"Charmed" Witchstock (2004)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

James A. Contner

Writers:

Constance M. Burge (creator) and
Daniel Cerone (writer)

TV Series:

"Charmed" (1998)

Original Air Date:

11 January 2004 (Season 6, Episode 11)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance

Plot:

Paige finds herself transported back in time by a pair of Grams boots to an era of free-love and freely practiced magic where Paige really fits in...

Plot Keywords:

1960s | Wiccan | Sisters | Witchcraft | Demon

Cast

Alyssa Milano	...	Phoebe Halliwell
Rose McGowan	...	Paige Matthews
Holly Marie Combs	...	Piper Halliwell
Brian Krause	...	Leo Wyatt
Drew Fuller	...	Chris Halliwell
Dorian Gregory	...	Darryl Morris
Jennifer Rhodes	...	Penny 'Grams' Halliwell
Kara Zediker	...	Penny Halliwell
Jake Busey	...	Nigel
Patrick Cassidy	...	Allen
Kam Heskin	...	Robin
Peter Pergelides	...	Guard
Michael Storer	...	Sawmill Worker
Gabe Vanderwalker	...	Stoner
Timothy Elwell	...	Officer

Runtime:

42 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Certification:

Mexico:B | USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Title based upon the 1960's concert Woodstock.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Also on the family tree, 'Jack Halliwell's' death date is listed as 1964, but according to this episode, he died January 1967.

Quotes:

Paige Matthews: Gone. That's right. That's exactly what I should be - gone, because I'm actually starting to dig th - like this. Ha! It's kind of cool, everybody being so free.

That Sixties episode

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Flawless fun from the very first scene to the last. Every time Grams is around, the dialog is bound to get livelier, and this time is no exception... especially since there are so many Grams to go around. The present-day plot mainly focuses on The Creature That Has No Name, an ugly green goo that feeds off magic... which poses a real problem at the manor, what with the baby orbing things constantly and the basement harbouring a very big Nexus. And to crown it all, Leo and Chris are the only ones left to protect the place, along with a particularly bossy Grams (did you see Chris jump back after standing up to her ?) ; but they soon discover that bossy is not the worst thing Grams could be. Still, they don't really get much done, but the episode delicately shows that they're unwillingly forming a bond.

And the sisters are off to rewrite their own past again -although by now, they should really know better than to try on Grams' old clothes (remember Phoebe's engagement ring ?). Anyway, the contrast between the Year of Love and the present offers some hilarious glances into everybody's past (yay Leo the Sunlord !) or forebears (yay Luther Morris !). And the best thing ? through it all, demons, fireballs and all, Piper remains absolutely unflappable : apparently, living on her own agrees with her temper.