"Charmed" Death Takes a Halliwell (2001)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Jon Paré

Writers:

Constance M. Burge (creator)
Krista Vernoff (writer)

TV Series:

"Charmed" (1998)

Original Air Date:

15 March 2001 (Season 3, Episode 16)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance

Plot:

Prue is tired of losing her battle to save innocents, and in her effort to fight off the Angel of Death, she has to turn her back on a dying soul when she accepts that she can't fight fate and reconciles with the death of her mother.

Plot Keywords:

Wiccan | Sisters | Witchcraft | Demon | Power Of Three

Cast

Shannen Doherty	...	Prue Halliwell
Holly Marie Combs	...	Piper Halliwell
Alyssa Milano	...	Phoebe Halliwell
Brian Krause	...	Leo Wyatt
Julian McMahon	...	Cole Turner
Keith Diamond	...	Inspector Reece Davidson
Simon Templeman	...	Angel of Death
Christopher Shea	...	Seeker #1
Wade Williams	...	Seeker #2 (as Wade Andrew Williams)
Michaela Watkins	...	Andrea, Davidson's Assistant
Annie Abbott	...	Mrs. Owens
Jeffrey Patrick Dean	...	Inspector (as Jeffrey Patrick Dean)
Roger Marks	...	Rabbi

Runtime:

42 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Certification:

Mexico:B | USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

The title refers to the movie Death Takes a Holiday (1934).

Goofs:

Continuity: (#3.16) the staff used to bar the door so that Piper and Phoebe can't save Davidson is in a different angle between shots.

Quotes:

Cole: I can't do that. If the demons get to you, they'll find out the way to get to me is to kill Phoebe. And I can't let that happen.
Inspector Reece Davidson: When you say demon, you...
Cole: I don't mean it as a metaphor.

Movie Connections:

References Death Takes a Holiday (1934)

Prue Meets The Angel of Death

While on the beach with Phoebe, Prue sees an unknown woman taking pictures of her with a shadow next to the woman. Meanwhile, Cole is chased by two Seekers, vampire-demons that suck the knowledge of humans. The evil demons suck the former landlady of Cole, and then Andrea, the woman that took the picture and rookie assistant of Inspector Reece Davidson. Prue casts a spell to summon the Death, and the Angel of Death shows her the bigger picture, proving that death is not evil and only comes when the time has come. Prue accepts and finally grieves the death of her mother. Meanwhile the Halliwell sisters face and cast a spell to vanquish the Seekers.

In this excellent episode, Prue learns about the neutrality of the Reeper: the Angel of Death is not an evil being since it only arrives when the time of the victim has come. The evil Seekers are great, but not enough to face the Power of Three. My vote is ten.

Title (Brazil): "O Anjo da Morte" ("The Angel of Death")