Episode Report Card Demian: C | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The Demon Who Came In From Thzzzzzzzzzzz
By Demian | Season 3 | Episode 19 | Aired on 04.25.2001
Manor. The Dolt enters the parlor to tell the Ps Pirelli is safely tucked away in the basement. He's slipped Pirelli one of Phoebe's "sleeping potions," so the CEO should be out for a while. Prue switches on the television to see "if the kidnapping made the morning news." She channel-surfs onto a press conference given by Vorelli, who's saying, "It's no coincidence that just last night…I decided to support this merger. Now someone's tried to kill me." Vorelli tells the assembled press that the attempt on his life has convinced him he's made the correct decision: the merger will go through. Prue, not knowing of the "switch," but quickly guessing what has just happened, shakes her head back and forth in gaping disbelief. "What was that about Cole telling us everything?" Piper snits, as Phoebe lowers her gaze in dismay. Shut up, Piper. Now. Or I'll force you to sit through an endless loop of Faithless down at the Avalon Theater, okay? Rrrgh. Commercial.
Back from the break, more bickering among the three Ps about Cole's supposed return to the Dark Side. Piper's convinced that Cole's reverted to his demonic ways now that he's back in the arms of the loving Bi Kraps. Phoebe is just as convinced he hasn't. Prue's straddling the center of the argument, and suggests they stop with the bickering to formulate a "Plan B" now that Vorelli's in charge of Lebensraum. Phoebe insists she head to the Mausoleum's mausoleum to let Cole know what they're doing. The slip of paper she shoved into his jacket was a note telling Cole to meet her there after the ambush. Prue hesitantly agrees, but exacts a promise from Phoebe. If Cole doesn't show, Phoebe is to return immediately to the manor. Phoebe agrees and exits. Piper sighs, asking Prue if she actually has a Plan B at this point. Prue replies, "It's in the freezer," and leads Piper and the Dolt to the kitchen. Once there, she opens the fridge to retrieve the Tupperware container holding the slice of Belthazor pepperoni they obtained way back in "Power Outage." "Ew!" shrieks Piper. "You kept that this long? That's disgusting." Disgusting or not, as Cole and the Bi Kraps have bonded by blood, a potion designed to vanquish him will vanquish the Bi Kraps as well. Piper suspiciously notes, "How lucky that we had the key ingredient in our freezer." Prue cops to lingering doubts about Cole. She kept the Belthazor slice "in case [they] needed it again some day." She scoops the flesh out of the container with a fork and plops it wetly on the counter. Ick.
Bi Krap Aerie. Cole's well-manicured fingers slide Phoebe's note from his jacket pocket as Vorelli and Kappa Kappa Klea squiggle in behind him. Vorelli crosses to Tarquin, intoning, "If the real Pirelli shows up here, we're dead." Tarquin guesses, "Someone removed the body." Vorelli morphs back into Vornack and seethes, "That's impossible." Kappa Kappa Klea suspects magic is involved. Vornack asks the Colethazor for his opinion on the issue. The Colethazor cautiously agrees with Kappa Kappa Klea, smoothly smarming that witches must be involved and the Bi Kraps have sprung a leak. Vornack suggests that the Colethazor himself is that leak. Tarquin leaps to his defense, but the Colethazor dismisses the idea. "I'm not stupid enough to come back home and betray you, all in one day," he notes. "That's not stupid," sneers Kappa Kappa Klea. "That's smart." Vornack agrees, and brings up the issue of the rumors attendant on Cole's recent disappearance. Is it true Cole fell in love with a witch? Yes, he did indeed fall in love with a witch. Tarquin looks crushed. Poor Tarquin. There are other fish in the sea, you freakish, flabby hairball from hell. Not that any of them would give you the time of day, you realize, but still. The Colethazor admits that his "human half" still loves the witch in question, but he now recognizes the entire exercise in cross-species dating "was a mistake." Kappa Kappa Klea notes, "Raynor will demand [Cole] die for his treason." The Colethazor promises to "salvage the operation," thereby redeeming himself in "Raynor's" eyes. He reveals that Piper has the ability to freeze things, and suggests the Halliwells could have yanked Pirelli from the limousine without the demonic cohort realizing what happened. Which she did. Because we all just watched it happen. God, this is dull. Vornack finds this all very convenient. The Colethazor proposes he "go to the witches" himself and snatch back Pirelli to prove himself once again. Vornack hesitates. "Are you saving us, brother, or leading us into a trap?" he asks. He mulls this idea over briefly, then orders the Colethazor to proceed with his plan. Cole squiggles out. Vornack instructs Kappa Kappa Klea to follow. "If he's telling the truth, help him," he tells her. "If not, kill him." Kappa Kappa Klea smirks and Cheshires her way out of the Bi Krap Aerie.