Favorite S2 Episode(s) That Uses ALL Three Sisters Abilities

[Aaeiyn]

I've been a little obsessed with episodes that uses ALL three sisters' powers and/or abilities, this includes Phoebe's (Strength) Martial Arts. I figured I'd make a poll about them. I'm even being harsh on HOW the episode uses their powers/abilities and ENSURE it comes from an AUTHENTIC place via from the originator of the power/ability and NOT influenced by something else, and you'll see what kind of episodes will be excluded. So, let's have some fun! We get up to SIX votes! You don't have to use them all, if you don't want to, though.

S1 Version

S2E1 "Witch Trial"
Piper Freeze Count: 4
Phoebe Premonition Count: 1
Phoebe Strength (Y/N): N
Prue TK Count: 1

S2E2 "Morality Bites"
Not counting them in their future bodies. Only their present day bodies.
Piper Freeze Count: 2
Phoebe Premonition Count: 1
Phoebe Strength (Y/N): N
Prue TK Count: 1

S2E7 "They're Everywhere"
Piper Freeze Count: 7
Phoebe Premonition Count: 1
Phoebe Strength (Y/N): Y
Prue TK Count: 5

S2E8 "P3 H20"
Piper Freeze Count: 1
Phoebe Premonition Count: 1
Phoebe Strength (Y/N): N
Prue TK Count: 1

S2E10 "Heartbreak City"
Piper Freeze Count: 1
Phoebe Premonition Count: 0
Phoebe Strength (Y/N): Y
Prue TK Count: 0
Prue AP Count: 1

S2E11 "Reckless Abandon"
Piper Freeze Count: 4
Phoebe Premonition Count: 1
Phoebe Strength (Y/N): N
Prue TK Count: 7
Prue AP Count: 0

S2E13 "Animal Pragmatism"
Piper Freeze Count: 2
Phoebe Premonition Count: 1
Phoebe Strength (Y/N): Y
Prue TK Count: 5
Prue AP Count: 1

S2E15 "Give Me a Sign"
Piper Freeze Count: 2
Phoebe Premonition Count: 1
Phoebe Strength (Y/N): N
Prue TK Count: 3
Prue AP Count: 1

S2E16 "Murphy's Luck"
Piper Freeze Count: 1
Phoebe Premonition Count: 1
Phoebe Strength (Y/N): N
Prue TK Count: 2 (not counting her TKing the Skateboarder, during her being targeted by the darklighter)
Prue AP Count: 1

S2E19 "Ex Libris"
Piper Freeze Count: 1
Phoebe Premonition Count: 1
Phoebe Strength (Y/N): N
Prue TK Count: 1
Prue AP Count: 1

S2E20 "Astral Monkey"
Piper Freeze Count: 4
Phoebe Premonition Count: 1
Phoebe Strength (Y/N): N
Prue TK Count: 4
Prue AP Count: 0

NOT listing the following, due to one or TWO of the sisters NOT using ANY form of their power/ability:

S2E4 "The Devil's Music" - Phoebe NEVER gets a premonition nor uses her Strength.
S2E6 "That Old Black Magic" - Phoebe NEVER gets a premonition nor uses her Strength.
S2E9 "Ms. Hellfire" - Phoebe NEVER gets a premonition nor uses her Strength.
S2E12 "Awakened" - ONLY Prue uses her powers/abilities. NEITHER Phoebe NOR Piper use their powers/abilities.
S2E17 "How to Make a Quilt Out of Americans" - Prue NEVER uses her TK NOR AP, in this episode. Piper freezes twice, and Phoebe uses her Strength.
S2E22 "Be Careful What You Witch For" - Prue NEVER uses her TK NOR AP, in this episode.

NOT listing these episodes, even if it SEEMS to display their powers/abilities:

S2E3 "The Painted World" - This episode implies Phoebe's "Smart Spell" is what gave Phoebe "knowledge" to use "karate/black belt abilities", as opposed to her NATURAL Strength.
S2E5 "She's a Man, Baby, a Man!" - The only time Prue uses her TK ability is when she's "a man" and NOT her AUTHENTIC self.
S2E14 "Pardon My Past" - Phoebe DOES use her Strength but only in her past self body and NOT her AUTHENTIC self. Otherwise, Phoebe NEVER gets a premonition, in this episode, either. No, I don't count her past trying to "warn her", either.
S2E18 "Chick Flick" - Not counting Phoebe using the attic roof to help kick Bloody Mary out the window, as it doesn't seem to stem from her NATURAL Strength ability. Otherwise, Phoebe doesn't get a premonition in this episode.
S2E21 "Apocalypse, Not" - The 4 Horsemen are immuned to Piper's freezes and Prue's TK. Although, Piper managed to freeze everything else around, meanwhile Prue never really successfully TK'd, anything. Nor, did Prue AP, at all. OFC, Phoebe had a premonition.

Enjoy!

[Aaeiyn]

My choices will be similar to how I did my S1 picks. I'm using the following criteria:

-"Protect/Save the Innocent(s)" type of episodes, first and foremost. There's 7 of them in S2 (from this poll), so I will NOT be choosing 1 of them.
-REAL balancing of powers (like how evened out EACH of the sisters' powers/abilities were used)
-ALL Three sisters being present and around in helping out the situations, UNLESS there's a perfectly good explanation for their absence.

Here's what I came up with:

S2E7 "They're Everywhere"
Piper Freeze Count: 7
Phoebe Premonition Count: 1
Phoebe Strength (Y/N): Y
Prue TK Count: 5
Note: Not really the best in power balance (mostly, on Phoebe's end), BUT what I like about this episode is that Phoebe has BOTH a premonition AND uses her Strength, in the SAME episode! Her first time doing this is back in S1E20 "The Power of Two", but THIS particular episode is the first time she's done it with ALL three of her sisters using their powers/abilities, as well. So, this is a FANTASTIC episode in showcasing ALL the powers/abilities that ALL of the sisters possess. So, it DOES make sense, why BOTH Prue & Piper have to increase their power/ability usage, since Phoebe IS using BOTH of her Premonitions & Strength, in this episode.

S2E8 "P3 H20"
Piper Freeze Count: 1
Phoebe Premonition Count: 1
Phoebe Strength (Y/N): N
Prue TK Count: 1
Note: I never used to really like this episode but now, I do because it's really balanced on their powers. A little questionable on the is this episode really a "Protect/Save the Innocent(s)" type of episode, but I think it is. They had to protect/save A LOT of people especially a bunch of children from the Water Demon. Bonus points, that this episode was able to mix in "Family History", as well. This is a really well blended out episode.

S2E10 "Heartbreak City"
Piper Freeze Count: 1
Phoebe Premonition Count: 0
Phoebe Strength (Y/N): Y
Prue TK Count: 0
Prue AP Count: 1
Note: While, BOTH Phoebe & Prue do NOT use their primary power/ability, they ARE using their secondary, which I think is cool. And, I like how Piper is still freezing, in this episode despite NOT having a secondary. Despite, BOTH Prue & Piper being on dates, they were still around in helping out in ALL of the fights, which I like to see.

S2E13 "Animal Pragmatism"
Piper Freeze Count: 2
Phoebe Premonition Count: 1
Phoebe Strength (Y/N): Y
Prue TK Count: 5
Prue AP Count: 1
Note: A rare episode to see Phoebe not only having Premonitions but (also) using her Strength, in the SAME episode. Same with Prue using her TK & AP, but BOTH of them using BOTH their primary & secondary, in the SAME episode? REALLY rare to see! With Piper still freezing. Phoebe is only missing out on a little bit of the fighting because she had to fix a spell gone wrong. Otherwise, Phoebe was still proactive on the case. Piper only was part of the case until the tail end of it, but I like how she was able to freeze during the final fight, with Prue TKing (along side her). Phoebe used her Strength, in one of the earlier fights along with having a Premonition, which I thought was cool, but I digress.

S2E16 "Murphy's Luck"
Piper Freeze Count: 1
Phoebe Premonition Count: 1
Phoebe Strength (Y/N): N
Prue TK Count: 2 (not counting her TKing the Skateboarder, during her being targeted by the darklighter)
Prue AP Count: 1
Note: I'm still not a HUGE fan of this episode, however I'm looking at it from a different lens. The power usage is pretty even, but I'm still upset that Piper ONLY got involved, when Prue was in trouble. BUT, to be fair to her, NEITHER Phoebe NOR Prue told her about Maggie until AFTER they thought they "helped" her. As Piper took off for P3 before Prue had a chance to tell Phoebe about Maggie, and I guess BOTH Phoebe & Prue thought they could handle it, by themselves, without Piper, for that brief moment. It's only when they approached Piper, at P3 and explained everything is when Piper ACTUALLY got involved, but I digress.

S2E19 "Ex Libris"
Piper Freeze Count: 1
Phoebe Premonition Count: 1
Phoebe Strength (Y/N): N
Prue TK Count: 1
Prue AP Count: 1
Note: Nice balance of their powers and plenty of innocent backstory with ALL three sisters being present and around, to help with the case.

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Why I did NOT choose:

S2E11 "Reckless Abandon"
Last "Protect/Save the Innocent(s)" type of episode left, from the list.
Piper Freeze Count: 4
Phoebe Premonition Count: 1
Phoebe Strength (Y/N): N
Prue TK Count: 7
Prue AP Count: 0
Note: The power balance is not that great, and they didn't really vanquish the villain. They didn't vanquish the darklighter, either in S2E16 "Murphy's Luck", either, but the power balance is better in S2E16 "Murphy's Luck" than in S2E11 "Reckless Abandon". TBH, I was never a fan of this episode, either (same with S2E16 "Murphy's Luck"), but I think I like S2E16 "Murphy's Luck" slightly more because S2E11 "Reckless Abandon" decided to re-vamp the whole "how to vanquish a ghost" continuity, that was already established back in S1. S2E16 "Murphy's Luck" is similar with the darklighters, too I guess but (at least) S2E16 "Murphy's Luck" distinguishes the differences in darklighters. Whereas S2E11 "Reckless Abandon" did NOT distinguish the differences in ghosts, but I digress. Bonus points to S2E16 "Murphy's Luck" for mentioning Andy, as well.

[Prue's Feather]

My six fav S2 episodes using all three sisters’ abilities, as of now:


Witch Trial (2x01)

They’re Everywhere (2x07)

P3 H2O (2x08)

Murphy’s Luck (2x16)

Ex Libris (2x19)

Astral Monkey (2x20)

[missjessica]

Witch Trial (2x01)
They’re Everywhere (2x07)
Heartbreak City (2x10)
Murphy’s Luck (2x16)
Ex Libris (2x19)
Astral Monkey (2x20)

[West]

Morality Bites
They're Everywhere
Heartbreak City
Give Me a Sign
Murphys Luck
Ex Libris

[lunchking]

Witch Trial (2x01)
They’re Everywhere (2x07)
P3 H2O (2x08)
Heartbreak City (2x10)
Murphy’s Luck (2x16)
Ex Libris (2x19)

[West]

Apr 17, 2024 17:22:09 GMT -5 West said:

Morality Bites
They're Everywhere
Heartbreak City
Give Me a Sign
Murphys Luck
Ex Libris

Changed my vote from Give Me a Sign to P3H20.