"Charmed" Charmed Again: Part 1 (2001)

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Director:

Michael Schultz

Writers:

Constance M. Burge (creator)
Brad Kern (writer)

TV Series:

"Charmed" (1998)

Original Air Date:

4 October 2001 (Season 4, Episode 1)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance

Plot:

Piper and Phoebe are faced with the loss of Prue, whilst The Source discovers why the Power of Three has not been severed by Prue's death.

Plot Keywords:

Wiccan | Sisters | Witchcraft | Demon | Power Of Three

Cast

Alyssa Milano	...	Phoebe Halliwell
Rose McGowan	...	Paige Matthews
Holly Marie Combs	...	Piper Halliwell
Brian Krause	...	Leo Wyatt
Julian McMahon	...	Cole Turner
Dorian Gregory	...	Darryl Morris
Finola Hughes	...	Patty Halliwell
Jordan Bridges	...	Shane
Yancey Arias	...	Inspector Cortez
Krista Allen	...	The Oracle
Bennet Guillory	...	The Source (as Ben Guillory)
James Read	...	Victor Bennett
Jennifer Rhodes	...	Penny 'Grams' Halliwell
Michael Bailey Smith	...	Shax
David Reivers	...	Bob Cowan

Runtime:

42 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Mexico:B | USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

First appearance of The Oracle (Krista Allen).

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: In the obituary page that Paige reads about Prue's death, Prue's name is spelt incorrectly. First it is spelled the correct way (Prudence and Prue), but further down it is spelt incorrectly as Pru.

Quotes:

[after Phoebe magically sends Inspector Cortez to Timbuktu]
Piper Halliwell: You sent him to Timbuktu?
Phoebe Halliwell: Well, it was the only thing I could think of that rhymes with "undo".

Soundtrack:

Bell, Book and Candle

There Is Always a Reason for Everything

The DVD of the Fourth Season was released with both episodes ("Charmed Again – Parts 1 & 2") together. The beginning has an ellipsis and is absolutely non-sense and shows an absolutely lack of respect of the producers with the viewers: Prue is dead and Phoebe and Cole are back from the underworld without any explanation. Later it is disclosed that Shax killed Prue and Dr. Griffiths after the reversion of time. But there are no explanations regarding the return of Phoebe and Cole. If we disregard this absolute lack of coherence in the plot, these two episodes are great.

Piper, Phoebe and Leo are grieving the death of Prue with Victor Bennett, Cole and friends, when Darryl arrives with the arrogant Inspector Cortez, who is in charge of the investigation of the two mysterious murders. Meanwhile, the assistant of the South Bay Social Services Paige Matthews is attracted by the obituary and goes to the funeral. Later she discloses that she is half-sister of Piper and Phoebe. The Source is informed by the Oracle about the existence of this new witch and come to Earth to seduce her to the evil side in forty-eight hours.

As I previously mentioned, the writer used the resource of a bastard daughter, left in a church by a witch (Patty) and her whitelighter lover (Sam), to restore The Power of Three. Shannen Doherty was certainly the best actress of this show, and will certainly be a great absence. I hope Rose McGowan shows the same chemistry with Alyssa Milano and Holly Marie Combs and saves the series. My vote is nine.

Title (Brazil): "Encantadas de Novo – Partes 1 e 2" ("Charmed Again – Parts 1 & 2")