Sympathy for the Demon
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[edit] General information
- Episode of the popular U.S. television series, Charmed
- Episode Number: 7
- Season: 5
- Production Code: 4301095
- Airdate: November 3, 2002
- Writer: Henry Alonso Myers
- Director: Stuart Gillard
[edit] Synopsis
When Barbas, the Demon of Fear, returns to seek revenge on the Charmed Ones for vanquishing him years ago, he manages to trick Paige into performing a spell that gives him Cole's powers in order to trap the Charmed Ones in the manor and use their own fears against them.
[edit] Book of Shadows
[edit] Enemies
- Barbas: See Barbas, the Demon of Fear
[edit] Spells
- To Call Upon Ancestors: Prudence, Penelope, Patricia, Melinda, Astrid, Helena, Laura and Grace. Halliwell Witches, stand strong beside us. Vanquish this evil from time and space.
- To Vanquish a Demon: Hellspawn demon, creature of death. Fire shall take, your very breath.
[edit] Guest stars
- Brian Krause as Leo Wyatt
- Julian McMahon as Cole Turner
- Jennifer Rhodes as Grams
- James Read as Victor Bennett
- Billy Drago as Barbas
- Hunter Ansley Wryn as Little Piper
- Ken Marino as Miles
- Troy Blendell as Stimple
- Kim Delgado as Businessman
- Todd eggert as Lawyer
- David Grant Wright as Demon #1
- Steve Heinze as Heavyset Demon
[edit] Trivia
- The title of this episode is a play on words to the phrase sympathy for the devil.
- Another title used by The WB in promotional ads was House of Fear.
- When Piper tells Paige that she can move the potion telekinetically because Prue previously could, she is referring to what occurred in the season one episode Out of Sight. In that episode Prue telekinetically threw a spilled potion from the ground to a Grimlock's face, thus vanquishing him. Prue later mimicked her same actions again in the season three episode All Halliwell's Eve when she saved Leo from another Grimlock. Thus, this is the first time that Paige exhibits the ability to not just simply orb an item, but telekinetically orb an object through sheer mental power from one place to another without the object disappearing in the process.
- Cole says Barbas can use his power to become the Source, but in the episode Womb Raider it was established that an aspiring Source also needs the Grimoire, which was hidden away by Leo beneath the Andes Mountains.
- We learn from Paige that Prue was previously able to conjure a dove using a difficult spell.
- Phoebe duplicates Prue's Astral Projection power with a spell in this episode.
- At the end of this episode Paige strips Barbas' power with a Power Striping Potion. This should mean that Barbas will have lost all his stolen powers including his original power to control fear and teleportation.
[edit] International titles
- French: La peur au ventre
- German: Barbas
[edit] External links
| Preceded by: The Eyes Have It |
Charmed episodes | Followed by: A Witch in Time |
| Charmed |
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| Locations and Artifacts: San Francisco Bay Area | Halliwell Manor | Magic School | The Nexus | Book of Shadows |
| Good beings: Charmed Ones | Close friends | Family and friends | Whitelighters | Elders |
| Evil beings: Darklighters | Warlocks |
| Neutral: Avatars | The Hollow | Firestarters |
