"Charmed"
Thank You for Not Morphing (1998)

Director:

Ellen S. Pressman

Writers:

Constance M. Burge (creator)
Zack Estrin (writer) ...

TV Series:

"Charmed" (1998)

Original Air Date:

21 October 1998 (Season 1, Episode 3)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance

Plot:

When reunited with their long-lost father, the sisters are a little suspicious of his sudden reappearance and motives. The Halliwell's neighbors aren't all that they seem either.

Plot Keywords:

Wiccan | Empath | Love | Martial Arts | Beautiful Woman

Cast

Shannen Doherty	...	Prue Halliwell
Holly Marie Combs	...	Piper Halliwell
Ted King	...	Inspector Andy Trudeau (as T.W. King)
Alyssa Milano	...	Phoebe Halliwell
Markus Flanagan	...	Marshall
Eric Matheny	...	Fritz
Mariah O'Brien	...	Cynda
Jimmy Dineen	...	Mailman (as James Dineen)
Brian Krause	...	Leo Wyatt
Anthony John Denison	...	Victor Bennett (as Tony Denison)

Runtime:

42 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Certification:

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

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Anthony John Denison (as Tony Denison) played the girls' father in this episode but was later replaced by James Reed. In the video that Victor sent the girls, another woman is playing their mother, a role which was later taken over by Finola Hughes.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When the mailman morphs into Trudeau, you can see a crew member wearing a green shirt and sitting in a director's chair in a mirror.

Quotes:

Prue Halliwell: Where did you get this ring? What did you say your name was?
Victor Halliwell: I think you know what my name is... Prudence.
Prue Halliwell: Get out!
[Throws the ring]
Prue Halliwell: And stay away from us!
Victor Halliwell: I'm staying at the Ballmark. What do you say you and your sisters join me for dinner? Let's say tomorrow night. We can talk.
Prue Halliwell: After how you abandoned us? How dare you.
Victor Halliwell: Fiery temper. I like that. It reminds me of someone I know.
Prue Halliwell: I am nothing like you. I would never leave my responsibilities, my family.
Victor Halliwell: I can see we have some issues to work through.
[...]

Soundtrack:

Prophecy

Missing Dad

After many years of absence, Victor Halliwell (Tony Denison), the father of the Halliwell sisters, returns to San Francisco to visit them. Prue does not trust him, while Phoebe and Piper miss their dad and want to have dinner with him in a restaurant. Meanwhile, the nice neighbors of the Halliwell sisters are mutants that want to steal Book of Shadows.

"Thank You for Not Morphing" is a weak episode of "Charmed". The story about a group of mutants that want to get the Book of Shadows is intriguing regarding Victor, since only in the end it is disclosed the real intention of this character (is he the real father trying to protect his daughters or a mutant pretending to be their father?). My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Mutação" ("Mutation")