"Charmed" Used Karma (2004)

Director:

John T. Kretchmer

Writer:

Jeannine Renshaw (writer)

TV Series:

"Charmed" (1998)

Original Air Date:

25 January 2004 (Season 6, Episode 13)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance

Plot:

Richard, Paige's boyfriend, casts a spell to rid himself of bad karma and accidentally infects Phoebe's with the bad karma of Mata Hari. |

Plot Keywords:

Wiccan | Sisters | Demon | Witchcraft | Power Of Three

Cast

Alyssa Milano	...	Phoebe Halliwell
Rose McGowan	...	Paige Matthews
Holly Marie Combs	...	Piper Halliwell
Brian Krause	...	Leo Wyatt
Balthazar Getty	...	Richard Montana
James Black	...	Swarm King
Eric Dane	...	Jason Dean
Tom Schanley	...	Swarm General #1
Derek Anthony	...	Swarm General #2
David Greene	...	Steve Montana
Jean-Christophe Febbrari	...	French Army Sgt.
Lisa Canning	...	Reporter #1
Joe Torrenueva	...	Reporter #2
Rock Reiser	...	Reporter #3

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 is a play on words using the expression "Used Cars".

Goofs:

Continuity: As Piper is vanquishing the Swarm Demons with her exploding power, you can see a gash on her forehead. Then Phoebe and Paige orb in and take her back home. As they orb in, the gash on her forehead is gone. But Leo comes over and heals the gash later.

Quotes:

Phoebe Halliwell: You have every right to be very upset with me. I know I've been a very, very bad girl. Please let me make it up to you.

Pardon my French

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

This episode is mostly about the sisters' boyfriends. Richard is using magic again, which on the whole is a very, very bad idea, and poor Jason takes the brunt of it -in the form of Phoebe, who is once again possessed by the phantom of a bad girl. Mata Hari to be exact. Here I really have to thank the scriptwriters for using correct French, and Alyssa Milano for pronouncing it correctly -which is not always the case when series try to speak French. I find it a bit sad to have Phoebe's relationship end so abruptly after more than a year, but you cannot blame Jason for freaking out. It's only unfortunate that he should be at the center of the episode when he's about to leave for good.