HAPPY 2ND ANNIVERSARY (& 24th Month-Day), TEAM CHARMED CAFE!

[Esmeralda]

Oh, man, I'm SOOOO embarrassed! I was SO busy at work this week that I totally missed that last Wednesday wasn't only our 24th Month-Day, but it's also our SECOND anniversary - we've been playing with "Elemental Charmed" for two years!

And I really feel embarrassed because PVILLE (short for Phoebeville - her favorite Charmed moment), our reviewer at another site HAS EVEN FINISHED READING OUR SERIES, so I could've/should've shared those last Wednesday.

But even though it's late, I hope you'll still enjoy reading her reviews and let her know what you think, no matter if you actually wrote it or not and I'll copy them to the site where I've met her.

And if you're not a Team Charmed Cafe member and are reading Elemental Charmed for the first time, be sure to let us know what you think of our reboot - and if you've been watching the rip-off, let us know if you like ours better or if you like theirs more.

You can always read all of the episodes in the "Episodes Only Thread" or our "First Anniversary thread" which includes all of the episodes and Pheebs' wonderful "Deadline" articles.

[Esmeralda]

Sept 19, 2020 21:03:40 GMT -5 @phoebeville said:

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

Season 5, Episode 11: ”The Fall of the House of Warren”

PVILLE: Love this title, but also scared for my Warrens.

DING DONG, A WARREN COULD BE DEAD! — As the Warrens deal with the fallout from what Andrea's coven has done, the Warrens try to reclaim their lives again. However even though most of them have gotten things back on track, Patience decides that she wants to retire and take pictures for fun for a while and then maybe open up her own studio.

PVILLE: Oh, a big change for Patience, but I like that they want to make changes. I also wonder if Phoebe is graduating college soon. 

Meanwhile, Peyton is ready to start the final stage of her plans to destroy the Warrens. She wants to gain control of all five of the Warren powers for herself, knowing that unlike the coven, since she is a Warren herself, she will be able to handle the powers. She’s been secretly gathering all she'll need to do so, and now sends the coven to ruin the Warren lives as a distraction. Not only that, but when the Warrens performed a ritual to get their powers back, she secretly used her own dark ritual to intercept it. Now she just needs one Warren dead, breaking the Power of the Elementals and all five powers will transfer to her. It has to happen on the night of a full moon when the moon is at its fullest. The next time that will happen is on Sunday, February 5th at exactly 7:28 pm.

PVILLE: Oh yes, she sure can handle all the powers for herself. 

But,   I'm really nervous. 

So love that the date is the one this fantasy series airs in real time.

The coven attacks the Manor, and the Warrens try to fight them all off. During the crossfire, Peyton arrives. Paige pleads with her to stop; she desperately wants her daughter to change. Peyton insists that it’s too late – she enjoys being evil too much to change. Paige finally admits that saving her daughter is a lost cause.

PVILLE: Sorry Paige, but Peyton may be a lost cause. 

One of the coven members aims an athame at Patience's head, and knowing about the incurable disease she’s yet to reveal to her family, when the athame is thrown, she leaps in front of it, and it strikes her down. She falls to the floor, as all of the Warrens scream in horror.

PVILLE:   OMG, Prudence.   

The coven members stare in surprised shock, but when Peyton yells at them to get out of there, they do.

PVILE: 

Patience, tears rolling down her cheeks, gathers her dying mother into her arms. Paige, Piper and Phoebe quickly surround them, their own tears also flowing. As she dies, Prudence tells them how proud she is of all of them. Then her eyes glow as she tells them that she can see Allen's spirit, his arm outstretched, ready to take her hand. Even as she reaches up to take his hand, her hand drops back to the floor as she takes her last breath.

PVILLE: OMG!! Prudence, is dying. I'm so upset, first time anyone died. 

 What a powerful scene! 

Even as Allen’s spirit brings Prudence’s spirit into the afterlife, her granddaughter Peyton smiles. Although a very small part of her regrets her decision, she is happy her plot has worked as she feels all the Warren powers go right into her. Now having her mother’s power, she first smirks at Paige, then teleports out.

PVILLE: She does regret it a little, I do wonder if she can be saved, but I truly don't think so. Prudence is dead, no coming back from that. 

Now five Warren witches have become four...and they know that even if they figure a way to regain their power, they won’t have the Power of Spirit, so they’ll never have the Power of the Elementals and be the Elemental Witches again.

PVILLE: Oh, now what will they do? This really sets up the finale so well. 

Original airdate: Sunday, February 5, 2023, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

CBS-TV

-Pheebs Halliwell and Summer Reading

PVILLE: OMG! WHAT A CLIFFHANGER! I'M SO SHOCKED! That was fantastic as the one leading into the series finale. Is Prudence really dead, I think so sadly 

I can't believe it, one more to go. 

My predictions for the finale:
*They'll get their powers back and Peyton will see the light. But, she won't stay and go back to the afterlife.
*Prudence may be brought back, although I hope she won't.

[Esmeralda]

Oct 2, 2020 7:24:57 GMT -5 @phoebeville said:

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

Season 5, Episode 12: ”House of the Setting Warrens”

PVILLE: Here I am, what a ride. The final episode. [img class="smile" src="//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png" alt=""And so love that this as a title, perfectly fitting given the title with the first episode.

100TH EPISODE IS A VERY SPECIAL 90-MINUTE SERIES FINALE! - Even as the Warrens mourn over the loss of one of their own and their need to figure a way where they can vanquish the ghost of Peyton so they can reclaim their powers, but without also vanquishing Andrea, suddenly the pointer on the spirit board begins moving by itself. The Warrens think that it’s Mary Ann, but are surprised to discover that this is a message from Prudence. They manage a smile as they realize that even in death Prudence will be able to help them.

]PVILLE: Love that the series ends after 100 episodes, and it is a 90-minute one. I SO don't see the reboot reaching 100 episodes.

Ah, Prudence, so happy to know she can help her family, and yes even in death she can help her family out. After all, she has the spirit element.

Prudence spells out a spell that will expel Peyton's soul from Andrea's body, which will save Andrea. Then she gives them another spell that will let them return their powers from Peyton’s soul to themselves, although not the Power of Spirit since there’s no longer anyone that it can go to. Finally, she gives them a spell that will let them vanquish Peyton’s soul that will also keep her from ever returning. Paige hates the idea of vanquishing her daughter yet again, but she knows that it will be for the best.

PVILLE: So hope they save Andrea, I feel so bad for her being possessed this long.

Paige, I sure know how hard this is for her, but she knows what must be done.

Meanwhile, Andrea's coven wonders what their next move against the Warrens will be. But Peyton is having doubts: having her own grandmother killed is having an effect on her. Suddenly she receives her first premonition: the remaining Warrens expelling her soul from Andrea's body. When the coven member asks what she saw, she says she sees them destroying the remaining Warrens.

PVILLE: Peyton might be the light, I predicted this after I finished last episode, will it be true.

Very interested to see what happens now.

Back at the Manor, Prudence uses the spirit board to guide the four remaining Warrens as they expel Peyton’s soul from Andrea's body. Suddenly Peyton appears. Even as the Warrens start to cast the spell that will return their powers to them, the coven arrives and screams for Peyton to attack. When two of coven attempt to throw Phoebe out the window, Peyton realizes that she can’t let another Warren die and she teleports in time and saves her.

PVILLE: Oh, Peyton good save. Imagine if they lost another Warren.

The coven confronts Peyton with one last test to see where her true ties are, with an innocent tied to a chair, one who has no idea about magic. Peyton immediately throws a fireball at the innocent, killing him, showing that she is still a warlock, and the coven is happy to discover that her loyalties lie with them, but they understand that she won’t let another Warren die. So the coven decides to kill them themselves.

PVILLE:

Back at the Manor, the Warrens are just as confused as ever, wondering what to believe regarding Peyton. Prudence then communicates through the spirit board. She tells them that Peyton has killed an innocent, so she is indeed still a warlock and must be vanquished – she just won’t let another Warren die. Paige is happy that her daughter isn’t entirely a lost cause, even if she agrees that vanquishing her is their only choice. Prudence also uses the spirit board to give them a suggestion on how to deal with the coven and suggests they find a way to blind their powers, so they won't have to deal with them anymore.

PVILLE: Very smart idea, bind their powers.

So the Warrens first cast the spell so that their powers are returned to them. Then much as it hurts them, they cast the spell to vanquish the soul of their daughter/niece/cousin.

PVILLE: Sadly it had to be done.

Suddenly Andrea is shocked to find out that she has a power again – she has a premonition of the coven attacking. That’s when the Warrens realize that they were wrong – the power of Spirit did go somewhere – it went into Andrea. So four has become five again, but actually it’s now six, since now they know that they haven’t totally lost Prudence; she’ll be able to continue to help them via the spirit board.

PVILLE:

Soon the coven arrives and start attacking, not knowing that the Warrens have their power back, but thanks to Andrea, the Warrens are ready. They let the coven attack them just enough so they all have injuries and then Piper freezes them and the Warrens bind their powers. Then Patience puts in a call to her friend on the police force who knows their secret, telling her how the coven tried to kill them. The police come and seeing all of the Warrens’ injuries, they arrest the coven.

PVILLE: YAY!!! So happy you guys are all okay, and Andrea.

One week later, two days after Prudence's funeral service, Piper and Matthew decide that with Valentine's Day around the corner, why not try to bring some light into Warren Manor by getting married, just by going to the justice of the peace. Phoebe goes with them as a witness and her sister's maid of honor.

PVILLE: Oh Prudence's funeral, but so happy that Piper and Matthew can finally get married, and love that it is Valentines Day.

Before they leave, Andrea hurries out and goes out into Prudence's garden, cutting Prudence's favorite flowers and bringing them in. She fashions a wedding bouquet she can present to Piper while Patience fashions a fresh wreath that she can place on her daughter's head.

PVILLE: So beautiful.

While they're gone, the rest of the family decide that they’ll have to hurry if they want to put together a wedding celebration for the newlyweds. Paige calls Piper's new manager at her restaurant and tells her what's up. Piper's manager tells her, "Leave it to us. We'll whip up Piper's favorite finger food and bring along a bottle of her favorite wine. There's even a wedding cake in the restaurant freezer that I'll decorate."

PVILLE: YAY!!!

Patience, Paige and Andrea go up into the attic to look for stuff to decorate the house with when the family book of shadows opens up on its own to a blank page and writing appears. The three women smile because they recognize Prudence’s writing as they realize that the spirit board isn’t the only way that Prudence will be able to communicate with them. She’s written a spell that can be used to find all the items they need - all stuff from earlier Warren weddings, including the cup that Mary Ann Warren used in her own wedding - something Prudence found and kept, as she planned to give it to one of her granddaughters on her special day.

PVILLE: So happy that Prudence will always be around to guide even in death.

Suddenly Prudence herself appears. Although she is still a spirit, she cannot miss Piper's big day. She warns them that she’ll only be able to be with them for a short time and only family will be able to see her.

PVILLE:

Even as the women use the items to decorate the kitchen and dining room, they reminisce about their own great past loves via flashbacks: Prudence about Allen Halliwell, and Patience about Victor Bennett. Even Andrea reminisces about the man she wishes had been her great love, but who she let get away because her parents didn't want her to marry a man who was a different race than them.

PVILLE: That's so sweet, and I loved the flashbacks. And, liked that Andrea remembers her own past too.

Paige can’t help but think about Sam Wilder which makes her think about her daughter Peyton and everything that went on. She wishes that they could’ve found a way to save Peyton's soul so that she could’ve been part of the celebration, too, but she understands why that’s not possible.

PVILLE:

Piper's employees show up with all of the food and the cake and even a bottle of champagne and just as they finish getting everything set up, the newlyweds and Phoebe walk in the door and everyone hugs, even Prudence who becomes corporal for a few seconds before she disappears again. The others congratulate the couple, as they welcome Matthew into the family before leading them into the dining room. Piper, Matthew and Phoebe are shocked and pleased by what a fantastic job the others did in such a short time. Matthew opens the champagne and pours out glasses and they all toast the happy couple as our series ends.

PVILLE: So happy for you guys.[/div]

Original airdate: Sunday, February 16, 2023, 7:30-10:00 PM ET

CBS-TV

-Pheebs Halliwell and Esmeralda Wyatt
END OF SERIES!

PVILLE: Well done guys writing this finale.

I had so much fun reading EC. And, loved how you ended it with the wedding.

[Granny Charmed]

Oct 16, 2020 20:35:27 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

Oh, man, I'm SOOOO embarrassed! I was SO busy at work this week that I totally missed that last Wednesday wasn't only our 24th Month-Day, but it's also our SECOND anniversary - we've been playing with "Elemental Charmed" for two years!

And I really feel embarrassed because PVILLE (short for Phoebeville - her favorite Charmed moment), our reviewer at another site HAS EVEN FINISHED READING OUR SERIES, so I could've/should've shared those last Wednesday.

But even though it's late, I hope you'll still enjoy reading her reviews and let her know what you think, no matter if you actually wrote it or not and I'll copy them to the site where I've met her.

And if you're not a Team Charmed Cafe member and are reading Elemental Charmed for the first time, be sure to let us know what you think of our reboot - and if you've been watching the rip-off, let us know if you like ours better or if you like theirs more.

You can always read all of the episodes in the "Episodes Only Thread" or our "First Anniversary thread" which includes all of the episodes and Pheebs' wonderful "Deadline" articles.

GDC: That's okay Es. Better late than never, we look forward to reading it now.

DC: Work has been so crazy lately for me, so I get how you it can be Es, and missed it. 

GC: Can't wait dear to read.

[Granny Charmed]

Oct 16, 2020 20:39:31 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

Sept 19, 2020 21:03:40 GMT -5 @phoebeville said:

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

Season 5, Episode 11: ”The Fall of the House of Warren”

PVILLE: Love this title, but also scared for my Warrens.

GC:

DC:

GDC:

DING DONG, A WARREN COULD BE DEAD! — As the Warrens deal with the fallout from what Andrea's coven has done, the Warrens try to reclaim their lives again. However even though most of them have gotten things back on track, Patience decides that she wants to retire and take pictures for fun for a while and then maybe open up her own studio.

PVILLE: Oh, a big change for Patience, but I like that they want to make changes. I also wonder if Phoebe is graduating college soon. 

GC:


DC:



GDC:

Meanwhile, Peyton is ready to start the final stage of her plans to destroy the Warrens. She wants to gain control of all five of the Warren powers for herself, knowing that unlike the coven, since she is a Warren herself, she will be able to handle the powers. She’s been secretly gathering all she'll need to do so, and now sends the coven to ruin the Warren lives as a distraction. Not only that, but when the Warrens performed a ritual to get their powers back, she secretly used her own dark ritual to intercept it. Now she just needs one Warren dead, breaking the Power of the Elementals and all five powers will transfer to her. It has to happen on the night of a full moon when the moon is at its fullest. The next time that will happen is on Sunday, February 5th at exactly 7:28 pm.

PVILLE: Oh yes, she sure can handle all the powers for herself. 

But,   I'm really nervous. 

So love that the date is the one this fantasy series airs in real time.

GC:



DC:



GDC:

The coven attacks the Manor, and the Warrens try to fight them all off. During the crossfire, Peyton arrives. Paige pleads with her to stop; she desperately wants her daughter to change. Peyton insists that it’s too late – she enjoys being evil too much to change. Paige finally admits that saving her daughter is a lost cause.

PVILLE: Sorry Paige, but Peyton may be a lost cause. 

GDC: I'm afraid so.

One of the coven members aims an athame at Patience's head, and knowing about the incurable disease she’s yet to reveal to her family, when the athame is thrown, she leaps in front of it, and it strikes her down. She falls to the floor, as all of the Warrens scream in horror.

PVILLE:   OMG, Prudence.   

GC: And the first time any Warren died dear too.


DC: Sure makes it more shocking right doing it here.


GDC:

The coven members stare in surprised shock, but when Peyton yells at them to get out of there, they do.

PVILE: 

Patience, tears rolling down her cheeks, gathers her dying mother into her arms. Paige, Piper and Phoebe quickly surround them, their own tears also flowing. As she dies, Prudence tells them how proud she is of all of them. Then her eyes glow as she tells them that she can see Allen's spirit, his arm outstretched, ready to take her hand. Even as she reaches up to take his hand, her hand drops back to the floor as she takes her last breath.

PVILLE: OMG!! Prudence, is dying. I'm so upset, first time anyone died. 

 What a powerful scene! 

GC: Glad you liked it dear.


DC:


GDC:

Even as Allen’s spirit brings Prudence’s spirit into the afterlife, her granddaughter Peyton smiles. Although a very small part of her regrets her decision, she is happy her plot has worked as she feels all the Warren powers go right into her. Now having her mother’s power, she first smirks at Paige, then teleports out.

PVILLE: She does regret it a little, I do wonder if she can be saved, but I truly don't think so. Prudence is dead, no coming back from that. 



GDC: That she isn't, but you'll see what we did in the finale, so she is still part of it.

Now five Warren witches have become four...and they know that even if they figure a way to regain their power, they won’t have the Power of Spirit, so they’ll never have the Power of the Elementals and be the Elemental Witches again.

PVILLE: Oh, now what will they do? This really sets up the finale so well. 

GC: Glad you like it dear.


DC: Pheebs and Summer wanted the second last episode to go out with a bang, leading into the final episode.


GDC:

Original airdate: Sunday, February 5, 2023, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

CBS-TV

-Pheebs Halliwell and Summer Reading

PVILLE: OMG! WHAT A CLIFFHANGER! I'M SO SHOCKED! That was fantastic as the one leading into the series finale. Is Prudence really dead, I think so sadly 

I can't believe it, one more to go. 

My predictions for the finale:
*They'll get their powers back and Peyton will see the light. But, she won't stay and go back to the afterlife.
*Prudence may be brought back, although I hope she won't.


GC: I liked seeing your predictions.


DC:



GDC: That was fun to read, PVille. Good guesses you made.

[Granny Charmed]

Oct 16, 2020 20:47:25 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

Oct 2, 2020 7:24:57 GMT -5 @phoebeville said:

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

Season 5, Episode 12: ”House of the Setting Warrens”

PVILLE: Here I am, what a ride. The final episode. [img class="smile" src="//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png" alt=""And so love that this as a title, perfectly fitting given the title with the first episode.

GC: I'm glad you liked it dear.

DC: Congratulations on finishing the whole series

GDC: So glad you stuck it out, and enjoyed the ride. 

100TH EPISODE IS A VERY SPECIAL 90-MINUTE SERIES FINALE! - Even as the Warrens mourn over the loss of one of their own and their need to figure a way where they can vanquish the ghost of Peyton so they can reclaim their powers, but without also vanquishing Andrea, suddenly the pointer on the spirit board begins moving by itself. The Warrens think that it’s Mary Ann, but are surprised to discover that this is a message from Prudence. They manage a smile as they realize that even in death Prudence will be able to help them.

]PVILLE: Love that the series ends after 100 episodes, and it is a 90-minute one. I SO don't see the reboot reaching 100 episodes.

Ah, Prudence, so happy to know she can help her family, and yes even in death she can help her family out. After all, she has the spirit element.

GC: It was a challenge, but so happy we got the 100 episode goal we wanted to do. 


DC:



GDC:

Prudence spells out a spell that will expel Peyton's soul from Andrea's body, which will save Andrea. Then she gives them another spell that will let them return their powers from Peyton’s soul to themselves, although not the Power of Spirit since there’s no longer anyone that it can go to. Finally, she gives them a spell that will let them vanquish Peyton’s soul that will also keep her from ever returning. Paige hates the idea of vanquishing her daughter yet again, but she knows that it will be for the best.

PVILLE: So hope they save Andrea, I feel so bad for her being possessed this long.

Paige, I sure know how hard this is for her, but she knows what must be done.

GC:



DC:



GDC:

Meanwhile, Andrea's coven wonders what their next move against the Warrens will be. But Peyton is having doubts: having her own grandmother killed is having an effect on her. Suddenly she receives her first premonition: the remaining Warrens expelling her soul from Andrea's body. When the coven member asks what she saw, she says she sees them destroying the remaining Warrens.

PVILLE: Peyton might be the light, I predicted this after I finished last episode, will it be true.

Very interested to see what happens now.

GC:



DC:



GDC:

Back at the Manor, Prudence uses the spirit board to guide the four remaining Warrens as they expel Peyton’s soul from Andrea's body. Suddenly Peyton appears. Even as the Warrens start to cast the spell that will return their powers to them, the coven arrives and screams for Peyton to attack. When two of coven attempt to throw Phoebe out the window, Peyton realizes that she can’t let another Warren die and she teleports in time and saves her.

PVILLE: Oh, Peyton good save. Imagine if they lost another Warren.

GC: Wouldn't that have been a shock.


DC:



GDC:

The coven confronts Peyton with one last test to see where her true ties are, with an innocent tied to a chair, one who has no idea about magic. Peyton immediately throws a fireball at the innocent, killing him, showing that she is still a warlock, and the coven is happy to discover that her loyalties lie with them, but they understand that she won’t let another Warren die. So the coven decides to kill them themselves.

PVILLE:


GC:



DC:



GDC:

Back at the Manor, the Warrens are just as confused as ever, wondering what to believe regarding Peyton. Prudence then communicates through the spirit board. She tells them that Peyton has killed an innocent, so she is indeed still a warlock and must be vanquished – she just won’t let another Warren die. Paige is happy that her daughter isn’t entirely a lost cause, even if she agrees that vanquishing her is their only choice. Prudence also uses the spirit board to give them a suggestion on how to deal with the coven and suggests they find a way to blind their powers, so they won't have to deal with them anymore.

PVILLE: Very smart idea, bind their powers.

GC:



DC:



GDC:

So the Warrens first cast the spell so that their powers are returned to them. Then much as it hurts them, they cast the spell to vanquish the soul of their daughter/niece/cousin.

PVILLE: Sadly it had to be done.

GC: Sadly it is.


DC: But not everything can have a happy ending.


GDC:

Suddenly Andrea is shocked to find out that she has a power again – she has a premonition of the coven attacking. That’s when the Warrens realize that they were wrong – the power of Spirit did go somewhere – it went into Andrea. So four has become five again, but actually it’s now six, since now they know that they haven’t totally lost Prudence; she’ll be able to continue to help them via the spirit board.

PVILLE:

GC:



DC:


GDC:

Soon the coven arrives and start attacking, not knowing that the Warrens have their power back, but thanks to Andrea, the Warrens are ready. They let the coven attack them just enough so they all have injuries and then Piper freezes them and the Warrens bind their powers. Then Patience puts in a call to her friend on the police force who knows their secret, telling her how the coven tried to kill them. The police come and seeing all of the Warrens’ injuries, they arrest the coven.

PVILLE: YAY!!! So happy you guys are all okay, and Andrea.

GC:



DC: Yes, Andrea is okay. 


GDC:

One week later, two days after Prudence's funeral service, Piper and Matthew decide that with Valentine's Day around the corner, why not try to bring some light into Warren Manor by getting married, just by going to the justice of the peace. Phoebe goes with them as a witness and her sister's maid of honor.

PVILLE: Oh Prudence's funeral, but so happy that Piper and Matthew can finally get married, and love that it is Valentines Day.

GC: Yes, now they can at last. 


DC:



GDC:

Before they leave, Andrea hurries out and goes out into Prudence's garden, cutting Prudence's favorite flowers and bringing them in. She fashions a wedding bouquet she can present to Piper while Patience fashions a fresh wreath that she can place on her daughter's head.

PVILLE: So beautiful.

GC:



DC:



GDC:

While they're gone, the rest of the family decide that they’ll have to hurry if they want to put together a wedding celebration for the newlyweds. Paige calls Piper's new manager at her restaurant and tells her what's up. Piper's manager tells her, "Leave it to us. We'll whip up Piper's favorite finger food and bring along a bottle of her favorite wine. There's even a wedding cake in the restaurant freezer that I'll decorate."

PVILLE: YAY!!!

GC:



DC:



GDC:

Patience, Paige and Andrea go up into the attic to look for stuff to decorate the house with when the family book of shadows opens up on its own to a blank page and writing appears. The three women smile because they recognize Prudence’s writing as they realize that the spirit board isn’t the only way that Prudence will be able to communicate with them. She’s written a spell that can be used to find all the items they need - all stuff from earlier Warren weddings, including the cup that Mary Ann Warren used in her own wedding - something Prudence found and kept, as she planned to give it to one of her granddaughters on her special day.

PVILLE: So happy that Prudence will always be around to guide even in death.

GC:


DC:



GDC:

Suddenly Prudence herself appears. Although she is still a spirit, she cannot miss Piper's big day. She warns them that she’ll only be able to be with them for a short time and only family will be able to see her.

PVILLE:

GC:



DC:



GDC:

Even as the women use the items to decorate the kitchen and dining room, they reminisce about their own great past loves via flashbacks: Prudence about Allen Halliwell, and Patience about Victor Bennett. Even Andrea reminisces about the man she wishes had been her great love, but who she let get away because her parents didn't want her to marry a man who was a different race than them.

PVILLE: That's so sweet, and I loved the flashbacks. And, liked that Andrea remembers her own past too.

GC: I'm glad you liked it.


DC:



GDC:

Paige can’t help but think about Sam Wilder which makes her think about her daughter Peyton and everything that went on. She wishes that they could’ve found a way to save Peyton's soul so that she could’ve been part of the celebration, too, but she understands why that’s not possible.

PVILLE:

GC:



DC:



GDC:

Piper's employees show up with all of the food and the cake and even a bottle of champagne and just as they finish getting everything set up, the newlyweds and Phoebe walk in the door and everyone hugs, even Prudence who becomes corporal for a few seconds before she disappears again. The others congratulate the couple, as they welcome Matthew into the family before leading them into the dining room. Piper, Matthew and Phoebe are shocked and pleased by what a fantastic job the others did in such a short time. Matthew opens the champagne and pours out glasses and they all toast the happy couple as our series ends.

PVILLE: So happy for you guys.[/quote][/div]

GC: YAY!!!


DC:


GDC:

Original airdate: Sunday, February 16, 2023, 7:30-10:00 PM ET

CBS-TV

-Pheebs Halliwell and Esmeralda Wyatt
END OF SERIES!

PVILLE: Well done guys writing this finale.

I had so much fun reading EC. And, loved how you ended it with the wedding.

GC: I'm so glad you read it all, and enjoyed the series dear. And liked our ending.


DC: We've enjoyed reading your reactions.


GDC:

[summerreading]

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

Season 5, Episode 11: ”The Fall of the House of Warren”

PVILLE: Love this title, but also scared for my Warrens.

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SUMMER: And as you have seen, you know why the title made sense, first time a Warren died.

DING DONG, A WARREN COULD BE DEAD! — As the Warrens deal with the fallout from what Andrea's coven has done, the Warrens try to reclaim their lives again. However even though most of them have gotten things back on track, Patience decides that she wants to retire and take pictures for fun for a while and then maybe open up her own studio.

PVILLE: Oh, a big change for Patience, but I like that they want to make changes. I also wonder if Phoebe is graduating college soon. 

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Meanwhile, Peyton is ready to start the final stage of her plans to destroy the Warrens. She wants to gain control of all five of the Warren powers for herself, knowing that unlike the coven, since she is a Warren herself, she will be able to handle the powers. She’s been secretly gathering all she'll need to do so, and now sends the coven to ruin the Warren lives as a distraction. Not only that, but when the Warrens performed a ritual to get their powers back, she secretly used her own dark ritual to intercept it. Now she just needs one Warren dead, breaking the Power of the Elementals and all five powers will transfer to her. It has to happen on the night of a full moon when the moon is at its fullest. The next time that will happen is on Sunday, February 5th at exactly 7:28 pm.

PVILLE: Oh yes, she sure can handle all the powers for herself. 

But,   I'm really nervous. 

So love that the date is the one this fantasy series airs in real time.

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The coven attacks the Manor, and the Warrens try to fight them all off. During the crossfire, Peyton arrives. Paige pleads with her to stop; she desperately wants her daughter to change. Peyton insists that it’s too late – she enjoys being evil too much to change. Paige finally admits that saving her daughter is a lost cause.

PVILLE: Sorry Paige, but Peyton may be a lost cause. 

GDC: I'm afraid so.

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One of the coven members aims an athame at Patience's head, and knowing about the incurable disease she’s yet to reveal to her family, when the athame is thrown, she leaps in front of it, and it strikes her down. She falls to the floor, as all of the Warrens scream in horror.

PVILLE:   OMG, Prudence.   

GC: And the first time any Warren died dear too.


DC: Sure makes it more shocking right doing it here.

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SUMMER: I hope you thought it was shocking this way, since no Warren died until then, unlike Classic Charmed making death not matter, when they resurrect.

The coven members stare in surprised shock, but when Peyton yells at them to get out of there, they do.

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Patience, tears rolling down her cheeks, gathers her dying mother into her arms. Paige, Piper and Phoebe quickly surround them, their own tears also flowing. As she dies, Prudence tells them how proud she is of all of them. Then her eyes glow as she tells them that she can see Allen's spirit, his arm outstretched, ready to take her hand. Even as she reaches up to take his hand, her hand drops back to the floor as she takes her last breath.

PVILLE: OMG!! Prudence, is dying. I'm so upset, first time anyone died. 

 What a powerful scene! 

GC: Glad you liked it dear.


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Even as Allen’s spirit brings Prudence’s spirit into the afterlife, her granddaughter Peyton smiles. Although a very small part of her regrets her decision, she is happy her plot has worked as she feels all the Warren powers go right into her. Now having her mother’s power, she first smirks at Paige, then teleports out.

PVILLE: She does regret it a little, I do wonder if she can be saved, but I truly don't think so. Prudence is dead, no coming back from that. 

GDC: That she isn't, but you'll see what we did in the finale, so she is still part of it.

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Now five Warren witches have become four...and they know that even if they figure a way to regain their power, they won’t have the Power of Spirit, so they’ll never have the Power of the Elementals and be the Elemental Witches again.

PVILLE: Oh, now what will they do? This really sets up the finale so well. 

GC: Glad you like it dear.


DC: Pheebs and Summer wanted the second last episode to go out with a bang, leading into the final episode.

GDC:

SUMMER: Thanks Pville, I've enjoyed your comments.

Original airdate: Sunday, February 5, 2023, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

CBS-TV

-Pheebs Halliwell and Summer Reading

PVILLE: OMG! WHAT A CLIFFHANGER! I'M SO SHOCKED! That was fantastic as the one leading into the series finale. Is Prudence really dead, I think so sadly 

I can't believe it, one more to go. 

My predictions for the finale:
*They'll get their powers back and Peyton will see the light. But, she won't stay and go back to the afterlife.
*Prudence may be brought back, although I hope she won't.


GC: I liked seeing your predictions.


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GDC: That was fun to read, PVille. Good guesses you made.

SUMMER: Good guesses, although as you saw, you got one of them right.

[summerreading]

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

Season 5, Episode 12: ”House of the Setting Warrens”

PVILLE: Here I am, what a ride. The final episode. [img class="smile" src="//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png" alt=""And so love that this as a title, perfectly fitting given the title with the first episode.

GC: I'm glad you liked it dear.

DC: Congratulations on finishing the whole series

GDC: So glad you stuck it out, and enjoyed the ride.

SUMMER: Well done for finishing the whole thing.

100TH EPISODE IS A VERY SPECIAL 90-MINUTE SERIES FINALE! - Even as the Warrens mourn over the loss of one of their own and their need to figure a way where they can vanquish the ghost of Peyton so they can reclaim their powers, but without also vanquishing Andrea, suddenly the pointer on the spirit board begins moving by itself. The Warrens think that it’s Mary Ann, but are surprised to discover that this is a message from Prudence. They manage a smile as they realize that even in death Prudence will be able to help them.

]PVILLE: Love that the series ends after 100 episodes, and it is a 90-minute one. I SO don't see the reboot reaching 100 episodes.

Ah, Prudence, so happy to know she can help her family, and yes even in death she can help her family out. After all, she has the spirit element.

GC: It was a challenge, but so happy we got the 100 episode goal we wanted to do. 


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SUMMER: Neither do I, I think it won't last 100 episodes, it might not even get to S4.

Prudence spells out a spell that will expel Peyton's soul from Andrea's body, which will save Andrea. Then she gives them another spell that will let them return their powers from Peyton’s soul to themselves, although not the Power of Spirit since there’s no longer anyone that it can go to. Finally, she gives them a spell that will let them vanquish Peyton’s soul that will also keep her from ever returning. Paige hates the idea of vanquishing her daughter yet again, but she knows that it will be for the best.

PVILLE: So hope they save Andrea, I feel so bad for her being possessed this long.

Paige, I sure know how hard this is for her, but she knows what must be done.

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Meanwhile, Andrea's coven wonders what their next move against the Warrens will be. But Peyton is having doubts: having her own grandmother killed is having an effect on her. Suddenly she receives her first premonition: the remaining Warrens expelling her soul from Andrea's body. When the coven member asks what she saw, she says she sees them destroying the remaining Warrens.

PVILLE: Peyton might be the light, I predicted this after I finished last episode, will it be true.

Very interested to see what happens now.

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Back at the Manor, Prudence uses the spirit board to guide the four remaining Warrens as they expel Peyton’s soul from Andrea's body. Suddenly Peyton appears. Even as the Warrens start to cast the spell that will return their powers to them, the coven arrives and screams for Peyton to attack. When two of coven attempt to throw Phoebe out the window, Peyton realizes that she can’t let another Warren die and she teleports in time and saves her.

PVILLE: Oh, Peyton good save. Imagine if they lost another Warren.

GC: Wouldn't that have been a shock.


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SUMMER: It sure would.

The coven confronts Peyton with one last test to see where her true ties are, with an innocent tied to a chair, one who has no idea about magic. Peyton immediately throws a fireball at the innocent, killing him, showing that she is still a warlock, and the coven is happy to discover that her loyalties lie with them, but they understand that she won’t let another Warren die. So the coven decides to kill them themselves.

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SUMMER: We had to keep you guessing on Peyton.

Back at the Manor, the Warrens are just as confused as ever, wondering what to believe regarding Peyton. Prudence then communicates through the spirit board. She tells them that Peyton has killed an innocent, so she is indeed still a warlock and must be vanquished – she just won’t let another Warren die. Paige is happy that her daughter isn’t entirely a lost cause, even if she agrees that vanquishing her is their only choice. Prudence also uses the spirit board to give them a suggestion on how to deal with the coven and suggests they find a way to blind their powers, so they won't have to deal with them anymore.

PVILLE: Very smart idea, bind their powers.

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So the Warrens first cast the spell so that their powers are returned to them. Then much as it hurts them, they cast the spell to vanquish the soul of their daughter/niece/cousin.

PVILLE: Sadly it had to be done.

GC: Sadly it is.


DC: But not everything can have a happy ending.

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Suddenly Andrea is shocked to find out that she has a power again – she has a premonition of the coven attacking. That’s when the Warrens realize that they were wrong – the power of Spirit did go somewhere – it went into Andrea. So four has become five again, but actually it’s now six, since now they know that they haven’t totally lost Prudence; she’ll be able to continue to help them via the spirit board.

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Soon the coven arrives and start attacking, not knowing that the Warrens have their power back, but thanks to Andrea, the Warrens are ready. They let the coven attack them just enough so they all have injuries and then Piper freezes them and the Warrens bind their powers. Then Patience puts in a call to her friend on the police force who knows their secret, telling her how the coven tried to kill them. The police come and seeing all of the Warrens’ injuries, they arrest the coven.

PVILLE: YAY!!! So happy you guys are all okay, and Andrea.

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DC: Yes, Andrea is okay. 

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One week later, two days after Prudence's funeral service, Piper and Matthew decide that with Valentine's Day around the corner, why not try to bring some light into Warren Manor by getting married, just by going to the justice of the peace. Phoebe goes with them as a witness and her sister's maid of honor.

PVILLE: Oh Prudence's funeral, but so happy that Piper and Matthew can finally get married, and love that it is Valentines Day.

GC: Yes, now they can at last. 


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SUMMER: Yes they can finally get married, I sure wished Piper and Leo waited this long in canon.

Before they leave, Andrea hurries out and goes out into Prudence's garden, cutting Prudence's favorite flowers and bringing them in. She fashions a wedding bouquet she can present to Piper while Patience fashions a fresh wreath that she can place on her daughter's head.

PVILLE: So beautiful.

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While they're gone, the rest of the family decide that they’ll have to hurry if they want to put together a wedding celebration for the newlyweds. Paige calls Piper's new manager at her restaurant and tells her what's up. Piper's manager tells her, "Leave it to us. We'll whip up Piper's favorite finger food and bring along a bottle of her favorite wine. There's even a wedding cake in the restaurant freezer that I'll decorate."

PVILLE: YAY!!!

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Patience, Paige and Andrea go up into the attic to look for stuff to decorate the house with when the family book of shadows opens up on its own to a blank page and writing appears. The three women smile because they recognize Prudence’s writing as they realize that the spirit board isn’t the only way that Prudence will be able to communicate with them. She’s written a spell that can be used to find all the items they need - all stuff from earlier Warren weddings, including the cup that Mary Ann Warren used in her own wedding - something Prudence found and kept, as she planned to give it to one of her granddaughters on her special day.

PVILLE: So happy that Prudence will always be around to guide even in death.

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Suddenly Prudence herself appears. Although she is still a spirit, she cannot miss Piper's big day. She warns them that she’ll only be able to be with them for a short time and only family will be able to see her.

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Even as the women use the items to decorate the kitchen and dining room, they reminisce about their own great past loves via flashbacks: Prudence about Allen Halliwell, and Patience about Victor Bennett. Even Andrea reminisces about the man she wishes had been her great love, but who she let get away because her parents didn't want her to marry a man who was a different race than them.

PVILLE: That's so sweet, and I loved the flashbacks. And, liked that Andrea remembers her own past too.

GC: I'm glad you liked it.


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SUMMER: I'm glad you liked it, that was Es you added in those parts.

Paige can’t help but think about Sam Wilder which makes her think about her daughter Peyton and everything that went on. She wishes that they could’ve found a way to save Peyton's soul so that she could’ve been part of the celebration, too, but she understands why that’s not possible.

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Piper's employees show up with all of the food and the cake and even a bottle of champagne and just as they finish getting everything set up, the newlyweds and Phoebe walk in the door and everyone hugs, even Prudence who becomes corporal for a few seconds before she disappears again. The others congratulate the couple, as they welcome Matthew into the family before leading them into the dining room. Piper, Matthew and Phoebe are shocked and pleased by what a fantastic job the others did in such a short time. Matthew opens the champagne and pours out glasses and they all toast the happy couple as our series ends.

PVILLE: So happy for you guys.[/quote][/div]

GC: YAY!!!


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Original airdate: Sunday, February 16, 2023, 7:30-10:00 PM ET

CBS-TV

-Pheebs Halliwell and Esmeralda Wyatt
END OF SERIES!

PVILLE: Well done guys writing this finale.

I had so much fun reading EC. And, loved how you ended it with the wedding.

GC: I'm so glad you read it all, and enjoyed the series dear. And liked our ending.


DC: We've enjoyed reading your reactions.


GDC:

SUMMER: I'm so happy you enjoyed the series, and finshed it. I hope you had fun reading it all.