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
Back from the break, Phoebe photogenically stares bleakly through one of the sun porch windows. Prue, Piper, and the Dolt enter from the kitchen carrying more vials of the violet vanquishing potion. Phoebe sullenly asks Prue why she kept the Belthazor pepperoni. Prue admits she didn't "trust Cole until recently." Phoebe wonders if Prue really believes Cole would try to kill the three of them again. Piper replies that given his track record and the events of the last twelve hours, it's entirely possible. Phoebe is now the only one of the four not on the Faithless bandwagon. Prue tells Phoebe that vanquishing Vorelli is now their only option. Phoebe reminds them that Cole told her such action would be a grievous error on their part. She believes Cole's come up with a Plan B of his own, and his abduction of Pirelli from the basement is part of it. The others don't agree, but Prue tells Phoebe this by dredging up that "Power Of Four" voting thing again with, "The vote's three to one." Just let it crawl away and die already. Jesus. Prue announces they're ready to leave the manor for Lebensraum's corporate offices. Is Phoebe joining them?
Bi Krap Aerie. Vornack storms through the office, bitching about the three vanquished frat boys. He demands to know what went wrong with the operation. How did the Halliwells know to have a vanquishing potion on hand? The Colethazor has no idea, and Kappa Kappa Klea backs him up to an extent. She confirms the Colethazor told Phoebe nothing more than to return to the manor. While such instruction "might have been a code," she saw nothing to suggest the Colethazor is acting in collusion with the Ps. Vornack asks where Pirelli is now. The Colethazor refuses to tell him. He wants to be certain Vornack won't kill him, and is using Pirelli as insurance. Tarquin assures Vornack that Pirelli is in the Colethazor's custody, but Vornack isn't sure he can trust any of his underlings at this point. He halts further discussion of the matter for the moment, as he has to return to Lebensraum's corporate office for the vote on the merger. He starts to squiggle out, but the Colethazor stops him. Vornack himself is now in danger, now that the Halliwells know what's really going on. If he returns to Lebensraum Tower, they very well might vanquish him. Vornack considers this, then asks, "But will they vanquish you?"
Lebensraum Tower. Prue TKs the boardroom doors open allowing the three Ps to enter. "The vote's in, demon guy, and you lose," Piper announces. A chair swivels around to face them, revealing Cole. Shocked? No, neither was I. Piper's hands are in freeze position, but she stops herself. The three Ps cautiously approach Cole. Prue wonders where the demon is. Sitting in front of you, honey. Oh, she means Vorelli. Cole tells her the demon sent Cole in his stead. "I think it's a test," he adds. "I think he's onto us." Prue with the "What's this 'us' shit?" Cole thought they were working together on this thing. This is news to Piper. She orders him to take them all to Pirelli. Cole rises warily to his feet, reassuring them that Pirelli is "safe." Prue, conciliatory: "Cole, where is he?" Cole, warily: "Where else would he be?" Encyclopedia Boobs, contrivedly: "The safest place you know?" After a pause during which Cole nods his head, Encyclopedia Boobs suggests the Mausoleum's mausoleum. Colenack - for that is who he is - confirms this. "Isn't that what we agreed to?" Encyclopedia Boobs: NOT! She flings the vanquish vial at Colenack's feet. Colenack gasps, morphs back into Vornack, then melts to the floor before disappearing into the black mist. Piper asks Phoebe how she knew Cole was really Vornack in disguise. She fills them in on where Cole's "safest place" really is. Cole himself squiggles in at that moment and reels out his side of the story. He had to give the impression he'd gone back to his wicked, wicked ways so the sisters would have the motivation to vanquish any member of the fraternity, including himself. He asks for their forgiveness. Phoebe babytalks her way into his arms, telling him she never really doubted him. They kiss, but what's this? The Cheshire Eyes of Kappa Kappa Klea have been watching the entire time. That minx. And how fucking stupid is Cole for confirming his role in the plot, given Kappa Kappa Klea's penchant for eavesdropping? That's right. Incredibly stupid. Cole suggests they have the Dolt orb Pirelli from the Mausoleum's mausoleum to Lebensraum Tower for the merger vote. Piper wonders why Cole can't squiggle over himself. He has to go back to the Bi Krap Aerie to "cover [his] tracks." He promises to have everything sewn up in time for Phoebe's graduation party that evening and squiggles out.
Bi Krap Aerie. Tarquin bitches along the lines of "the best-laid plans of mice and demons." He notes that "Raynor expects a full accounting" of the mission's failure, and wonders what they will tell him. The Colethazor instructs Tarquin to remind Raynor the Colethazor warned against Vornack confronting the witches, but his advice fell on deaf ears. He then tells Tarquin he has to leave to continue his search for proof of the Andrews Sisters' duplicity in order to clear his name with The Source. Tarquin reveals that Raynor expects the mission report to come from the Colethazor himself. Cole turns to leave as Kappa Kappa Klea and Ian Buchanan squiggle in to the office. What the hell is with these cameos from General Hospital people? Kappa Kappa Klea snitched on Cole to the dean, it seems, and the dean is Duke Lavery. Duke Lavery hurls a Flaming Ball Of You Will Be Unconscious Now, Yes? into Cole's back. Cole drops to the floor. Tarquin, to Duke Lavery: "You were right, Raynor." Duke Lavery shatners, "Belthazor. Has much to explain. And much. To answer for." Glad to see Ian's mad acting skillz have improved so much from his stint in Port Charles. Not. Many thanks to Aaron for adding the verb "to shatner" to my vocabulary, by the way. Kappa Kappa Klea smirks. The camera pulls into a terrifying close up of Ian Buchanan's lizard-like mug. A shot of Cole, passed out on the floor. The soundtrack reverberates with noise of the "DUN-dun-dun-dun-DUN-dun-dun-dun" sort. I'd care, but this episode has been so dreadfully dull, I just want it to end.