"Charmed" Which Prue Is It, Anyway? (1999)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

John Behring

Writers:

Constance M. Burge (creator)
Javier Grillo-Marxuach (writer)

TV Series:

"Charmed" (1998)

Original Air Date:

3 March 1999 (Season 1, Episode 16)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance

Plot:

The sisters face warlock Gabriel whose crystal sword renders him invincible - Prue, who was hired by them for their art collection...

Plot Keywords:

Clone | Wiccan | Sisters | Witchcraft | Demon

Cast

Shannen Doherty	...	Prue Halliwell
Holly Marie Combs	...	Piper Halliwell
Alyssa Milano	...	Phoebe Halliwell
Ted King	...	Inspector Andy Trudeau (as T.W. King)
Alex McArthur	...	Gabriel
Shannon Sturges	...	Helena Statler
Bernie Kopell	...	Coroner
Cristine Rose	...	Claire Pryce
Mongo Brownlee	...	Luther Stubbs
Susan Chuang	...	Monique

Runtime:

42 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Certification:

Mexico:B | USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

When Andy goes through Prue's file, an article cut out of a newspaper refers to what happened in "Wicca Envy" - "Auction House Mystery Remains Unsolved, Impostor Heirs Suspected of Grand Larceny and Murder".

Goofs:

Continuity: Before Prue casts her spell, Piper's hair is down but when she runs up to the attic it is suddenly up in a ponytail.

Quotes:

Inspector Andy Trudeau: And these fingerprints are cross referenced?
Coroner: Okay, I fingerprinted Jane Doe myself and the reference prints you asked for Prudence Halliwell came out of her birth certificate from the archives which I took the liberty of verifying through her DMV records.
Inspector Andy Trudeau: And Prue Halliwell's prints are an identical match to Jane Doe's?
Coroner: Down to the last whirl.
Inspector Andy Trudeau: That's statistically impossible. Not even identical twins have a natural variation.
Coroner: Then I'd get on the horn to Ripley's Believe It Or Not because as far as forensic medicine can tell, this woman is Prue Halliwell.
[...]

Movie Connections:

References The Karate Kid (1984)

Soundtrack:

Teardrop

Multiplicity of Charming and Power

After killing a boxer with a magic sword to steal his killer instinct, the warlock Gabriel uses the art collection of his sister Helena Statler to ambush Prue to kill her and get her power of the primogeniture witch. Prue uses a spell to increase her power, but she multiplies in three with two clones instead. The trio plus Phoebe and Piper plot a plan to defeat and destroy the invincible Gabriel, but when the clones are killed, the Halliwell sisters have to use the power of three.

"Which Prue Is It, Anyway?" is a very delightful episode where this charming and sexy actress Shannen Doherty has a great performance in three different personalities: the executive (black) Prue, the sexy (blue) Prue and the funny and silly (pink) Prue. It seems that finally Inspector Andy Trudeau will investigate witchcraft and magic. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Qual é a Prue Verdadeira" ("Which Prue Is True?")