Reckless Abandon
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[edit] General information
- Episode of the popular U.S. television series, Charmed
- Episode Number: 11
- Season: 2
- Production Code: 4399032
- Airdate: January 27th, 2000
- Writer: Javier Grillo-Marxuach
- Director: Craig Zisk
[edit] Synopsis
Detective Morris puts his job on the line when he allows Phoebe to take a seemingly abandoned baby home so the Charmed Ones can protect him from a vengeful ghost Phoebe has seen in a terrifying vision. When Prue and Piper discover that the ghost has systematically been killing off the men in the family, they ask the matriarch to help find the reason for the murders before the baby boy meets the same fate. Meanwhile, Jack tries to persuade Prue to accompany him on a business trip and Piper's relationship with Dan takes an exciting turn.
[edit] Book of Shadows
[edit] Enemies
- Elias Lundy: a vengeful spirit that terrorized the Van Lewen family
[edit] Spells
- To Banish a Spirit: Pour this mixture over the departed bones: a palmful of pomegranate seeds, ground into a fine paste, a pinch of comfry root, a pinch of blood meal, a pinch of clematis seed, a pinch of dried rhubarb leaf. Mix well, add a chalice of twice blessed water and boil.
[edit] General Information
A child is the finest and most innocent of all innocents. It is therefore unlawful and unnatural to use magic to change what is in the nature of a child. Before casting a spell that affects a child, the witch must ask herself "Am I doing this for the child or am I doing this for myself?"
For the witch who is bothered by the noise of a child and would seek to use magic to bring forth peace and quiet, this tome can only say one thing: sometimes a baby just has to cry.
[edit] Guest stars
- Dorian Gregory as Darryl Morris
- Greg Vaughan as Dan Gordon
- Lochlyn Munro as Jack Sheridan
- Stephanie Beacham as Martha van Lewen
- J. Kenneth Campbell as Elias Lundy
- Ric Coy as Gilbert van Lewen
- Hillary Danner as Alexandra van Lewen
- Rolando Molina as Hernandez
- Albert Stroth as Uniform Cop
[edit] Trivia
- This episode reunites Shannen Doherty and Stephanie Beacham, who previously worked together on the series Beverly Hills 90210.
- Prue exhibits an awful lot more control over her powers in this episode than ever before or ever again after, moving the multiple purse contents without using her hands or eyes, and working the sink sprayer while her hands are full and she can't see it, as it's behind the baby.
- In the episode The Power of Two it is explained that the only way to vanquish a ghost is to have another spirit recite a spell, which Prue could have done in her astral form. This episode contradicts the previous though in that the Charmed Ones now say that you can vanquish a ghost by burying its remains. The only other time the burial method is mentioned again is in the episode Love's a Witch.
- The ghost character Elias Lundy was inspired by the central ghost figure in the book The Haunting of Hill House, which was later made into several films: House on Haunted Hill in 1959, The Haunting in 1963, The Legend of Hell House in 1973, The Haunting in 1999, and House on Haunted Hill also in 1999.
[edit] International titles
- French: L'Héritier
- German: Drei Hexen und ein Baby
- Spanish: Abandono atropellado
[edit] External links
| Preceded by: Heartbreak City |
Charmed episodes | Followed by: Awakened |
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