HAPPY 15TH MONTH-DAY, TEAM CHARMED CAFE!!

[Esmeralda]

Although both Carina and Deidre have been absent from the other site since Christmas (I SO hope they're okay!), PVille has still been reading and enjoying and reviewing! Although she hasn't finished S4 yet, I decided to celebrate our 15th Month-Day by sharing her reviews so far!

Enjoy!! As always, if you just want to reply to the ones you wrote, go for it! But if you want to reply to all of them, that's even better!!

But since it's the continuation of Summer's fantastic Wither Pox arc, I've decided to start this with the S3 two-part season finale...

Jan 19, 2020 23:19:31 GMT -5 @phoebeville said:

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 3, Episode 21: ”Will their Powers Wither?'(Part One)”

PVILLE SAID: This already got me excited, with the tease in last episodes cliffhanger.

THE START OF THE TWO-PART SEASON FINALE —It’s summer and, surprisingly, the Warrens have continue their lives without any supernatural interferences. Phoebe has been interning at a local Salem newspaper; Patience and Paige are on their annual summer leave from work and are spending a month together in Florida. Piper is in the process of hiring a new manager after her old one decided to start one of her own, and as usual, Prudence spends her time in her garden when she’s not at a number of not-for-profit organization.

PVILLE SAID: Love them continuing their lives as normal, before trouble comes as usual.

But when Patience and Paige return from their vacation, something is very different about them – both are usually the most level-minded, gentle people you’d know, but now Patience, of all people, is having violent tendencies and Paige is being aggressive over the smallest disagreement. To top it off, when attempting to rescue an innocent from a warlock, both Patience and Paige act like they don't care, and when it’s time to use their powers, both of them can’t use them properly.

PVILLE SAID: And from last episode cliffhanger, something happened to them also. This is really exciting. 

Prudence, Piper, and Phoebe wonder if they truly just don't care and are faking it, or something else happened on the vacation to cause the change. The three manage to save the innocent without being able to vanquish the warlock. But when they return home (and they have to walk since Paige can’t/won’t transport them), both Patience and Paige collapse on the floor.

PVILLE SAID: Love them wondering if they are faking it at first. 

OMG, what is happening to Patience and Paige. 

Prudence rushes to treat them, but one look and she hurries to the family book of shadows and confirms her suspicions: Wither Pox. This very rare virus doesn’t affect non-magicals but weakens a witch’s or a warlock’s powers over time so that eventually the powers cease to exist. The book also explains that the more their powers weaken, the more they will show very violent or aggressive tendencies, which usually leads to them killing the people they love. The book adds that nobody has been able to figure out how Wither Pox is transmitted from one witch or warlock to another.

PVILLE SAID: I love the sound of Wither Pox. Something very original, and it has real stakes for everyone. This really is promising as an arc. 

Later, the warlock they were trying to stop shows up at the Manor with two members of her warlock coven. The other members explain that she’s showing early signs of Wither Pox and when they found out that Patience’s and Paige’s powers didn’t work, they figured that they were the source, but won’t tell how or why they know. Now the warlock coven wants to make an alliance with the Warrens to find a potion that will stop Wither Pox from destroying all witches and warlocks forever. But in order to do that, both parties must agree to try to destroy the other.

PVILLE SAID: I love them making an alliance because this Wither Pox virus affects both good and evil. This really is exciting me as a story. 

Prudence, Piper, and Phoebe exchange glances. They know that they can’t trust a warlock, especially a coven of them, but the look that Prudence gives her granddaughter tells them that she knows of no way to save her daughters. So the three of them are left with a choice: Do they work with a coven of warlocks or do they vanquish them anyway and try to find another solution?

PVILLE SAID: I agree, they shouldn't be trusted, but what choice do they have. Very good set-up for the finale. 

Original airdate: Sunday, May 9, 2021, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

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-Summer Reading

PVILLE SAID: Summer, your story is off to a good start. Very promising, because it is something never done before. I love this Wither Pox arc already. 

Jan 21, 2020 7:29:18 GMT -5 @phoebeville said:

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 3, Episode 22: Will their Powers Wither?' (Part Two)”

WILL THE WARRENS’ DECISION COME BACK TO HAUNT THEM? — Prudence, Piper, and Phoebe have decided to make a temporary alliance (although, of course, they will never totally trust them) with their warlock foes in the hopes that all sides can find a antivirus that will cure Wither Pox.

PVILLE SAID: Of course, they wont' trust them. At least they'll be about to find a cure, which won't be easy, I bet.

The first step is for the Warrens to find out how Patience and Paige were first infected while the warlock coven tries to find the source of the disease. Wanting to find out what her daughters know, Prudence has Piper make a potion that will numb Patience’s and Paige’s pain. Piper warns her grandmother and sister that it potion will only last so long before the effects take over, but Prudence says that’s okay, since they only need a little time.

PVILLE SAID: Good thing Prudence can do that for them. 

After hearing how Patience and Paige tried to vanquish a demoness who was harming an innocent and then they started feeling strange, Prudence realizes their enemy is the Demoness of Destruction. Phoebe is all set to hurry off to Florida and force the Demoness of Destruction to reveal how to stop the virus, especially when the warlock coven arrives, announcing that they have discovered where the demoness is – on an island off of Florida – the Warrens never would’ve found her on their own.

PVILLE SAID: Demoness of Destruction, she sounds scary, but interesting. Reminds me of what Shax was, he felt like the demon of destruction. 

I love how they have to go to an island off Florida to find answers to the Wither Pox virus, making this exciting for them to travel outside of Salem, which and happened a few times already. 


I bet the Demoness will not go down without a fight, and she won't be easy for telling them answers. 

But Prudence wants to stay behind so she can tend to her daughters by keeping them sedated so they won’t harm anyone, and Piper and Phoebe don’t want to leave her alone, especially because she’ll also be tending the sick warlock – part of the deal. So because Prudence needs Piper to continue to make the sedation potion, Phoebe agrees to accompany one of the warlocks to Florida.

PVILLE SAID: That makes sense, but I'm worried for Phoebe going alone now. 

This warlock has the power to transport, which is very similar to Paige’s, the reason he was chosen. He transports Phoebe and himself to an island near Florida that the warlocks have used their powers to track the Demoness, while Prudence and Piper and the other warlock stay behind to tend to Patience, Paige and the sick warlock.

PVILLE SAID: I love all the stakes of this Wither Pox, so exciting. 

Upon arriving in Florida, they find the Demoness of Destruction but that’s when Phoebe finds out she’s been double-crossed and this is a trap – the warlock coven previously made an alliance with the Demoness in hopes of just saving the warlock race while eliminating all witches forever. Now even if Prudence finds a way to save her daughters, Phoebe’s death would mean the demoness and the warlock wouldn’t have to worry about the Elemental Witches stopping them.

PVILLE SAID: Why am I not surprised, I had a feeling Phoebe was in danger. Oh no, that is horrible, but not unexpected. But I love this drama, so exciting. This is turning out to be a wonderful original story for EC. So much edge of your seat moments already.

When Phoebe points out that if Wither Pox destroys all witches, it will also destroy all warlocks, the Demoness starts laughing. She explains that when a witch becomes a warlock, the witch's DNA is changed, just like it's changed when a warlock becomes a witch, and Wither Pox affects the DNA. She has an antivirus that will cure warlock DNA but not witch's DNA, the reason why the Demoness concocted the Pox to begin with.

PVILLE SAID: 

Meanwhile Prudence receives a premonition of Phoebe’s death, but when she tries to phone her granddaughter to warn her, she gets no answer.

PVILLE SAID: OMG! What a cliffhanger. 

Will Prudence and Piper find a cure so they can use Paige’s transportation power to go save Phoebe, or will the warlocks succeed in wiping out all witches forever?

Original airdate: Sunday, May 16, 2021, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

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-Summer Reading

PVILE SAID: What a great cliffhanger to S3. This was so cool. I love the Wither Pox arc. So exciting, and feels like a really exciting arc, that has consequences for all witches. I'd never see the reboot do something as original and exciting as this with a story that affects all witches everywhere. 

And that's a wrap with S3. WOW! 

Jan 22, 2020 22:55:29 GMT -5 @phoebeville said:

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 4, Episode 1: ”How Will We Survive Our Summer Vacation with a Virus, a Demoness of Destruction, Warlocks, and a Missing Warren?”

PVILLE SAID: Great title to get us into the start of S4, since it is still summer. I love it. 

WILL ANDREA MAKE THE ULTIMATE CHOICE? In an island off of the coast of Florida, inside an old abandoned cabin, the Demoness of Destruction smiles down at Phoebe. We can't tell if she's just unconscious or if she's already dead. We can tell that the warlock with the transporting power is now dead, showing that the Demoness is not one to be ever be trusted.

PVILLE SAID: That title has me nervous for Andrea. But, last season left me on a big cliffhanger, all day, I'm wondering just what happened to Phoebe, and the Warrens. This Wither Pox arc, couldn't be more on the edge of your seat. 

So Phoebe is now captured. I have a feeling our Demoness of Destruction has set up a trap, if any Warrens get here. 

She sure isn't one to be trusted, if the warlock is dead too. But, I love her so much. I'll have to think of who I'd see her as with casting. 

Back in Salem, Andrea finally arrives and reveals she has been dealing with a similar outbreak of Wither Pox in Philadelphia, and the powers of one of the witches in her own coven have already ceased to exist. The remaining uninfected members of the coven have gone into hiding. Prudence and Piper reveal that they are still unable to contact Phoebe and are worried silly.

PVILLE SAID: YAY, Andrea has arrived, and of course, she took a plane. No way, I'd want my Warrens using their powers up just to bring her here. 

I love how this outbreak is affecting more than just Salem. It's proving to be quite the arc. 

I'd be worried too about Phoebe.

With time running out for Patience and Paige and the infected warlock to lose their powers, the Demoness of Destruction arrives with the cure. She first uses it to cure the infected warlock, then turns to the Warrens. She refuses to reveal Phoebe's fate, but only offers the Warrens a chance to cure Patience and Paige - but only if the entire family become warlocks by killing an innocent. If they do that, she'll also let them find Phoebe - either alive or dead.

PVILLE SAID:   NO WAY, my Warrens will take that deal. This Demoness of Destruction, I'm loving her, just like I loved Luna in S2. Your Big Bads, or multi-episode villains, are just really so good. 

No Warren would ever agree to those terms, so after warning them that their refusal has sealed their family's fate, the Demoness shimmers out, followed by the two warlocks transporting out as do the two warlocks.

PVILLE SAID: Naturally, they'd turn down the deal. 

Moments later Patience sits up and then jumps up from the couch, aggressively demanding that they go find and rescue her daughter. As she storms towards the door, the only way Piper can think to stop her is to form a low-power energy ball and throw it at her mother. It only knocks Patience down without actually hurting her. In anger, Paige jumps up, helps Patience up, glares at Piper and then teleports the two out, even though she knows that using her power will just hasten her losing it. But it's a risk Paige is willing to make since Wither Pox has affected her so badly that she's not thinking straight.

PVILLE SAID:  NO NO NO!!! This is just the kind of drama I'd want. I love it but hate it at the same time. 

To top it off, no sooner are they gone than Piper starts showing signs of being infected with Wither Pox. This is when the Warrens realize that if you use your power against someone who's affected with Wither Pox, you yourself become infected.

PVILLE SAID: OMG! Now, Piper is affected. Yes, the drama and suspense, is perfect. I love it. 

I like that they learn that using your powers against someone who's affected with Wither Pox, makes yourself become infected too. 

Just when Prudence doesn't think things can get worse, they do. She receives her the most horrifying premonition of her life - again she sees Phoebe's death, but this time she sees Patience is the the one who killed her while Paige watches!

PVILLE SAID: OMG!! Crazy. I can't begin to tell you, how I'd be jumping off my seat watching this, or my mouth wide open. 

Prudence and Piper know they must put their heads together and find a cure for witches as soon as possible - but will they succeed in time to save their family?

PVILLE SAID: You sure should. This is proving to be so exciting to read. 

Original airdate: Sunday, October 3, 2021, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

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-Summer Reading

PVILLE SAID: I'm still so addicted to this arc. Especially the cliffhangers. 

Jan 25, 2020 18:29:18 GMT -5 @phoebeville said:

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 4, Episode 2: ”The Search for Phoebe Warren”

PVILLE SAID: Yes indeed the search.

CAN PRUDENCE AND AN INFECTED PIPER STOP PATIENCE FROM DOING THE UNTHINKABLE? — Patience and Paige arrive in Florida, starting their hunt to find Phoebe. Paige can feel that she's at the very end of her powers, and one more time transporting will most likely make them cease to exist.

PVILLE SAID: This is really edge of your seat. One more time she uses her power while infected with Wither Pox, and she's no more. 

It takes a while with a lot of false leads, but they finally locate the cabin and confront the Demoness of Destruction, who doesn't even try to stop them from saving Phoebe. Both Patience and Paige are so affected by Wither Pox that they don't even wonder why.

PVILLE SAID: Why didn't she stop them, this is a trap? 

When Phoebe awakens, she is so very happy to see her mother and aunt. But when Paige sees the Demoness holding a vial, her new aggressive nature caused by Wither Pox takes over. Hands clawed, ready to scratch the Demoness' eyes out, she rushes towards her, and when Phoebe tries to freeze the Demoness, the Demoness drops the vial, breaking it. Smirking, the Demoness of Destruction shimmers out. Paige yells at Phoebe for ruining everything; Patience yells at Paige for yelling at her daughter and a huge argument breaks out with Phoebe trying to settle them down, but that only makes the argument worse.

PVILLE SAID:   But, I love this amazing drama. 

Back at the Manor, Prudence, Piper (now affected) and Andrea are frantically flipping through the family book of shadows, they come up with the idea that because it affects a witch's DNA, that if the witch strips her powers completely, which would still keep her with a witch's DNA since that never changes regardless if they strip away their powers or not, could be the cure - but it has to be an unaffected witch.

PVILLE SAID: Good job putting your heads together, I do hope this will work. 

Andrea decides that if they have any hope of finding a cure, she'll be the test subject because no Elemental Witch should give up her powers to do so.

PVILLE SAID: Big thing of Andrea to do, but I get why she made it. 

Will this cure work long enough for them to save Phoebe's life and stop Patience from accidentally killing her own daughter, or will it just needlessly strip Andrea of her powers?

PVILLE SAID: Yes, will it work. Another great spot for a cliffhanger.

Original airdate: Sunday, October 10, 2020, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

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-Summer Reading

PVILLE SAID: And again Summer, this arc is so on the edge of your seat. What a great original story you did. Wither Pox is so cool. 

Jan 27, 2020 5:28:36 GMT -5 @phoebeville said:

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 4, Episode 3: ”Something Old, Something New, Something Warren, Something Withers”

PVILLE SAID: Another fantastic title. 

THE TRUTH ABOUT WITHER POX IS HIDDEN IN THE PAST — Having drank the potion, Andrea tries to use her power to see the past. She no longer can, but Prudence finds that she is now immune to the virus. However, when Piper makes a potion with Andrea's blood as the main ingredient, it doesn’t remove her powers, but it also doesn’t make her immune to the virus. They’re all afraid that Andrea has lost her power for nothing.

PVILLE SAID: Love that we finally learn about Wither Pox. 

Oh no, Poor Andrea has lost her powers for nothing. 

Back in Florida, Patience and Paige are searching for Phoebe through the deep forests, even as they continue lashing out at each other. Phoebe, fearful for her own life, hides under a bridge. Just before Patience and Paige find her, a woman appears, takes Phoebe by the hand and disappears, reppearing in a safe house.

PVILLE SAID: Poor Phoebe, this is so scary, they are affected, and Phoebe must be scared to death. 

Oh I hope this woman who helped her is good. Not too sure. 

Selena, the woman, explains that she’s also a witch – her power is to blink from one place to another. She also tells Phoebe that she was once part of Andrea’s coven, but moved to Florida and started one of her own. However, two months earlier, one of her coven ran into a warlock, but when she used her power on the woman, she began experiencing the wither pox symptoms. When Phoebe asks her to describe the woman, she is stunned – Selena is describing Jenna Warren!

PVILLE SAID: Oh, she's part of Andrea's coven. 

OMG, Jenna Warren.   WOW, but how?

At first she wonders how that is possible, wondering if this was truly Jenna or simply someone who looks like her. But when Selena describes the clothes she was wearing, Phoebe realizes it really was Jenna. Remembering how they found out that Mary Ann and Jenna were best friends until suddenly Jenna betrayed her sister, Phoebe wonders if Jenna might have contracted Wither Pox and then went forward in time to infect the member of Selena’s coven, knowing that no witch or warlock would be immune to the disease’s effects, the way they were in hers and Mary Ann’s time.

PVILLE SAID: That's right, when she came forward in time last season, she might have infected the first victim. Actually, that really does make sense. 

Now, this whole arc feels like it's coming together nicely, from the last one. 

Back in Salem, while Prudence tends to Piper, a member of Andrea's coven, phones them. Bridget lets them know that Phoebe has been saved by Selena, who, of course, Andrea knows. Selena also informs them that a corporeal Jenna Warren may be behind the Wither Pox virus. Prudence and Andrea put their heads, figuring out that Jenna must have been infected with the disease, and that’s why she betrayed Mary Ann, something Mary Ann didn't know before her death. Like Phoebe, they figure out that Jenna must have come forward in time to infect someone.

PVILLE SAID: Oh I see Bridget is back. 

I love that Jenna had the Wither Pox originally, and that it might be why she betrayed Mary Ann, this really is quite cool. I love how it all goes back to the Warren history. 

So cool.

Prudence wonders whether using Jenna’s blood – which would include all of the antibodies witches had in the past - rather than Andrea’s would make the difference. But, Andrea points out, Jenna is dead – how can they get blood from her? Prudence reminds her that they don’t need blood – they need DNA – and you can get DNA from bones. Andrea tells Prudence to keep tending Piper; she’s on her way to Jenna’s burial site!

PVILLE SAID: Good thinking guys, get to that burial site right away. A cure is coming Warrens. I feel it. 

But Andrea arrives to find the Demoness of Destruction floating above the grave of Jenna Warren, just waiting for a Warren, pleased to find one with no powers…


Original airdate: Sunday, October 17, 2021, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

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-Summer Reading

PVILLE SAID: LOL, I spoke too soon. Now, this kept me on the edge of my seat. She has no powers too. Andrea I'm scared for you.

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 4, Episode 4: ”Survival of the Witches”

PVILLE SAID: The title is right, it really is about survival. 

WILL THE WARRENS SURVIVE WITHER POX? — Back in Florida, Paige and Patience eventually find Phoebe in the safe haven of the witch, but when they arrive they get into a heated fight with the other witch, and both she and Phoebe end up infected. The warlocks arrive, and all four are tied up. They inform them, that the cure will be not be found, as the Demoness of Destruction will already make sure of that. In the hopes, that they will have all the Elemental Witches affected.

PVILLE SAID: Oh no, now Phoebe is infected. Prudence, you are our only hope, as the only one not affected yet. 

Back at the burial site of Jenna Warren, The Demoness of Destruction is about to set fire to the corpse of Jenna Warren, but Piper uses her powers to set the Demoness on fire, a risk she was willing to take. The Demoness of Destruction then proceeds to move towards Piper, and Prudence holds Piper tight. Andrea quickly goes to the body of Jenna, and takes a sample off her corpse and puts it into a vial. The Demoness of Destruction then sees Andrea near the corpse, shimmers towards her, and throws her, then sets fire to her grave and shimmers out.

PVILLE SAID: OMG, so glad Piper came in time. 

Thinking they have lost their final chance at a cure, Andrea informs Prudence and Piper she managed to get a sample before it was too late. They head to the Manor and proceed to make the cure. they mix, an affected witches blood (Piper), an unaffected witches blood (Prudence), Andrea's blood (someone who is now immune to the effects having stripped her powers) and the sample from Jenna's corpse (the original carrier).

PVILLE SAID: I'm so glad, you got a sample before it was too late. 

I hope you guys got the cure.

Prudence, Andrea, and Piper arrive, they rescue Patience, Paige, and Piper, and all of them take the cure. They vanquish the Demoness of Destruction, but suddenly all of them except Andrea collapses on the floor, but someone knocks Andrea, and suddenly are knocked out and all we see are bags put over all of their heads.

PVILLE SAID: YAY, you finally got that  Demoness of Destruction. A win, but just as they get a win, they end up losing again. 

Original airdate: Sunday, October 24, 2021, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

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-Summer Reading

PVILLE SAID: Can't wait to see how this arc concludes. 

Jan 31, 2020 19:56:22 GMT -5 @phoebeville said:

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 4, Episode 5: ”The Hauntings of the Joshua Ward House...”

THE CONCLUSION TO WITHER POX! -

PVILLE SAID: Here we are the end to this amazing arc. 

That haunting I believe is based on a real urban myth. How cool.


NOTE: Excuse me not quoting properly. Its acting up. It took me 10 mins to get it working above. So going to just review and hopefully edit after. Weird.


It's Halloween time in Salem and the town has a festive celebration each year, which features a cornucopia of Halloween-like experiences from Family Film Nights to ghost tours and haunted houses. We see some witches, decide to enter the haunted house. Inside we suddenly see all the Warrens and Andrea lying unconscious on the floor, who suddenly awaken.


PVILLE SAID: Halloween. Very cool.

Love how this starts.

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But suddenly they discover, that they are not cured, what is worse, is all of them are so badly affected, and suddenly they are left wondering what is going on, and who ambushed them. None of them are able to leave.

PVILLE SAID:  But not surprised the big conclusion had them all affected.

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When the veil between worlds thin on Halloween, the spirits of both Sheriff George ‘The Strangler’ Corwin and Giles Cory return, coming back for revenge against witches. They haunt the former Joshua Ward House, now a hotel that has been transformed into a haunted house theme for the Halloween night. Sheriff George sets a siren that will lure any witch into the hotel, and once they're there, they can't leave. He's determined to traps all witches inside the hotel and then burn down the hotel, which will also free his and Cory's spirits.

PVILLE SAID: And putting them all here makes sense. So much fun for drama.

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As the Warrens struggle to fight off the spirit of Sheriff Corwin, while badly affected by Wither Pox, a third spirit, a female who died on the property makes herself known. The spirits of Mary Ann and Jenna Warren (special guest stars Alyssa Milano and Shannen Doherty) make the scene crossing through the veil between worlds.


PVILLE SAID:  This is fantastic. Love them both appearing. What a way to end the arc where Wither Pox started from. I hope they give more answers to it. Of course I bet they will.

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The Warrens think they're back in order to help their descendants out to save them from Wither Pox. Unfortunately, Jenna is there to make things worse instead of better, revealing that during their previous encounter back when she was teaming up with a witch hunter and took possession of a warlock, she started the seeds of what would be the downfall of all witches, by switching the corpses of her own body with that of another deceased witch that died with Wither Pox, and spelled it to increase the effects of Wither Pox. Revealing she has her true real body hidden, something she had done two years ago after the Warrens first visited the grave site after Prudence was taken possession by Mary Ann.


PVILLE SAID:  Wow! Talk about a reveal. How well you guys planned it all out. This all ties up so well. Great job.

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Knowing that the veil between worlds was thin on Halloween, and knowing that before her death, she had already infected Patience and Paige when she came forward in time, she would one day get her revenge and end the Elemental Witches forever. She also wanted the Joshua Ward House as the place where it would all end, knowing the history of the place would allow her to also gather other witches too, and add another way of keeping them locked inside with no escape.

PVILLE SAID: Love how ot all comes together. What an episode.

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Mary Ann reveals that she herself had not known that Jenna was infected by Wither Pox and that was the reason she had betrayed her when she was hanged, and trying to get through to her sister, she discovers that Jenna likes being evil so much more.

PVILLE SAID: What a twist. She's truly evil. Which I love.

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Prudence has a premonition that shows the true location of Jenna's real corpse. Andrea being the only one who can leave, soon rushes to get the DNA and make a cure fast, she does so, and returns inside with some vials, deciding to hide one vial somewhere just in case some get broken or stolen from her. Andrea manages to cure two Warrens so far and hands them both a vial each. But Jenna learns what is up, having made an alliance with the spirits haunting the place, they all set out to destroy the vials for the cure.

Original airdate: Sunday, October 31, 2021, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

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-Pheebs Halliwell & Summer Reading

PVILLE SAID: I loved this one. It wraps up the arc so well and it was perfect.

Feb 4, 2020 21:11:51 GMT -5 @phoebeville said:

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 4, Episode 6: ”Dead Innocents Walking”

PVILLE SAID: This title has me curious what is going on.

RISE OF THE DEAD – Patience discovers a strange new kind of case when she finds that the victims at a scene of a crime have been found dead for a second time.

PVILLE SAID: Are past innocents back?

The Warrens think that something – possibly a warlock, possibly a demoness—is turning dead people into zombies. But they find out they’re wrong: the perpetrator is actually a voodoo practitioner,. She offered Jessica’s parents -who don’t know that the Warrens are witches and are still very angry that Patience wasn’t helping Jessica work the case, and who don’t know that Patience and her family are witches--a chance to see their daughter again.

PVILLE SAID:   OMG! But, now this is exciting. Poor Patience.

When each Warren is haunted by someone from her past they realize that the voodoo practitioner did it in order to separate the Warrens. These include Jessica haunting Patience, the small boy Phoebe failed to save from drowning last summer haunting her, the Wicca store clerk killed by a witch hunter back when they first became witches haunting Piper and Allen haunting Prudence. As each Warren is haunted by someone from her past, her power is weakened.

PVILLE SAID: I love that you brought back all these innocents, one for each Warren. And my favorite Jessica is back, not in the way I'd like, but I love that we touch on her again. 

Also love how well you did bringing these ones all back. 

When Jessica’s parents come face to face with their daughter, now a zombie haunting Patience, they beg Patience for help, but Jessica continues to haunt Patience. In order to protect Jessica’s parents, Patience is forced to reveal her secret.

PVILLE SAID: I'm glad she told them, they deserve to know. 

But the voodoo practitioner suddenly appears. She first puts Patience into a death-like state and then turns her into a zombie.

PVILLE SAID: That is a crazy twist. Reminds me of the novel Voodoo Moon, although this one is far different than that by far, it just reminded me of what happened to Phoebe in that one. 

Now the Warrens have to figure out how to save Patience. But with their powers weakened and unable to use the Power of the Elementals, they have to figure out a way and fast even without the Elemental Witches.

Original airdate: Sunday, November 14, 2021, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

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-Sasha Trudeau

PVILLE SAID: A really fun stand alone episode. Perfect after that big arc. I really liked it. 

Feb 9, 2020 19:26:49 GMT -5 @phoebeville said:

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Season 4, Episode 7: ”Old Anger”

PVILLE SAID: This title has me wondering about someone wanting to settle an old score, or something.

“EVIL WILL SPREAD”— As one of her university projects, Phoebe is covering the grand reopening of a Salem landmark built in the 1920s, that has since been redeveloped for retail, condos and community activities, so she invites her family Piper's got her hands full with her restaurant; Paige is busy working a new case for SSS; .and Patience has crime-scene photos that must be processed immediately, but Prudence is excited about seeing the new retail center, especially because her mother told her about the club it was in the 1920s, when it housed culture, music, and dancing.

PVILLE SAID: I love that it's again about Salem culture, and an old building in the 20s. As per usual, love my Warrens busy with their normal lives with work, cases, and such. 

I love that we learn about Prudence's mother, and that it was a club in the 20s.

At the center, Prudence and Phoebe enter an area that showcases the culture and history of the building, including Prudence’s mother’s sister, her aunt Prisma, who during the construction of the building fell in love with Alexander Lang, the building's architect. Prudence tells Phoebe something that the display doesn’t – Alexander later fell in love with an artist, leaving Prisma heartbroken. Their relationship was tumultuous at best, eventually ending in tragedy… and in the artist's disappearance.

PVILLE SAID: I find all of this history with the past Warrens so interesting. I also like the backstory. Well done.

That night, the artist’s great-niece shows up, none too pleased when the reopening has decided to showcase Alexander and Prisma's love story, but leaving out the story of her aunt’s and Alexander’s great love. She is even more horrified when she doesn’t see any of her aunt’s paintings showcased and she whispers, "Evil will spread".

PVILLE SAID: I'm none too surprised the great-niece isn't happy, and of course a magical reason behind it, which we all expected. But, I really like it.

What the Warrens don’t know is that the great niece is actually the artist herself.  When suddenly friends of the Warrens are missing, will the Warrens figure out who's behind the disappearances in time?

PVILLE SAID: What a twist, it is actually the artist herself. 

Original airdate: Sunday, November 21, 2021, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

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-Ruth Marie

PVILLE SAID: Great one Ruth Marie.

Feb 15, 2020 16:10:23 GMT -5 @phoebeville said:

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Season 4, Episode 9: ”Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Warrens”

PVILLE SAID: A second Christmas episode. YAY!!!

AN ELEMENTAL CHARMED CHRISTMAS SPECIAL – Christmas in Salem is fast approaching. When Prudence gets a call from Andrea saying that she’s going to fly in for Christmas, Phoebe realizes that she hasn’t gotten Andrea a present yet, so she makes a quick trip to the mall. There she spots a flyer for The Salem Krampus Tour. She thinks it sounds like fun and takes one of flyers home. When she shows it to her family, she wonders out loud if the legend of the Krampus is real. Prudence just smiles and says it’s truly just a legend to scare children into behaving, much like Santa’s good/bad list.

PVILLE SAID: Krampus tour. How fun. Bet this really happened in Salem knowing my EC writers reaearching Salem.

After some discussion, the Warrens decides to take the tour. Phoebe encourages them to dress in costumes, something encouraged on the tour. However, when Paige’s bell on her costume breaks, the Warrens need to run into town for some last minute costume fix-ups. In front of the store, a little girl hands each of them one of the home-made gingerbread man cookies that Salem is famous for. By the time Paige’s costume is fixed and they can head for the tour, they’ve already eaten their cookies.

PVILLE SAID: Love the Christmas spirit. I hudt hope those cookies are real normal. I can't help but think they are not and will harm.

When they finally start their tour, the Warrens are greeted by their tour guide who is dressed as a Krampus. She also hands each some specially made Christmas cookies. Prudence, Patience and Paige start nibbling on their cookies, but both Piper and Phoebe are no longer hungry and don’t eat any.

PVILLE SAID: Hmm.

But half-way through the tour, the three older women begin to feel funny, and suddenly they transform into children. Having reverted into children with no memory of their adult lives, the three scream for their mothers.

PVILLE SAID: KNEW IT!!! OH this is so fun and a great plot for Christmas.

Piper and Phoebe look at each other in shock, but quickly tell the four “children” that if they’ll only listen to them, that they’ll help find their parents. When the four “children” tearfully agree, Piper and Phoebe bring them back to the Manor.

PVILLE SAID: What a role reversal for the younger Warrens.

Once home, Piper and Phoebe have their hands full, trying to taking care of the three adult figures in their lives, and forcing the two to parent them - an entirely new experience for both of them. Thinking about it, they realize that since they didn’t eat the second set of cookies while the “children” did, it must be the Krampus-dressed tour guide who’s behind it. They realize that she must be a warlock who is trying to get rid of the Warrens by turning them all into children. Piper and Phoebe are very glad they didn't eat that second set of cookies!

PVILLE SAID: Yes a warlock. So glad and I love that they are the adults dealing with children. 

Quickly they cast a spell to find the tour guide and vanquish this warlock. As soon as they do, the “children” return to being adults and the Warrens can finally look forward to Andrea’s visit and celebrating Christmas.

Original airdate: Sunday, December 11, 2021, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

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-Sasha Trudeau

PVILLE SAID: I enjoyed this one.

Feb 18, 2020 19:19:40 GMT -5 @phoebeville said:

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Season 4, Episode 10:”The Possession of Paige Warren”

PVILLE SAID: Okay let's see if our Warrens discover Paige isn't herself right away or not.

WILL PAIGE BE NO MORE? - Prudence, Patience, and Paige are in the middle of cleaning out their herbs and potions, Prudence notices that they are out of supplies. With Piper and Phoebe spending Friday night out at the movies, the three decide to go into town together

PVILLE SAID: Love seeing their normal lives again. Trip to Wicca store.

In the local Wicca store, a new store clerk, greets them. To Prudence's surprise, Gabrielle is a former patient who Prudence treated many years ago. She’s happy to find that Gabrielle has since gotten back on her feet. Following the death of her mother from a witch hunter a few years ago, she left Salem, but now she’s back, running the local Wicca store. Although she has no powers herself, Gabrielle admits that she has dabbled in her own potion makings.

PVILLE SAID: I love this. Is she the daughter of the mother who died in S1 in the Wicca store. If so wonderful continuity. 

As they wander around the store, Prudence has a premonition of Gabrielle killing Paige in the Manor. Telling the others, they decide that the best way to keep Paige safe is to keep her away from the Manor. Paige agrees and calls a fellow witch who agrees to let her stay at her home until they know she’s safe. The others decide to go home and research Gabrielle’s family.

PVILLE SAID: Plot twist Gabrielle is bad. 

Good thinking keep her safe.

Meanwhile, the movie is over and Piper desperately needs to use the restroom. While in a stall, she catches Gabrielle talking to some people about some person named Elizabeth Knapp.

PVILLE SAID: Who is Elizabeth I wonder.

When the two enter the Manor, they learn about Prudence's premonition, and Piper tells Patience about running into Gabrielle in the restroom and the name Elizabeth Knapp. Patience smiles, remembering the name from a story Prudence told her and Paige decades ago. She tells her nieces that when Elizabeth was sixteen, she was possessed by something evil, presumably a demon. Piper thinks they should tell the rest of the family, so Patience quickly drives herself and her to Paige's friend's house, where Prudence is casting a protection spell around her house.

PVILLE SAID: I like that backstory. Knowing my EC writers I won't be surprised it's based on something in Salem.

Prudence tells all of them that the name 'Elizabeth Knapp' is a famous part of Salem lore, something she herself thought was always just a story. With the protection spell done, the others return to the Manor, But when they check the family book of shadows, they find that it's not a story and a Warren ancestor was the one who expelled the demoness from Elizabeth's body but was unable to vanquish the demoness, since she didn't have enough power. Now the Warrens think that the same demoness has come back and has taken control of Gabrielle and will most likely target the current Warrens for revenge.

PVILLE SAID: 

Phoebe wonders out loud if the demoness about their last encounter with possessions and taking over bodies, remembering the situation with Heather and Lillian, making Gabrielle an innocent who the Elemental Witches need to save. Prudence thinks Phoebe might be on the right track, however, Lillian needed to kill Patience first before taking over, so it is not quite the same.

PVILLE SAID: I love them mentioning a past possession. This is really intense.

What the Warrens don't know is that the demoness needs a host body, the body of a witch who is strong enough to keep her within, because since Gabrielle is non-magical and adopted, it will not allow her to stay inside for. But the demoness has realized that Paige is a Warren and one of the powerful Elemental Witches. She already has her own tricks that lets her get inside the protected house.

PVILLE SAID: What a juicy plot. She sure is a good villain.

And what the Warrens also don’t know is that the demoness doesn’t have to wait until she could kill Paige but has already taken over her body. Now she has to figure a way to throw Paige’s soul out of the body, while Piper and Phoebe wonder why their aunt is not acting like herself.

Original airdate: Sunday, January 16, 2022, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

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-Sasha Trudeau

PVILLE SAID: Sasha. Another great story. Really intense and a good villain. 

[Esmeralda]

Oh, oh! I quoted quotes so if anyone tries quoting it, the inner ones will go away! Try again!

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Season 3, Episode 21: ”Will their Powers Wither?'(Part One)”

PVILLE SAID: This already got me excited, with the tease in last episodes cliffhanger.

THE START OF THE TWO-PART SEASON FINALE —It’s summer and, surprisingly, the Warrens have continue their lives without any supernatural interferences. Phoebe has been interning at a local Salem newspaper; Patience and Paige are on their annual summer leave from work and are spending a month together in Florida. Piper is in the process of hiring a new manager after her old one decided to start one of her own, and as usual, Prudence spends her time in her garden when she’s not at a number of not-for-profit organization.

PVILLE SAID: Love them continuing their lives as normal, before trouble comes as usual.

But when Patience and Paige return from their vacation, something is very different about them – both are usually the most level-minded, gentle people you’d know, but now Patience, of all people, is having violent tendencies and Paige is being aggressive over the smallest disagreement. To top it off, when attempting to rescue an innocent from a warlock, both Patience and Paige act like they don't care, and when it’s time to use their powers, both of them can’t use them properly.

PVILLE SAID: And from last episode cliffhanger, something happened to them also. This is really exciting. 

Prudence, Piper, and Phoebe wonder if they truly just don't care and are faking it, or something else happened on the vacation to cause the change. The three manage to save the innocent without being able to vanquish the warlock. But when they return home (and they have to walk since Paige can’t/won’t transport them), both Patience and Paige collapse on the floor.

PVILLE SAID: Love them wondering if they are faking it at first. 

OMG, what is happening to Patience and Paige. 

Prudence rushes to treat them, but one look and she hurries to the family book of shadows and confirms her suspicions: Wither Pox. This very rare virus doesn’t affect non-magicals but weakens a witch’s or a warlock’s powers over time so that eventually the powers cease to exist. The book also explains that the more their powers weaken, the more they will show very violent or aggressive tendencies, which usually leads to them killing the people they love. The book adds that nobody has been able to figure out how Wither Pox is transmitted from one witch or warlock to another.

PVILLE SAID: I love the sound of Wither Pox. Something very original, and it has real stakes for everyone. This really is promising as an arc. 

Later, the warlock they were trying to stop shows up at the Manor with two members of her warlock coven. The other members explain that she’s showing early signs of Wither Pox and when they found out that Patience’s and Paige’s powers didn’t work, they figured that they were the source, but won’t tell how or why they know. Now the warlock coven wants to make an alliance with the Warrens to find a potion that will stop Wither Pox from destroying all witches and warlocks forever. But in order to do that, both parties must agree to try to destroy the other.

PVILLE SAID: I love them making an alliance because this Wither Pox virus affects both good and evil. This really is exciting me as a story. 

Prudence, Piper, and Phoebe exchange glances. They know that they can’t trust a warlock, especially a coven of them, but the look that Prudence gives her granddaughter tells them that she knows of no way to save her daughters. So the three of them are left with a choice: Do they work with a coven of warlocks or do they vanquish them anyway and try to find another solution?

PVILLE SAID: I agree, they shouldn't be trusted, but what choice do they have. Very good set-up for the finale. 

Original airdate: Sunday, May 9, 2021, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

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-Summer Reading

PVILLE SAID: Summer, your story is off to a good start. Very promising, because it is something never done before. I love this Wither Pox arc already. 

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Season 3, Episode 22: Will their Powers Wither?' (Part Two)”

WILL THE WARRENS’ DECISION COME BACK TO HAUNT THEM? — Prudence, Piper, and Phoebe have decided to make a temporary alliance (although, of course, they will never totally trust them) with their warlock foes in the hopes that all sides can find a antivirus that will cure Wither Pox.

PVILLE SAID: Of course, they wont' trust them. At least they'll be about to find a cure, which won't be easy, I bet.

The first step is for the Warrens to find out how Patience and Paige were first infected while the warlock coven tries to find the source of the disease. Wanting to find out what her daughters know, Prudence has Piper make a potion that will numb Patience’s and Paige’s pain. Piper warns her grandmother and sister that it potion will only last so long before the effects take over, but Prudence says that’s okay, since they only need a little time.

PVILLE SAID: Good thing Prudence can do that for them. 

After hearing how Patience and Paige tried to vanquish a demoness who was harming an innocent and then they started feeling strange, Prudence realizes their enemy is the Demoness of Destruction. Phoebe is all set to hurry off to Florida and force the Demoness of Destruction to reveal how to stop the virus, especially when the warlock coven arrives, announcing that they have discovered where the demoness is – on an island off of Florida – the Warrens never would’ve found her on their own.

PVILLE SAID: Demoness of Destruction, she sounds scary, but interesting. Reminds me of what Shax was, he felt like the demon of destruction. 

I love how they have to go to an island off Florida to find answers to the Wither Pox virus, making this exciting for them to travel outside of Salem, which and happened a few times already. 


I bet the Demoness will not go down without a fight, and she won't be easy for telling them answers. 

But Prudence wants to stay behind so she can tend to her daughters by keeping them sedated so they won’t harm anyone, and Piper and Phoebe don’t want to leave her alone, especially because she’ll also be tending the sick warlock – part of the deal. So because Prudence needs Piper to continue to make the sedation potion, Phoebe agrees to accompany one of the warlocks to Florida.

PVILLE SAID: That makes sense, but I'm worried for Phoebe going alone now. 

This warlock has the power to transport, which is very similar to Paige’s, the reason he was chosen. He transports Phoebe and himself to an island near Florida that the warlocks have used their powers to track the Demoness, while Prudence and Piper and the other warlock stay behind to tend to Patience, Paige and the sick warlock.

PVILLE SAID: I love all the stakes of this Wither Pox, so exciting. 

Upon arriving in Florida, they find the Demoness of Destruction but that’s when Phoebe finds out she’s been double-crossed and this is a trap – the warlock coven previously made an alliance with the Demoness in hopes of just saving the warlock race while eliminating all witches forever. Now even if Prudence finds a way to save her daughters, Phoebe’s death would mean the demoness and the warlock wouldn’t have to worry about the Elemental Witches stopping them.

PVILLE SAID: Why am I not surprised, I had a feeling Phoebe was in danger. Oh no, that is horrible, but not unexpected. But I love this drama, so exciting. This is turning out to be a wonderful original story for EC. So much edge of your seat moments already.

When Phoebe points out that if Wither Pox destroys all witches, it will also destroy all warlocks, the Demoness starts laughing. She explains that when a witch becomes a warlock, the witch's DNA is changed, just like it's changed when a warlock becomes a witch, and Wither Pox affects the DNA. She has an antivirus that will cure warlock DNA but not witch's DNA, the reason why the Demoness concocted the Pox to begin with.

PVILLE SAID: 

Meanwhile Prudence receives a premonition of Phoebe’s death, but when she tries to phone her granddaughter to warn her, she gets no answer.

PVILLE SAID: OMG! What a cliffhanger. 

Will Prudence and Piper find a cure so they can use Paige’s transportation power to go save Phoebe, or will the warlocks succeed in wiping out all witches forever?

Original airdate: Sunday, May 16, 2021, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

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-Summer Reading

PVILE SAID: What a great cliffhanger to S3. This was so cool. I love the Wither Pox arc. So exciting, and feels like a really exciting arc, that has consequences for all witches. I'd never see the reboot do something as original and exciting as this with a story that affects all witches everywhere. 

And that's a wrap with S3. WOW! 

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Season 4, Episode 1: ”How Will We Survive Our Summer Vacation with a Virus, a Demoness of Destruction, Warlocks, and a Missing Warren?”

PVILLE SAID: Great title to get us into the start of S4, since it is still summer. I love it. 

WILL ANDREA MAKE THE ULTIMATE CHOICE? In an island off of the coast of Florida, inside an old abandoned cabin, the Demoness of Destruction smiles down at Phoebe. We can't tell if she's just unconscious or if she's already dead. We can tell that the warlock with the transporting power is now dead, showing that the Demoness is not one to be ever be trusted.

PVILLE SAID: That title has me nervous for Andrea. But, last season left me on a big cliffhanger, all day, I'm wondering just what happened to Phoebe, and the Warrens. This Wither Pox arc, couldn't be more on the edge of your seat. 

So Phoebe is now captured. I have a feeling our Demoness of Destruction has set up a trap, if any Warrens get here. 

She sure isn't one to be trusted, if the warlock is dead too. But, I love her so much. I'll have to think of who I'd see her as with casting. 

Back in Salem, Andrea finally arrives and reveals she has been dealing with a similar outbreak of Wither Pox in Philadelphia, and the powers of one of the witches in her own coven have already ceased to exist. The remaining uninfected members of the coven have gone into hiding. Prudence and Piper reveal that they are still unable to contact Phoebe and are worried silly.

PVILLE SAID: YAY, Andrea has arrived, and of course, she took a plane. No way, I'd want my Warrens using their powers up just to bring her here. 

I love how this outbreak is affecting more than just Salem. It's proving to be quite the arc. 

I'd be worried too about Phoebe.

With time running out for Patience and Paige and the infected warlock to lose their powers, the Demoness of Destruction arrives with the cure. She first uses it to cure the infected warlock, then turns to the Warrens. She refuses to reveal Phoebe's fate, but only offers the Warrens a chance to cure Patience and Paige - but only if the entire family become warlocks by killing an innocent. If they do that, she'll also let them find Phoebe - either alive or dead.

PVILLE SAID:   NO WAY, my Warrens will take that deal. This Demoness of Destruction, I'm loving her, just like I loved Luna in S2. Your Big Bads, or multi-episode villains, are just really so good. 

No Warren would ever agree to those terms, so after warning them that their refusal has sealed their family's fate, the Demoness shimmers out, followed by the two warlocks transporting out as do the two warlocks.

PVILLE SAID: Naturally, they'd turn down the deal. 

Moments later Patience sits up and then jumps up from the couch, aggressively demanding that they go find and rescue her daughter. As she storms towards the door, the only way Piper can think to stop her is to form a low-power energy ball and throw it at her mother. It only knocks Patience down without actually hurting her. In anger, Paige jumps up, helps Patience up, glares at Piper and then teleports the two out, even though she knows that using her power will just hasten her losing it. But it's a risk Paige is willing to make since Wither Pox has affected her so badly that she's not thinking straight.

PVILLE SAID:  NO NO NO!!! This is just the kind of drama I'd want. I love it but hate it at the same time. 

To top it off, no sooner are they gone than Piper starts showing signs of being infected with Wither Pox. This is when the Warrens realize that if you use your power against someone who's affected with Wither Pox, you yourself become infected.

PVILLE SAID: OMG! Now, Piper is affected. Yes, the drama and suspense, is perfect. I love it. 

I like that they learn that using your powers against someone who's affected with Wither Pox, makes yourself become infected too. 

Just when Prudence doesn't think things can get worse, they do. She receives her the most horrifying premonition of her life - again she sees Phoebe's death, but this time she sees Patience is the the one who killed her while Paige watches!

PVILLE SAID: OMG!! Crazy. I can't begin to tell you, how I'd be jumping off my seat watching this, or my mouth wide open. 

Prudence and Piper know they must put their heads together and find a cure for witches as soon as possible - but will they succeed in time to save their family?

PVILLE SAID: You sure should. This is proving to be so exciting to read. 

Original airdate: Sunday, October 3, 2021, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

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-Summer Reading

PVILLE SAID: I'm still so addicted to this arc. Especially the cliffhangers. 

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Season 4, Episode 2: ”The Search for Phoebe Warren”

PVILLE SAID: Yes indeed the search.

CAN PRUDENCE AND AN INFECTED PIPER STOP PATIENCE FROM DOING THE UNTHINKABLE? — Patience and Paige arrive in Florida, starting their hunt to find Phoebe. Paige can feel that she's at the very end of her powers, and one more time transporting will most likely make them cease to exist.

PVILLE SAID: This is really edge of your seat. One more time she uses her power while infected with Wither Pox, and she's no more. 

It takes a while with a lot of false leads, but they finally locate the cabin and confront the Demoness of Destruction, who doesn't even try to stop them from saving Phoebe. Both Patience and Paige are so affected by Wither Pox that they don't even wonder why.

PVILLE SAID: Why didn't she stop them, this is a trap? 

When Phoebe awakens, she is so very happy to see her mother and aunt. But when Paige sees the Demoness holding a vial, her new aggressive nature caused by Wither Pox takes over. Hands clawed, ready to scratch the Demoness' eyes out, she rushes towards her, and when Phoebe tries to freeze the Demoness, the Demoness drops the vial, breaking it. Smirking, the Demoness of Destruction shimmers out. Paige yells at Phoebe for ruining everything; Patience yells at Paige for yelling at her daughter and a huge argument breaks out with Phoebe trying to settle them down, but that only makes the argument worse.

PVILLE SAID:   But, I love this amazing drama. 

Back at the Manor, Prudence, Piper (now affected) and Andrea are frantically flipping through the family book of shadows, they come up with the idea that because it affects a witch's DNA, that if the witch strips her powers completely, which would still keep her with a witch's DNA since that never changes regardless if they strip away their powers or not, could be the cure - but it has to be an unaffected witch.

PVILLE SAID: Good job putting your heads together, I do hope this will work. 

Andrea decides that if they have any hope of finding a cure, she'll be the test subject because no Elemental Witch should give up her powers to do so.

PVILLE SAID: Big thing of Andrea to do, but I get why she made it. 

Will this cure work long enough for them to save Phoebe's life and stop Patience from accidentally killing her own daughter, or will it just needlessly strip Andrea of her powers?

PVILLE SAID: Yes, will it work. Another great spot for a cliffhanger.

Original airdate: Sunday, October 10, 2020, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

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-Summer Reading

PVILLE SAID: And again Summer, this arc is so on the edge of your seat. What a great original story you did. Wither Pox is so cool. 

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Season 4, Episode 3: ”Something Old, Something New, Something Warren, Something Withers”

PVILLE SAID: Another fantastic title. 

THE TRUTH ABOUT WITHER POX IS HIDDEN IN THE PAST — Having drank the potion, Andrea tries to use her power to see the past. She no longer can, but Prudence finds that she is now immune to the virus. However, when Piper makes a potion with Andrea's blood as the main ingredient, it doesn’t remove her powers, but it also doesn’t make her immune to the virus. They’re all afraid that Andrea has lost her power for nothing.

PVILLE SAID: Love that we finally learn about Wither Pox. 

Oh no, Poor Andrea has lost her powers for nothing. 

Back in Florida, Patience and Paige are searching for Phoebe through the deep forests, even as they continue lashing out at each other. Phoebe, fearful for her own life, hides under a bridge. Just before Patience and Paige find her, a woman appears, takes Phoebe by the hand and disappears, reppearing in a safe house.

PVILLE SAID: Poor Phoebe, this is so scary, they are affected, and Phoebe must be scared to death. 

Oh I hope this woman who helped her is good. Not too sure. 

Selena, the woman, explains that she’s also a witch – her power is to blink from one place to another. She also tells Phoebe that she was once part of Andrea’s coven, but moved to Florida and started one of her own. However, two months earlier, one of her coven ran into a warlock, but when she used her power on the woman, she began experiencing the wither pox symptoms. When Phoebe asks her to describe the woman, she is stunned – Selena is describing Jenna Warren!

PVILLE SAID: Oh, she's part of Andrea's coven. 

OMG, Jenna Warren.   WOW, but how?

At first she wonders how that is possible, wondering if this was truly Jenna or simply someone who looks like her. But when Selena describes the clothes she was wearing, Phoebe realizes it really was Jenna. Remembering how they found out that Mary Ann and Jenna were best friends until suddenly Jenna betrayed her sister, Phoebe wonders if Jenna might have contracted Wither Pox and then went forward in time to infect the member of Selena’s coven, knowing that no witch or warlock would be immune to the disease’s effects, the way they were in hers and Mary Ann’s time.

PVILLE SAID: That's right, when she came forward in time last season, she might have infected the first victim. Actually, that really does make sense. 

Now, this whole arc feels like it's coming together nicely, from the last one. 

Back in Salem, while Prudence tends to Piper, a member of Andrea's coven, phones them. Bridget lets them know that Phoebe has been saved by Selena, who, of course, Andrea knows. Selena also informs them that a corporeal Jenna Warren may be behind the Wither Pox virus. Prudence and Andrea put their heads, figuring out that Jenna must have been infected with the disease, and that’s why she betrayed Mary Ann, something Mary Ann didn't know before her death. Like Phoebe, they figure out that Jenna must have come forward in time to infect someone.

PVILLE SAID: Oh I see Bridget is back. 

I love that Jenna had the Wither Pox originally, and that it might be why she betrayed Mary Ann, this really is quite cool. I love how it all goes back to the Warren history. 

So cool.

Prudence wonders whether using Jenna’s blood – which would include all of the antibodies witches had in the past - rather than Andrea’s would make the difference. But, Andrea points out, Jenna is dead – how can they get blood from her? Prudence reminds her that they don’t need blood – they need DNA – and you can get DNA from bones. Andrea tells Prudence to keep tending Piper; she’s on her way to Jenna’s burial site!

PVILLE SAID: Good thinking guys, get to that burial site right away. A cure is coming Warrens. I feel it. 

But Andrea arrives to find the Demoness of Destruction floating above the grave of Jenna Warren, just waiting for a Warren, pleased to find one with no powers…


Original airdate: Sunday, October 17, 2021, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

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-Summer Reading

PVILLE SAID: LOL, I spoke too soon. Now, this kept me on the edge of my seat. She has no powers too. Andrea I'm scared for you.

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Season 4, Episode 4: ”Survival of the Witches”

PVILLE SAID: The title is right, it really is about survival. 

WILL THE WARRENS SURVIVE WITHER POX? — Back in Florida, Paige and Patience eventually find Phoebe in the safe haven of the witch, but when they arrive they get into a heated fight with the other witch, and both she and Phoebe end up infected. The warlocks arrive, and all four are tied up. They inform them, that the cure will be not be found, as the Demoness of Destruction will already make sure of that. In the hopes, that they will have all the Elemental Witches affected.

PVILLE SAID: Oh no, now Phoebe is infected. Prudence, you are our only hope, as the only one not affected yet. 

Back at the burial site of Jenna Warren, The Demoness of Destruction is about to set fire to the corpse of Jenna Warren, but Piper uses her powers to set the Demoness on fire, a risk she was willing to take. The Demoness of Destruction then proceeds to move towards Piper, and Prudence holds Piper tight. Andrea quickly goes to the body of Jenna, and takes a sample off her corpse and puts it into a vial. The Demoness of Destruction then sees Andrea near the corpse, shimmers towards her, and throws her, then sets fire to her grave and shimmers out.

PVILLE SAID: OMG, so glad Piper came in time. 

Thinking they have lost their final chance at a cure, Andrea informs Prudence and Piper she managed to get a sample before it was too late. They head to the Manor and proceed to make the cure. they mix, an affected witches blood (Piper), an unaffected witches blood (Prudence), Andrea's blood (someone who is now immune to the effects having stripped her powers) and the sample from Jenna's corpse (the original carrier).

PVILLE SAID: I'm so glad, you got a sample before it was too late. 

I hope you guys got the cure.

Prudence, Andrea, and Piper arrive, they rescue Patience, Paige, and Piper, and all of them take the cure. They vanquish the Demoness of Destruction, but suddenly all of them except Andrea collapses on the floor, but someone knocks Andrea, and suddenly are knocked out and all we see are bags put over all of their heads.

PVILLE SAID: YAY, you finally got that  Demoness of Destruction. A win, but just as they get a win, they end up losing again. 

Original airdate: Sunday, October 24, 2021, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

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-Summer Reading

PVILLE SAID: Can't wait to see how this arc concludes.

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Season 4, Episode 5: ”The Hauntings of the Joshua Ward House...”

THE CONCLUSION TO WITHER POX! -

PVILLE SAID: Here we are the end to this amazing arc. 

That haunting I believe is based on a real urban myth. How cool.


NOTE: Excuse me not quoting properly. Its acting up. It took me 10 mins to get it working above. So going to just review and hopefully edit after. Weird.


It's Halloween time in Salem and the town has a festive celebration each year, which features a cornucopia of Halloween-like experiences from Family Film Nights to ghost tours and haunted houses. We see some witches, decide to enter the haunted house. Inside we suddenly see all the Warrens and Andrea lying unconscious on the floor, who suddenly awaken.


PVILLE SAID: Halloween. Very cool.

Love how this starts.

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But suddenly they discover, that they are not cured, what is worse, is all of them are so badly affected, and suddenly they are left wondering what is going on, and who ambushed them. None of them are able to leave.

PVILLE SAID:  But not surprised the big conclusion had them all affected.

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When the veil between worlds thin on Halloween, the spirits of both Sheriff George ‘The Strangler’ Corwin and Giles Cory return, coming back for revenge against witches. They haunt the former Joshua Ward House, now a hotel that has been transformed into a haunted house theme for the Halloween night. Sheriff George sets a siren that will lure any witch into the hotel, and once they're there, they can't leave. He's determined to traps all witches inside the hotel and then burn down the hotel, which will also free his and Cory's spirits.

PVILLE SAID: And putting them all here makes sense. So much fun for drama.

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As the Warrens struggle to fight off the spirit of Sheriff Corwin, while badly affected by Wither Pox, a third spirit, a female who died on the property makes herself known. The spirits of Mary Ann and Jenna Warren (special guest stars Alyssa Milano and Shannen Doherty) make the scene crossing through the veil between worlds.


PVILLE SAID:  This is fantastic. Love them both appearing. What a way to end the arc where Wither Pox started from. I hope they give more answers to it. Of course I bet they will.

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The Warrens think they're back in order to help their descendants out to save them from Wither Pox. Unfortunately, Jenna is there to make things worse instead of better, revealing that during their previous encounter back when she was teaming up with a witch hunter and took possession of a warlock, she started the seeds of what would be the downfall of all witches, by switching the corpses of her own body with that of another deceased witch that died with Wither Pox, and spelled it to increase the effects of Wither Pox. Revealing she has her true real body hidden, something she had done two years ago after the Warrens first visited the grave site after Prudence was taken possession by Mary Ann.


PVILLE SAID:  Wow! Talk about a reveal. How well you guys planned it all out. This all ties up so well. Great job.

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Knowing that the veil between worlds was thin on Halloween, and knowing that before her death, she had already infected Patience and Paige when she came forward in time, she would one day get her revenge and end the Elemental Witches forever. She also wanted the Joshua Ward House as the place where it would all end, knowing the history of the place would allow her to also gather other witches too, and add another way of keeping them locked inside with no escape.

PVILLE SAID: Love how ot all comes together. What an episode.

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Mary Ann reveals that she herself had not known that Jenna was infected by Wither Pox and that was the reason she had betrayed her when she was hanged, and trying to get through to her sister, she discovers that Jenna likes being evil so much more.

PVILLE SAID: What a twist. She's truly evil. Which I love.

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Prudence has a premonition that shows the true location of Jenna's real corpse. Andrea being the only one who can leave, soon rushes to get the DNA and make a cure fast, she does so, and returns inside with some vials, deciding to hide one vial somewhere just in case some get broken or stolen from her. Andrea manages to cure two Warrens so far and hands them both a vial each. But Jenna learns what is up, having made an alliance with the spirits haunting the place, they all set out to destroy the vials for the cure.

Original airdate: Sunday, October 31, 2021, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

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-Pheebs Halliwell & Summer Reading

PVILLE SAID: I loved this one. It wraps up the arc so well and it was perfect.[/quote]

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Season 4, Episode 6: ”Dead Innocents Walking”

PVILLE SAID: This title has me curious what is going on.

RISE OF THE DEAD – Patience discovers a strange new kind of case when she finds that the victims at a scene of a crime have been found dead for a second time.

PVILLE SAID: Are past innocents back?

The Warrens think that something – possibly a warlock, possibly a demoness—is turning dead people into zombies. But they find out they’re wrong: the perpetrator is actually a voodoo practitioner,. She offered Jessica’s parents -who don’t know that the Warrens are witches and are still very angry that Patience wasn’t helping Jessica work the case, and who don’t know that Patience and her family are witches--a chance to see their daughter again.

PVILLE SAID:   OMG! But, now this is exciting. Poor Patience.

When each Warren is haunted by someone from her past they realize that the voodoo practitioner did it in order to separate the Warrens. These include Jessica haunting Patience, the small boy Phoebe failed to save from drowning last summer haunting her, the Wicca store clerk killed by a witch hunter back when they first became witches haunting Piper and Allen haunting Prudence. As each Warren is haunted by someone from her past, her power is weakened.

PVILLE SAID: I love that you brought back all these innocents, one for each Warren. And my favorite Jessica is back, not in the way I'd like, but I love that we touch on her again. 

Also love how well you did bringing these ones all back. 

When Jessica’s parents come face to face with their daughter, now a zombie haunting Patience, they beg Patience for help, but Jessica continues to haunt Patience. In order to protect Jessica’s parents, Patience is forced to reveal her secret.

PVILLE SAID: I'm glad she told them, they deserve to know. 

But the voodoo practitioner suddenly appears. She first puts Patience into a death-like state and then turns her into a zombie.

PVILLE SAID: That is a crazy twist. Reminds me of the novel Voodoo Moon, although this one is far different than that by far, it just reminded me of what happened to Phoebe in that one. 

Now the Warrens have to figure out how to save Patience. But with their powers weakened and unable to use the Power of the Elementals, they have to figure out a way and fast even without the Elemental Witches.

Original airdate: Sunday, November 14, 2021, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

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-Sasha Trudeau

PVILLE SAID: A really fun stand alone episode. Perfect after that big arc. I really liked it. [/quote]

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Season 4, Episode 7: ”Old Anger”

PVILLE SAID: This title has me wondering about someone wanting to settle an old score, or something.

“EVIL WILL SPREAD”— As one of her university projects, Phoebe is covering the grand reopening of a Salem landmark built in the 1920s, that has since been redeveloped for retail, condos and community activities, so she invites her family Piper's got her hands full with her restaurant; Paige is busy working a new case for SSS; .and Patience has crime-scene photos that must be processed immediately, but Prudence is excited about seeing the new retail center, especially because her mother told her about the club it was in the 1920s, when it housed culture, music, and dancing.

PVILLE SAID: I love that it's again about Salem culture, and an old building in the 20s. As per usual, love my Warrens busy with their normal lives with work, cases, and such. 

I love that we learn about Prudence's mother, and that it was a club in the 20s.

At the center, Prudence and Phoebe enter an area that showcases the culture and history of the building, including Prudence’s mother’s sister, her aunt Prisma, who during the construction of the building fell in love with Alexander Lang, the building's architect. Prudence tells Phoebe something that the display doesn’t – Alexander later fell in love with an artist, leaving Prisma heartbroken. Their relationship was tumultuous at best, eventually ending in tragedy… and in the artist's disappearance.

PVILLE SAID: I find all of this history with the past Warrens so interesting. I also like the backstory. Well done.

That night, the artist’s great-niece shows up, none too pleased when the reopening has decided to showcase Alexander and Prisma's love story, but leaving out the story of her aunt’s and Alexander’s great love. She is even more horrified when she doesn’t see any of her aunt’s paintings showcased and she whispers, "Evil will spread".

PVILLE SAID: I'm none too surprised the great-niece isn't happy, and of course a magical reason behind it, which we all expected. But, I really like it.

What the Warrens don’t know is that the great niece is actually the artist herself.  When suddenly friends of the Warrens are missing, will the Warrens figure out who's behind the disappearances in time?

PVILLE SAID: What a twist, it is actually the artist herself. 

Original airdate: Sunday, November 21, 2021, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

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-Ruth Marie

PVILLE SAID: Great one Ruth Marie.

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Season 4, Episode 9: ”Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Warrens”

PVILLE SAID: A second Christmas episode. YAY!!!

AN ELEMENTAL CHARMED CHRISTMAS SPECIAL – Christmas in Salem is fast approaching. When Prudence gets a call from Andrea saying that she’s going to fly in for Christmas, Phoebe realizes that she hasn’t gotten Andrea a present yet, so she makes a quick trip to the mall. There she spots a flyer for The Salem Krampus Tour. She thinks it sounds like fun and takes one of flyers home. When she shows it to her family, she wonders out loud if the legend of the Krampus is real. Prudence just smiles and says it’s truly just a legend to scare children into behaving, much like Santa’s good/bad list.

PVILLE SAID: Krampus tour. How fun. Bet this really happened in Salem knowing my EC writers reaearching Salem.

After some discussion, the Warrens decides to take the tour. Phoebe encourages them to dress in costumes, something encouraged on the tour. However, when Paige’s bell on her costume breaks, the Warrens need to run into town for some last minute costume fix-ups. In front of the store, a little girl hands each of them one of the home-made gingerbread man cookies that Salem is famous for. By the time Paige’s costume is fixed and they can head for the tour, they’ve already eaten their cookies.

PVILLE SAID: Love the Christmas spirit. I hudt hope those cookies are real normal. I can't help but think they are not and will harm.

When they finally start their tour, the Warrens are greeted by their tour guide who is dressed as a Krampus. She also hands each some specially made Christmas cookies. Prudence, Patience and Paige start nibbling on their cookies, but both Piper and Phoebe are no longer hungry and don’t eat any.

PVILLE SAID: Hmm.

But half-way through the tour, the three older women begin to feel funny, and suddenly they transform into children. Having reverted into children with no memory of their adult lives, the three scream for their mothers.

PVILLE SAID: KNEW IT!!! OH this is so fun and a great plot for Christmas.

Piper and Phoebe look at each other in shock, but quickly tell the four “children” that if they’ll only listen to them, that they’ll help find their parents. When the four “children” tearfully agree, Piper and Phoebe bring them back to the Manor.

PVILLE SAID: What a role reversal for the younger Warrens.

Once home, Piper and Phoebe have their hands full, trying to taking care of the three adult figures in their lives, and forcing the two to parent them - an entirely new experience for both of them. Thinking about it, they realize that since they didn’t eat the second set of cookies while the “children” did, it must be the Krampus-dressed tour guide who’s behind it. They realize that she must be a warlock who is trying to get rid of the Warrens by turning them all into children. Piper and Phoebe are very glad they didn't eat that second set of cookies!

PVILLE SAID: Yes a warlock. So glad and I love that they are the adults dealing with children. 

Quickly they cast a spell to find the tour guide and vanquish this warlock. As soon as they do, the “children” return to being adults and the Warrens can finally look forward to Andrea’s visit and celebrating Christmas.

Original airdate: Sunday, December 11, 2021, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

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-Sasha Trudeau

PVILLE SAID: I enjoyed this one.

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Season 4, Episode 10:”The Possession of Paige Warren”

PVILLE SAID: Okay let's see if our Warrens discover Paige isn't herself right away or not.

WILL PAIGE BE NO MORE? - Prudence, Patience, and Paige are in the middle of cleaning out their herbs and potions, Prudence notices that they are out of supplies. With Piper and Phoebe spending Friday night out at the movies, the three decide to go into town together

PVILLE SAID: Love seeing their normal lives again. Trip to Wicca store.

In the local Wicca store, a new store clerk, greets them. To Prudence's surprise, Gabrielle is a former patient who Prudence treated many years ago. She’s happy to find that Gabrielle has since gotten back on her feet. Following the death of her mother from a witch hunter a few years ago, she left Salem, but now she’s back, running the local Wicca store. Although she has no powers herself, Gabrielle admits that she has dabbled in her own potion makings.

PVILLE SAID: I love this. Is she the daughter of the mother who died in S1 in the Wicca store. If so wonderful continuity. 

As they wander around the store, Prudence has a premonition of Gabrielle killing Paige in the Manor. Telling the others, they decide that the best way to keep Paige safe is to keep her away from the Manor. Paige agrees and calls a fellow witch who agrees to let her stay at her home until they know she’s safe. The others decide to go home and research Gabrielle’s family.

PVILLE SAID: Plot twist Gabrielle is bad. 

Good thinking keep her safe.

Meanwhile, the movie is over and Piper desperately needs to use the restroom. While in a stall, she catches Gabrielle talking to some people about some person named Elizabeth Knapp.

PVILLE SAID: Who is Elizabeth I wonder.

When the two enter the Manor, they learn about Prudence's premonition, and Piper tells Patience about running into Gabrielle in the restroom and the name Elizabeth Knapp. Patience smiles, remembering the name from a story Prudence told her and Paige decades ago. She tells her nieces that when Elizabeth was sixteen, she was possessed by something evil, presumably a demon. Piper thinks they should tell the rest of the family, so Patience quickly drives herself and her to Paige's friend's house, where Prudence is casting a protection spell around her house.

PVILLE SAID: I like that backstory. Knowing my EC writers I won't be surprised it's based on something in Salem.

Prudence tells all of them that the name 'Elizabeth Knapp' is a famous part of Salem lore, something she herself thought was always just a story. With the protection spell done, the others return to the Manor, But when they check the family book of shadows, they find that it's not a story and a Warren ancestor was the one who expelled the demoness from Elizabeth's body but was unable to vanquish the demoness, since she didn't have enough power. Now the Warrens think that the same demoness has come back and has taken control of Gabrielle and will most likely target the current Warrens for revenge.

PVILLE SAID: 

Phoebe wonders out loud if the demoness about their last encounter with possessions and taking over bodies, remembering the situation with Heather and Lillian, making Gabrielle an innocent who the Elemental Witches need to save. Prudence thinks Phoebe might be on the right track, however, Lillian needed to kill Patience first before taking over, so it is not quite the same.

PVILLE SAID: I love them mentioning a past possession. This is really intense.

What the Warrens don't know is that the demoness needs a host body, the body of a witch who is strong enough to keep her within, because since Gabrielle is non-magical and adopted, it will not allow her to stay inside for. But the demoness has realized that Paige is a Warren and one of the powerful Elemental Witches. She already has her own tricks that lets her get inside the protected house.

PVILLE SAID: What a juicy plot. She sure is a good villain.

And what the Warrens also don’t know is that the demoness doesn’t have to wait until she could kill Paige but has already taken over her body. Now she has to figure a way to throw Paige’s soul out of the body, while Piper and Phoebe wonder why their aunt is not acting like herself.

Original airdate: Sunday, January 16, 2022, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

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-Sasha Trudeau

PVILLE SAID: Sasha. Another great story. Really intense and a good villain. 

[summerreading]

Feb 18, 2020 23:08:59 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

Although both Carina and Deidre have been absent from the other site since Christmas (I SO hope they're okay!), PVille has still been reading and enjoying and reviewing! Although she hasn't finished S4 yet, I decided to celebrate our 15th Month-Day by sharing her reviews so far!

Enjoy!! As always, if you just want to reply to the ones you wrote, go for it! But if you want to reply to all of them, that's even better!!

But since it's the continuation of Summer's fantastic Wither Pox arc, I've decided to start this with the S3 two-part season finale...

Jan 19, 2020 23:19:31 GMT -5 @phoebeville said:

PVILLE SAID: This already got me excited, with the tease in last episodes cliffhanger.

PVILLE SAID: Love them continuing their lives as normal, before trouble comes as usual.

PVILLE SAID: And from last episode cliffhanger, something happened to them also. This is really exciting. 


PVILLE SAID: Love them wondering if they are faking it at first. 

OMG, what is happening to Patience and Paige. 


PVILLE SAID: I love the sound of Wither Pox. Something very original, and it has real stakes for everyone. This really is promising as an arc. 


PVILLE SAID: I love them making an alliance because this Wither Pox virus affects both good and evil. This really is exciting me as a story. 

PVILLE SAID: I agree, they shouldn't be trusted, but what choice do they have. Very good set-up for the finale. 


PVILLE SAID: Summer, your story is off to a good start. Very promising, because it is something never done before. I love this Wither Pox arc already. 

Jan 21, 2020 7:29:18 GMT -5 @phoebeville said:

PVILLE SAID: Of course, they wont' trust them. At least they'll be about to find a cure, which won't be easy, I bet.

PVILLE SAID: Good thing Prudence can do that for them. 


PVILLE SAID: Demoness of Destruction, she sounds scary, but interesting. Reminds me of what Shax was, he felt like the demon of destruction. 

I love how they have to go to an island off Florida to find answers to the Wither Pox virus, making this exciting for them to travel outside of Salem, which and happened a few times already. 


I bet the Demoness will not go down without a fight, and she won't be easy for telling them answers. 


PVILLE SAID: That makes sense, but I'm worried for Phoebe going alone now. 


PVILLE SAID: I love all the stakes of this Wither Pox, so exciting. 


PVILLE SAID: Why am I not surprised, I had a feeling Phoebe was in danger. Oh no, that is horrible, but not unexpected. But I love this drama, so exciting. This is turning out to be a wonderful original story for EC. So much edge of your seat moments already.


PVILLE SAID: 


PVILLE SAID: OMG! What a cliffhanger. 


PVILE SAID: What a great cliffhanger to S3. This was so cool. I love the Wither Pox arc. So exciting, and feels like a really exciting arc, that has consequences for all witches. I'd never see the reboot do something as original and exciting as this with a story that affects all witches everywhere. 

And that's a wrap with S3. WOW! 

Jan 22, 2020 22:55:29 GMT -5 @phoebeville said:

PVILLE SAID: Great title to get us into the start of S4, since it is still summer. I love it. 

PVILLE SAID: That title has me nervous for Andrea. But, last season left me on a big cliffhanger, all day, I'm wondering just what happened to Phoebe, and the Warrens. This Wither Pox arc, couldn't be more on the edge of your seat. 

So Phoebe is now captured. I have a feeling our Demoness of Destruction has set up a trap, if any Warrens get here. 

She sure isn't one to be trusted, if the warlock is dead too. But, I love her so much. I'll have to think of who I'd see her as with casting. 


PVILLE SAID: YAY, Andrea has arrived, and of course, she took a plane. No way, I'd want my Warrens using their powers up just to bring her here. 

I love how this outbreak is affecting more than just Salem. It's proving to be quite the arc. 

I'd be worried too about Phoebe.


PVILLE SAID:   NO WAY, my Warrens will take that deal. This Demoness of Destruction, I'm loving her, just like I loved Luna in S2. Your Big Bads, or multi-episode villains, are just really so good. 



PVILLE SAID: Naturally, they'd turn down the deal. 


PVILLE SAID:  NO NO NO!!! This is just the kind of drama I'd want. I love it but hate it at the same time. 



PVILLE SAID: OMG! Now, Piper is affected. Yes, the drama and suspense, is perfect. I love it. 

I like that they learn that using your powers against someone who's affected with Wither Pox, makes yourself become infected too. 


PVILLE SAID: OMG!! Crazy. I can't begin to tell you, how I'd be jumping off my seat watching this, or my mouth wide open. 



PVILLE SAID: You sure should. This is proving to be so exciting to read. 


PVILLE SAID: I'm still so addicted to this arc. Especially the cliffhangers. 

Jan 25, 2020 18:29:18 GMT -5 @phoebeville said:

PVILLE SAID: Yes indeed the search.


PVILLE SAID: This is really edge of your seat. One more time she uses her power while infected with Wither Pox, and she's no more. 


PVILLE SAID: Why didn't she stop them, this is a trap? 


PVILLE SAID:   But, I love this amazing drama. 


PVILLE SAID: Good job putting your heads together, I do hope this will work. 


PVILLE SAID: Big thing of Andrea to do, but I get why she made it. 


PVILLE SAID: Yes, will it work. Another great spot for a cliffhanger.


PVILLE SAID: And again Summer, this arc is so on the edge of your seat. What a great original story you did. Wither Pox is so cool. 

Jan 27, 2020 5:28:36 GMT -5 @phoebeville said:

PVILLE SAID: Another fantastic title. 

PVILLE SAID: Love that we finally learn about Wither Pox. 

Oh no, Poor Andrea has lost her powers for nothing. 


PVILLE SAID: Poor Phoebe, this is so scary, they are affected, and Phoebe must be scared to death. 

Oh I hope this woman who helped her is good. Not too sure. 



PVILLE SAID: Oh, she's part of Andrea's coven. 

OMG, Jenna Warren.   WOW, but how?

PVILLE SAID: That's right, when she came forward in time last season, she might have infected the first victim. Actually, that really does make sense. 

Now, this whole arc feels like it's coming together nicely, from the last one. 
PVILLE SAID: Oh I see Bridget is back. 

I love that Jenna had the Wither Pox originally and that it might be why she betrayed Mary Ann, this really is quite cool. I love how it all goes back to Warren history.

So cool.


PVILLE SAID: Good thinking guys, get to that burial site right away. A cure is coming Warrens. I feel it. 


PVILLE SAID: LOL, I spoke too soon. Now, this kept me on the edge of my seat. She has no powers too. Andrea I'm scared for you.


PVILLE SAID: The title is right, it really is about survival. 

PVILLE SAID: Oh no, now Phoebe is infected. Prudence, you are our only hope, as the only one not affected yet. 


PVILLE SAID: OMG, so glad Piper came in time. 


PVILLE SAID: I'm so glad, you got a sample before it was too late. 

I hope you guys got the cure.



PVILLE SAID: YAY, you finally got that  Demoness of Destruction. A win, but just as they get a win, they end up losing again. 


PVILLE SAID: Can't wait to see how this arc concludes. 

Jan 31, 2020 19:56:22 GMT -5 @phoebeville said:

PVILLE SAID: Here we are the end to this amazing arc. 

That haunting I believe is based on a real urban myth. How cool.


NOTE: Excuse me not quoting properly. Its acting up. It took me 10 mins to get it working above. So going to just review and hopefully edit after. Weird.


It's Halloween time in Salem and the town has a festive celebration each year, which features a cornucopia of Halloween-like experiences from Family Film Nights to ghost tours and haunted houses. We see some witches, decide to enter the haunted house. Inside we suddenly see all the Warrens and Andrea lying unconscious on the floor, who suddenly awaken.


PVILLE SAID: Halloween. Very cool.

Love how this starts.

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But suddenly they discover, that they are not cured, what is worse, is all of them are so badly affected, and suddenly they are left wondering what is going on, and who ambushed them. None of them are able to leave.

PVILLE SAID:  But not surprised the big conclusion had them all affected.

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When the veil between worlds thin on Halloween, the spirits of both Sheriff George ‘The Strangler’ Corwin and Giles Cory return, coming back for revenge against witches. They haunt the former Joshua Ward House, now a hotel that has been transformed into a haunted house theme for the Halloween night. Sheriff George sets a siren that will lure any witch into the hotel, and once they're there, they can't leave. He's determined to traps all witches inside the hotel and then burn down the hotel, which will also free his and Cory's spirits.

PVILLE SAID: And putting them all here makes sense. So much fun for drama.

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As the Warrens struggle to fight off the spirit of Sheriff Corwin, while badly affected by Wither Pox, a third spirit, a female who died on the property makes herself known. The spirits of Mary Ann and Jenna Warren (special guest stars Alyssa Milano and Shannen Doherty) make the scene crossing through the veil between worlds.


PVILLE SAID:  This is fantastic. Love them both appearing. What a way to end the arc where Wither Pox started from. I hope they give more answers to it. Of course I bet they will.

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The Warrens think they're back in order to help their descendants out to save them from Wither Pox. Unfortunately, Jenna is there to make things worse instead of better, revealing that during their previous encounter back when she was teaming up with a witch hunter and took possession of a warlock, she started the seeds of what would be the downfall of all witches, by switching the corpses of her own body with that of another deceased witch that died with Wither Pox, and spelled it to increase the effects of Wither Pox. Revealing she has her true real body hidden, something she had done two years ago after the Warrens first visited the grave site after Prudence was taken possession by Mary Ann.


PVILLE SAID:  Wow! Talk about a reveal. How well you guys planned it all out. This all ties up so well. Great job.

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Knowing that the veil between worlds was thin on Halloween, and knowing that before her death, she had already infected Patience and Paige when she came forward in time, she would one day get her revenge and end the Elemental Witches forever. She also wanted the Joshua Ward House as the place where it would all end, knowing the history of the place would allow her to also gather other witches too, and add another way of keeping them locked inside with no escape.

PVILLE SAID: Love how ot all comes together. What an episode.

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Mary Ann reveals that she herself had not known that Jenna was infected by Wither Pox and that was the reason she had betrayed her when she was hanged, and trying to get through to her sister, she discovers that Jenna likes being evil so much more.

PVILLE SAID: What a twist. She's truly evil. Which I love.

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Prudence has a premonition that shows the true location of Jenna's real corpse. Andrea being the only one who can leave, soon rushes to get the DNA and make a cure fast, she does so, and returns inside with some vials, deciding to hide one vial somewhere just in case some get broken or stolen from her. Andrea manages to cure two Warrens so far and hands them both a vial each. But Jenna learns what is up, having made an alliance with the spirits haunting the place, they all set out to destroy the vials for the cure.

Original airdate: Sunday, October 31, 2021, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

CBS-TV

-Pheebs Halliwell & Summer Reading

PVILLE SAID: I loved this one. It wraps up the arc so well and it was perfect.

Feb 4, 2020 21:11:51 GMT -5 @phoebeville said:

PVILLE SAID: This title has me curious what is going on.
PVILLE SAID: Are past innocents back?

PVILLE SAID:   OMG! But, now this is exciting. Poor Patience.


PVILLE SAID: I love that you brought back all these innocents, one for each Warren. And my favorite Jessica is back, not in the way I'd like, but I love that we touch on her again. 

Also love how well you did bringing these ones all back. 


PVILLE SAID: I'm glad she told them, they deserve to know. 


PVILLE SAID: That is a crazy twist. Reminds me of the novel Voodoo Moon, although this one is far different than that by far, it just reminded me of what happened to Phoebe in that one. 


PVILLE SAID: A really fun stand alone episode. Perfect after that big arc. I really liked it. 

Feb 9, 2020 19:26:49 GMT -5 @phoebeville said:

PVILLE SAID: This title has me wondering about someone wanting to settle an old score, or something.

PVILLE SAID: I love that it's again about Salem culture, and an old building in the 20s. As per usual, love my Warrens busy with their normal lives with work, cases, and such. 

I love that we learn about Prudence's mother, and that it was a club in the 20s.


PVILLE SAID: I find all of this history with the past Warrens so interesting. I also like the backstory. Well done.


PVILLE SAID: I'm none too surprised the great-niece isn't happy, and of course a magical reason behind it, which we all expected. But, I really like it.


PVILLE SAID: What a twist, it is actually the artist herself. 


PVILLE SAID: Great one Ruth Marie.

Feb 15, 2020 16:10:23 GMT -5 @phoebeville said:

PVILLE SAID: A second Christmas episode. YAY!!!


PVILLE SAID: Krampus tour. How fun. Bet this really happened in Salem knowing my EC writers reaearching Salem.


PVILLE SAID: Love the Christmas spirit. I hudt hope those cookies are real normal. I can't help but think they are not and will harm.


PVILLE SAID: Hmm.


PVILLE SAID: KNEW IT!!! OH this is so fun and a great plot for Christmas.

PVILLE SAID: What a role reversal for the younger Warrens.


PVILLE SAID: Yes a warlock. So glad and I love that they are the adults dealing with children. 


PVILLE SAID: I enjoyed this one.

Feb 18, 2020 19:19:40 GMT -5 @phoebeville said:

PVILLE SAID: Okay let's see if our Warrens discover Paige isn't herself right away or not.


PVILLE SAID: Love seeing their normal lives again. Trip to Wicca store.


PVILLE SAID: I love this. Is she the daughter of the mother who died in S1 in the Wicca store. If so wonderful continuity. 


PVILLE SAID: Plot twist Gabrielle is bad. 

Good thinking keep her safe.


PVILLE SAID: Who is Elizabeth I wonder.


PVILLE SAID: I like that backstory. Knowing my EC writers I won't be surprised it's based on something in Salem.


PVILLE SAID: 


PVILLE SAID: I love them mentioning a past possession. This is really intense.


PVILLE SAID: What a juicy plot. She sure is a good villain.


PVILLE SAID: Sasha. Another great story. Really intense and a good villain. 

Oops, think you double-quoted Es, as everything disappeared for me to comment.


But since I wrote the Wither Pox storyline. I think I can make out what she is talking about with her comments.

PVille. I'm very happy you enjoyed my arc. I had so much fun writing it, with the twists and turns and cliffhangers. I had even more fun with the ending to the arc, since I'll let you know, that originally the Halloween episode was a stand-alone story from Pheebs, and I found a way to let that episode be the ending of my arc.

I've been smiling reading your reactions, with you being left on the edge of your seat.

I'm glad you liked that we let Jenna truly be evil and like it, even if she was affected by Wither Pox.

[summerreading]

LOL, I see Es you just corrected it, so I'll get to reply properly now.

But have a PM I want to check out first.

[Sasha]

SASHA: I'm going to reply to my own episodes. But, I still read her reactions to the others. So glad she liked your Wither Pox arc. It was sure exciting. I never wrote any arcs, I was just great at doing stand-alone episodes.

But, I sure liked the cliffhangers and twists in it too.

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 4, Episode 6: ”Dead Innocents Walking”

PVILLE SAID: This title has me curious what is going on.

SASHA: 

RISE OF THE DEAD – Patience discovers a strange new kind of case when she finds that the victims at a scene of a crime have been found dead for a second time.

PVILLE SAID: Are past innocents back?

SASHA: You catch on, and know what happens having read it all now.

The Warrens think that something – possibly a warlock, possibly a demoness—is turning dead people into zombies. But they find out they’re wrong: the perpetrator is actually a voodoo practitioner,. She offered Jessica’s parents -who don’t know that the Warrens are witches and are still very angry that Patience wasn’t helping Jessica work the case, and who don’t know that Patience and her family are witches--a chance to see their daughter again.

PVILLE SAID:   OMG! But, now this is exciting. Poor Patience.

SASHA: I had fun with this one, and was fun bringing them back. And a reason to bring back Jessica, she was the one I wanted to do a story with her, and having fun finding past innocents they lost, by going through old episodes to find some.

When each Warren is haunted by someone from her past they realize that the voodoo practitioner did it in order to separate the Warrens. These include Jessica haunting Patience, the small boy Phoebe failed to save from drowning last summer haunting her, the Wicca store clerk killed by a witch hunter back when they first became witches haunting Piper and Allen haunting Prudence. As each Warren is haunted by someone from her past, her power is weakened.

PVILLE SAID: I love that you brought back all these innocents, one for each Warren. And my favorite Jessica is back, not in the way I'd like, but I love that we touch on her again. 

Also love how well you did bringing these ones all back. 

SASHA: I had fun bringing them back, and finding ones that fitted for each Warren.

When Jessica’s parents come face to face with their daughter, now a zombie haunting Patience, they beg Patience for help, but Jessica continues to haunt Patience. In order to protect Jessica’s parents, Patience is forced to reveal her secret.

PVILLE SAID: I'm glad she told them, they deserve to know. 

SASHA:

But the voodoo practitioner suddenly appears. She first puts Patience into a death-like state and then turns her into a zombie.

PVILLE SAID: That is a crazy twist. Reminds me of the novel Voodoo Moon, although this one is far different than that by far, it just reminded me of what happened to Phoebe in that one. 

SASHA: I thought of that novel, but here it is so different. 

Now the Warrens have to figure out how to save Patience. But with their powers weakened and unable to use the Power of the Elementals, they have to figure out a way and fast even without the Elemental Witches.

Original airdate: Sunday, November 14, 2021, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

CBS-TV

-Sasha Trudeau

PVILLE SAID: A really fun stand alone episode. Perfect after that big arc. I really liked it. [/quote]

SASHA: I'm glad you enjoyed it. 

ELEMENTAL CHARMED ( I’TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 4, Episode 9: ”Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Warrens”

PVILLE SAID: A second Christmas episode. YAY!!!

SASHA: Yup!

AN ELEMENTAL CHARMED CHRISTMAS SPECIAL – Christmas in Salem is fast approaching. When Prudence gets a call from Andrea saying that she’s going to fly in for Christmas, Phoebe realizes that she hasn’t gotten Andrea a present yet, so she makes a quick trip to the mall. There she spots a flyer for The Salem Krampus Tour. She thinks it sounds like fun and takes one of flyers home. When she shows it to her family, she wonders out loud if the legend of the Krampus is real. Prudence just smiles and says it’s truly just a legend to scare children into behaving, much like Santa’s good/bad list.

PVILLE SAID: Krampus tour. How fun. Bet this really happened in Salem knowing my EC writers researching Salem.

SASHA: I sure did research this, and they do have that tour in Salem for real. 

After some discussion, the Warrens decides to take the tour. Phoebe encourages them to dress in costumes, something encouraged on the tour. However, when Paige’s bell on her costume breaks, the Warrens need to run into town for some last minute costume fix-ups. In front of the store, a little girl hands each of them one of the home-made gingerbread man cookies that Salem is famous for. By the time Paige’s costume is fixed and they can head for the tour, they’ve already eaten their cookies.

PVILLE SAID: Love the Christmas spirit. I hope those cookies are real normal. I can't help but think they are not and will harm.

SASHA: And you know, they are not.

When they finally start their tour, the Warrens are greeted by their tour guide who is dressed as a Krampus. She also hands each some specially made Christmas cookies. Prudence, Patience and Paige start nibbling on their cookies, but both Piper and Phoebe are no longer hungry and don’t eat any.

PVILLE SAID: Hmm.

SASHA:

But half-way through the tour, the three older women begin to feel funny, and suddenly they transform into children. Having reverted into children with no memory of their adult lives, the three scream for their mothers.

PVILLE SAID: KNEW IT!!! OH this is so fun and a great plot for Christmas.

SASHA: Yup, you caught on fast. 

Piper and Phoebe look at each other in shock, but quickly tell the four “children” that if they’ll only listen to them, that they’ll help find their parents. When the four “children” tearfully agree, Piper and Phoebe bring them back to the Manor.

PVILLE SAID: What a role reversal for the younger Warrens.

SASHA: It sure is. 

Once home, Piper and Phoebe have their hands full, trying to taking care of the three adult figures in their lives, and forcing the two to parent them - an entirely new experience for both of them. Thinking about it, they realize that since they didn’t eat the second set of cookies while the “children” did, it must be the Krampus-dressed tour guide who’s behind it. They realize that she must be a warlock who is trying to get rid of the Warrens by turning them all into children. Piper and Phoebe are very glad they didn't eat that second set of cookies!

PVILLE SAID: Yes a warlock. So glad and I love that they are the adults dealing with children. 

SASHA:

Quickly they cast a spell to find the tour guide and vanquish this warlock. As soon as they do, the “children” return to being adults and the Warrens can finally look forward to Andrea’s visit and celebrating Christmas.

Original airdate: Sunday, December 11, 2021, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

CBS-TV

-Sasha Trudeau

PVILLE SAID: I enjoyed this one.

SASHA: I'm glad you liked it.

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 4, Episode 10:”The Possession of Paige Warren”

PVILLE SAID: Okay let's see if our Warrens discover Paige isn't herself right away or not.

SASHA:

WILL PAIGE BE NO MORE? - Prudence, Patience, and Paige are in the middle of cleaning out their herbs and potions, Prudence notices that they are out of supplies. With Piper and Phoebe spending Friday night out at the movies, the three decide to go into town together

PVILLE SAID: Love seeing their normal lives again. Trip to Wicca store.

SASHA:

In the local Wicca store, a new store clerk, greets them. To Prudence's surprise, Gabrielle is a former patient who Prudence treated many years ago. She’s happy to find that Gabrielle has since gotten back on her feet. Following the death of her mother from a witch hunter a few years ago, she left Salem, but now she’s back, running the local Wicca store. Although she has no powers herself, Gabrielle admits that she has dabbled in her own potion makings.

PVILLE SAID: I love this. Is she the daughter of the mother who died in S1 in the Wicca store. If so wonderful continuity. 

SASHA: Yes, that is her. 

As they wander around the store, Prudence has a premonition of Gabrielle killing Paige in the Manor. Telling the others, they decide that the best way to keep Paige safe is to keep her away from the Manor. Paige agrees and calls a fellow witch who agrees to let her stay at her home until they know she’s safe. The others decide to go home and research Gabrielle’s family.

PVILLE SAID: Plot twist Gabrielle is bad. 

Good thinking keep her safe.

SASHA:

Meanwhile, the movie is over and Piper desperately needs to use the restroom. While in a stall, she catches Gabrielle talking to some people about some person named Elizabeth Knapp.

PVILLE SAID: Who is Elizabeth I wonder.

SASHA: And you read it and know who she is now. 

When the two enter the Manor, they learn about Prudence's premonition, and Piper tells Patience about running into Gabrielle in the restroom and the name Elizabeth Knapp. Patience smiles, remembering the name from a story Prudence told her and Paige decades ago. She tells her nieces that when Elizabeth was sixteen, she was possessed by something evil, presumably a demon. Piper thinks they should tell the rest of the family, so Patience quickly drives herself and her to Paige's friend's house, where Prudence is casting a protection spell around her house.

PVILLE SAID: I like that backstory. Knowing my EC writers I won't be surprised it's based on something in Salem.

SASHA: Yes based on a real urban myth in Salem, although changed to fit EC.

Prudence tells all of them that the name 'Elizabeth Knapp' is a famous part of Salem lore, something she herself thought was always just a story. With the protection spell done, the others return to the Manor, But when they check the family book of shadows, they find that it's not a story and a Warren ancestor was the one who expelled the demoness from Elizabeth's body but was unable to vanquish the demoness, since she didn't have enough power. Now the Warrens think that the same demoness has come back and has taken control of Gabrielle and will most likely target the current Warrens for revenge.

PVILLE SAID: 

SASHA:

Phoebe wonders out loud if the demoness about their last encounter with possessions and taking over bodies, remembering the situation with Heather and Lillian, making Gabrielle an innocent who the Elemental Witches need to save. Prudence thinks Phoebe might be on the right track, however, Lillian needed to kill Patience first before taking over, so it is not quite the same.

PVILLE SAID: I love them mentioning a past possession. This is really intense.

SASHA:

What the Warrens don't know is that the demoness needs a host body, the body of a witch who is strong enough to keep her within, because since Gabrielle is non-magical and adopted, it will not allow her to stay inside for. But the demoness has realized that Paige is a Warren and one of the powerful Elemental Witches. She already has her own tricks that lets her get inside the protected house.

PVILLE SAID: What a juicy plot. She sure is a good villain.

SASHA: I'm glad you enjoyed her as a villain. Summer had the most fun coming up with villains who lasted multiple episodes, like Luna. 

And what the Warrens also don’t know is that the demoness doesn’t have to wait until she could kill Paige but has already taken over her body. Now she has to figure a way to throw Paige’s soul out of the body, while Piper and Phoebe wonder why their aunt is not acting like herself.

Original airdate: Sunday, January 16, 2022, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

CBS-TV

-Sasha Trudeau

PVILLE SAID: Sasha. Another great story. Really intense and a good villain. 

SASHA: I'm glad you liked it, I had fun writing it. 

[Ruth Marie]

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 4, Episode 7: ”Old Anger”

PVILLE SAID: This title has me wondering about someone wanting to settle an old score, or something.

RUTH: I love that our titles keep you guessing.

“EVIL WILL SPREAD”— As one of her university projects, Phoebe is covering the grand reopening of a Salem landmark built in the 1920s, that has since been redeveloped for retail, condos and community activities, so she invites her family Piper's got her hands full with her restaurant; Paige is busy working a new case for SSS; .and Patience has crime-scene photos that must be processed immediately, but Prudence is excited about seeing the new retail center, especially because her mother told her about the club it was in the 1920s, when it housed culture, music, and dancing.

PVILLE SAID: I love that it's again about Salem culture, and an old building in the 20s. As per usual, love my Warrens busy with their normal lives with work, cases, and such. 

I love that we learn about Prudence's mother, and that it was a club in the 20s.

RUTH: Thanks, PVille. As you well know by now, all our stories are based or try to let Salem be very much its own character in our series. 

At the center, Prudence and Phoebe enter an area that showcases the culture and history of the building, including Prudence’s mother’s sister, her aunt Prisma, who during the construction of the building fell in love with Alexander Lang, the building's architect. Prudence tells Phoebe something that the display doesn’t – Alexander later fell in love with an artist, leaving Prisma heartbroken. Their relationship was tumultuous at best, eventually ending in tragedy… and in the artist's disappearance.

PVILLE SAID: I find all of this history with the past Warrens so interesting. I also like the backstory. Well done.

RUTH: Thanks. I had fun with it. 

That night, the artist’s great-niece shows up, none too pleased when the reopening has decided to showcase Alexander and Prisma's love story, but leaving out the story of her aunt’s and Alexander’s great love. She is even more horrified when she doesn’t see any of her aunt’s paintings showcased and she whispers, "Evil will spread".

PVILLE SAID: I'm none too surprised the great-niece isn't happy, and of course a magical reason behind it, which we all expected. But, I really like it.

RUTH:

What the Warrens don’t know is that the great niece is actually the artist herself.  When suddenly friends of the Warrens are missing, will the Warrens figure out who's behind the disappearances in time?

PVILLE SAID: What a twist, it is actually the artist herself. 

RUTH: I'm glad you thought so. 

Original airdate: Sunday, November 21, 2021, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

CBS-TV

-Ruth Marie

PVILLE SAID: Great one Ruth Marie.

RUTH: YAY!!

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 4, Episode 10:”The Possession of Paige Warren”

PVILLE SAID: Okay let's see if our Warrens discover Paige isn't herself right away or not.

RUTH:

WILL PAIGE BE NO MORE? - Prudence, Patience, and Paige are in the middle of cleaning out their herbs and potions, Prudence notices that they are out of supplies. With Piper and Phoebe spending Friday night out at the movies, the three decide to go into town together

PVILLE SAID: Love seeing their normal lives again. Trip to Wicca store.

RUTH:

In the local Wicca store, a new store clerk, greets them. To Prudence's surprise, Gabrielle is a former patient who Prudence treated many years ago. She’s happy to find that Gabrielle has since gotten back on her feet. Following the death of her mother from a witch hunter a few years ago, she left Salem, but now she’s back, running the local Wicca store. Although she has no powers herself, Gabrielle admits that she has dabbled in her own potion makings.

PVILLE SAID: I love this. Is she the daughter of the mother who died in S1 in the Wicca store. If so wonderful continuity. 

RUTH: Thanks, we always like to have throwbacks to older episodes. 

As they wander around the store, Prudence has a premonition of Gabrielle killing Paige in the Manor. Telling the others, they decide that the best way to keep Paige safe is to keep her away from the Manor. Paige agrees and calls a fellow witch who agrees to let her stay at her home until they know she’s safe. The others decide to go home and research Gabrielle’s family.

PVILLE SAID: Plot twist Gabrielle is bad. 

Good thinking keep her safe.

RUTH:

Meanwhile, the movie is over and Piper desperately needs to use the restroom. While in a stall, she catches Gabrielle talking to some people about some person named Elizabeth Knapp.

PVILLE SAID: Who is Elizabeth I wonder.

RUTH: And you've found out who she is. 

When the two enter the Manor, they learn about Prudence's premonition, and Piper tells Patience about running into Gabrielle in the restroom and the name Elizabeth Knapp. Patience smiles, remembering the name from a story Prudence told her and Paige decades ago. She tells her nieces that when Elizabeth was sixteen, she was possessed by something evil, presumably a demon. Piper thinks they should tell the rest of the family, so Patience quickly drives herself and her to Paige's friend's house, where Prudence is casting a protection spell around her house.

PVILLE SAID: I like that backstory. Knowing my EC writers I won't be surprised it's based on something in Salem.

RUTH: That it was. But, with my own twists. 

Prudence tells all of them that the name 'Elizabeth Knapp' is a famous part of Salem lore, something she herself thought was always just a story. With the protection spell done, the others return to the Manor, But when they check the family book of shadows, they find that it's not a story and a Warren ancestor was the one who expelled the demoness from Elizabeth's body but was unable to vanquish the demoness, since she didn't have enough power. Now the Warrens think that the same demoness has come back and has taken control of Gabrielle and will most likely target the current Warrens for revenge.

PVILLE SAID: 

RUTH:

Phoebe wonders out loud if the demoness about their last encounter with possessions and taking over bodies, remembering the situation with Heather and Lillian, making Gabrielle an innocent who the Elemental Witches need to save. Prudence thinks Phoebe might be on the right track, however, Lillian needed to kill Patience first before taking over, so it is not quite the same.

PVILLE SAID: I love them mentioning a past possession. This is really intense.

RUTH: I had fun with that.

What the Warrens don't know is that the demoness needs a host body, the body of a witch who is strong enough to keep her within, because since Gabrielle is non-magical and adopted, it will not allow her to stay inside for. But the demoness has realized that Paige is a Warren and one of the powerful Elemental Witches. She already has her own tricks that lets her get inside the protected house.

PVILLE SAID: What a juicy plot. She sure is a good villain.

RUTH: I'm glad you thought so. 

And what the Warrens also don’t know is that the demoness doesn’t have to wait until she could kill Paige but has already taken over her body. Now she has to figure a way to throw Paige’s soul out of the body, while Piper and Phoebe wonder why their aunt is not acting like herself.

Original airdate: Sunday, January 16, 2022, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

CBS-TV

-Sasha Trudeau

PVILLE SAID: Sasha. Another great story. Really intense and a good villain. 

RUTH: Glad you enjoyed it. We sure do have fun with our villains writing them.