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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2016 0:33:30 GMT -5
Just who the Hecate is this dude? After all the drama that Piper and Leo went through in the early seasons,(which by the way, pulling Leo away from their wedding is the douchiest thing the Elders ever did), and how Patty and Sam had to hide baby Paige from the douche-bags Elders, how could this Simon guy exists? Why didn't the Elders unleashed their "unspeakable wrath" on the Marks line for having this witchligher hybrid? I guess because Simon is a douche also, maybe they relented because hey- he's one of them! Alas, continuity was not a strong point of Season 8. Talk about an egregious screw-up Simon was, though.  Would have been cool if they got the actor who played Cupid from season 2 for this role. I just saw that episode this morning on TNT and what struck me is the chemistry between Phoebe and the original Cupid. They went over the same issues about Phoebe giving up on love, but this seemed more natural; Reluctantly Phoebe admitted her fear of getting hurt if she gets involved with someone (and not because of all her past boyfriends dumping her and usually because it's her fault that they broke it off) . But no, the Elder have to send "Uncle Coop" and rush it because Phoebe just have to get married before the series ended. The main reason we got Coop instead of the Season 2 Cupid, was because of, well, Victor Webster. The Frog Network wanted one last Promotable Hunk to be Phoebe's Dream Guy, and the Season 2 Cupid wasn't exactly one. |
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Post by Melinda Halliwell on Apr 2, 2016 4:30:18 GMT -5
But even though Michael Reilly Burke who played Cupid season 2 wasn't a hunk as the frog network would say he at least
had actual chemistry with Phoebe then which I preferred much more than Coop season 8 anyway although I haven't read the season 9 comics concerning their marriage yet and the fact Connie Burge wasn't concerned about horny guest stars season 2 then when she was still in control of the show somewhat but the idea of family/sisters which Charmed was about obviously.
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Post by phoenixflame on Apr 4, 2016 15:53:10 GMT -5
I shudder to look at the "Hot Mamas" promo-- I know it was the early 2000's but the photoshop is just so horrible! Would it really have been that hard to just take a real picture of Alyssa holding a baby bottle rather than making one? And don't even get me started on Holly's "pose"... |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2016 6:32:47 GMT -5
I didn't even notice Not-Piper's hand on that "Hot Mamas" poster...it doesn't look connected to her body, it's seriously like someone is hiding behind Phoebe! Urgh, I hated "Witches in Tights" so much. I think for me, one of the most hilarious attempts at photo manipulation on a Charmed poster was on one of the very rare occasions that a male character is the target of fanservice. I give you "The Courtship of Wyatt's Father" or "Midnight Rendezvous" as they called it.  PAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh poor Brian, I really hope nobody he knew saw this. I've seen some dodgy manipulations, but it's just astounding that these are official advertisements. Looking through them, I also noticed a trend with a lot of the Piper-centric posters. In season 6 especially, they'd often photo shop her head onto some models body (someone with much bigger breasts of course)... guess that's what happens when you refuse to dress like an imbecile for the network. "Sword and the City" is a pretty blatant example of that. |
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Post by adzpower on Apr 5, 2016 7:13:10 GMT -5
OMG that picture of Brian, p3nathan you just had me on the floor in a fit of giggles, what were they thinking?!
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Post by sol on Apr 5, 2016 10:26:32 GMT -5
The fabulous' 90s!
The posters and trailers of movies and series of that time are all linked to sexy images for women, and also for men
A friend of mine who has a fashion blog has posted a gallery of actresses and models's images of those years, with heavy makeup - the infamous blue eye shadow compact - and puffy and curly hairstyles they seem younger now compared to 15-20 years ago
But at least the sisters didn't give rise to fake trailers porn as Buffy, I hate this kind of things!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2016 12:46:38 GMT -5
I didn't even notice Not-Piper's hand on that "Hot Mamas" poster...it doesn't look connected to her body, it's seriously like someone is hiding behind Phoebe! Urgh, I hated "Witches in Tights" so much. I think for me, one of the most hilarious attempts at photo manipulation on a Charmed poster was on one of the very rare occasions that a male character is the target of fanservice. I give you "The Courtship of Wyatt's Father" or "Midnight Rendezvous" as they called it. PAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh poor Brian, I really hope nobody he knew saw this. I've seen some dodgy manipulations, but it's just astounding that these are official advertisements. Looking through them, I also noticed a trend with a lot of the Piper-centric posters. In season 6 especially, they'd often photo shop her head onto some models body (someone with much bigger breasts of course)... guess that's what happens when you refuse to dress like an imbecile for the network. "Sword and the City" is a pretty blatant example of that. ROFL, those look soooooo horrible! Here's some more terrible ones:      And, then, there's this one, which isn't the very worst I've ever seen but still has a million problems:  Where do I begin? First of all, Phoebe looks really, really bad on this. Why? Because they took a Season 4 image of her and badly Photoshopped her hair to make it look shorter and darker:  Look, I get that they didn't make any new promo pics for Season 7, but they could've done waaaay better than this. Why not use a Season 5 picture of Phoebe, instead, when her hair was darker and shorter and more similar to how it looked in Season 7?   And, then, there's the BLATANT false advertising. The poster made it seem like "Seven Year Witch" would feature a big Phoebe/Cole reunion, when in reality, the two characters didn't share a single scene together in the entire episode. Julian had put it in his contract that he not work with Alyssa, so all of Cole's scenes were with Piper, instead. |
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Post by Astral Vision on Apr 5, 2016 13:22:53 GMT -5
Hang on, the WB had an actual frog in its logo? And all this time, I thought you'd nicknamed it the frog network because it had since croaked. xD
Slightly more on topic: Yeah. Someone in their marketing department really needed to learn some better photoshop skills if they couldn't get new photos done for the posters. Though, even if the photoshopping was any good, the actual ideas for the marketing posters are horrible!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2016 13:53:46 GMT -5
Hang on, the WB had an actual frog in its logo? And all this time, I thought you'd nicknamed it the frog network because it had since croaked. xD Slightly more on topic: Yeah. Someone in their marketing department really needed to learn some better photoshop skills if they couldn't get new photos done for the posters. Though, even if the photoshopping was any good, the actual ideas for the marketing posters are horrible! Yup, that's Michigan J. Frog, the network's old mascot (and Looney Tunes character). Hence, the nickname "Frog Network." The Photoshopping on these posters and ads was horrible even for the time. Shows how much respect the WB had for Charmed, doesn't it? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2016 16:19:38 GMT -5
Hang on, the WB had an actual frog in its logo? And all this time, I thought you'd nicknamed it the frog network because it had since croaked. xD Slightly more on topic: Yeah. Someone in their marketing department really needed to learn some better photoshop skills if they couldn't get new photos done for the posters. Though, even if the photoshopping was any good, the actual ideas for the marketing posters are horrible! Haha, so did I. You learn something new everyday. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2016 16:22:15 GMT -5
I shudder to look at the "Hot Mamas" promo-- I know it was the early 2000's but the photoshop is just so horrible! Would it really have been that hard to just take a real picture of Alyssa holding a baby bottle rather than making one? And don't even get me started on Holly's "pose"... I know, right? It's truly awful. I didn't even notice Holly's hand before, it's so badly photoshopped that it looks independent from her body. All these promos are just unspeakable bad - they're worse than porno posters, more like like parodies of pornos. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2016 16:39:10 GMT -5
Who the heck did the WB hire to make these? The cheapest company they could find.
Even in those days, Photoshop was pretty good, if you got the right people to do it for you.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2016 8:49:29 GMT -5
Billie Takes a Stand
AKA- The Torn Identity
The Jenkins sisters are moving into Billie’s dorm. Color me surprised that she hasn’t been kicked out by now, but Christy insists that Billie must graduate.
I don’t know how much time has passed between this and last episode, but they don’t seem too broken up about their parents. They kinda just look like someone stole their parking space.
Anyway, Christy blames Piper for their deaths, because Piper called Billie away. I mean, c’mon now, I like to blame Piper for everything too, but you would’ve left Mama and Papa Jenkins alone eventually; the demons were waiting for them.
Christy wants revenge on the remaining Man in Black for killing her parents. So she intends to send him to the astral plane like those students did last episode. She goes to Notwarts and she has demons working for her.
And we’re at the Manor. Paige is straight into Ms. B!tch Twitch mode, convulsing around Piper like an epileptic fruit bat. She’s avoiding Henry, because she’s afraid that now she’s married, she’ll lose her own identity. Which isn’t a rehash of Phoebe’s marital issues in “Lost and Bound” because shut up.
The Man in Black is running through the underworld and gets caught by a wormy thing that looks like a bigger version of those Wasteland worms. It latches onto his leg and sucks on his powers.
Urgh StoopidCoopid. The usual schitck. Ramble, ramble, luuuurrve, ramble. I couldn’t care less. The Phoebe a$$ kissing is turned up to new, nauseating heights.
Phoebe, refreshingly, thinks there are more pressing matters than her love life to attend to at the moment. But never fear; StoopidCoopid will have none of that. He’s here to flush those priorities down the toilet and make sure Phoebe is back to her self-involved hideousness as soon as possible. Yay, character progression!
Fortunately, this is cut short when Billie turns up at the condo. She has just been to the funeral.
Paige is now ignoring Henry’s calls. Urgh, Paige, you’ve been spending way too much time with Phoebe... how many times do I have to tell you not to take either of your sisters as an example of a functional human being? It’ll only lead to pain!
Piper and Paige are about to go and get The Man in Black. Piper wants to interrogate him, believing he can get them closer to saving Leo. Christy wants to kill him. So Christy hi-jacks the orb and goes with them. Christy pushes Paige over, she tries to banish him, but Piper blasts her. Man in Black gets away. Uh oh.
Paige wants to borrow StoopidCoopid. *Sigh* Fine, you know what Paige? You want to be an idiot? Go ahead. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
Christy’s demon accomplice tells her that the sisters are using Billie. Well, can’t deny that.
StoopidCoopid is at the Bay Mirror telling some guy called Michael to ask Phoebe out. The hell? I don’t recall cupids being this direct and in your face in season 2. Some more Phoebe a$$ kissing, which I’ve got to quote, because FEEL MY PAIN!!!
And from at the condo earlier....
You see what I’m sitting through? This is actually hell. Okay? Like, forget the fire and brimstone, just StoopidCoopid waffling on about Phoebe, THAT’S IT!!! Eternal suffering. AAAAHHH!
Okay, so anyway, this guy really doesn’t seem all that interested, but StoopidCoopid isn’t about to risk his reputation as a persistent creeper by taking no for an answer!
Paige takes StoopidCoopid into Phoebe’s office to ask for his help. StoopidCoopid is reluctant because he says he’s really busy. Pah! Yeah, talking to one guy who she works with is certainly enough for one day; he’s such a workaholic! Anyway, eventually StoopidCoopid teleports Paige into Henry’s mind. Whatever.
Michael shouts up at Phoebe’s balcony. He’s holding flowers and reciting poetry, but StoopidCoopid is actually sat nearby feeding him lines to repeat. Ah, just what Phoebe needs, a romance based on deceit... what a change of pace for her. Thanks StoopidCoopid!
Christy shows up at Phoebe’s condo to get Billie. Huh... StoopidCoopid was sat in front of the entrance, how did she get in? Anyway, she’s angry, with a nasty burn on her arm. Christy tells Billie- “They don’t care about what we want; they care about what they want!” Well, again, not untrue.
Henry doesn’t get Paige’s non-issue, but he talks her through it anyway. She orbs him to the Manor.
Billie shows up at the Manor very angry, but Piper and Phoebe do an excellent job at defusing the situation. Heehee, just kidding!
There is actually a brief moment where Billie seems quite calm and willing to discuss things... but then good ol’ Piper kills it with her usual: “It’s only MY family that matters, the rest of the world can burn!!!” shtick.
Henry orbs the vanquishing potion from Billie and he has a lot of fun doing it. Haha, I like him. He looks disappointed when Billie TK-snatches it back and leaves.
Notwarts. Christy uses her telepathy to listen in on the Charmed Ones as they cast spells to try and find the Man in Black.
Paige needs to be out of Henry’s mind for it to work, so Phoebe calls StoopidCoopid. He teleports in reciting poetry to her. For a moment, Phoebe looks like she thinks he’s full of sh!t... then he hands her some chocolates and Phoebe gets everyone to halt the demon search while she bathes in the shameless sea of ego-stroking. There she is, the Phoebe I know and hate! Although, now that StoopidCoopid is around, she may not be the main target of my vitriol anymore.
Henry looks like he’s about to slap StoopidCoopid, so he undoes the magic. Piper tells him to p!ss off before he can start rambling about love again.
Piper freezes the Man in Black and unfreezes his head.
Billie and Christy turn up and Billie says “I’m sick of being used.”
Well hey, I’m all for that.
I’m kinda feeling similarly to how I felt when Darryl lost faith in the sisters. I totally get the sentiment, but I feel like they could have done a lot more to gradually build on this over the season. Shown us a gradual disheartening and loss of patience with the sisters’ b!tchery. Because really, I think Billie is kinda the Darryl of season 8. The sisters make out like she’s their friend, but really she’s a tool that they can use and throw away however they feel like. She serves her purpose, thinking that she matters to them... but as soon as her needs/desires differ from the sisters’, she realizes their true colors and how one sided the relationship actually is.
Billie and Christy vanquish the thought to be unvanquishable Man in Black. They combine Christy’s fire starting with Billie’s projection; creating a fireball inside the demon’s head.
Piper: I think we just found the ultimate power.
This next scene is hilarious to me. Phoebe verbally knives StoopidCoopid with her boundless insensitivity and obliviousness. It’s blatantly obvious that StoopidCoopid likes her at this point (like attracts like I guess) and this is what Phoebe says to him-
Pahaha! If it was anyone other than StoopidCoopid, I’d give her hell, but it’s just too glorious for me watching him gutted by the narcissistic monster he's spent the last few episodes enabling!
She says she doesn’t want to be with someone magical. StoopidCoopid leaves (if only).
Some of these San Fran and Manor shots are so grainy. I’m sure they must be using season 1 clips.
Piper and Paige discuss Billie and Christy.
All they’ve actually done so far is vanquish a demon... but Piper is ready to kill anyone in their way; of course. Paige is less bloodthirsty and thinks they might be able to work it out.
Billie and Christy seem to have moved into Notwarts.
Next up- Billie wants to be sure that the sisters are evil (spoiler alert, they are)... so we’re venturing into the screaming void that is their minds.
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Post by Chrisaholic on Apr 8, 2016 10:55:05 GMT -5
To be honest: I wish that this episode should be forgotten. For all sisters! Don't they realize what's going on? I thought they had some six senses by now. *sighs*
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Post by yinsoul on Apr 8, 2016 12:00:19 GMT -5
Well hey, I’m all for that. I’m kinda feeling similarly to how I felt when Darryl lost faith in the sisters. I totally get the sentiment, but I feel like they could have done a lot more to gradually build on this over the season. Shown us a gradual disheartening and loss of patience with the sisters’ b!tchery. Because really, I think Billie is kinda the Darryl of season 8. The sisters make out like she’s their friend, but really she’s a tool that they can use and throw away however they feel like. She serves her purpose, thinking that she matters to them... but as soon as her needs/desires differ from the sisters’, she realizes their true colors and how one sided the relationship actually is. I could not possibly agree more with this. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2016 12:30:47 GMT -5
Clearly the later seasons Charmed Ones have been rubbing off on these two. "Our parents died. Meh, who cares?" As I said, Christy's actions and motivations from this point on make no sense at all. It's like the writers switched gears in the middle of the storyline for some reason. Makes one wish Paige had never found her sisters. They've completely ruined her. Ugh, make it stop! The Jenkins? Screw them! Love is all that matters here. Your only child life is looking better and better, isn't it Paige. One has to wonder why Michael doesn't call security and have this weird guy escorted out. Nothing more charming (no pun intended) than some stalker with a weird obsession with your love life. Nothing creepy here, folks And Roxanne, uh, I mean, Phoebe, falls for it.  Don't get your hopes up. This guy ain't going anywhere. Given that they had virtually no money this season, they probably are. Of course, if they hadn't had all those pointless guest stars... |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2016 16:28:13 GMT -5
When Will the Nightmare End?
AKA- The Jung and the Restless
Phoebe and Piper bicker about Billie and Christy. Phoebe wants to help them; Piper wants to KILL ALL. Paige ends up mediating.
Paige has a new charge- a future whitelighter. Paige saves her from a darklighter. She’s called Mikel.
The Bay Mirror. StoopidCoopid is at Phoebe’s desk. He b!tches about how he's "worked his tail off" and Phoebe has only been out with Michael once. Worked your tail off? You went to her workplace and found one guy! A guy who really didn’t even seem that into her frankly. Phoebe loses her cool with him and tells him to shut up and go away.
Billie is at Notwarts, looking for a text that talks about her supposed destiny. Billie still wants to believe in them. Christy talks about how they trained her to do their work for them and how they haven’t helped many innocents in recent years. How they’ve been doing everything for their own personal gain recently- even referencing the Avatar mess. Honestly, she makes a damn good case against them. Phoebe sends Billie a message asking her to talk in one of the books.
Darklighter lair. The lead darklighter wants Paige as a prize.
Paige takes Mikel to the Manor. It seems Mikel is new to all of this and is only just finding out that she’s a future whitelighter. Paige has cloaked her from the darklighters by the way.
Piper is in the attic making potions to kill Billie and Christy. Paige reminds her that it’s illegal and that her Leo drama might be clouding her judgement. Piper goes to Phoebe’s condo in a massive sulk.
Billie arrives at Phoebe’s. They only get to talk for a moment before Piper turns up. Gee, I wonder if Piper can make things ten times worse. Place your bets!
Christy shows up and actually says that she just intends to leave with Billie. Piper throws a potion at them. Christy blows up the potion, so Piper is about to try and blast them before Phoebe stops her. Now that the stupid cow has made Christy’s point for her, Christy teleports a startled Billie out.
Back at the Manor. Mikel has had a tough time and Paige is meant to help her believe in herself… don’t expect any more detail than that. Shame, because Mikel actually seems pretty cool, but oh well. She'll serve her purpose, that's what's important.
Piper and Phoebe come in arguing. Piper freezes Mikel while they bicker. Paige mediates again. Phoebe actually sees Billie and Christy’s side of the argument. I’ll give Phoebe her due, she’s making quite a bit of sense so far this episode… though I imagine she’s helped by the fact that Piper is being such a monster.
Paige is on the fence about the whole issue and is mostly concerned with her charge anyway.
Billie is really upset. She tells Christy that she cares about the sisters a lot and is still holding onto hope. Damn… this is actually pretty sad. This rewatch has really softened me towards Billie. I don’t have any hatred for her. I’m mostly just sad for her. Her parents are dead, her sister is brainwashed and her so called “friends” just attacked her. Her life freakin’ sucks!
Anyway, Billie wants to know more about where the sisters are coming from and Christy has an idea to show Billie their inner-truths.
Phoebe’s condo. StoopidCoopid shows up and asks her how things went with Billie. Phoebe tells him how Piper screwed it all up and then she asks StoopidCoopid if she thinks she’s selfish. *SNORT* Okay, everyone, after three. ONE. TWO. THREE…
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Of course StoopidCoopid says no.
Elder Sandra visits Piper. Sandra tells her that this was being planned even before they knew they were witches. The plan was to find powerful sister witches to put up against them, rather than recruiting more demons. I like the concept, but as is often the case with Charmed, the execution mostly sucks.
Also, I know I’ve mentioned this several times before… but the orbing effect still looks like a fuzzy VHS tape of The Smurfs.
Billie has called the sisters to meet at the Manor. Billie teleports in and insists that she doesn’t want to kill them, she just wants to find out the truth. She hits them with a sleep potion. Christy enters and Billie makes her promise not to hurt them.
Mikel sees all this and runs away, freaked out. The darklighter gets her.
Christy gives Billie a red crystal that allows Billie into their dreams. It’s the same deal as the sandman episode; the sisters need to find their inner-truths in order to wake up.
Dream World. Phoebe is at the Bay Mirror and it is swarming with kids. One of the kids is her dream daughter or whatever. The girl says “you can’t keep putting us off.” Erm, what? She’s done nothing but obsesses over it since season freakin’ six!!! Also, just want to point out that this is Phoebe’s dream and a child is doing her job; so maybe there’s some self-awareness there after all.
StoopidCoopid turns up calling her baby and honey. Blab blab la.
Paige is in Henry’s office and a version of her in a white gown shows up sounding all breathy and mysterious. Paige follows her dream-self. Mikel shows up saying she needs her help, but Paige tells her to stay there and runs after her dream-self. Billie sees this; so not a good start.
Dream P3. Piper is told she’s neglecting everything for Leo. Piper finds Billie and grabs her. Billie pretends to be part of the dream before dreamporting to Phoebe. She sees her making out with StoopidCoopid. Phoebe realises she’s attracted to him. What a huge shock.
Paige finds DreamPaige in an alley hovering cross-legged on a cloud of orbs. DreamPaige tells Paige that she needs to find herself. Uh yeah, no… the writers needed not to lose her like 4 years ago! DreamPaige does a really creepy echoing scream thing and there’s a flash of Mikel before she fades away. Presumably this is Mikel calling Paige while she’s asleep because we hear the whitelighter chime. So anyway, apparently Paige's new mission in life is to "find enlightenment", but we've still got three whole episodes left, so Paige The Extraordinary Flip Flopper still has time to get about 20 more character motivations in before the show is done.
Phoebe goes back to the Manor and finds Piper. They talk about what they’ve discovered thus far. So Piper is obsessed with getting Leo back and Phoebe is hot for StoopidCoopid… big revelations!
Billie finds Paige in the attic. Paige pins her against the wall and demands that she awakens her before Mikel dies. Billie does so.
Paige orbs to a badly wounded Mikel and is shot in the back with two darklighter arrows.
Phoebe hears a girl shouting “mommy” and finds a girl crying in the kitchen. The girl tells her that she has to hurry or it’ll be too late to have her. For crying out loud; she’s barely out of her 20s, okay? Quit talking like she’s nearly dead!
Piper walks into a kid’s party and finds an elderly Leo. He hugs her and promises to save him.
A ghostly Paige appears to her. They both wake up.
Piper and Phoebe find the darklighter lair. Piper blows him up. Mikel is dead and orbs in to heal Paige. Okay, this is the same as that other one Sam was with. They’re future whitelighters, FUTURE. As in- keep them alive so they can do what they need to do to earn their wings. Paige has failed at that. What’s the point in darklighters attacking them if they just get made into whitelighters anyway?
Paige feels bad about Mikel. The sisters talk about stopping The Ultimate Power.
Phoebe: “We’re gonna stop them, before they stop us.”
Next up- We’re down to the final three.
Stupid magical creatures galore… but also the sisters get their comeuppance.
Just Desserts
AKA- Gone with the Witches
We start at Notwarts. The sisters have scried for evil and this is where they were directed to. Well no sh** guys, it’s only been evil’s hang out all season!
Phoebe thinks there is someone manipulating the Jenkins sisters, but as we have established, Piper doesn't care and just wants them dead. Well Piper, now you know how I feel about you! Also Paige seems to have jumped on this bandwagon too, despite being firmly against the notion of killing them just last episode.
They enter a dark room with a glowy white platform in the middle. Phoebe is sure something must be in there, but Piper and Paige insist on leaving. The hell? Why did you even bother going then? And seriously guys, you’re making Phoebe look like the smart one… I’m sure that won’t last long, but still!
Christy and her demons find them and they exchange snarls. They orb out. Christy says that she promised Billie that they wouldn’t be hurt… until they’re ready.
A bit of Pink as we fly around San Fran. “I’m not dead” No, but this show is.
Piper and Paige talk about their relationships. Paige wants to know whether Piper found things with Leo easier when he was magical or mortal. I’ll take any shred of a sister moment I can get at this point, so will overlook the hilariousness of Piper giving marriage tips.
Phoebe announces her love for StoopidCoopid. Who cares? Urgh, Phoebe has made a list of stupid magical creatures who can help them. Greeeeeat.
Billie is at Notwarts feeling pretty down and writing info down about the sisters. Billie wants to disempower them. Sounds good to me. Christy, however, thinks it’ll take a lot more than that. I suppose she does have a point; considering how often they lose and regain their powers, that’d hardly be a guarantee at this point.
Billie comes out with this- “Piper has kids; how can you even think of wanting to hurt a mom?”
Ah, so that’s why Phoebe wants kids so badly; immunity.
I feel bad for Paige though, I mean she hasn’t been so bad, but I guess she’s childless, so too bad!
Anyway, Billie isn’t convinced, so Christy wants to introduce her to someone she’ll have to believe.
(Sigh) Paige goes to the leprechauns. She asks them to spy at Notwarts for them. Um, why? Have you guys got an elsewhere to be?
Phoebe is testing out vanquishing potions and so nearly hits StoopidCoopid as he teleports in. Damn it, don’t get my hopes up. StoopidCoopid has found her a guy in Bangladesh. Pahahaha, really? That’s it by the way, there was Michael last episode and the Bangladeshi… those are his only picks. Wow, how does everyone on this show suck at their job so much?
So Phoebe reveals her feelings for him. They say it’s impossible due to the rules, but then kiss. Oh no, forbidden love, it’s doomed, doooooomed!!! Oh please, we established with Piper and Leo that you don’t give a hoot about The Elders’ rules and oh yeah, YOU DATED TWO FREAKIN DEMONS!!!
Christy takes Billie into the dark room from earlier and we’re introduced to Dumain. Apparently this was their imaginary friend and he wrote in Christy’s diary. He shows them a clip of Evil Wyatt and Future Chris; the future that’s meant to be nullified, but I guess Billie doesn’t know that.
The ghosts of The Three Stooges rise from the white platform once the sisters leave. DullPain reassures them that Billie will come around. Apparently DullPain wants to be a Triad. Not sure The Quartet sounds quite as ominous, but whatever.
They are interrupted when the leprechauns show up with a disposable camera. Yes, really. They use their gold to “let luck reveal what can’t be seen!” Huh? Anyway, their magic seems to react badly with The Three Stooges’ and it creates a tornado that sends them running.
DullPain gets one of Christy’s demons to attack the leprechauns. The Jenkins sisters save them and the leprechauns tell them about how The Charmed Ones sent them to do their dirty work. They then say how The Charmed Ones are after the evil ultimate power and how the magical community is their cannon fodder.
Two of Christy’s demons are in an alley. Paige and Phoebe show up. Paige throws them against a dumpster...I remember this being a source of much excitement, since it's the closest Paige has been to throwing bad guys Prue-style... but the crappy orb effect just made it look awkward to me. They hit them with a truth potion and ask them who is manipulating Billie and Christy. They kill each other with fireballs.
Paige summons the leprechauns and they’re very angry. They take back the shillelagh and rainbow out. The sisters instantly decide that they are completely blameless and it was all a terrible manipulation. I know that is how I’m supposed to view it too, but I don’t. This episode might be about making them look bad, but if the Charmed Ones hadn’t been so inconsiderate and quick to use everyone around them for so many years, it might not have been quite so easy to do.
In the midst of all this, Piper tells Phoebe to go and talk to StoopidCoopid. Er… yeah, sure, this is totally the time for that. I mean, the whole deal right now is to make you look like self-involved, morons with no priorities… but yeah, go deal with your relationship drama.
DullPain has Billie’s book of Charmed trivia. He’s going to use distractions that have worked on the sisters in the past.
First up- the witch doctor’s obsession curse. Paige goes to try and win back the leprechauns but suddenly becomes distracted with finding enlightenment (because that’s her thing now, remember?)
Next- the lust sin ball. Urgh. Yeah, guys, Phoebe bailing on apocalyptic level stuff to go screw her latest lapdog really isn’t that unusual at this stage. But anyway, Phoebe meets StoopidCoopid at the condo and well… you know the drill.
Finally- Grams’ hexed wedding ring. Piper becomes a housewife and for some reason gets super speed in the process.
DullPain is going to send demons to attack the magical community while they’re distracted.
The community meets up to discuss the Charmed Ones. The leprechauns make a case against them, mentioning how they faked their deaths. An ogre and a nymph argue that they did that to stop Zankou. Nope. This isn’t the first time they’ve tried to pull that this season. Again, they had already stopped Zankou by banishing the shadow and doing their astral projection cop out. The faked death and the new identities only came after Zankou was a smoking crater!
The nymph makes me ill, all “Who are we to question them?” but fortunately the demons attack. Heehee! Exploding fairies, exploding leprechauns, exploding nymphs. It’s glorious!
Paige is hovering on a cloud of orbs on Golden Gate Bridge. Leprechaun shows up and she tosses him into the water. PAHAHAHAHA!
A nymph turns up at Phoebe’s condo and begs for her help. She ignores her, because sex. Oh and just keep in mind; StoopidCoopid isn’t under any magical influence here whatsoever. So y’know, my hate for him just keeps growing!
A fairy asks for Piper’s help as she super-cleans The Manor. Fairy gets incinerated and Piper vacuums up its remains. *Snort* This is actually pretty hysterical.
The Charmed Ones’ spells are undone, but the community has already turned to the Jenkins sisters.
The Stupid Magical Creatures are waiting in the attic. An ogre backhands Phoebe across the room. HAHAHAHAHA! Can this be the series finale please?
Billie and Christy throw a fireball; the Charmed Ones grab The Book and orb out. They end up in the underworld.
NEXT UP- Supposedly the ultimate battle. The penultimate episode. Well, at least it’s not Forever Charmed.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2016 17:03:07 GMT -5
If only he had. You're absolutely right on that one, Christy. Too bad you didn't know the Season One Halliwell sisters, you would have gotten a much better impression of them. Peter Wingfield, an excellent actor, played that Darklighter. What he was doing here baffles me. Did he lose a bet? Did Brad Kern have something on him? Hope Mr. Wingfield fired his agent after this. Gee Paige, it's illegal to kill? That didn't stop you from helping to kill Rick in Hyde School Reunion. Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen. A cat fight! Meow, hiss, hiss! Once again Paige is shoved into a subplot. As she should be. Mr. Cardboard is not exactly Einstein, is he. Of course, we never heard of this plan before now. Nice 1984 style of rewriting history, Kern. So how come Joanna didn't make the cut, then? Poor Paige. She was just a walking prop, pushed in whatever direction the writers wanted her to go in. Character development? Fuggetaboutit! No comment Disney, here we come! The Leps should have said: A Charmed One!? They're the harbingers of death! Run, guys, run! The writers were clearly watching the clock here. Freedom was just around the corner, after all. Do these writers not know that "Triad" means three, not four. Christy might have a good point here. How is this any different than normal Phoebe? Phoebe is gonna stop having sex to help an Innocent. Later seasons Phoebe? BWA! HA! HA! HA! HA! Take a number and get in line. Not far to go now, my friend, hang in there. |
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Post by Chrisaholic on Apr 21, 2016 9:14:01 GMT -5
Wow, two episodes and both are not really my favorite. You'll come to that part, p3nathan!  To "The Jung and the Restless": The sisters bicker about Billie and Christy, of course. I guess, all of them don't know how to go on then. Yeah, and Coop's help is not really wanted. Christy's undeniable will to prove the Charmed Ones wrong are more important now than charges and all that stuff. So it seems for me. Anyway, the dreams of the sisters show how they had changed without them noticing. Piper and Leo for always, Phoebe always looking for a kid (with Coop as an extra, of course) and Paige being a Guru. Yeah, hell, at least Mikelle can get her out. Big irony at the end that Mikelle had to save her mentor. Human wishes do get involved with Wiccan duties. To "Gone with the witches": Okay, the sisters showing up at Magic School after such a long time ignoring the fact that the school had been run over by demons and is now Billie's and Christy's HQ. Hello?! Where's the common sense? For once they come close to the Triad and Billie is still unsure if she should fight the sisters. Et voila, Christy presents their old imaginery friend Dumain who shows them how the future (did) turn out. Still, Chris was once again forgotten.  Anyway, with Billie's help Dumain and the Triad can prove their theory about the sisters, because the leprechauns are put in the middle (again). In the end, Piper and Co. can save the Book, yet land in the underworld. Good luck down there!!  |
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Post by yinsoul on Apr 21, 2016 11:40:57 GMT -5
Billie arrives at Phoebe’s. They only get to talk for a moment before Piper turns up. Gee, I wonder if Piper can make things ten times worse. Place your bets! Christy shows up and actually says that she just intends to leave with Billie. Piper throws a potion at them. Christy blows up the potion, so Piper is about to try and blast them before Phoebe stops her. Now that the stupid cow has made Christy’s point for her, Christy teleports a startled Billie out. Piper and Phoebe come in arguing. Piper freezes Mikel while they bicker. Paige mediates again. Phoebe actually sees Billie and Christy’s side of the argument. I’ll give Phoebe her due, she’s making quite a bit of sense so far this episode… though I imagine she’s helped by the fact that Piper is being such a monster. See, I liked Phoebe here, she was willing to talk and defuse everything. Why did Piper have to be such an unforgivable, selfish jerk here? Christy is supposed to be the evil one here and she just wanted to leave with Billie because she didn't trust the sisters for apparently good reason! Piper is willing to kill a couple of girls, one twisted by years of demon raising her and one torn between loyalties and not a little bit of evidence that her sister is right, just to get her husband back. Not gonna talk about it, not gonna try to figure out why this happened and how to unknot the whole process that the Triad started, nope, just kill the Jenkins. Piper just plummeted in my eyes here; she could have at least tried, like Phoebe! Why do the leprechauns feel they owe them anything? At the end it was they who saved themselves from the snake demon after Shamus got himself exploded. Sure they helped the community in general but enough to do their spying for them in a very personal spat between witches? I don't know... And anyhow leprechaun magic seems a bit of a wild card. Why send some beings less powerful than you with magic that might not be able to get them out of the situation? Deeply agree. Gee sending these guys into the hornet's nest and them being almost killed should endear you more to them after all! My dear cute nymph, you should have learned from your sisters to be a little more critical of the status quo. |
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Anyway, with Billie's help Dumain and the Triad can prove their theory about the sisters, because the leprechauns are put in the middle (again). In the end, Piper and Co. can save the Book, yet land in the underworld. Good luck down there!! 