charlie, they surmise that Not Cho has used the Dragon Blade to capture Piper's Glowy Tint. Morphine Holly instructs the Dolt to remain in the Manor until they return. If he accompanies them into the nonexistent metaphysical realm, he runs the risk of being sucked into that dry-cleaning vortex. One by one, the gals disappear into the puddle on the floor.
Limbo. Morphine Holly and her posse glance around uneasily. Raige and Phoebe cross to Meat-Puppet Charlie's side. Not Cho descends from mid-air behind Morphine Holly and Phag to menace. He knocks Phag onto her back, then back-flips to land a kick into Morphine Holly's chest. She flies backwards, landing on the dirt-stained drop cloth a few feet from The Vortex Of Dry-Cleaning. The Vortex grabs hold of her and drags her back towards the portal. Morphine Holly grabs onto a wooden railing as Phag runs to her aid. Meanwhile, Raige spots the Dragon Blade tucked into Not Cho's belt. She points it out to Phoebe, and the dagger orbs into her outstretched hand immediately. Phoebe guesses that Limbo has amplified Raige's powers. She instructs Raige to remove Piper's Glowy Tint from the dagger, then bounds over to Not Cho. "So it's you," he says mildly. "Black-Belt Barbie." Snicker. I love Barbie jokes. Phoebe quickly proves herself to be Nutcracker Barbie as she leaps into the air to boot Not Cho onto a nearby shelf of papier-mâché rocks. He drops his sword. Raige calls out to her, asking Phoebe how she's to retrieve The Glowy Tint Of Piper from the blade. Phoebe yells back something about orbing it out. Rose screws her face up in constipation, and The Glowy Tint emerges to hover above the dagger. Phoebe and Not Cho tussle, with pants and grunts and hoos and hahs aplenty. Raige meanwhile slides The Glowy Tint back into Meat-Puppet Charlie and unties him from the "tree." Over at The Vortex Of Dry-Cleaning, Phag struggles to hold onto Morphine Holly's hand. Not Cho flips Phoebe off the ledge onto the drop cloth, then bounds down after her. He prepares to gut her like a fish. Raige orbs the Dragon Blade into Phoebe's hand. She plunges it into Not Cho's heart, and his Glowy Tint melts out as Corpse Cho drops to the ground.