Charmed Again (Part 1)

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Phoebe and Piper meet Paige for the first time in Charmed Again, Pt 1

[edit] General information

• Episode of the popular U.S. television series, Charmed
• Episode Number: 1
• Season: 4
• Production Code: 4301801
• Airdate: October 4th, 2001
• Writer: Brad Kern
• Director: Michael Shultz
• Cast: Alyssa Milano as Phoebe, Rose McGowan as Paige Matthews, Holly Marie Combs as Piper

[edit] Synopsis

Devastated about losing their sister Prue, Piper tries to bring her back using spells from the Book of Shadows. She casts a To Call A Lost Witch spell, but instead of bringing their big sister Prue back, it leads them to their lost half-sister Paige (Rose McGowan), who is a child of Patty (the girl's mother) and her whitelighter Sam. Since the Elders are against unions between Whitelighters and witches, they had to give up the baby for her own protection. Paige, who works in social services, magically gets a paper listing Prue's funeral. Paige somehow feels connected and goes to the funeral where she shakes hands with Phoebe, triggering a premonition of Paige getting attacked by Shax, the demon that killed Prue. Piper is not in the mood to save any innocents and wants to quit being a Charmed One because of the price they paid by losing their sister. But Phoebe doesn't give up and she and Cole follow Paige to save her from the demon. Phoebe and Cole are on a rooftop when they notice Shax attacking Paige, but she somehow orbs out of the way, looking shocked. Phoebe returns home and asks Leo to check if the girl is a Whitelighter. Leo does research, but the Elders don't know anything about her. Cole then returns to inform Piper and Phoebe that The Source believes Paige might be a Charmed One. Piper is enraged and summons Grams, who informs the girls that she can't say anything since she is sworn to secrecy. Then Patty appears to inform the girls who Paige is. At the same time, Darryl and a new Inspector, who suspects that the girls are practicing magic, break in secretly.

Phoebe, Piper and newly powered Paige use the spell in the Book of Shadows to finally vanquish Shax.

In the attic, they find the girls with Grams and Patty. After teleporting the Inspector to a far off land, Piper agrees to save Paige, but not in any intention of reuniting the Power of Three. Paige receives her powers fully when she comes to their house and the three girls join together under one roof. The demon Shax attacks them immediately after and the girls run to the Book of Shadows while Leo holds Shax off. It is here that Paige finds out that the girls are witches and that she is also. She helps them vanquish the demons Shax by reciting a spell, but is shocked and terrified in the process, running away from the house and her newfound sisters.

[edit] Book of Shadows

[edit] Enemies

• The Source: see Source (Charmed)
• Shax: see Shax (Charmed)
• The Oracle: magical beings, that can be either good or evil, who can see into the future via premonition or through scrying pools

[edit] Spells

• To Call A Lost Witch: Mix the following in a silver mortar: a pinch of rosemary, a sprig of cypress, and a yarrow root. Grind with a pestle while chanting: Power of the witches rise, Course unseen across the skies. Come to us who call you near, Come to us and settle here Spill the blood of the Caller into the mortar and continue chanting: Blood to blood, I summon thee. Blood to blood, return to me
• Failed Spell To Return Prue: In this night and in this hour, I call upon the ancient power. Bring back my sister. Bring back the Power of Three
• To Vanquish Shax: Evil wind that blows, that which forms below. No longer may you dwell, death takes you with this spell
• To Banish An Unwanted Guest: Take him back, take him away. Remove him now, don’t let him stay. We call the spirits to help undo, and send him off to Timbuktu
• To Summon A Spirit: place a series of candles in a circle and recite outside the circle: Hear these words, hear my cry, Spirit from the other side. Come to me, I summon thee. Cross now the great divide.

[edit] Guest stars

• Brian Krause as Leo Wyatt
• Dorian Gregory as Darryl Morris
• Julian McMahon as Cole Turner
• Finola Hughes as Patty Halliwell
• Jennifer Rhodes as Grams
• James Read as Victor Bennett
• Michael Bailey Smith as Shax
• Bennet Guillory as The Source
• Jordan Bridges as Shane
• Krista Allen as The Oracle
• Yancey Arias as Inspector Cortez
• Agustin Rodriguez as Inspector Espinoza
• Andi Carnick as Priestess
• David Reivers as Bob Cowan

[edit] Trivia

• This was actress Rose McGowan's first episode in the series
• The episode was originally suppose to air in September 2001, but because of 9/11, it was delayed until October.
• Holly Marie Combs threatened to sign out of her contract because she was so upset that Shannen Doherty left. So, she and executive producer Brad Kern sat down and set down some ground rules. One of the rules is that no costar can "butt in" to another's personal life, unless asked for their opinion. Holly also wanted to become producer, so she would have more control. Because it was so close to the Season 4 premiere, Kern promised her that she would become one at the beginning of Season 5. The last thing she wanted is for the opening credits not to go by age of sisters, but to go "Alyssa Milano, Rose McGowan, and Holly Marie Combs as "Piper". Kern agreed to all of her terms and she agreed to stay with the series for another five years, until Charmed came to an end in May 2006.
• After the funeral and it has Leo, Phoebe, and Cole talking about how to save Paige, Piper interupts them. At that point they are in the foyer, next to the stairs, because when Piper is finished talking to them, she walks directly to the stairs. But after Phoebe proposes to Cole that they try to stop Shax from killing Paige together, it shows that the three of them are now in the hallway, but they didn't move after Piper left.
• In the previous episode, it seemed that all three sisters were killed. Prue and Piper were thrown through a wall with no one there to heal them, and Phoebe was to be killed in the Underworld by the Source's minions once time was reversed. This episode happens a few days later and it is explained that Leo helped Cole to rescue Phoebe from the Underworld and was only able to heal Piper, but couldn't get to Prue in time.
• In All Hell Breaks Loose, Shax is shown with blue skin, but in this episode, he is shown with yellow/grey skin.
• We find out that Paige has the power of telekinesis, but works in a different way because she is half whitelighter.
• When the Charmed Ones are reconstituted, the chandelier above them shines in blue lights. This happened in Something Wicca This Way Comes when Phoebe read the enchanment that would grant them their powers. In the one hundredth episode (Centennial Charmed), it would happen again after the New Power Of Three was reconstitued. And again in the episode The Day the Magic Died, when Wyatt was born.
• There was a kind of memory dust that Sam (Leo said it was gaven by Patty) used to make the Halliwell sisters forget about what they had done, in the episode P3 H2O, which they can use to made Cortez forget about them. Leo used the similar powder in the episode The Devil's Music, to influence tought. In the episode Trial By Magic, we will hear about this dust again.
• In the episode A Paige from the Past, we will learn that Paige has her power since her childhood, but she did not know it. This means that either Grams didn't bind her power at all, or the spell/potion that she used only worked on binding witch powers, which explains why she was able to orb as a teenager.
• Piper gets a new car, a dark blue 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee.
• Phoebe gets a new car, a beige 2002 Saab 9-3.
• Paige starts the show with a lime green 2002 Volkswagen Beetle.
• When Piper (with Phoebe, Cole and Leo) call on Grams after learning about Paige, none of them light the circle of candles, though Grams and Patty both appear. Though in the next episode they light the candles to summon Patty.

[edit] International titles

• French: Les liens du sang - 1ère partie
• German: Die neue Macht der Drei (The new Power of Three)
• Spanish: Hechiceras Otra Vez: Parte I